Anna McCormick, DO is a specialist in pediatric critical care medicine at University of Chicago, Comer Children’s Hospital. She provides care for infants and children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and the Pediatric Sedation Service.

As a clinician, Dr. McCormick strives to be a role model for trainees and colleagues. She values interprofessional collaboration to provide high-value, evidence-based, patient- and family-centered care to her patients. As an academic clinician, Dr. McCormick is committed to fostering an environment of inquiry and promoting recognition of the expertise of each profession in our patient care. Her passion for continuous improvement is applied at the bedside and with trainee education. She supports a positive feedback culture and collaborates within the institution to develop simulation-based methods of education.

Dr. McCormick’s scholarly work focuses on patient safety, quality improvement, and development of high-performing teams. Her interest in promoting a positive culture for patient safety allows for a collaborative approach to identify opportunities for improvement for our health care system. Her efforts are focused on understanding and ultimately improving how individuals and interprofessional teams develop cohesion and expertise to optimize critical care delivery using multimodal interventions and educational approaches, with a focus on the use of simulation.