Michael Connor Jr, MD

Michael Connor Jr., MD attended the University of Notre Dame for undergraduate education and received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia (2003). He completed dual training in combined internal medicine and pediatrics at Brown University in 2007, where he became interested in both critical care medicine and nephrology, with a particular interest in acute care nephrology in the adult intensive care units. Dr. Connor underwent fellowship training in adult nephrology and critical care medicine at the Cleveland Clinic between 2007-2010. He joined the faculty of the Emory University School of Medicine in September 2010 where he currently holds the rank of Professor of Medicine in critical care medicine & nephrology.

Dr. Connor’s clinical and academic interests are focused heavily on critical care medicine and especially acute nephrology issues in the critically ill. Dr. Connor is an internationally recognized expert on acute renal replacement therapies, acute kidney injury (AKI), antimicrobial dosing in AKI, volume management and hemodynamic support of the critically ill, intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome, acute acid/base derangements, and extracorporeal blood purification techniques, including extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

In September of 2014, Dr. Connor spearheaded the first-in-the-world application of advanced critical care support to a patient with Ebola virus disease (EVD), which included the successful use of acute continuous hemodialysis and mechanical ventilatory support in EVD.