About Us
Section Objectives
- To promote clinical excellence in specific critical care issues encountered in routine emergency medicine practice.
- To serve as a means for communication among physicians interested in enhancing their critical care skills within the practice of emergency medicine.
- To provide professional and academic support to emergency physicians who have completed training in critical care medicine.
- To promote education excellence in the clinical training of emergency physicians in critical care medicine.
- To serve as a resource to ACEP's President and Board of Directors on issues related to critical care medicine.
Section Officers & Staff
![Katherine Pollard](https://www.acep.org/siteassets/sites/acep/media/misc-images/pollard-400x400.jpg)
Katherine Pollard
MD
Chair/Alternate Councilor
![Mark Ramzy](https://s3.amazonaws.com/user-portraits/A651549.jpg)
Mark Ramzy
DO
Chair-Elect
![Nicholas Johnson](https://www.acep.org/siteassets/sites/critical-care/media/about-us-images/officers-and-staff-images/nicholas-johnson.jpg)
Nicholas Johnson
MD
Immediate Past Chair/Councilor
![Kari Gorder](https://www.acep.org/siteassets/sites/critical-care/media/about-us-images/officers-and-staff-images/kari-gorder---secretary-newsletter-editor.jpg)
Kari Gorder
MD
Secretary/Newsletter Editor
![Maxwell Hockstein](https://s3.amazonaws.com/user-portraits/A625104.jpg)
Maxwell Hockstein
MD, MS, FACEP
Web Editor
![John Finnell](https://www.acep.org/siteassets/sites/acep/media/board/finnell.200.jpg)
John Finnell
MD, FACMI, FACEP
Board Liaison
![Jonathan Fisher](https://www.acep.org/siteassets/sites/medical-directors/media/officers-and-staff/jonathan-fisher.jpg)
Jonathan Fisher
MD, MPH, FACEP
Staff Liaison