Dr. Kurt Drury

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Kurt Drury, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago. He is a physician scientist dedicated to providing clinical care in the pediatric intensive care unit while pursuing research on long-term outcomes of patients. Dr. Drury received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Indiana University and has previously spent time as a teacher for Teach for America, where he taught high school physics. He completed his pediatric residency at Advocate Children's Hospital in Chicago and subsequently an advanced fellowship in critical care at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. His research interests focus on the long-term recovery of children admitted to pediatric intensive care, particularly exploring the risk of specific deficits that affect the quality of life after hospital discharge. His work emphasizes the impacts of sedation and analgesia on critically ill children and aims to improve practices related to ICU liberation.

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TOEFL
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Required:26
Reading
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IELTS
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Reading
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Required:7
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Overall
Required:7
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Department of Philosophy