Frank Casey, MD, is a board certified pediatric critical care physician and an associate professor in the division of pediatric cardiac intensive care.

He is a Cleveland native and attended Case Western Reserve University Medical School. He joined the WVU faculty in 2013 following completion of both his pediatric residency and pediatric critical care fellowship at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Casey’s primary area of research interest is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). He has served as Meical Director of the pediatric ECMO service at WVU since 2015 and is currently the Interim Medical Director of the PICU. He also has several educational roles at WVU, including as director of the WVU Children’s Hospital Pediatric Fundamentals of Critical Care Support course and chair of WVU Medical School’s Committee on Academic and Professional Standards.

He lives in Morgantown with his wife, three daughters, and miniature schnauzer, Fritz.

Autumn Kiefer, MD is division chief of neonatology and medical director of the WVU Medicine Children’s Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). She trained in Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She specialized in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine during her fellowship at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana.

As a West Virginia native, Dr. Kiefer wanted to return to her home state to help expand the care available for sick and preterm newborns. She has practiced at WVU Medicine since 2013.

Dr. Kiefer leads quality improvement efforts in the NICU, helps to bring physicians and advanced practice providers onto an ever-growing NICU team at WVU Medicine Children’s, and teaches physicians and advanced practice providers in training all about how to help sick babies recover.

She has served as an Editorial Board Member for NeoReviewsPlus, a monthly quiz from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) which helps neonatologists sharpen their diagnostic skills. She also serves as the planning committee chairperson for NeoCram, a national conference sponsored by the AAP to help neonatologists prepare for their certification exams.

Dr. Kiefer is the mother of eight-year-old triplets who were born two-months prematurely and were cared for in the WVU Medicine Children’s NICU. Dr. Kiefer and her husband Chris enjoy Mountaineer sports, hiking, and spending time with their children.