Biography
R. Phillip Dellinger, MD, FCCM, FCCP
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
Education and Training
| Medical School: | Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina |
| Residency: | Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX |
| Fellowship: | Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX |
Board Certifications
- Pulmonary Diseases
- Critical Care Medicine
- Internal Medicine
Special Interests
Sepsis, sepsis performance improvement, acute respiratory distress syndrome, shock, mechanical ventilation in critical care management
Memberships
- Past President, Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
- Past Chairman, International Sepsis Forum (ISF)
- Executive Committee, Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC)
Awards & Honors
Lifetime Achievement Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), SCCM Distinguished Service Award, Sol Sherry Award, Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient for service in Vietnam.
About Me
Dr. R. Phillip Dellinger is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Distinguished Scholar at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU). He is Senior Critical Care Attending and Director Cooper Research Institute, Cooper University Health Care (CUHC). He was formally Chair/Chief of Medicine at CMSRU and CUHC. He is Adjunct Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine,The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Dr. Dellinger has authored over 250 journal articles and book chapters as well as edited over 30 books and journal issues in the fields of critical care medicine and lung disease, featuring both laboratory and clinical research. His primary academic interests are new innovative sepsis therapies, sepsis management and sepsis performance improvement. He co-edited the second, third and fourth (2014) edition of Critical Care Medicine (Mosby) and co-edits the fifth edition to be published in early 2019. He is associate editor of Critical Care Medicine journal. He was inducted as a Master Fellow in the College of Critical Care Medicine in 2012 and is a Past President of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He was the 15th recipient of the SCCM Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015. He is past chairman of the International Sepsis Forum (ISF) and currently stands as an emeritus member of that Council. He was the lead author of the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines on the Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock and senior author on the 2016 guidelines.