Rajit K. Basu, MD, MS, FCCM
Division Head, Critical Care Medicine; Posy and John Krehbiel Professorship in Critical Care Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Language:
- English
Location
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
225 E. Chicago Ave.Chicago, Illinois 60611
About Me
I am dedicated to helping children and their families navigating the most challenging hours and days anyone can imagine - and also the providers and teams caring for them. Intensive Care is quite literally to care intensively and as the leader of the Lurie Children's Division of Critical Care, there is joy and privilege of having the potential to have long-lasting impact.
After receiving his medical degree from Indiana University Medical School, Dr. Basu completed his residency in pediatrics and then a fellowship in pediatric critical care at Children's Memorial Hospital. He spent nearly a decade as faculty at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in the Division of Critical Care and as Co-Director for the Center for Acute Care Nephrology. He then spent 5 years as faculty at the Children’s Hospital of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine, where he served as Research Director of Critical Care Medicine. At both places he was integrated into the leadership of the fellowship training program and academic development. He returned to Chicago and home to Lurie Children's in 2022 to lead the Division and children treated in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit into the future and to thrive.
Dr. Basu is internationally recognized for his research and is considered a world expert in the study of critical care nephrology. His work encompasses tools for acute kidney injury (AKI) risk stratification, biomarker based precision medicine in AKI, advanced extracorporeal hemofiltrative and hemoadsorptive therapies, and novel strategies for fluid management. An American Pediatric Society (APS) member, he has published over 175 peer-reviewed original science papers, review articles and book chapters. His research portfolio spans across basic, translational, clinical, education, and simulation science with funding support from local programs, federal grants, and industry. He serves on the editorial board of several critical care and nephrology journals and on several international consensus panels for critical care nephrology. He also serves in prominent leadership roles in the Society for Critical Care Medicine and the American Society of Nephrology.
Clinical Interests
Critical care nephrology, chronic critical illness, extracorporeal support, leadership in academic medicine, philanthropy in medicine
Specialty
Education & Training
Education: Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies, 2015; Indiana University School of Medicine, 2003
Postgraduate Training: Fellowship in critical care medicine, Lurie Children's, 2006-2009; Residency in pediatrics, Lurie Children's, 2003-2006
Board Certifications: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics
Professional Organizations: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, American Society of Nephrology, Society of Critical Care Medicine
