Dr Simon Oczkowski is an associate professor in the Division of Critical Care Medicine at McMaster University and a critical care clinician. He coauthored the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines and provided methodological leadership for practice guidelines for the Society of Critical Care Medicine, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, American Thoracic Society, European Respiratory Society, European Society of Clinical Nutrition, and Canadian Blood Services. Section editor for critical care, palliative care, and procedures in the McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine.