Jerry J. Zimmerman, MD, PhD, MCCM, is a Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology and a senior faculty member in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine. A leader in pediatric critical care research, he has served on numerous national committees dedicated to advancing the field. As co-editor of Pediatric Critical Care, now in its seventh edition, he brings deep expertise in PCCM’s academic landscape.

Dr. Zimmerman has been engaged in sepsis research for over 30 years, earning international recognition for his contributions. He was an inaugural satellite site principal investigator for both the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN) and the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network. Recently, he chaired the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) Discovery Research Network.

His research leadership includes serving as principal investigator for the Life After Pediatric Sepsis Evaluation (LAPSE) study (NCT01415180), which examined long-term outcomes of children with septic shock. He also led the Genotypes and Phenotypes in Pediatric SIRS and Sepsis (GAPPSS) study, evaluating the diagnostic potential of gene mRNA expression signatures (SeptiCyte™) and proteomics in distinguishing bacterial sepsis, severe viral illness, and non-infectious systemic inflammation in critically ill children.

Dr. Zimmerman played a key role in the international PODIUM collaborative, which established modern definitions for single and multiple organ dysfunctions, and led SCCM’s Taskforce in defining the Phoenix Pediatric Sepsis Definition. He is currently a co-principal investigator for the Stress Dose Hydrocortisone in Pediatric Septic Shock (SHIPSS) interventional trial (NCT03401398). A past president of SCCM, Dr. Zimmerman has been honored with distinguished service awards from both SCCM and the American Academy of Pediatrics' Critical Care Section.