Rade Vukmir

Rade B. Vukmir is an emergency ,critical care and neurocritical care physician. With a career spanning over three decades, he has held positions, including President of Critical Care Medicine Associates, Chief Clinical Officer for National Guardian Risk Retention Group, the ECI PSO (Patient Safety Organization), and Chairman of ECI Healthcare Partners Education and Risk Management Department. He is recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), American College of Chest Physicians, and the American College of Healthcare Executives. His work includes the authorship of 43 peer-reviewed medical journal articles, numerous book chapters and eleven books. Currently, he is a clinical professor at the Drexel University a position previously at University of Pittsburgh and Temple University.

Biography
Born in Center Township, Pennsylvania, he is the first of two children to steelworkers Leni and Matthew. Early signs of his interest in science and medicine emerged when he became a Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science Scholar at the age of six. Vukmir attended Cornell University and graduated with a BS in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981.

Career
Vukmir's professional journey began with summers in the blooming mill and blast furnace, echoing his family's industrial background. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh medical school in 1986, he entered Emergency Medicine, later pursuing critical care expertise at the University of Pittsburgh.

His career includes roles as the first Emergency Medicine-based Critical Care physician, ICU Gatekeeper, and Chair of the Resuscitation Committee.

Beyond academia, Vukmir ventured into law, earning a Juris Doctor in 1999 with additional certification in health law. He contributed to disaster management as a member of the federal emergency medicine Disaster Medical Assistance Team and the critical care Multi-Specialty Evaluation Team (MSET).

Personal and public image
Vukmir's leadership includes founding and chairing the Critical Care Medicine Section within the American College of Emergency Physicians in 1997. He served on ACEP committees, contributing to medicolegal and communications initiatives. Acknowledged with two Emergency Medicine Faculty of the Year awards, Vukmir maintained academic positions at the University of Pittsburgh, Temple, and Drexel University.

Enterprise
In 1997, Vukmir joined Emergency Consultants Inc. (ECI) as a Regional Director, later becoming Chairman of Education and Risk Management. He served as Chief Clinical Officer for National Guardian Risk Retention Group and ECI Reinsurance. His contributions extended to the development of the first ACCME accredited web-based continuing medical education program in 2006.

In 2011, Vukmir assumed the role of Chief Clinical Officer for the ECI Patient Safety Organization, the first federally chartered emergency medicine quality organization. He continued to contribute to the critical care community as the National Corporate ICU Director and later served as Vice President of Medical Affairs for the Alzheimer’s Association, coordinating scientific, research, and clinical strategies.