Peter C. Hou, MD

Peter Hou, MD, is an assistant professor of emergency medicine (EM) at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is dual-boarded in EM and critical care medicine, practicing in both the emergency department (ED) and intensive care unit (ICU). His clinical research interests include sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, COVID-19, and quality improvement processes focused on the care of patients being admitted from the ED to the ICU. He was site-PI for the Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock (ProCESS) Trial and multiple NIH-sponsored ProCESS ancillary studies evaluating the microcirculation and long-term outcomes of acute kidney injury and host immune response. He currently serves as Co-Lead for the Acute Lung Injury of New England Clinical Center, is a Steering Committee member for the NIH-sponsored Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury network, and the site-PI for the PETAL network trials.