Professor
Northwestern University Neurology
Chicago, Illinois
Thomas P Bleck MD MCCM is professor of neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, where he directs the neurocritical care fellowship. In 2018 he retired as professor emeritus of neurological sciences, neurosurgery, internal medicine, and anesthesiology at Rush Medical College, where he was a neurointensivist and the director of clinical neurophysiology. From 2009 – 2015, he was the associate chief medical officer for critical care. He was the founding president of the Neurocritical Care Society. From 1992 – 2015, he was the neuroscience section editor of Critical Care Medicine; from 2015 – 2021, was an associate editor; and is currently a senior editor. For 12 years, he was a member of the Council of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. In 2015, the SCCM elected him a Master of Critical Care Medicine. In 2018, he received the SCCM lifetime achievement award. In 2019, he delivered the Anthony Marmarou memorial lecture for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. In 2023, he will receive the Pierre Gloor award of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society. His research interests include subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, head injury, status epilepticus, infections, neuromuscular respiratory failure, and the ICU management of the organ donor. He has published 229 papers, 142 abstracts, 23 editorials, and 206 books and book chapters; and conducted more than 580 national and international visiting appointments and lectureships in 30 countries. Dr. Bleck is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, with subspecialty certification in critical care medicine; the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in neurology, with subspecialty certifications in epilepsy and neurocritical care; the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology; and in neurocritical care by both the United Council on Neurological Subspecialties and the Committee on Advanced Surgical Training of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons.
Sunday, January 22, 2023
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM PT
Disclosure(s): Marinus Pharmaceuticals: Grants/Research Support Recipient (Ongoing)