Ryan Clouser, D.O.

Ryan Clouser, D.O.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Critical Care Medicine

Contact Information
E-mail: Ryan.Clouser@uvm.edu
Office Location:
Med - Pulmonary, UVMMC Patrick 206

Professional Positions

Medical Director ICU: Elliot Hospital, Manchester, NH. July 2009 - October 2011

Intensivist: Elliot Hospital, Manchester, NH. July 2008 - October 2011

Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH. July 2006 - June 2008

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Chief Resident: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 2005 - 2006

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA July 2003 - 2006

Internship: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA July 2002 - 2003

Setabaid Camp Physician/Counselor: Childhood Diabetes Education Camp, August 2003

UVM Health Network Regional Transport System Medical Officer 2017-present

UVMMC Associate Chief Medical Officer for Capacity Management 2018-present

Co-Director UVMMC Medical ICU 2014-2017

Education

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH. Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, 2006 - 2008

Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. Internship & residency in Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, 2002 - 2006

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, June 2002

Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA. Bachelor of Science in Biology, Cum Laude, May 1998

Administrative Interests

Critical care, management of shock, non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring, and bedside ultrasound & echocardiography.

Professional Societies

Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2006 - present

Phi Sigma Gamma: Osteopathic Medical Fraternity, 2000 - present

American Thoracic Society, 2015 - present

Neurocritical Care Society, 2016 - present

Alpha Omega Alpha Faculty Inductee

Certification/Board Eligibility

American Board of Internal Medicine: Critical Care - Board Certified November 2008

American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Board Certified August 2006

American Heart Association: ACLS Provider Certification

Society of Critcal Care Medicine: Fundamental Critical Care Support Course Certification, July 2005

Society of Critical Care Medicine: Fundamental Critical Care Support Course Instructor Certification, February 2008

Neurocritical Care Society, Board certified 2016

Awards and Honors

2014  UVM Family Medicine Residency Appreciation Award

2015  Alpha Omega Alpha:  Medical Honor Society Faculty Inductee.  Nominated and Inducted by UVM medical School Class of 2015.

2016  UVM College of Medicine: E.L Amidon MD Award:  Outstanding Subspecialty Teacher of the Year

2017  UVM Health Network:  Better Together Award.  Combined UVMMC/ Central Vermont Medical Center Critical Care Collaboration Team

2019  Society of Critical Care Medicine:  Star Research Achievement Award

Publications

Porter, LB, Kazakewich, E, Clouser, R, Kershaw C, and Hale AJ.  Occam’s razor need not apply:  Advanced HIV infection presenting with five simultaneous opportunistic infections and central nervous system lymphoma (Case report).  ID Cases.  2018.  Aug. 8;13:e00437.  PMID:30128292

Keveson, B, Clouser, R, Hamlin, MP, Stevens, P MSN, RN, Stinnett Donnelly JM, Allen GB.  Adding value to daily chest x-rays in the ICU through education, restricted daily orders and indication-based prompting.  BMJ Open Quality.  2017 November 25;6(2):e000072.  PMID: 29435503

Leclair LW, Dawson, M, Howe A, Hale S, Zelman E, Clouser R, Garrison G, Allen G.  A longtitudinal interprofessional simulation curriculum for critical care teams:  Exploring successes and challenges.  Journal of Interprofessional Care.  2018 May;32(3):386-390.  PMID:  29172761

Babi MA, Gorman MJ, Cipolla MJ, Allen G, Al Jerdi S, Clouser R, and Commichau C.  Ondansetron related hemorrhagic posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome following gastric bypass.  Singerplus Open Access 2016. 5:18.  PMID: 26759757

McSparron JI, Hayes MM, Poston JT, Seaburg LA, Morris AE, Antkowiak M, Farkas J, Athale J, Stephens RS, Dodd KW, Prekker ME, Hountras P, Cuttica MJ, Soffler M, Hibbert KA, Leclair T, Clouser R, Luks AM. ATS Core Curriculum 2017: Part III. Adult Critical Care Medicine. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Aug;14(Supplement_2):S182-S195.

Book Chapters

Clouser, RD.  Ventilator weaning and extubation.  Polly E Parsons, Jeanine P Wiener-Kronish, Lorenzo Berra and Renee D. Stapleton, eds.  Critical Care Secrets, 6th Edition.  Philadelphia, PA, Elsevier.

Clouser, RD.  Neuromonitoring.  Polly E Parsons, Jeanine P Wiener-Kronish, Lorenzo Berra and Renee D. Stapleton, eds.  Critical Care Secrets, 6th Edition.  Philadelphia, PA, Elsevier. 

Hamlin, M and Clouser, R.  Thoracic Ultrasound:  Pleural Effusion and Pneumothorax:  Comprehensive Critical Care Ultrasound.  Brown, Blaivais, Hirshberg, Kasal and Pustavoitau (eds).  Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2015.

Allen, G and Clouser, R.  Cardiovascular Complications:  Non-Pulmonary Complications of Critical Care.  Richards JB and Stapleton RD (eds).  New York, NY Springer New York, 2014

Abstracts

Choosing Wisely:  Reducing Chest- X-rays in the Medical ICU Through Resident Education and Electronic Orders.  Keveson, Stevens, Clouser and Allen.  American Thoracic Society.  2015.

Choosing Wisely:  Reducing Chest X-Rays in the SICU Through Resident Education and Electronic Orders.  Keveson, Clouser, Hamlin, Charash, Stevens and Allen.  Society of Critical Care Medicine.  2015.