Jeffrey Dichter

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Credentials

MD

Bio

Administrator Info
Name: Ashley Fuchs
Phone: 612-624-0999
Email: fuchs@umn.edu
Fax: 612-625-2174

Summary
Dr. Jeffrey Dichter completed his Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and Internal Medicine Residency at Los Angeles County General Hospital. He is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Dichter is an intensivist with clinical interest in Disaster Preparedness and Response and is a founding and executive committee member of the Task Force for Mass Critical Care, an internationally recognized multidisciplinary organization whose publications helped the United States prepare for and respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic. He is also a faculty member at the University of Minnesota High Consequence Infectious Disease Containment Unit, one of thirteen federally designated centers. 

His research interests include mass critical care surge response and intensive care unit strain. He is also an expert at sepsis and performance improvement, and actively contributes to sepsis care throughout the University of Minnesota and M Health Fairview Health System. His contributions have been recognized by both the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
 

Research Summary

●    Critical care surge capacity, staffing, and resources in pandemics and disasters
●    Intensive care unit strain
●    Septic shock
●    Performance improvement expert

Clinical Summary

●    Special pathogens
●    COVID-only hospitals
●    Sepsis
●    Critical care
●    Ebola containment
●    Hospitalist