Patrick Sylvester, MD, is a pulmonologist and critical care physician. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor of science degree before going on to graduate summa cum laude from The Ohio State University College of Medicine. A member of the American College of Physicians, American College of Emergency Medicine and American College of Chest Physicians, he is the author of numerous scholarly articles and textbook chapters on pulmonology and emergency medicine.