Dr. Kritek is a practicing pulmonary and critical care physician and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle. She trained in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and completed her fellowship training in the Harvard PCCM program. She currently attends in both the Medical Intensive Care Unit and the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at UW Medical Center. Dr. Kritek is a clinician-educator who received her EdM from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She participates in teaching and advising of medical students, residents, and fellows. She is also the Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs for the UW School of Medicine.