Professor of Internal Medicine, Director, CCMU
University of Michigan Health System
Dr. Robert C. Hyzy, MCCM is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He is Medical Director of the Critical Care Medicine Unit at the University of Michigan Hospital and Co-Chair of the University of Michigan Hospital Critical Care Committee. Dr. Hyzy’s research interests are in the area of critical care medicine, including ICU quality improvement, ARDS, and ventilator associated pneumonia. He is the Program Director and Co-Principal Investigator of the Great Lakes Clinical Center forf the NHLBI ARDS, Pneumonia and Sepsis (APS) Consortium. Previoulsy he was Program Director for the Michigan Clinical Center of the Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (PETAL) Network. He is the author of over 140 peer review articles, contributes 14 topics on mechanical ventilation to the online site UpToDate. Dr. Hyzy is Co-Editor of the Critical Care textbook, “Evidence-Based Critical Care: A Case Study Approach,” whose second edition was published in 2020 by Springer. He has lectured nationally and internationally. Dr. Hyzy has been active in the Michigan Health and Hospital Association Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality n in 2003 and is Past Chair of the Board of Directors. Dr. Hyzy is member of the SCCM Internal Medicine Steering Committee, has served on the Congress Program Committee and is a former member and Chair of the ACCM Credentials Committee and Quality Improvement Committees.