Past Presidents

Learn more about the values and visions of SCCM's past presidents.

Thank you to all the SCCM past presidents who have offered their service to the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Learn about these individuals by accessing the available presidential addresses. Presidential addresses are published in Critical Care Medicine.

	Presidential Year
Max Harry Weil, MD, MCCM	1971 - 1972
Peter Safar, MD, MCCM	1972 - 1973
William C. Shoemaker, MD, MCCM	1973 - 1974
Henrik H. Bendixen, MD	1974 - 1975
William J. Grace, MD	1975 - 1976
Louis R. Del Guercio, MD, FCCM	1976 - 1977
Ake Grenvik, MD, PhD, MCCM	1977 - 1978
Christopher W. Bryan-Brown, MD, FCCM	1978 - 1979
Stephen M. Ayres, MD, FCCM	1979 - 1980

Joseph M. Civetta, MD, FCCM	1980 - 1981
W. Leigh Thompson, PhD, MD, FCCM	1981 - 1982
George A. Gregory, MD	1982 - 1983
John B. Downs, MD, FCCM	1983 - 1984
Dharmapuri Vidyasagar, MD, FCCM	1984 - 1985
Robert F. Wilson, MD, MCCM	1985 - 1986
Dennis M. Greenbaum, MD, FCCM	1986 - 1987
Richard W. Carlson, MD, PhD, FCCM	1987 - 1988
Peter R. Holbrook, MD, FCCM	1988 - 1989
Eric C. Rackow, MD, FCCM	1989 - 1990
T. James Gallagher, MD, FCCM	1990 - 1991
Frank B. Cerra, MD, MCCM	1991 - 1992
Russell C. Raphaely, MD, MCCM	1992 - 1994
Thomas G. Rainey, MD, MCCM	1994 - 1995
Joseph E. Parrillo, MD, MCCM	1995 - 1996
John W. Hoyt, MD, FCCM	1996 - 1997
Loren D. Nelson, MD, MCCM	1997 - 1998
R. Phillip Dellinger, MD, MCCM	1998 - 1999
Robert W. Taylor, MD, MCCM	1999 - 2000
Carolyn E. Bekes, MD, MCCM	2000 - 2001
Ann E. Thompson, MD, MCCM	2001 - 2002
Maurene A. Harvey, RN, MPH, CCRN, MCCM	2002 - 2003
Timothy G. Buchman, PhD, MD, MCCM	2003 - 2004
Margaret M. Parker, MD, FCCM	2004 - 2005
Peter B. Angood, MD, MCCM	2005 - 2006
Charles G. Durbin Jr., MD, FCCM	2006 - 2007
Frederick P. Ognibene, MD, FCCM	2007 - 2008
Philip S. Barie, MD, MBA, FCCM	2008 - 2009
Mitchell M. Levy, MD, FCCM	2009 - 2010
Judith Jacobi, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM	2010 - 2011
Pamela A. Lipsett, MD, MHPE, FCCM	2011 - 2012
Clifford S. Deutschman, MD, FCCM	2012 - 2013
Carol L. Thompson, PhD, ACNP, CCRN, FCCM	2013 - 2014
Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, FACS, FCCM	2014 - 2015
Todd Dorman, MD, FCCM	2016 - 2017
Ruth M. Kleinpell, PhD, RN-CS, FCCM	2017 - 2018
Jerry J. Zimmerman, MD, PhD, FCCM	2018 - 2019
Heatherlee Bailey, MD, FCCM	2019 - 2020
Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCM	2020 - 2021