Timothy D. Girard, MD, MSCI

Timothy D. Girard, M.D., M.S.C.I. is an Instructor in Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine and the Center for Health Services Research at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Baylor University and earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. He then completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Virginia and a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Vanderbilt University. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine. His recent research efforts include a randomized clinical trial evaluating the effect of a paired sedation and ventilator weaning protocol on short- and long-term outcomes among medical ICU patients. His research interests include geriatric critical care, cognitive impairment after critical illness, severe sepsis, and sedation. He is currently funded by The Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes Research Scholars Award Program and the Vanderbilt Physician Scientist Development Program. For more details of his work, please contact him for a copy of his Curriculum Vitae.