Angel O. Coz Yataco MD, FCCP

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Kentucky – Lexington VA Medical Center

Dr. Coz is a Pulmonary and Critical Care specialist, Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit at the Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Kentucky. He is a member of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines update panel. Dr. Coz holds multiple leadership positions at the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST). He has been awarded the Distinguished CHEST Educator (DCE) designation for three years in a row. He speaks on critical care, sepsis, and pulmonary topics at the national and international level. He has a strong interest in critical care, mechanical ventilation, sepsis resuscitation and medical education. Dr. Coz has led multiple quality improvement initiatives including efforts to improve early detection and aggressive management of sepsis. Dr. Coz has published several peer reviewed articles and serves as ad hoc reviewer for several Journals including CHEST, Journal of Critical Care, Critical Care Medicine and Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Moreover, he is the section editor of the Critical Care Commentary of the CHEST Physician Newsletter and will serve as the Editor in Chief starting in October 2021. Dr. Coz currently serves on the Advisory Board for Sepsis Alliance.

Mary Ann Barnes-Daly MS RN CCRN-K DC

Clinical Performance Improvement Consultant – Quality & Clinical Effectiveness Team, Sutter Health

Mary Ann Barnes-Daly has been involved in sepsis care improvements since 2004, working with health systems and with the Society of Critical Care Medicine as faculty on the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. Dr. Barnes-Daly specializes in sepsis and ICU Liberation and has lectured nationally on both topics, and is currently leading a septic shock improvement initiative for the Sutter Health System in northern California.