Stephen M. Pastores, MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM
Intensivist
Titles
Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training & Research Programs
Clinical Expertise
Critical Care Medicine
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In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, HMO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): POS, EPO, HMO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO, HMO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO, DSN
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In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO, EPO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): EPO, HMO, PPO, POS
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In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO EPO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): EPO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): State Government
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In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO
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In Network Coverage Type(s): Supplemental
Payor Type: Commercial
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In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, EPO, HMO
Payor Type: Medicare/Medicare Advantage
In Network Coverage Type(s): TBD
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): HMO/EPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, EPO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): State Government
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, HMO
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS
Payor Type: Commercial
In Network Coverage Type(s): PPO, POS, HMO
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Education
MD, Lyceum-Northwestern College (Philippines)
Residencies
Metropolitan Hospital Center/New York Medical College
Fellowships
New York University Medical Center; Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York)
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Disease; Critical Care Medicine
I joined the Memorial Sloan Kettering staff in 1999 and have served as the director of the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship & Research Programs in the Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine since 2003. As Fellowship Director, I am in charge of the day-to-day operation of the program, including the development and implementation of the educational curriculum for our fellows, and discussing their evaluations, research projects, and career options. I am also a professor of medicine in anesthesiology and medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. I serve as Principal Investigator for several clinical trials in septic shock and acute lung injury. In addition to my clinical and research activities at MSK, I am actively involved in critical care medicine at a national level, serving as a member of the Board of Regents of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and a member of the editorial boards of CHEST Journal, Critical Care Medicine, and Journal of Critical Care. I was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award and the Safar Global Partner Award from the Society of Critical Care Medicine for exceptional leadership contributions to the vision and mission of the Society.
Awards and Honors
- Castle Connolly: America's Top Doctors (2023)
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Pastores SM, Halpern NA, Oropello JM, Kvetan V. Critical care organizations in academic medical centers in North America: a descriptive report. Crit Care Med 2015 Oct;43(10):2239-44.
Halpern NA, Pastores SM. Critical care medicine beds, use, occupancy and costs in the United States: a methodological review. Crit Care Med Nov;43(11):2452-9.
Pastores SM, Halpern NA. Insights into ICU bed expansion in the US: national and regional analysis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015;191(4):365-6.
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Pastores SM, Halpern NA, Oropello JM, Kvetan V. Intensivist Workforce in the US: The Crisis is Real, Not Imagined. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015;191(6):718-9.
Pastores SM. Staffing ratios and workload in critically ill patients: do they impact outcomes. Crit Care Med 2015 Aug;43(8):1775-6.
Vadde R, Pastores SM. Management of acute respiratory failure in patients with hematologic malignancies. J Intensive Care Med 2015 Aug 16.
Paskovaty A, Pastores SM, Gedrimaite Z, Kostelecky N, Riedel E, Seo SK. Antimicrobial de-escalation in septic cancer patients: is it safe to back down? Intensive Care Med 2015; Nov;41:2022-3.
Kamat S, Chawla S, Rajendram P, Pastores SM, Kostelecky N, Halpern NA. An analysis of patients transferred to a tertiary oncological intensive care unit for defined procedures. Am J Crit Care 2015;24(3):241-7.
Pastores SM, DeSancho MT. Dalteparin was at least as effective as UFH for VTE prevention in critically ill patients with similar costs. ACP Journal Club 2015;162(6):JC13.
Cheng B, Hoeft AH, Book M, Shu Q, Pastores SM. Sepsis: pathogenesis, biomarkers, and treatment. Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:846935.
Pastores SM, Kvetan V. Shortage of intensive care specialists in the United States: recent insights and proposed solutions. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2015 Jan-Mar;27(1):5-6.
Halpern NA, Pastores SM. Understanding the Russell equation and projection estimates to describe critical care costs in the USA. Intensive Care Med 2015 Oct;41(10):1828-30.
