Marin H. Kollef, MD, FACP, FCCP
Golman Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-273-6789
- Email: kollefm@nospam.wustl.edu
Appointments
- Golman Professor of Medicine
Research Interests
I have developed the ICU into a research laboratory to investigate disease processes (e.g., ventilator-associated pneumonia) and patient outcomes. My research interest has focused on the study of patient outcomes in the intensive care unit setting. We have developed a clinical outcomes study group at Washington University. By performing retrospective cohort studies and prospective clinical trials aimed at optimizing the treatment of critically ill patients we have significantly improved the care of acute respiratory failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive lung disease, and sepsis. Our multidisciplinary research group has also developed and investigated the use of treatment strategies aimed at preventing complications in the intensive care unit to include pneumonia, prolonged need for mechanical ventilation, and organ dysfunction. We have also focused on optimizing the management of critically ill patients with infectious diseases to include antimicrobial stewardship.
Education and training
- 1983 MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
- 1983 – 1986 Residency, Internal Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington
- 1986 – 1988 Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington
- 1988 – 1992 Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado
- 1992 – 1997 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
- 1997 – 2005 Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
- 2005 – present Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Honors and Awards
- 1987 First Place Winner of Associate’s Presentation Award, American College of Physicians (State Regional meeting), Tacoma, WA
- 1989 First Place Winner of Associate’s Presentation Award, XVI World Congress on Diseases of the Chest and the 55th annual Scientific Assembly, American College of Chest Physicians, Boston, MA
- 1986 Outstanding Graduating Medical Resident, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma,Washington
- 1988 – 1989 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award: Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado
- 1988 – 1989 Attending Physician of the Year Award: Department of Medicine, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado
- 1989 – 1990 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award: Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado
- 1989 – 1990 Attending Physician of the Year Award: Department of Medicine, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado
- 1990 – 1991 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award: Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado
- 1993 – 1994 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award: Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- 1995 – 1996 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award: Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- 1996 – present Selected to “Best Doctors in America”, Central Region
- 1997 Quality Leadership Award, BJC Health System, Respiratory Care Services
- 1998 – 1999 The John P. Atkinson Outstanding Teacher Award: Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- 1999 Chest Foundation, Young Investigator Award
- 2000 Alfred Soffer Research Award, American College of Chest Physicians
- 2001 Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
- 2001 Team Award for Quality Improvement: Barnes-Jewish Hospital “VAP Prevention Program”
- 2003 Team Award for Quality Improvement: Barnes-Jewish Hospital “Bloodstream Infection Prevention Program”
- 2003 Best Critical Care Poster: American College of Chest Physicians
- 2005 William A. Altemeier Lecturer: Annual Meeting of the Surgical Infection Society, Miami, FL
- 2006 Team Award for Quality Improvement: Barnes-Jewish Hospital “Surviving Sepsis Initiative”
- 2007 ASHP Award for Excellence in Medication-Use Safety: “Optimizing the Management of Septic Shock”
- 2012 – 2015 Fourth Eli Lilly and Company Distinguished Scholar in Critical Care of the American College of Chest Physicians and the CHEST Foundation: “Preventing the need for intensive care and improving outcomes of hospitalized patients outside of intensive care units using an evidence-based early warning system”
- 2013 SCCM Presidential Citation for Outstanding Contributions to the Society of Critical Care Medicine
- 2014 Editors’ Choice Outstanding Research Abstract, Respiratory Care
- 2016 AARC Forrest M. Bird Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award
- 2017 AARC Phil Kittredge Memorial Honor Lecture: “The Value of Respiratory Therapy”
- 2021 – 2022 AARC Apex Recognition Award
- 2022 CHEST Murray Kornfeld Memorial Founders Lecture Recipient
- 2022 Barnes-Jewish Hospital Medical Staff Association Lifetime Achievement Award
Military
- Army Service Ribbon
- Army Commendation Medal (For Teaching Achievement 1990)
- Army Achievement Medal (For Teaching Achievement 1991)
- Bronze Star (For services rendered during Operation Desert Storm)
- National Defense Service Medal (Operation Desert Storm)
- Southwest Asia Medal (Operation Desert Storm)
- Liberation of Kuwait Medal (From Saudi Arabian Government)
- United Nations Service Medal
- Meritorious Unit Citation
- [701st MSB, First Infantry Division (Mechanized), Operation Desert Storm]
- Meritorious Service Metal
- Combat Medical Badge in support of Combat Operations [First Infantry Division (Mechanized), Operation Desert Storm]
- Army Parachutist Wings