Jeffrey Dichter, MD

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.