Dr. Wes Ely, professor of medicine, founder and co-director of the Center for Critical Illness, Brain dysfunction, and Survivorship Center (www.icudelirium.org) at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Nashville Veteran’s Affairs Hospital. Dr. Ely serves as the principal investigator for ongoing clinical trials in sedation, delirium, and post-ICU cognitive impairment funded by the VA and the NIH.