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

Joseph M. Civetta, MD	1980 - 1981
W. Leigh Thompson, PhD, MD	1981 - 1982
George A. Gregory, MD	1982 - 1983
John B. Downs, MD	1983 - 1984
Dharmapuri Vidyasagar, MD, FCCM	1984 - 1985
Robert F. Wilson, MD	1985 - 1986
Dennis M. Greenbaum, MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM	1986 - 1987
Richard W. Carlson, MD, PhD	1987 - 1988
Peter R. Holbrook, MD, MCCM	1988 - 1989
Eric C. Rackow, MD, FCCM	1989 - 1990
T. James Gallagher, MD, FCCM	1990 - 1991
Frank B. Cerra, MD	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, MCCM	1996 - 1997
Loren D. Nelson, MD	1997 - 1998
R. Phillip Dellinger, MD, MCCM	1998 - 1999
Robert W. Taylor, Jr., MD, MCCM	1999 - 2000
Carolyn E. Bekes, MD, MCCM	2000 - 2001
Ann E. Thompson, MD, MHCPM, MCCM	2001 - 2002
Maurene A. Harvey, MPH, MCCM	2002 - 2003
Timothy G. Buchman, MD, PhD, MCCM	2003 - 2004
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM	2004 - 2005
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), MCCM	2005 - 2006
Charles G. Durbin Jr., MD	2006 - 2007
Frederick P. Ognibene, MD, MCCM	2007 - 2008
Philip S. Barie, MBA, MD, MCCM	2008 - 2009
Mitchell M. Levy, MD, MCCM	2009 - 2010
Judith Jacobi, PharmD, BCCCP, MCCM	2010 - 2011
Pamela A. Lipsett, MD, MHPE, MCCM	2011 - 2012
Clifford S. Deutschman, MD, MS, MCCM	2012 - 2013
Carol L. Thompson, ACNP, CCRN, DNP, PhD, MCCM	2013 - 2014
J. Christopher Farmer, MD, MCCM	2014 - 2015
Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, FACS, MCCM	2015 - 2016
Todd Dorman, MD, MCCM	2016 - 2017
Ruth M. Kleinpell, ACNP, CCRN, PhD, RN, MCCM	2017 - 2018
Jerry J. Zimmerman, MD, PhD, FCCM	2018 - 2019
Heatherlee Bailey, MD, FAAEM, FCCM	2019 - 2020
Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM	2020 - 2021
Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc, FCCM	2021 - 2022
Sandra L. Kane-Gill, MSc, PharmD, FCCP	2022 - 2023