Steven Conrad, MD PhD, MCCM is the Ike Muslow, MD Endowed Chair of Healthcare Informatics, and Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine and Surgery at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – Shreveport. His clinical practice includes adult and pediatric critical care and emergency medicine. His research interest is in computational modeling of artificial organs.

Dr. Conrad is Director of the Extracorporeal Life Support Program at University Health System in Shreveport, LA. He established the ECLS program in 1993, and expanded it to include adult, pediatric and neonatal support, as well as continuous renal replacement and plasma therapies. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters on ECLS. He is a past president of ELSO, and has served on its Steering Committee for a number of years.