The Society of Critical Care Medicine is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) scientific membership organization. The Society is led by a diverse group of multiprofessional critical care professionals who steer the future of the organization.
Jose L. Pascual, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS, FCCM, is the system section chief of surgical critical care for the Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a professor of surgery and neurosurgery and has a cross-appointment in the School of Nursing. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Ottawa in Canada and completed his doctorate and general surgery residency in experimental surgery at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He completed his fellowship in trauma and surgical critical care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Pascual is an attending surgical intensivist at Penn Presbyterian Hospital, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia VA. He is co-medical director of the surgical ICU at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He also attends as a neurointensivist in the Penn system. Dr. Pascual currently runs a bench research laboratory specializing in trauma and specifically traumatic brain injury. He is the Penn Simulation Center specialty director for surgical critical care and an associate examiner for the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Pascual serves and has served as chair and vice-chair of multiple national committees of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) and American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST). He has authored more than 150 book chapters, commentaries, and original manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Pascual has served SCCM in many capacities since joining in 2000. In addition to his nine years on the Council, Dr. Pascual was cochair of SCCM’s Congress Program Committee and Strategic Planning Management Committee and chaired the Graduate and Resident Education Committee, Lifetime Achievement Award Subcommittee, and Research Section Steering Committee. He served as secretary and chair of the Research Section and was part of the inaugural section executive committee. In 2015, he was recognized with SCCM’s Presidential Citation Award. Dr. Pascual is also an editorial board member for Critical Care Medicine and serves as ad hoc reviewer for several other medical and surgical journals. He is a frequent author, lecturer, and mentor and has received numerous research funding grants and awards throughout his years in academic and clinical practice.
The Society is governed by the 23-member SCCM Council, consisting of the five members of the Executive Committee: president, president-elect, past president, secretary, and treasurer, in addition to eight designated seats for these specialty sections: Anesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neuroscience, Nursing, Pediatrics, and Surgery. One collective Council seat represents all other sections. There are also six at-large seats and three honorary members.
Division Chief, Neurocritical Care
Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Professor and Chair, Integrated Hospital Care Institute
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Pharmacology Research for Acute Respiratory Failure & Sepsis Precision Interventions to Raise Health Equity (ASPIRE) Clinical Trials Program
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, New York, USA
Senior Scientist, Division of Pediatric Critical Care
Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Lead Advanced Practice Provider
Virginia Commonwealth University Health
Division of Acute Care Surgical Services
Department of Surgery: Trauma
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Associate Professor
Acute and Tertiary Care, School of Nursing
Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Director, Center for Advanced Analytics
Director, Best Practice Telehealth
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida, USA
Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Neurocritical Care
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Professor and Vice Chair
Midwestern University College of Pharmacy
Glendale, Arizona, USA
Professor of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science and Neurosurgery
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Associate Professor
Departments of Neurosurgery, Neurology, Rehabilitation, and Human Performance
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, USA
Professor of Surgery
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Clinical Pharmacist
Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Vice-Chair of Research, Director Perioperative Outcomes and Informatics Collaborative
Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Professor and Medical Director
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Wolfson Children's Hospital
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Program Director, Critical Care Medicine
Vice-Chair of Education
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine in Clinical Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, USA
Director, Department of Critical Care
HIMA San Pablo Caguas
Caguas, Puerto Rico, USA
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky USA
Professor of Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine
Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Secretary General, American College of Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor, Duke University School of Nursing
Duke University School of Medicine Departments of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Durham, North Carolina, USA
System Critical Care Pharmacy Services Leader
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, USA
Chancellor, American College of Critical Care Medicine
Senior Research Coordinator/Simulation Educator
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Nursing
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
