Dr. Lyndave Francis Frank is a board-certified pulmonologist and intensivist who is currently an Intensivist at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston, Texas. With extensive training and experience, Dr. Francis Frank has dedicated her career to providing high-quality care in the intensive care unit (ICU) while fostering meaningful communication and collaboration between healthcare providers and patients' families.
Dr. Francis Frank completed both residency and fellowship training at West Penn Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she developed a deep expertise in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Following this, Dr. Francis Frank contributed to the medical community as a physician at Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, West Virginia, further honing skills in the management of patients with pulmonary and critical care diseases.
The abstract presented here, "Implementing a Structured Multidisciplinary Family Meeting Process in the Intensive Care Unit," reflects Dr. Francis Frank ’s commitment to improving patient outcomes through effective communication and patient-family engagement. This initiative stems from both her professional insights and personal experiences in the ICU, highlighting the importance of structured family meetings to reduce communication variability, facilitate timely discussions, and enhance understanding of complex medical conditions. By standardizing family interactions in the ICU, Dr. Francis Frank aims to ensure that family members are fully informed about their loved ones' disease processes, management plans, and prognosis, ultimately leading to better decision-making and care experiences.
Dr. Francis Frank is passionate about advancing the field of critical care through innovative approaches to patient and family-centered care, continually striving to improve healthcare delivery within the ICU environment.