“…A recent article by Halpern and colleagues, reviewing the literature for definitions of intensivists, found a lack of consistency in definition. 4 Interestingly, in this study, ‘works in the ICU’ and ‘attending ICU physician’ were most commonly used in the literature with board certification used in only 27% of studies and fellowship training in 22%. Relatively few studies (six included in Halperns’ article) defined surgical intensivists, suggesting that the definition is more often related to location of practice rather than certification.…”