Thomas Sebastian Valley MD MSc (He/Him)
Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor and Director of Health Services Research Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado
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12605 E 16th AveAurora, CO 80045
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Education & Training
University of MichiganMSc, Health and Healthcare Research, 2015 - 2016
University of MichiganFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2013 - 2016
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2012
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of MedicineClass of 2009
Certifications & Licensure
CO State Medical License 2025 - 2027
MI State Medical License 2013 - 2026
TX State Medical License 2011 - 2015
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Pulse oximetry in people with darker skin tones.Thomas S Valley, Andrew W Fogarty
BMJ. 2026-01-14 - Clinician perspectives on utilizing time-limited trials among patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A qualitative study.Joan A Sirigiri, Kaitland M Byrd, Sofia Perez, Florian Schmitzberger, Thomas S Valley
Resuscitation Plus. 2026-01-01 - Association of Sepsis Survivor Subtypes With Long-Term Mortality and Disability After Discharge: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Robert J Flick, Lee A Kamphuis, Thomas S Valley, Mari Armstrong-Hough, Theodore J Iwashyna
Critical Care Medicine. 2026-01-01
Press Mentions
The Problem with Pulse Oximeters Your Doctor Probably Doesn’t KnowJanuary 19th, 2025- Pulse Oximeters Are Less Accurate on Darker Skin—and There's No Good AlternativeOctober 21st, 2024
- Who Goes to the ICU and Why?April 18th, 2023
Grant Support
- Harnessing Active Relationships within VA ICUs to Engage Surrogates and Care Teams (HARVEST)VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION2024–2028
- Promoting Change in Practice for Respiratory Failure: the PRECIPICE StudyNEW YORK UNIVERSITY2022–2026
- Rapid Understanding of Best Practices in Rural Intensive Care (RUBRIC)Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality2021–2023
- Preventing avoidable deaths from pneumonia by improving use of intensive careNHLBI2018–2023
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