Kristina Betters, MD
Kristina Betters, MD
Specialty
Critical Care, Pediatric
M.D.
University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainsville, FL, 2011
Residencies
Pediatric Residency-Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Pediatric Chief Resident-Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship-Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Clinical Interests
Early mobility, sedation, ICU delirium
Research Information
Dr. Betters' research interests are focused on early mobility, rehabilitation of the ICU patient, sedation, and delirium in critically ill children. She leads the multi-disciplinary ICU Liberation Committee at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and recently served as Co-Chair of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s ICU Liberation Committee. She was an author on the 2022 SCCM Clinical Practice Guidelines on Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation, Neuromuscular Blockade, and Delirium in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients With Consideration of the ICU Environment and Early Mobility (PANDEM). She was a founding leader of the American Delirium Society Pediatric Special Interest Group, and is member of the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center and pediatric delirium team at Vanderbilt.