Myer H. Rosenthal and CCM at Stanford

On September 1, 2005, Myer H. Rosenthal (Mike to all of us) completed thirty years of service at Stanford as the chief of the Critical Care division in the Department of Anestheisa.. In 1975, Mike and Anne moved from Bethesda Naval Hospital to Palo Alto and created the Intensive Care Unit at Stanford as the national model for multidisciplinary critical care. He then nourished critical care through its growth, serving as the Medical Director of the Critical Care Units for 22 years and as the division chief for the next 30 years. As a result of his recruitment efforts, the Critical Care division of the anesthesia department now includes over a dozen faculty working in four different critical care services at Stanford and the Palo Alto VA. During his three decades, Mike has helped train 100 fellows, and more than half subsequently entered academic Critical Care Medicine. These fellows now include multiple department chairs and division chiefs throughout the country. Mike has been a national leader in critical care and has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists.

In the summer of 2021, after practicing at Stanford University for 46 years, Dr. Rosenthal retired as an Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine and Surgery and as the person who started Critical Care Medicine at Stanford.

• September, 20, 2021
  J. Randall Curtis 
  Promoting Serious Illness Communication Across a Healthcare System: Using Research and Education to Improve Healthcare
  
• September, 21, 2020
  Mark E. Nunnally
  Fear and Loathing: The COVID-19 Experience at New York University
  
• October, 7, 2019
  Michael Avidan
  No brain is an island
• September, 10, 2018
  Robert D. Fowler (#87)
  Caring for Critically Ill Patients when there is no ICU
  Lecture Flyer Link
• October, 16, 2017
  Laureen Hill, M. D., MBA (#65)
  Bottlenecks, Boundaries and Burnout: The quest for reliability and resilience in critical care
• Nov 7, 2016
  W. Myers (#6)
  Complex Care: Prognosis and Prospectus
• December 7, 2015
  T. Buckman
  Using Big Data to Advance Research, Education, and Clinical Care: Creating a Learning Critical Care System
• December 1, 2014
  M. Mythen
  Xtreme Everest Project
• November 11, 2013
  W. E. Ely
  A New Frontier in Critical Care: Saving the Injured Brain
• November 12, 2012
  J. Russell
  Vasopressin, Genomics and Management of Sepsis in 2012
• November 14, 2011
  D. B. Coursin
  Glycemic Control in the ICU: Sweetness with Consequences
• November 15, 2010
  M. A. Mathay
  Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Therapeutic Potential for Acute Lung Injury
• November 2, 2009
  B. P. Cavanagh (#51)
  How physiology can get you into trouble if you don't understand it
• November 7, 2008
  J-L. Vincent
  Protocolized care : interest and limitations (Primarily limitations !)
• November 5, 2007
  D. J. Cook (#36)
  Changing Clinician Behavior in the ICU
• October 30, 2006
   R. N. Sladen (#3)
  Natriuretic Peptides in Critical Care
• October 15, 2005
  T.W. Feeley
  The Evolution of Critical Care Medicine in Healthcare; Reflections on Thirty Years of Supporting Life