Professor of Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Charles L. Sprung is the Director Emeritus of the General Intensive Care Unit and a Professor of Medicine and Critical Care Medicine at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center. Previously, he served as the Director of the Section of Critical Care Medicine at the VA Medical Center and the University of Miami. Dr. Sprung holds both a medical degree and a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami. A recognized leader in medical ethics, he has chaired the ethics committees of both the US Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), and has served on numerous international committees for medical organizations, world health bodies, and governmental agencies.
With an extensive research background focused on sepsis, septic shock, and clinical ethics, Dr. Sprung has shaped critical care guidelines globally. He has contributed to the ACCP/SCCM consensus conference on definitions of sepsis and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines. He has coordinated major multicenter clinical and ethical trials, including Corticus, ETHICUS, ETHICATT, ELDICUS, and Welpicus. Drawing on his experience at the Hadassah General ICU, which has managed an unprecedented volume of terror victims, he is also a leading expert in mass critical care triage. He has chaired task forces contributing triage recommendations for both the H1N1 and COVID-19 pandemics and shaped Israel's national ICU triage policy. Dr. Sprung has authored more than 380 original articles and 50 book chapters, and his significant contributions have been recognized with numerous accolades, including the ESICM Medal, the Roger C. Bone Advances in End-of-Life Care Award, and the Bonei Zion Prize for Science & Medicine.