Specialties & ConditionsCritical Care Specialists
Pediatric Critical Care Specialists
The following physicians and advanced practice nurses specialize in treating children in the Lefkofsky Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Please note, not all of our specialists are available at every location. Select their names to learn more about their special interest areas and locations.
Rajit K. Basu, MD, MS, FCCM
Division Head, Critical Care Medicine; Posy and John Krehbiel Professorship in Critical Care Medicine
M. Ikram Akhtar, MD
Site leader, PICU at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Central DuPage Hospital
Bria M. Coates, MD
Attending Physician, Critical Care; Crown Family Research Scholar in Developmental Biology
Steven Lestrud, MD
Medical Director, Respiratory Care; Attending Physician, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine
Marcelo R. Malakooti, MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Hospital Operations and Medical Innovation; Medical Director of Lefkofsky Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Kelly N. Michelson, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Critical Care. Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities; Julia and David Uihlein Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Robert E. Newmyer, MD
Medical Director, Transport Team; Attending Physician, Critical Care
L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, MD, MBI, FAMIA
Attending Physician, Critical Care; Warren and Eloise Batts Research Scholar
Derek S. Wheeler, MD, MMM, MBA
Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer; Crown Family Professorship in Pediatrics
Lauren Baker Rhem, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC, CCRN
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care
Jacqueline S. Elegant , APRN-NP, RN, MSN, CPNP-AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care
Laura Finn, APRN-NP, RN, MSN, CCRN, CPNP-PC/AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit)
Stephanie A. Gierman, APRN-NP, PNP-AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care
Caroline Hodgson, APRN-NP, RN, DNP, CPNP-AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care
Marian C. Malone, APRN-NP, PNP-AC
Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care
Brittney L. Pfister, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC, CCRN
Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care
Erica E. Prendergast, MS, APRN, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care
Elizabeth M. Protacio, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care
Selina M. Rodriguez, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care
Lauren Sorce, PhD, APRN-NP, CPNP, AC/PC, FCCM
Manager, Pediatric Critical Care, Neurocritical Care, Palliative Care and Almost Home Kids APNs
Lindsey Swigart, MSN, APRN-NP, RN, CPNP-AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit)
Jaime R. Braverman, MD
Attending Physician, Critical Care
Taemyn K. Hollis, MD
Attending Physician, Critical Care
Valerie E. Kalinowski, MD
Attending Physician, Critical Care
Joanna R. Kuppy, MD
Attending Physician, Critical Care
Pallavi P. Patwari, MD
Attending Physician, Critical Care
Paul N. Severin, MD
Attending Physician, Critical Care
Joanna C. Tylka, MD
Attending Physician, Critical Care
Marylouise K. Wilkerson, MD
Attending Physician, Critical Care Medicine
Ashley E. Wolf, MD
Attending Physician, Critical Care
Elizabeth A. Bello, MD
Pediatric Intensivist, PICU at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Central DuPage Hospital
Vytautas Sapiega, MD
Pediatric Intensivist, PICU at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Central DuPage Hospital