Joseph Carcillo, MD
Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics | Contact Informationcarcilloja[at]upmc.edu |
Education & Training
BA, Biology, Wesleyan University, 1976
MD, Medicine, George Washington University, 1982
Residency, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, 1985
Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, 1987
Research, Clinical & Academic Interests
Septic Shock and Multiple Organ Failure in Children
Fortenberry JD, Nguyen T, Grunwell JR, Aneja RK, Wheeler D, Hall M, Fleming G, Tarrago R, Buttram S, Dalton H, Han Y, Easley KA, Knezevic A, Dai T, Paden M, Carcillo JA; Thrombocytopenia - Associated Multiple Organ Failure (TAMOF) Network Study Group. Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Children With Thrombocytopenia-Associated Multiple Organ Failure: The Thrombocytopenia-Associated Multiple Organ Failure Network Prospective Experience. Crit Care Med. 2019 Mar;47(3):e173-e181. doi:10.1097/ CCM.0000000000003559. PMID:30531184
Carcillo JA, Shakoory B, Simon D, Kernan K. Understanding Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Hepatobiliary Dysfunction Multiple Organ Failure in Hyperferritinemic Critical Illness. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 Oct;19(10):1006-1009. doi: 10.1097/PCC. 0000000000001 712. No abstract available. PMID:30281573
Ames SG, Horvat CM, Zaritsky A, Carcillo JA. The path to great pediatric septic shock outcomes. Crit Care. 2018 Sep 22;22(1):224. doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-2147-1. PMID:30241485
Kernan KF, Ghaloul-Gonzalez L, Shakoory B, Kellum JA, Angus DC, Carcillo JA. Adults with septic shock and extreme hyperferritinemia exhibit pathogenic immune variation. Genes Immun. 2018 Jul 6. doi: 10.1038/s41435-018-0030-3. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:29977033
CHP-UPMC site PI for Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network
Associate Director Patient Oriented Research RK Mellon Research Institute
Best Doctors in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Magazine
STAR presentation award, Society of Critical Care Medicine Educational and Scientific Symposium
Taskforce Chair of ACCM Guidelines for Hemodynamic Support of Newborn and Pediatric Septic Shock
Centers for Disease Control Taskforce for Definitions of Pediatric Sepsis