Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, FRCP, FCCM, FCCP
Dr. Derek Angus is currently a professor in Critical Care Medicine as well as Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to these functions, he serves as vice chair for research in the Department of Critical Care. He is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Thoracic Society, the Association for Health Services Research and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.Dr. Angus earned his medical degree and did additional post-graduate study at the Western Infirmary of Glasgow University in the UK. Following that work, Dr. Angus completed a fellowship in Disaster Reanimatology through the Schools of Medicine and Engineering and the Graduate Schools of Public Health and Public and International Affairs here at the University.
Dr. Angus specializes in the epidemiologic, economic and health services research aspects of critical illness and ICU organization and delivery. He has studied the development and application of cost-effectiveness analysis in critical care, the capability and impact of alternative ICU organizational models, traditional and novel ICU risk prediction tools, and the incidence, cost and short- and long-term outcomes of critical illnesses such as sepsis and respiratory failure. Dr. Angus has attracted considerable research funding for these studies and authored or co-authored numerous publications and peer-reviewed articles.
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Derek C. AngusPhone: 412-647-8110
Email: angusdc@ccm.upmc.edu