Critical Care Medicine Division

Divisional Focus

The Division of Critical Care Medicine is an independent academic and clinical division at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Its purpose is to provide outstanding critical care services for St. Jude patients and to develop national recognition for clinical excellence in the treatment of critically ill children with catastrophic diseases.

The St. Jude Intensive Care Unit is unique in the United States because it is fully dedicated to acute phase care of children with catastrophic diseases, primarily cancer and hematological disorders. Our research involves the analysis of the impact of this care on the survival of our patients and the study of methods used to predict such outcomes.

Our recent reviews of patient outcomes indicate that mortality is decreasing in the intensive care unit, particularly for children with respiratory failure and sepsis. In fact, a deeper understanding of the pathophysiologic processes involved in sepsis is an important focus of research in our division. Our hope is that this research will lead to future therapeutic strategies that increase the likelihood of survival. We attribute our success to the personal investment, the hard work, and the collaboration of our faculty and staff.

Contact Us

Division of Critical Care Medicine
MS 734, Room IA3300
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678

Email: ray.morrison@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-3668
Fax: (901) 595-3132

Preferred contact method: email

Faculty

Asya Agulnik, MD, MPH
Global pediatric health, hospital quality of care, critical care in pediatric oncology, and clinical prediction scores
Anita V. Arias, MD
Capacity building in pediatric critical care
Lama Elbahlawan, MD
Pediatric critical care, acute lung injury
Saad Ghafoor, MD
Pediatric critical care outcomes improvement
Melissa Hines
Diagnosis and treatment of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Caitlin Hurley, MD
Onco-critical care; HSCT/immunotherapy patients; long term outcomes of critical care illnesses
Jennifer McArthur
Improving outcomes for oncology and transplant patients with critical illness.
Ray Morrison, MD
Pediatric critical care, myocardial protection

Staff Intensivists

Saad Ghafoor, MD

Nurse Practitioners

Ashley Anderson, FNP
Amanda Brown, FNP

Amanda Carter, CPNP-AC
Marshay James, CPNP-AC

Sarah Williams, FNP

Respiratory Therapists

Jason Rains, RRT, MAEd, NPS, Director, Respiratory Therapy

Robin Ainsworth, RRT, NPS
Angelia Andino, BS, RRT
Becky Brady, RRT, NPS
Lowell Bush, BA, RRT, NPS
Jacqueline Butrum-Sullivan, RRT, AE-C
June Davis, BA, RRT, NPS
Andrea Elliot, RRT, NPS
Kirk Glover, RRT
Jennifer Goudy, RRT, NPS

Julia Grandberry, RRT
Carma Harper, RRT, NPS
Marilyn Hodges, RRT, NPS
Sandy House, BS, RRT, RPFT
Sharlina Jones, RRT, NPS
Joseph Martin, RRT
Sarah Martin, RRT, NPS
Adrian McKinney, RRT, NPS

Karatha McWright, RRT
Ruben Mobo, RRT
Angela Parker, BS, RRT, CPFT
Joe Pusateri, RRT
LaTonya Scott, RRT
Jonathan Walters, RRT, NPS
Keith Wilder, BS, RRT, AE-C

Cardiac Sonographers

Emily Ladd, RDCS
Lindsey Little, RDCS

David Martin, RDCS
Beth Prieur, RDCS

Amanda Reinhardt, RDCS
Nathan Stecchi, RDCS

Division of Critical Care Medicine