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Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, FRCP (UK), is a Distinguished Professor and holds the Mitchell P. Fink Endowed Chair in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He serves as Chair of the Department of Critical Care Medicine for both the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the UPMC healthcare system, a position held since 2008. He is also Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Care Innovation in Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at UPMC, Co-Director of the UPMC ICU Service Center, and Senior Editor of JAMA. Secondary appointments include Professor of Medicine, Health Policy & Management, and Clinical & Translational Science. He directs the CRISMA Center. Angus completed medical training with an MB, ChB from the University of Glasgow School of Medicine in 1984 and MRCP (UK) in Internal Medicine from University of Glasgow teaching hospitals in 1988. He undertook a Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1991, earned an MPH from the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh in 1992, and completed a Fellowship at the Safar International Resuscitation Research Center, University of Pittsburgh in 1992.