Dr. Kellum is a Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Medicine, Bioengineering, and Clinical and Translational Science and holds an Endowed Chair in Critical Care Research from the University of Pittsburgh. He is Vice-Chair for Research within the Department of Critical Care Medicine and Director of the Center for Critical Care Nephrology at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Kellum received his medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio in 1984. His postgraduate training includes an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Rochester, NY, and a Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests span various aspects of Critical Care Medicine, but center on critical care nephrology, sepsis, and multi-organ failure, and clinical epidemiology, including consensus development and research methodology. He has authored more than 600 publications and has won several awards for teaching. He lectures widely and has given more than 400 seminars and invited lectures worldwide related to his research.