Russell R. Miller III, MD, MPH, FCCM, is an intensivist and Medical Director of Critical Care at FirstHealth of the Carolinas in Pinehurst, NC. Previously, he was Chair of the Critical Care Development Team for Intermountain Healthcare and Director of the Respiratory ICU at Intermountain Medical Center. He did undergraduate training at Duke University, medical and residency training in the southeastern United States, and then a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt. His academic interests have included sepsis, pneumonia and associated lung injury, sedation and delirium in the ICU, and ICU mobility.