Glenn J R Whitman

Dr Glenn Whitman is a Professor of Surgery, in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the Director of the CVSICU at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and has recently stepped down as the Director of Cardiac Transplantation, a position he held for the past 7 years. He received his medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, his cardiothoracic training at the University of Colorado, and has been in practice for more than 30 years.

In his role overseeing quality within the cardiac division at Hopkins, he has published on multiple critical care issues including early extubation postoperatively, blood utilisation, acute kidney injury, and in an area relevant to Destiny Pharma, postoperative infections.

Dr Whitman is the current Chair of the Workforce on Critical Care within the Society of Thoracic Surgery, and is recognised internationally as an expert on postoperative care of the cardiac surgery patient.