Norton Children's Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Norton Children's Chief of CARE Innovation

Dr. Vicki L Montgomery received her medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in May 1985.  She completed a General Pediatric Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina where she also served as chief resident. (July 1985 - June 1989) before moving to Louisville Kentucky to complete a Pediatric Critical Care Medicine fellowship at the University of Louisville School of Medicine (1989-1992).  In July 1992, she joined the faculty of the UofL School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics where she is a tenured professor. She served as Chief of the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Division until June 2025.  From 1995 until 2013 she served as the Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Norton Children’s Hospital.  Dr. Montgomery has served as the Chief of CARE Innovation for Norton Children’s Hospital since 2013.  In 2014, Norton Children’s Hospital joined the Solutions for Patient Safety network.  Dr. Montgomery is the SPS program director for Norton Children’s Hospital and leads activities related to harm reduction, maximizing outcomes, error prevention, high reliability and safety culture at the local and national level.  Dr. Montgomery has contributed to two national panels focused on pediatric safety and quality measures.  She has published manuscripts related to improving intubation safety in the PICU, preventing unplanned extubations in a large network, and has been an invited lecturer on safety and quality in the care of children. Through the years she has served and chaired committees in the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Academy of Pediatrics. 

Her current academic interests are rooted in improving outcomes in pediatric sepsis through incorporation of diagnostic excellence and proactive safety concepts and improving outcomes through diagnostic excellence, safety culture development, and implementation of modern safety principles.