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Member Spotlight: Brandon M. Wiley, MD, FASE, FACC, FCCM

By Amy Kuyken posted 21 days ago

  

Brandon M. Wiley, MD, FASE, FACC, FCCM, is chief of cardiology at Los Angeles General Medical Center and associate professor of medicine at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, USA. He became a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) in 2015 and is actively involved as a director, consultant, and instructor of SCCM’s critical care ultrasound courses. His clinical interests include cardiovascular, shock, and ultrasound. In his free time, you will find him paddleboarding, cycling, and walking his dogs. Dr. Wiley shares his love for the multiprofessional aspect of critical care.

How did you get into critical care?

I felt myself moving away from medicine during my cardiology fellowship. I thought that doing a critical care fellowship would make me a better physician, and it was a lot of fun.

What is your biggest professional achievement?

My goal has always been to work at a public hospital, and I was lucky enough to be hired as chief of cardiology at Los Angeles General Medical Center.

Why do you love being in critical care?

Critical care is such a unique practice. It can be both incredibly rewarding and humbling. Ultimately I enjoy the team-based approach to care and the relationships that you can develop while working together to care for complicated patients.

What are the top advances in critical care since you started your career?

The explosion of point-of-care ultrasound and critical care ultrasound is shaping critical care. When I started my career, we did not have portable echocardiography machines and now we have wireless handheld ultrasound devices that can fit in your coat pocket!

What advice do you have for those starting their critical care careers?

Embrace the multidisciplinary nature of critical care. Learn from everyone—nurses, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapists, nutritionists, and clinicians from other specialties (infectious disease, nephrology, etc.).

What do you see as the most challenging issue facing critical care?

I think that the economics of healthcare delivery will continue to be a challenging force impacting the future of critical care. The field of critical care will have to use the pressure of healthcare economics as a method to drive innovation to ensure the delivery of high-quality care in a financially responsible manner.

What industry trends excite you about the future?

The growth of AI clinical decision tools that can help clinicians be more effective and efficient at the bedside. As critical care becomes more complex, we need smart AI that can help us make sense of the mountain of data that we must climb every day in the ICU.

Connect with @Brandon Wiley on SCCM Connect! 

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