Based in West Palm Beach, Florida, Robert Ratzlaff, DO, is an experienced leader within the field of critical care medicine. He spent more than four years as chair of critical care medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. He helped establish multiple critical care programs during his time as the associate regional medical director of Bon Secours Mercy Health in Richmond. More recently, Robert Ratzlaff, MD, has focused his efforts on his advisory board position with ABIOMED, a hemodynamics, and intensive care unit management scientific advisory board, as well as his consulting role with Hospitech. Robert Ratzlaff, DO, holds a bachelor of science in microbiology and immunology from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. He continued his education at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, earning his master of science in 2000. After earning his doctorate of osteopathy from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, he completed fellowships and residencies in anesthesiology and critical care at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and Massachusetts General affiliated with Harvard Medical School, respectively. He was also named Most Outstanding Intern during his time at Grandview Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine. His interests range from yoga, golf, and travel to reading books and articles about neuroplasticity.