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Critical Care Medicine Department

Welcome to the Critical Care Medicine Department at the NIH Clinical Center

The Critical Care Medicine Department (CCMD) is nationally known for its clinical excellence, for its research leadership, and for its training and mentoring of a generation of leaders in academic medicine. CCMD provides clinical care for NIH Clinical Center patients in need of life support and other intensive medical interventions and, thus, the department emphasizes clinical excellence, patient safety, multidisciplinary and interprofessional care, and a culture of service to support the mission of the NIH intramural clinical research program.

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World-class training with a unique and innovative curriculum

Fellowship and Medical Education

We sponsor a nationally recognized ACGME training program in Critical Care Medicine that attracts highly rated residents from internal medicine programs nationally who wish to train in critical care medicine, with many of our fellows also completing subspecialty training in pulmonary medicine, infectious diseases, or cardiology.

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Known for our clinical excellence

Clinical Services

The clinical services provided by Critical Care Medicine department staff include an intensive care unit, code team, critical care nurses and much more.

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Providing high quality and cost-effective clinical service

About Us and Our Mission

We are committed to fostering a culture in which people from all backgrounds are valued, engaged and empowered to reach their full professional potential. We are also committed to supporting an organizational culture advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

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Our Staff

Learn more about the many talented and dedicated health-care practitioners on our staff.

Clinical Fellows

We are proud of the clinical fellows who participate in our program every year,

Alumni

The majority of our alumni obtain academic positions after graduation.

Research

Our staff conduct research in a variety of areas that seek to improve critical care medicine.

Intramural NIH PAH Program

Our Intramural NIH Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Program is an integrated bench-to-bedside-to-bench effort consisting of a multidisciplinary medical staff. 

PVCS Services

The Procedures, Vascular Access, and Conscious Sedation Services are staffed by critical care fellows and the Nursing Service.

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MAILING ADDRESS

Critical Care Medicine Department
National Institutes of Health
10 Center Drive, Room 2C145
Bethesda, MD 20892-1662

PHONE

(301) 496-9320

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