We provide all critical care services for our very active programs in medicine, general surgery, transplantation, neurosurgery, craniofacial reconstruction, orthopedics, otolaryngology and trauma. In addition, this unit serves as one of the largest extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) centers in the United States with approximately 60 children treated annually.

With the exception of severely burned and children with cardiac disease, all pediatric disease processes are cared for in the intensive care unit. Additionally, the MSICU houses the first hospital-based simulator suite in a Boston teaching hospital to enhance the training of critical care physicians and nurses in crisis resource management.