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Cindy Powell

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    Associate Professor
  • cindy.d.powell@emory.edu
  • Emory University School of Medicine
    Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
    615 Michael St.
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Overview

Dr. Powell originally trained at Emory University in Internal Medicine and then completed a combined fellowship in the sub specialties of pulmonary and critical care medicine. She is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary, and critical care medicine.

Dr. Powell spent nine years doing both outpatient pulmonary medicine and inpatient pulmonary and critical care medicine in the Wellstar health system in Marietta, GA. There she provided care for critically ill patients from the time they presented to the emergency room at Kennestone, Wellstars tertiary care hospital, throughout their acute hospital course, then through their rehabilitation at Windy Hill Longterm Acute Care Hospital, and finally as they returned to the outpatient setting. This gave her a broad understanding of both the impact of critical illness on patients and their families and the resilience and resolve required to overcome such an illness. She decided to focus her career exclusively on critical care in 2008 when she became an Intensivist at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Between Wellstar and at Piedmont, Dr. Powell gained extensive experience caring for critically ill patients in the medical, surgical, cardiac, and neurosurgical ICUs.

While at Piedmont Healthcare, she developed an interest in advanced methods of cardiopulmonary support, including mechanical support devices and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. She assisted in developing the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program at Piedmont, which ran its first patient on an Ecmo circuit in 2008.

Dr. Powell decided to return to academic medicine in 2014 when she was presented the opportunity to assist Emory with the implementation of its ECMO program and with the care of its critically ill patients. Since that time, she has continued to work in the medical and surgical ICUs, as well as the electronic ICU, which monitors the critical care units of 5 hospitals at night and on weekends.

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  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

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  • M.D. from Emory University School of Medicine

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Publications

  • Ultrasound Evaluation for Extremity Deep Vein Thrombus in COVID-19-Positive Patients: Exam Positivity Rate and Association With D-Dimer Level.
    J Ultrasound Med Volume: 41 Page(s): 1475 - 1481
    06/01/2022 Authors: Bello HR; Heilbrun ME; Kallas ON; Thongkham DW; Powell CD; Moreno CC
  • Trends in ICU Mortality From Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Tale of Three Surges.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 50 Page(s): 245 - 255
    02/01/2022 Authors: Auld SC; Harrington KRV; Adelman MW; Robichaux CJ; Overton EC; Caridi-Scheible M; Coopersmith CM; Murphy DJ; Emory COVID-19 Quality and Clinical Research Collaborative
  • Experience With Cardiology-Oriented Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019.
    Crit Care Explor Volume: 2 Page(s): e0288
    12/01/2020 Authors: Connor-Schuler R; Wong AI; Shah A; Fiza B; Lyle M; Ramonell R; Hockstein M; Chang G; Markham D; Searles C
  • Strategic Talent Management: Implementationand Impact of a Leadership Development Program in Radiology.
    J Am Coll Radiol Volume: 16 Page(s): 992 - 998
    07/01/2019 Authors: Smith DA; Arnold WL; Krupinski EA; Powell C; Meltzer CC
  • Efficacy of Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Sertraline Hydrochloride, and Their Combination Among Combat Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
    JAMA Psychiatry Volume: 76 Page(s): 117 - 126
    02/01/2019 Authors: Rauch SAM; Kim HM; Powell C; Tuerk PW; Simon NM; Acierno R; Allard CB; Norman SB; Venners MR; Rothbaum BO
  • Rapid Development and Implementation of an ECMO Program.
    ASAIO J Volume: 62 Page(s): 354 - 358
    01/01/2016 Authors: Moll V; Teo EYL; Grenda DS; Powell CD; Connor MJ; Gartland BT; Zellinger MJ; Bray HB; Paciullo CA; Kalin CM
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