hemofiltration, and nutrition in critical illness. He has been president of the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs and the International Federation of Artificial Organs. He is a charter member of the American Institute of Biomedical Engineering and consults with medical companies related to critical care. With others he founded the bioengineering company MC3 and is the chief medical officer for CytoSorbents Corporation, a biomedical company that manufactures blood purification technology to treat critically ill patients. In 2003, Bartlett was awarded the William E. Ladd Medal by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The organization says that the medal "represents the highest honor that the Section on Surgery bestows on a physician in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of pediatric surgery." He was awarded the Medallion of Achievement by the American Surgical Association, the Robert E. Gross award by the American Pediatric Surgical Association, and the Sheen Award by the American College of Surgeons. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Publications Books Bartlett, Robert H. (2005). The Salem Syndrome: A Novel of Medicine and Law. First Page Publications. . Bartlett, Robert H. (2007). Piece of Mind: A novel of medicine and philosophy. First Page Publications. Bartlett, Robert H. (2010). Critical Care Physiology. J. B. Lippincott References American pediatric surgeons 1939 births Albion College alumni University of Michigan Medical School alumni Living people University of Michigan faculty 20th-century American physicians 21st-century American physicians American medical researchers 20th-century American scientists 21st-century American scientists 20th-century surgeons