Jamie Furlong-Dillard, DO

Dr. Jamie Furlong-Dillard is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Louisville and serves as the ECMO Medical Director at Norton Children’s Hospital. She is a board-certified pediatric intensivist with over a decade of experience in critical care, specializing in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), cardiac intensive care, nutrition, and quality improvement initiatives. Dr. Furlong-Dillard’s academic and clinical leadership includes developing simulation-based ECMO education programs, implementing evidence-based guidelines, and directing the fellowship research and statistics curriculum to train the next generation of pediatric intensivists. Her research focuses on improving outcomes for critically ill children, especially those with congenital heart disease. She is deeply involved in multicenter collaborations investigating ECMO complications, anticoagulation management, nutrition protocols, and neurodevelopmental outcomes. Notably, she leads projects to standardize care for infants with congenital heart disease at risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), developing a novel scoring tool and treatment algorithm designed for earlier risk stratification and intervention. These efforts include establishing multicenter data-sharing infrastructure to enable real-time analysis and continuous refinement of clinical protocols. Nationally recognized for her expertise, Dr. Furlong-Dillard serves on scientific oversight and education committees for organizations such as the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS), and the PALISI Network. Her work has produced over 40 peer-reviewed publications, reflecting her commitment to translating research into practice to improve safety and outcomes for critically ill pediatric patients.