Martha C. Kutko, MD

What are some of the specific conditions you treat?

Respiratory failure, shock, organ dysfunction, diabetic ketoacidosis. 

What techniques or procedures do you use in your practice?

Airway management, central venous catheterization, arterial catheterization, lumbar puncture, sedation. 

What would you like patients to know about your approach to care?

I provide family-centered compassionate care to children with critical illness.

Describe some of your professional highlights.

I have served on international, national and local committees related to Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and have published a number of journal articles and textbook chapters. I have been awarded the Presidential Citation from the Society of Critical Care Medicine, was named a Best Doctor in America multiples times and was named a Bergen Magazine Best Doctor. I am a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. 

What inspired you to become a healthcare clinician?

I was interested in helping people from a young age; that coupled with my interest in physiology led me to medicine.