Critical Care
Patricia Wankum, MD	Interim Division Chief, Director of PICU
Craig Downs, MD	Physician
Ilyas Burny, MD	Physician
Kimberly Humphrey	Staff	(573) 882-6544
After hours, please call Children's Hospital, (573) 882-7500 and ask for the physician or the physician on call to be paged.
The Division of Critical Care is to provide care to children with life-threatening medical illnesses, traumatic injuries, and in varying stages of recuperation from diagnostic, medical and or surgical interventions. The purpose of the care provided is to assist the child to reach his/her optimum state of health and to assist the family in learning to provide the care needed after discharge.  The Pediatric Intensive Care/Stepdown unit (PICU) is an 11 bed medical/surgical intensive care and stepdown unit located on the southeast wing of the 7th floor of the main building.  It is equipped with state-of-the-art technology for the management of all types of critical illnesses.  The PICU is staffed by physicians who are board certified in pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine.  These physicians provide consultation to the primary medical or surgical teams while caring for the patients.