Ivor S. Douglas, MD, is Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado, and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine at Denver Health Medical Center where he has directed the medical ICU since 2002. Having graduated medical school in South Africa and Internal Medicine Residency training in London, Great Britain, he completed pulmonary and critical care fellowship training the University of Chicago. Dr. Douglas is principal investigator for ongoing investigations in several aspects of critical care, including basic mechanistic studies in acute lung injury, sepsis and septic shock, and therapeutic strategies for shock resuscitation and long-term outcomes in the critically ill. Dr. Douglas serves on the steering committees and safety monitoring boards for multicenter international studies in critical illness. Dr. Douglas directs an NIH, DoD, and industry funded research program exploring sepsis, ARDS, and long-term outcomes from critical illness. His work in critical care leadership and health services includes sepsis resuscitation programs using Lean systems engineering techniques. He has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific publications and book chapters and is the Co-Editor of Principles of Critical Care, the preeminent textbook in the field.

Dr. Douglas has received teaching awards at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and University of Colorado. Dr. Douglas served as chair of the American Thoracic Society’s Health Policy Committee and the ATS Critical Care Assembly program committee from 2014 to 2016.

Dr. Douglas has been recognized annually since 2008 in Denver 5280’s “Top Doc” and “Best Doctors in America” lists. He is Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) and is an avid music listener, genealogist, and tennis player.