WHSC Launches New Critical Care Center, Appoints First Director
Woodruff Health Sciences Center has created the Emory Center for Critical Care (ECCC). The new center's purpose is to ensure the highest-quality critical care for patients across all facilities in Emory Healthcare, to integrate patient/family-centered care with research and teaching, and to provide more integrated, effective, and efficient use of resources. The center's founding director will be Timothy Buchman, PhD, MD, FACS, FCCM. The ECCC will benefit from Emory's new initiative and partnerships in bioinformatics as well as expertise in bioethics and research in health services and health outcomes. The ECCC will interface with the NIH-sponsored ACTSI to develop new programs that improve research and outcomes in critical care in Atlanta. Read more...