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Michael Ries, MBA, MD, FCCM (he/him/his)

Advocate Health, Illinois

Michael Ries, MD, MBA, is the Immediate Past Medical Director of Adult Critical Care, Tele-Critical Care, and the Patient Command Center for Advocate – Midwest, and Co-Chair of the system’s Sepsis Committee. Dr. Ries is a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Chest Physicians, and American College of Physicians. Dr. Ries received his A.B. degree at Cornell University and his MD degree at Chicago Medical School (AOA Honorary). In 2002, he completed his MBA at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University. Dr. Ries has authored numerous articles and book chapters on tele-Critical and Acute Care and its impact on the quality and cost of health care delivery and has lectured extensively on the topic. Dr. Ries has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching including the prestigious Mark Lepper Society of Teachers award. He is a reviewer for Critical Care Medicine, Chest, Journal of Critical Care, Applied Clinical Informatics, and Health Affairs and has been a presentation mentor for HIMSS. He oversaw clinical and financial outcomes, integration, and process improvement initiatives for Advocate Midwest’s 34 ICU’s located at 26 hospitals and its Tele-Critical and Acute Care program. The Tele-Critical Care program is one of the oldest in the country having launched in 2003.

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