Alice Gallo De Moraes, M.D.

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SUMMARY

The research of Alice Gallo De Moraes, M.D., focuses on several aspects of critical care medicine. She studies liver failure in the intensive care unit (ICU), the effects of immune and cell therapies on critically ill patients, and advanced modes of mechanical ventilation. Dr. Gallo De Moraes also investigates the physiological effects a prone position has on critically ill patients.

Focus Areas

• Liver failure in the ICU. Dr. Gallo De Moraes studies the unique presentation of liver failure in the ICU. This includes decompensated end-stage liver conditions and acute liver failure. She focuses on managing patients with liver failure, their ICU prognosis and outcomes. Dr. Gallo De Moraes studies how the presentation of shock is unique in patients with cirrhosis and what are the ideal lactate thresholds in patients with cirrhosis admitted to the ICU. She also researches the outcomes of patients in the ICU with rare liver conditions such as hepatopulmonary syndrome.
• Effects of immune and cell therapies on critically ill ICU patients. Dr. Gallo De Moraes studies ICU outcomes for oncological and hematological patients who receive immune therapies and cell therapies. She has analyzed the ICU utilization of patients who received chimeric antigen receptor T-cell treatment and the most common immune-checkpoint inhibitor toxicity that leads to ICU admission. Dr. Gallo De Moraes also is evaluating the optimal dose of corticosteroids needed for patients with complications from immunotherapy.
• Advanced modes of mechanical ventilation. Dr. Gallo De Moraes has a particular interest in studying the prone position in mechanically ventilated patients and its effect on physiological parameters such as driving, transpulmonary pressures and oxygenation. She helped develop Mayo Clinic's refractory hypoxemia protocol and published about the physiological effects and outcomes the prone position has in patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure.

Significance to Patient Care

In her research, Dr. Gallo De Moraes studies the clinical presentation and outcome of unique conditions such as liver failure and toxicity from anticancer medications. She also focuses on tools and outcomes commonly used in the ICU, such as mechanical ventilation. Through her research efforts, Dr. Gallo De Moraes helps improve the care of critically ill patients. She continues to study ways to improve ICU outcomes of patients with liver conditions, hematological and oncological cancers, and of patients who need mechanical ventilation.

Professional Highlights

• Education chair, Critical Care Early Career Committee, American Thoracic Society, 2023-present.
• Member, Awards Committee, Women in Medicine Summit, 2022-present.
• Associate program director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Mayo Clinic, 2021-present.
• Editor, social media, CHEST, 2021-present.
• American College of Chest Physicians:
  • Distinguished CHEST educator, 2020-present.
  • Member, Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee, 2019-present.
  • Vice-chair, Critical Care Network, 2023-2025.
• Member, editorial board, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs Journal, 2020-present.
• Teacher of the Year Award, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Mayo Clinic, 2020.