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Carl J Flatley, DDS, MSD

Founder & Chairman, Sepsis Alliance

After graduating from the dental program at St. Louis University, Dr. Flatley joined the US Navy where his service included a voluntary tour in Vietnam. Returning to the practice of general dentistry, he soon chose to specialize in endodontics. For more than 20 years, Dr. Flatley headed a successful four-doctor practice in Clearwater, Florida.

A devoted family man, Dr. Flatley’s world turned upside down when his 23-year-old daughter Erin, a perfectly healthy graduate student, entered a hospital for elective surgery. Five days later she was gone; a victim of sepsis.

Since that time, Dr. Flatley has made sepsis awareness, early detection, and effective management his personal mission and professional pursuit. He has invested nearly five years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in seeding efforts which now come together in Sepsis Alliance.

His many efforts have included the establishment of the Erin Kay Flatley Chair for Sepsis Education and Infection Control at St. Petersburg College, initiation of the Endowment for Sepsis Awareness and Education at the University of South Florida and the Internet-based, Advanced Technical Certification Program in Sepsis Awareness and Education. A knowledgeable and moving speaker, Dr. Flatley has addressed groups including the national gathering of Eli Lilly’s Acute Care Division, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign in Michigan, the Nursing Association of Georgia, and the Nursing Association of Western Washington State, and has twice made presentations to Women in Government. He also was part of the initial unveiling of the Mission Possible, a three-year program for sepsis survival at the Catholic Healthcare West Hospital System. 

He spoke at the German Sepsis Society 2009 summer meeting in Weimer,Germany, the MATCH Conference at Ohio State University Medical Center in Sept. of 2009 and the CHEST Symposium in San Diego, Nov. 2009

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