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PCCM Faculty

Critical Care Faculty

Brian Bridges, M.D., FAAP

Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Fred Tecklenberg Endowed Chair in Pediatric Critical Care
Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Medical School: University of South Carolina
Residency: Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Fellowship: Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Rustin Meister, M.D., MS

Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Medical School: Southern Illinois University
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Fellowship: Northwestern University - Lurie Children's Hospital

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Joshua Arenth, M.D., FAAP, HEC-C

Medical Director, Pediatric Bioethics
Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine & Palliative Care Medicine
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Medical School: University of Florida
Residency: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University
Additional Training: Palliative Care Fellowship at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

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Austin Biggs, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Medical School: West Virginia University
Residency: University of Louisville
Fellowship: Nationwide Children's Hospital

John M. Costello, M.D., MPH

Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics
Director of Research, Children's Heart Center
Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
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Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame
Medical School: Northwestern University Medical Center
Residency: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Fellowship: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Specialty: Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care

Melissa Evans, M.D., FAAP

Medical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Medical School: MUSC 
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University
Fellowship: Virginia Commonwealth University

Elizabeth Mack, M.D., MS

Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Medical School: University of South Carolina
Residency: University of South Carolina
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Additional Training: Master Science in Biostatistics & Epidemiology - University of Cincinnati

Elizabeth MackDiaz, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University
Residency: Levine Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Pheonix Children's Hospital
Additional Training: Pediatric Neurocritical Care Fellowship at Pheonix Children's Hospital

Whitney Marvin, M.D.

Medical Director, Well-Being
Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Medical School: University of Nevada
Residency: University of California - San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital
Fellowship: University of California - San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital

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Rhodes Proctor Short, M.D., MEd

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Medical School: Wake Forest University
Residency: University of Virginia
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Additional Training: Master of Education, Palliative Care and Hospice Medicine - Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Alice Walz, M.D.

Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency
Director of Clinical Coaching, Pediatric Residency
Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Medical School: Marshall University
Residency: Stanford University
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University

Allison Whalen, M.D.

Medical Director, Pediatric Respiratory Therapy
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Medical School: Georgetown University
Residency: Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Elise Zivick, M.D.

Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Medical School: The Medical College of Georgia
Residency: Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Fellowship: Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Patrick Snyder, M.D., MBA

Quality Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Colorado
Additional Training: Master of Business Administration, University of North Carolina