Michael Filbin

Dr. Michael Filbin, attending physician in the department of emergency medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, received his MD from Baylor College of Medicine. He completed a residency in the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency Program (HAEMR) at Brigham and Women's and Massachusetts General Hospitals. Dr. Filbin attends full-time in the Emergency Department and is the Director of Clinical Research in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Filbin's research expertise is sepsis and severe infection.

Research

Dr. Filbin's interest focuses on early identification, characterization, and management of infection and sepsis. Dr. Filbin was site investigator and co-author on a practice-changing interventional trial in sepsis that aimed to validate protocolized goal-directed therapy with and without invasive monitoring versus standard of care (Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock – Process ). This trial focused global attention on early sepsis detection as the potential key to making a difference in sepsis outcomes. Dr. Filbin was instrumental in conducting two related NIH-funded studies that both sought to characterize circulating serum protein profiles associated with short- and long-term outcomes (Endothelial Cell Signaling and Microcirculation in Sepsis and Protocolized Goal-directed Resuscitation of Septic Shock to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury - ProGReSS-AKI). Dr. Filbin recently co-authored a large multicenter trial investigating the role of procalcitonin in reducing antibiotic utilization in respiratory infections, and led MGH as the top enroller (Procalcitonin Antibiotic Consensus Trial – ProACT). Dr. Filbin currently coordinates enrollment at MGH in the Emergency Department for the PETAL Network trials (Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury).

Clinical Interests:

• Acute Emergency Care
• Sepsis and Septic Shock

Medical Education

• MD, Baylor College of Medicine
• Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital

American Board Certifications

• Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine