Daniel L Herr, MD, MS, FCCM is a pulmonologist in Charleston, SC. Dr. Herr is an internist with over 35 years of surgical critical care experience who recently joined the Medical University of SC (MUSC) as an associate professor of critical care working in the cardiac surgery ICU. He specializes in Internal Medicine, Primary Care, Critical Care Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, and Pulmonology, and is boarded in Internal Medicine, Critical Care, and certified in Neuro-Critical Care. The practice holds a 5.00 rating based on one review.
Before joining MUSC, Dr. Herr was at the University of Maryland, where for 12 years he served as chief of critical care, director of cardiac surgery ICU, and director of adult ECMO. His research interests focus on the use of ECMO for lung failure, ECMO for long-term lung recovery, and the finances for the provision of ECMO, along with a strong interest in the avoidance and treatment of acute confusional states in the ICU. As a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, he is an experienced principal investigator with a special interest in novel therapies and devices, proficient in regulatory compliance, protocol design, and pharmacology. His research findings have been published in prominent medical journals such as JAMA, Journal of Neurosurgery, and Critical Care Medicine, and he has authored several book chapters dealing with the care of critically ill patients. He was one of the authors of the Guidelines for Sedation in critically ill patients and recently contributed chapters in the ELSO Red book. As a recognized expert in critical care, Dr. Herr is frequently invited to speak at medical conferences on topics concerning novel and new treatments for critically ill patients, and he has served on several Data Safety Monitoring Boards while providing consultative services to pharmaceutical companies.
The office is located on Courtenay Dr in Charleston, near Calhoun Street, about 0.1 miles from Roper Hospital and the James Island Expressway, and close to the Jonathan Lucas House Marker, the Charleston Medical District's Greenway, and Lockwood Drive.
Dr. Herr's extensive experience in critical care and ECMO, combined with his research contributions and recognition as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, makes him a notable specialist in his field in Charleston.
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