Jamie Furlong-Dillard
Biography
Dr. Jamie Furlong-Dillard is a dedicated pediatric intensivist with specialized expertise in cardiac ICU and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), as well as multidisciplinary collaborations. She serves as the ECMO Medical Director at Norton Children's Hospital and Medical Director of Norton Children's Research Institute.
Research Interests
Dr. Furlong-Dillard holds leadership roles and works closely with research networks like PALISI, PC4, and PediECMO. Her research spans ECMO outcomes, cardiac nutrition, and specifically necrotizing enterocolitis in the cardiac congenital heart disease population with multiple peer-reviewed publications. She is the research mentor for the pediatric critical care fellowship program and loves teaching future critical care physicians. She has led or contributed to numerous multicenter collaborations, including investigations into ECMO outcomes, anticoagulation strategies, neurodevelopmental impacts, and nutrition in critically ill children. As local Principal Investigator for an ECMO NIH trial she has participated in initiatives examining thrombocytopenia outcomes on ECMO. Her contributions include developing validated training checklists for ECMO emergencies, analyzing neonatal outcomes in congenital heart disease, and studying post-intensive care syndrome in pediatric patients.