intensivist
noun
in·ten·siv·ist
in-ˈten(t)-sə-vəst 
plural intensivists
: a physician who specializes in the care and treatment of patients in intensive care
An intensivist may also be referred to as a critical care specialist. Doctors who receive training in internal medicine, general surgery, anesthesiology or pediatrics can become board-certified intensivists with the appropriate training.—
R. J. Ignelzi
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Inside, one of my colleagues, a bearded intensivist named Shiraz Saleem, was treating a teen-age girl with diabetic ketoacidosis, a life-threatening complication of diabetes caused by a lack of insulin.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Vadim Gudzenko, an intensivist at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, became familiar with ECMO during that pandemic.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
At Baptist Health Lexington, in Lexington, Kentucky, a member of the housekeeping staff -- along with an intensivist, an ICU nurse, and an emergency room nursing assistant -- were among the first to receive the vaccine's first dose on Monday, according to CNN affiliate WTVQ.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 15 Dec. 2020
The irony of that struck Dr. Ali Seifi, a neuro intensivist, while checking up on a patient who was recovering from surgery for brain trauma.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 4 Feb. 2022
Duncan now works as a consulting pediatric intensivist in Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
—Neil Singh, Wired, 15 June 2021
Gudzenko, the intensivist who had watched Lopez’s progress, got the news from a colleague.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
Those medical providers represent ICU nurses, nurse practitioners, respiratory health technicians, behavioral health technicians, medical lab technicians and an intensivist, which is a critical care physician, Ptak wrote.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2020
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Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Vadim Gudzenko, an intensivist at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, became familiar with ECMO during that pandemic.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
At Baptist Health Lexington, in Lexington, Kentucky, a member of the housekeeping staff -- along with an intensivist, an ICU nurse, and an emergency room nursing assistant -- were among the first to receive the vaccine's first dose on Monday, according to CNN affiliate WTVQ.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 15 Dec. 2020
The irony of that struck Dr. Ali Seifi, a neuro intensivist, while checking up on a patient who was recovering from surgery for brain trauma.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 4 Feb. 2022
Duncan now works as a consulting pediatric intensivist in Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
—Neil Singh, Wired, 15 June 2021
Gudzenko, the intensivist who had watched Lopez’s progress, got the news from a colleague.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
Those medical providers represent ICU nurses, nurse practitioners, respiratory health technicians, behavioral health technicians, medical lab technicians and an intensivist, which is a critical care physician, Ptak wrote.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2020
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intensivist
noun
in·ten·siv·ist
in-ˈten(t)-sə-vəst
: a physician who specializes in the care and treatment of patients in intensive care
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