Leadership and Committees

Members of Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) committees are appointed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).

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Executive Committee

The SSC Executive Committee provides direction for the SSC.

Jan J. De Waele, MD, PhD

Campaign CoChair

President, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Ghent University
Intensivist, Department of Intensive Care Medicine
Ghent University Hospital
Ghent, Belgium

Jose L. Pascual, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS, FCCM

Campaign Cochair

President, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Professor of Surgery and Neurosurgery
Perelman School of Medicine
Clinical Associate, School of Nursing
System Chief, Surgical Critical Care
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Marlies Ostermann, PhD, MD, EDIC

Campaign Co-Vice Chair

President-Elect, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Consultant in Critical Care and Nephrology
Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
London, United Kingdom

Cherylee W.J. Chang, MD, FACP, FCCM

Campaign Co-Vice Chair

President-Elect, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Division Chief, Neurocritical Care
Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina, USA

Daniel P. De Backer, MD, PhD

Steering Committee Cochair

Past President, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Head of Intensive Care Department
Chirec Hospitals
Brussels, Belgium

Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, FACS, MCCM

Steering Committee Cochair

Director, Emory Critical Care Center
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Steering Committee

The SSC Steering Committee executes the strategic plan and oversees the appointed committees of the SSC.

Daniel P. De Backer, MD, PhD

Steering Committee Cochair

Past President, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Head of Intensive Care Department
Chirec Hospitals
Brussels, Belgium

Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, FACS, MCCM

Steering Committee Cochair

Director, Emory Critical Care Center
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Elie Azoulay, MD, PhD

Steering Committee

Past President, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Critical Care
Head Department, Critical Care
Saint-Louis Hospital
University of Paris
Paris, France

Lauren R. Sorce, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, FCCM

Steering Committee

Past President, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Founders Board Nurse Scientist, Associate Director, Nursing Research, Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Massimo Antonelli, MD

SSC Adult Guidelines Cochair

SSC Adult Guidelines Cochair
Professor of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
Director, School of Specialty in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Roma, Italy

Hallie Prescott, MD, MSc, FACP

SSC Adult Guidelines Cochair

Associate Professor in Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Michigan
Core Investigator
VA Center for Clinical Management Research
Staff Physician
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Pierre Tissieres, MD, DSc

SSC Children’s Guidelines Cochair

Head of Pediatric ICU and Neonatal Medicine
Hôpital Bicêtre
Paris, France

$Niranjan “Tex” Kissoon, MB, BS, FRCP(C), FAAP, FACPE, MCCM$

Niranjan “Tex” Kissoon, MB, BS, FRCP(C), FAAP, FACPE, MCCM

SSC Children’s Guidelines Cochair

Children’s and Women’s Global Health
UBC and BC Children’s Hospital Professor in Critical Care – Global Child Health
Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, UBC
Clinical Investigator
Child and Family Research Institute
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ricard Ferrer Roca, MD, PhD

SSC Research Committee Cochair

Clinical Director, Intensive Care
Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Barcelona, Spain

Mark E. Nunnally, MD, FCCM

SSC Research Committee Cochair

Director, Adult Critical Care Services
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, New York, USA

Maurizio Cecconi, MD

Steering Committee

Professor of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Humanitas University
Milan, Italy

Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc, FCCM

Steering Committee

Director and Paullin Professor of Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Leonora Derde, PhD, MD

Steering Committee

Assistant Professor, Intensive Care Medicine and Infectious Diseases
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands

Laura E. Evans, MD, MSc, FCCM

Steering Committee

Medical Director of Critical Care
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, USA

Research Committee

The SSC Research Committee is responsible for outlining research priorities in sepsis care.

Ricard Ferrer Roca, MD, PhD

SSC Research Committee Cochair

Clinical Director, Intensive Care
Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Barcelona, Spain

Mark E. Nunnally, MD, FCCM

SSC Research Committee Cochair

Director, Adult Critical Care Services
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, New York, USA