Meet The Team
Former CAIRO President
Aluko Hope
Dr. Hope is associate professor of pulmonary and critical care and is medical director of the OHSU Long COVID-19 Program. He is a physician-scientist whose research focus is on improving the recovery of adults after acute illness.
Dr. Hope served 10 years with Montefiore Medical Center, the university hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he was the founding director of the COVID-19 Recovery Engagement Clinic at Montefiore-Einstein before joining OHSU.
CAIRO Executive Committee Member
Andrea Johnson
Annie Johnson is cochair of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Thrive Peer Support Collaborative and a bedside critical care nurse practitioner at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Annie also co-leads the Mayo Clinic ICU Recovery Program.
CAIRO Post-ICU Clinic Collaborative Co-Chair
Carla Sevin
Dr. Carla Sevin is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. She received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her M.D. from the University of South Florida. She trained in Internal Medicine at Vanderbilt University and completed a Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship there. She received additional subspecialty training at the UniverstitätsSpital in Zürich, Switzerland, and the University of California in San Francisco, CA. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine.
CAIRO Post-ICU Clinic Collaborative Co-Chair
Rita Bakhru
Dr. Bakhru is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. She received her undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University and her MD at the University of Michigan. She completed her residency at the University of Michigan and her fellowship and MSCE degree at the University of Pennsylvania. She was on faculty at Wake Forest University School of Medicine for 9 years where she ran the Wake Forest ICU Recovery Clinic. She transitioned to MUSC in 2023 and has established an ICU Recovery Clinic at MUSC.
CAIRO Peer Support Collaborative Co-Chair
Heather Imperato-Shedden
Heather Imperato-Shedden is a master's level, licensed clinical social worker. Heather has worked in the field of medical social work for over ten years. She began her social work career at a hospice and palliative care agency. She is currently the Program Manager for the ICU & Post ICU Support Social Work Team at Morristown Medical Center.
CAIRO Peer Support Collaborative Co-Chair
Kendra Hinton-Frose
Dr. Hinton-Froese is a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant professor at Indiana University School of Medicine. She is the director of the Post-ICU Recovery Clinic (PIRC) at Indiana University Health. This clinic provides psychotherapy services for patients who are experiencing psychological sequelae following an ICU stay.
CAIRO Executive Committee Member
Mark Mikkelson
Dr. Mikkelsen is the inaugural Associate Chief Medical Officer of Critical Care at the University of Colorado Hospital and Chair of the UCHealth Clinical Outcomes Governance Group for Critical Care. Through these roles, he leads and supports a dynamic, world-class critical care organization. The multidisciplinary team of critical care clinicians at the University of Colorado Hospital and UCHealth are collectively driven to inspire the next generation of critical care clinicians, to deliver care of the highest quality to the critically ill and to their family members, and to create and implement innovative science that advances the field of critical care medicine and survivorship.
Current CAIRO President
Tammy Eaton
Dr. Eaton’s program of research focuses on improving the quality and delivery of care for critical illness survivors and their families. She is also interested in developing interventions to decrease overall symptom burden and improve the quality of life for critical illness survivors. Her dissertation research explored the role of palliative care in critical illness survivors.
Former CAIRO President
Jack Iwashyna
Dr. Iwashyna is a critical care doctor who conducts health services research. His primary interest is in how patients and families can heal from acute serious illnesses like bad infections, respiratory failure, and cardiac arrest—including COVID-19. He is dedicated to mentoring young scholars to become truly exceptional scientists.