Ivor Douglas, M.D., FRCP, FCCP

Chief, Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center

Professor at University of Colorado

Dr. Douglas has directed the medical ICU at Denver Health Medical Center since 2002. He graduated from medical school in South Africa and after Internal Medicine Residency training in London, he completed pulmonary and critical care fellowship training at the University of Chicago. He is Principal Investigator for ongoing investigations in several aspects of critical care, including basic mechanistic studies in acute lung injury, sepsis, septic shock, and therapeutic strategies for sedation and delirium in the critically ill. Dr. Douglas serves on the steering committees and safety monitoring boards for multicenter international studies in critical illness. He directs an NIH- and industry-funded research program exploring sepsis, ARDS, and long-term outcomes from critical illness. He has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific publications and book chapters. Dr. Douglas received teaching awards at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and University of Colorado. He served as chair of the American Thoracic Society’s Health Policy Committee and the ATS Critical Care Assembly program committee for 2014-16. He is Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) and is an avid music listener, player, and choral singer.