Sevransky JE, Checkley W, Herrera P, Pickering BW, Barr J, Brown SM, Chang SY, Chong D, Kaufman D, Fremont RD, Girard TD, Hoag J, Johnson SB, Kerlin MP, Liebler J, O’Brien J, O’Keefe T, Park PK, Pastores SM, Patil N, Pietropaoli AP, Putman M, Rice TW, Rotello L, Siner J, Sajid S, Murphy DJ, Martin GS; United States Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group-Critical Illness Outcomes Study Investigators. Protocols and Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: The United States Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group Critical Illness Outcomes Study. Crit Care Med. 2015 Oct;43(10):2076-84
Mokart D, Pastores SM, Darmon M. Has survival increased in cancer patients admitted to the ICU? Yes. Intensive Care Med 2014;40:1570-2. [pmid:25160033]
Fessler HE, Addrizzo-Harris D, Beck JM, Buckley JD, Pastores SM, Piquette CA, Rowley JA, Spevetz A. Entrustable Professional Activities and Curricular Milestones for Fellowship Training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: Report of a multi-society working group. Chest 2014;146(3):813-34. [pmid:24945874]
Joffe AM, Pastores SM, Maerz LL, Mathur P, Lisco SJ. Utilization and impact on fellowship training of non-physician advanced practice providers in intensive care units of academic medical centers: a survey of critical care program directors. J Crit Care. 2014 Feb;29(1):112-5. [pmid:24268625]
Pastores SM, Martin GS, Baumann MH, et al. Training internists to meet critical care needs in the United States: a consensus statement from the Critical Care Societies Collaborative (CCSC). CCSC Task Force on Critical Care Educational Pathways in Internal Medicine. Crit Care Med. 2014 May;42(5):1272-9. [pmid:24637881]
Pastores SM, DeSancho MT. Dalteparin was at least as effective as UFH for VTE prevention in critically ill patients with similar costs. ACP Journal Club 2015;162(6):JC13. [pmid:25775344]
Cheng B, Hoeft AH, Book M, Shu Q, Pastores SM. Sepsis: pathogenesis, biomarkers, and treatment. Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:846935. [pmid:25834828]
Pastores SM, Kvetan V. Shortage of intensive care specialists in the United States: recent insights and proposed solutions. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2015 Jan-Mar;27(1):5-6. [pmid:25909306]
Kamat S, Chawla S, Rajendram P, Pastores SM, Kostelecky N, Halpern NA. An analysis of patients transferred to a tertiary oncological intensive care unit for defined procedures. Am J Crit Care. 2015 May;24(3):241-7. [pmid:25934721]
Pastores SM, Halpern NA. Insights into ICU bed expansion in the US: national and regional analysis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015;191(4):365-6.
Pastores SM, Halpern NA, Oropello JM, Kvetan V. Intensivist Workforce in the US: The Crisis is Real, Not Imagined. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015;191(6):718-9. [pmid:25767929]
Pastores SM, Shaw A, Williams MD, Mongan E, Alicea M, Halpern NA. A Safety Evaluation of Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients with Severe Sepsis: Lessons in Clinical Research. Bone Marrow Transplantation 2005;36:721-24.
Pastores SM, Papadopoulos E, van den Brink M, Alicea M, Halpern N: Septic shock and multiple organ failure after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: treatment with recombinant human activated protein C. Bone Marrow Transplantation 2002;30:131-134.
Pastores SM. Technological Innovations in organ support for hepatic, renal and hematologic failure. NVIC (Netherlands Journal of Intensive Care) 2001;5:46-49.
Abraham E, Laterre PF, Garbino J, Pingleton S, Butler T, Dugernier T, Margolis B, Kudsk K, et al, Halpern N, Pastores SM et al of the Tenefuse Study Group. Crit Care Med 2001;29:503-510.
Pastores SM: Acute Respiratory Failure: Diagnosis and Management. Oncology and Critical Care. Critical Care Clinics of North America, Vol 17(3), July 2001, pp. 623-646.
Halpern NA, Pastores SM, Oropello JM (editors). ICU Bedside Technology. Critical Care Clinics of North America. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 2000:545.
Maguire PJ, Stevens C, Humes HD, Shander A, Halpern NA, Pastores SM. Bioartificial Organ Support for Hepatic, Renal and Hematologic Failure. In Halpern NA, Pastores SM, Oropello JM, Eds, ICU Bedside Technology: A Look into the 21st Century, Critical Care Clinics of North America, Vol 16(4), October 2000, pp 681-694.
Pastores SM, Halpern NA. Acquisition Strategies for Critical Care Technology. In: Halpern NA, Pastores SM, Oropello JM, Eds, ICU Bedside Technology: A Look into the 21st Century, Critical Care Clinics of North America, Vol 16(4), October 2000, pp 545-556.
Pastores SM, Halpern N. Striving to get new technology into the critical care environment. Journal of Critical Illness 2000;15(7):351-357.
Halpern NA, Pastores SM, Baker-Price J, Alicea M. The many causes of acute hearing loss in the ICU. Clinical Update. J Crit Illness 1999;14:398-402.
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Stephen M. Pastores discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
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AbbVie
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McGraw-Hill Education
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