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Sergio Zanotti, MD, FCCM

Chief Medical Officer, Critical Care

Articles

  • Failing well: Learning from failure in healthcare

    | Careers, Critical Care, Leadership

    Our relationship to failure in healthcare is broken. As clinicians, we hold deeply ingrained convictions regarding failure that, unfortunately, are incorrect and make it difficult […]

  • Super-charge your skills

    | Leadership

    In today’s knowledge economy, success is knowing how to grow. Once, we were hunters and gatherers, in search of food for survival. That was the job. […]

  • Systemic Racism, Discrimination, and Prejudice in Healthcare

    | Culture, Leadership

    During the last six months, the words “I can’t breathe” have been calls for help by millions of patients with COVID-19. These same words have […]

  • Leadership in Uncertain Times

    | Culture, Leadership

    Leadership is a choice. It is not something that is bestowed upon us by titles or appointments. At its core, leadership is defined by followers. […]

  • The Path of Life: End of Life Care in the ICU

    | Performance

    Instead of attempting to prevent inevitable outcomes, how do physicians integrate patient values into their goals of care?

  • Does Compassion Matter?

    | Performance

    Patients often express their desire for physicians to connect with them on empathetic levels and to ask questions about their overall wellness. As physicians focus on physical symptoms, new thoughts raise the question: does clinician compassion factor into patient outcomes and satisfaction, and is compassion measurable? Research is leaning towards “yes.”

Webinars

  • Why clinical leadership is more critical than ever — and how to build it

    More health systems are closing these gaps by building robust clinical leadership pipelines — empowering front-line physicians to lead change, improve outcomes and strengthen team engagement. This session offers practical insights for organizations aiming to elevate clinical performance through leadership development.

  • ICU Performance: A Catalyst for Growth

    Your ICU can be a catalyst for growth. Learn how to implement change in your ICU to improve clinical effectiveness through evidence-based practices and your hospital’s reputation.

Podcasts

  • Invasive Candidiasis

    In this, Dr. Sergio Zanotti discusses the management of invasive candidiasis in critically ill patients. Invasive candidiasis is frequent in critically ill patients and is associated with high mortality and morbidity. He is joined by Dr. Max Adelman, a practicing critical care and infectious disease physician at Houston Methodist Hospital. Dr. Adelman is an Assistant…

  • Surviving sepsis campaign 2026 guidelines

    In this episode, Dr. Zanotti discusses the Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2026. He is joined by Dr. Hallie Prescot and Dr. Bram Rochwerg. Dr. Hallie Prescott is an Associate Professor in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at the University of Michigan and a staff physician at the…

  • Management of Impella Emergencies

    In this episode, Dr. Sergio Zanotti discusses emergency management and resuscitation of patients with left-sided Impella support. We will base our discussion on a recently published United Kingdom multisociety consensus statement. Our guests for this episode are two of the authors of this consensus statement.Dr. Zanotti is joined by Dr. Waqas Akhtar, a consultant at…

  • Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Clinical Guideline Update

    In this episode Dr. Sergio Zanotti discusses the recently released Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Adults. This guideline is a report of the American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. He is joined by Dr. Mark Creager, the lead author…

  • ECMO Emergencies

    In this episode, Dr. Sergio Zanotti discusses a structured approach to ECMO emergencies, focusing on recognizing cardiac arrest, organizing the team response, and early ECMO troubleshooting to support key life-saving interventions. He is joined by Dr. Waqas Akhtar, a consultant at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trustin the United Kingdom. Dr. Akhtar completed full…

  • Acute Type B Aortic Dissection

    In this episode of Critical Matters, Dr. Sergio Zanotti discusses the management of acute type B aortic dissection. He is joined by Dr. Firas Mussa, a vascular surgeon and professor at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Dr. Mussa also holds a joint appointment with Imperial College in London. Additional resources: Management of Acute Type…