April 2020

PULMONARY

COVID-19 KEY LEARNINGS FROM THE ICU

Featuring: James Walter, MD

Episode Summary

James Walter, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care and Medical Director of the Lung Rescue Program, shares lessons his team has learned while treating some of the most critically ill patients suffering from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Walter discusses how the team is using evidence-based therapies such as prone positioning, early mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to improve outcomes for patients with COVID-19 and protect staff from exposure. 
James Walter, MD is a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician and Medical Director of the Northwestern Lung Rescue Program.Dr. Walter attended Princeton University followed by medical school at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at the University of Michigan followed by fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. 

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