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CLIF Team

Leading researchers and clinicians from 17 institutions working together to advance critical care research through standardized data formats. Twelve sites have already contributed CLIF-formatted data to our federated network, with 6 more actively preparing to contribute.

CLIF Steering Committee

Catherine Gao

Catherine Gao, MD

Co-Chair

Chad Hochberg

Chad Hochberg, MD

Vice-chair for New Member Integration

Kaveri Chhikara

Kaveri Chhikara, MS

Vice-chair for Software Development

Vaishvik Chaudhari

Vaishvik Chaudhari, MS

Vice-chair and Technical Lead

Pat Lyons

Pat Lyons, MD

Founding Vice-Chair

J.C. Rojas

J.C. Rojas, MD

Founding Vice-Chair

William Parker

William Parker, MD, PhD

Founding Executive Director

Alexander Ortiz

Alexander Ortiz, MD

Steering Committee Member

Anna Barker

Anna Barker, MD, PhD

Steering Committee Member

Casey Eddington

Casey Eddington, PhD

Steering Committee Member

Edward Schenck

Edward Schenck, MD

Steering Committee Member

Kevin Buell

Kevin Buell, MBBS

Steering Committee Member

Nathan Mesfin

Nathan Mesfin, MD

Steering Committee Member

Siva Bhavani

Siva Bhavani, MD

Steering Committee Member

Snigdha Jain

Snigdha Jain, MD

Steering Committee Member

CLIF Collaborators by Site

UChicago Medicine

Jay Koyner

Jay Koyner, MD

Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith, MD

Bhakti Patel

Bhakti Patel, MD

Rachel Baccile

Rachel Baccile, MPP

Kyle Carey

Kyle Carey, MPH

Haley Beck

Haley Beck, MA

Zewei ('Whiskey') Liao

Zewei ('Whiskey') Liao, MS

Dema Therese

Dema Therese, MS

Brett Beaulieu-Jones

Brett Beaulieu-Jones, PhD

Michael Burkhart

Michael Burkhart, PhD

Shan Guleria

Shan Guleria, MD

Rush University

J.C. Rojas

J.C. Rojas, MD

Vaishvik Chaudhari

Vaishvik Chaudhari, MS

Kevin Buell

Kevin Buell, MBBS

Hoda Masteri

Hoda Masteri, MS

Northwestern Medicine

Yuan Luo

Yuan Luo, PhD

Chengsheng Mao

Chengsheng Mao, PhD

Saki Amagai

Saki Amagai, PhD

Wan-Ting Liao

Wan-Ting Liao, MS

Oregon Health & Science University

Pat Lyons

Pat Lyons, MD

Brenna Park-Egan

Brenna Park-Egan, MS

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Chad Hochberg

Chad Hochberg, MD

Sarah Goldfarb

Sarah Goldfarb, BS

Theodore 'Jack' Iwashyna

Theodore 'Jack' Iwashyna, MD, PhD

David N. Hager

David N. Hager, MD, PhD

M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center

Nicholas Ingraham

Nicholas Ingraham, MD

Nathan Mesfin

Nathan Mesfin, MD

Casey Eddington

Casey Eddington, PhD

Emory Healthcare

Siva Bhavani

Siva Bhavani, MD

NT

Navya Tippananapalya Ramesh, MS

Tufts University

Susan Han

Susan Han, MD

Michigan Medicine

Anna Barker

Anna Barker, MD, PhD

MN

Mark Nuppnau, MS

University of Pennsylvania

Gary E. Weissman

Gary E. Weissman, MD, MSHP

Alexander Ortiz

Alexander Ortiz, MD

Katie Connell

Katie Connell, PhD

Anuradha Vyas

Anuradha Vyas, MD, MPH

Benjamin Schmid

Benjamin Schmid, MS

Cornell University

Edward J. Schenck

Edward J. Schenck, MD

UCSF Health

Aartik Sarma

Aartik Sarma, MD

Andrew Wilmore

Andrew Wilmore, MS

University of Colorado

Jennifer Ginestra

Jennifer Ginestra, MD

Yale University

Snigdha Jain

Snigdha Jain, MD

Harvard University

Claire N Shappell

Claire N Shappell, MD

University of Toronto

Andre Amaral

Andre Amaral, MD

TY

Tomas Yip, MS