Following more than a decade on the faculty, Paul Marik, MD, resigned from his position as Professor of Medicine and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine with Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) to dedicate more time to multiple causes including as the co-founder of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC). The FLCCC congratulates him for the immeasurable impact he has had on the practice of medicine and the aspiring physicians he has educated throughout his over 30 years as a critical care doctor and professor of medicine. A pioneer in the practice of critical care, Dr. Marik is responsible for developing several protocols that have been used around the world to save the lives of countless people. Prior to co-founding the FLCCC, Dr. Marik was best known for his revolutionary work in developing a lifesaving protocol for sepsis, a condition that causes more than 250,000 deaths yearly in the U.S. alone. “There is no doubt that Professor Marik will be missed by his colleagues and students at EVMS,” said Dr. Pierre Kory, president and chief medical officer of the FLCCC. “I have been honored to call him my colleague and friend in the past 18 months and I am privileged to continue to work with him as we lead the FLCCC together in the coming year.” “This was not an easy decision to make, but I felt it was time to focus my attention and energy to other interests in both academia and public health,” said Dr. Marik. “I am looking forward to this next chapter in my career and continuing to make a difference in the world of medicine.” For more information about the FLCCC Alliance, the I-Mask+ Prophylaxis & Early Outpatient Treatment Protocol for COVID-19 and the MATH+ Hospital Treatment Protocol for COVID-19, please visit www.flccc.net
Dr. Marik’s career in medicine began in 1989 when he was an attending physician and assistant professor and Associate Director ICU in the Department of Intensive Care at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa Johannesburg. In 1992 Dr. Marik began his career in the United States as an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and Associate Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Detroit Receiving Hospital and Wayne State University, Michigan. After several appointments at medical schools in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions in the U.S., Dr. Marik accepted a position at EVMS in 2009. Throughout his career Dr. Marik has been dedicated to medical research, publishing over 460 papers in peer-reviewed journals worldwide. In 2020 Dr. Marik was ranked the 2nd most published Critical Care Investigator in the World.
In 2009 Dr. Marik became a professor of medicine, chief division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at East Virginia Medical School where he earned tenure in 2014. About the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance The FLCCC Alliance was organized in March 2020 by a group of highly published, world renowned Critical Care physician/scholars – with the academic support of allied physicians from around the world – to research and develop lifesaving protocols for the prevention and treatment of COVID19 in all stages of illness. Their MATH+ Hospital Treatment Protocol, introduced in March 2020, has saved thousands of patients who were critically ill with COVID-19. Now, the FLCCC’s new I-Mask+ Prophylaxis and Early At-Home Outpatient Treatment Protocol with Ivermectin has been released – and is a potential solution to the global pandemic. For more information: www.FLCCC.net
Do you think he's resigned so that he doesn't have any restrictions on what he can do?