Dr. Marin Kollef is a Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine and
Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit and Respiratory Care Services at Barnes-Jewish
Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a member of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Critical Care
Committee. Dr. Kollef was awarded Virginia E. and Sam J. Golman Chair in Respiratory
Intensive Care Medicine in 2009.
After completing his Bachelor of Science from the US Military Academy in West Point, NY,
Dr. Kollef went on to receive his Doctor of Medicine degree from University of Rochester School
of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Kollef then completed his residency in Internal Medicine and
fellowship in Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care at the Madigan Army Medical Center in
Tacoma, Washington. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American
College of Chest Physicians.
Dr. Kollef has lectured extensively on numerous critical care topics, including ventilator-associated pneumonia, antibiotic resistance, and optimization of antibiotic therapy. Dr. Kollef
has authored peer-reviewed manuscripts, letters, case reports, editorials, and invited
publications. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Respiratory Care, Critical Care,
Critical Care Medicine, Informed Decisions/Clinical Strategies, and Journal of Surgical
Infections and is a reviewer for many journals including Chest, JAMA, and the New England
Journal of Medicine.
Dr. Kollef is the recipient of numerous honors and awards including selection to “Best Doctors in
America,” Central Region and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Team Awards for Quality Improvement
for programs directed to VAP prevention, bloodstream infection prevention, and the “Surviving
Sepsis Initiative.” He has received teaching awards and is a recognized expert in the
performance of clinical outcomes research in the ICU setting. His clinical research focus has
been the understanding and prevention of nosocomial infections and the improved care of
mechanically-ventilated patients. He is also a member of the American Thoracic Society,
Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Association for Respiratory Care, and American
Society of Clinical Investigation.