Lillian Su, MD, named The MacCutcheon Family Professor of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine
As chief of the Division of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Su leads a multidisciplinary team of specially trained physicians in providing intensive pediatric cardiac critical care.
Children’s National has named Lillian Su, MD, The MacCutcheon Family Professor of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Su serves as chief of the Division of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine at Children’s National. She is a nationally recognized expert in cardiac critical care medicine and is the immediate past president of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society.
The big picture
Dr. Su joins a distinguished group of Children’s National physicians and scientists who hold an endowed chair. Children’s National is grateful to generous donors who have altogether funded 52 professorships.
These appointments support groundbreaking work on behalf of children and their families. They foster new discoveries and innovations in pediatric medicine. Endowed professorships also carry prestige and honor that reflect both the recipient’s achievements and the donor’s commitment to advancing and sustaining knowledge.
Why it matters
As chief of the Division of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Su leads a multidisciplinary team of specially trained physicians in providing intensive pediatric cardiac critical care.
Dr. Su’s research focuses on improving outcomes for children with complex heart conditions. She studies team dynamics, cardiac resuscitation and the integration of technology into critical care. Her work helps clinical teams more effectively recognize and respond to life-threatening events.
As The MacCutcheon Family Professor of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Su plans to advance the use of predictive analytics and technology to help care teams identify risk earlier and guide decision-making for children with complex heart conditions. She aims to build on the institution’s leadership in cardiac critical care while creating new tools that improve outcomes and enhance the patient and family experience.
“I am honored to serve as The MacCutcheon Family Professor of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine and grateful for the family’s generosity,” Dr. Su says. “Every child who enters our unit has a unique story. My hope is to use technology and data to help us see that story more clearly, make better decisions and help more children with complex heart conditions return home healthy and thriving.”
This endowed professorship was made possible through a generous investment from the MacCutcheon family. Their vision and generosity are ensuring that Dr. Su and future holders of this professorship will launch bold new initiatives to rapidly advance the field of pediatric cardiac critical care, elevate our leadership and improve entire lifetimes for children with special hearts.
Moving the field forward
Jim MacCutcheon’s involvement with Children’s National dates back to 1983. He has served in many leadership positions, most notably on the boards of directors of Children’s National and the Children’s National Hospital Foundation. Jim, together with his daughters Megan MacCutcheon, Candice Kessler and Colleen Crowley, established The MacCutcheon Family Foundation Cardiovascular Operating Room and The Halle MacCutcheon Playroom on the Heart and Kidney Unit, in addition to The MacCutcheon Family Professorship in Cardiac Critical Care Medicine. They have also supported mobile health, various events and capital improvement projects.
“The MacCutcheon family has been an extraordinary partner in strengthening heart care at Children’s National,” says Wayne J. Franklin, MD, MBA, senior vice president of the Heart and Lung Center. “Their enduring commitment continues with this professorship, which accelerates innovation in cardiac critical care. Under Dr. Su’s leadership, we have an opportunity to reimagine care for our most fragile heart patients using new technologies and innovative data analytics to improve health outcomes for generations to come.”
