Michael R. Pinsky, MD, CM, Dr hc, FCCP, FCCM is Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Bioengineering, Cardiovascular Diseases and Anesthesiology, as well as the Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in our Department of Critical Care Medicine. On February 24, 2009, he presented Grand Rounds on "Functional Hemodynamic Monitoring: Use of Derived Variables to Diagnose and Manage the Critically Ill." This was a masterly given lecture, richly illustrated by beautiful slides of his research over the past couple of decades. The lecture room held a packed audience who were fascinated by this very entertaining presentation. Dr. Pinsky was congratulated afterwards and thanked for keeping the teaching of physiology and pathophysiology on such an outstanding and most interesting level.