Society of Critical Care Medicine president Pamela A. Lipsett, MD, MHPE, FCCM, discusses her professional background and research interests during an engaging conversation that touches on cutting-edge topics, including quality of life after a stay in the intensive care unit, the future of critical care certification, ethics and "making a science of patient safety." She stresses the importance of SCCM's unique multiprofessional approach and highlights the Society's evolving educational offerings worldwide. Lipsett is a professor of surgery, anesthesiology and critical care nursing at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Maryland.
