About Praxis Project
Praxis Project was founded to refine bedside reasoning through disciplined physiology, structured interpretation, and collaborative inquiry.
Modern critical care has accumulated tools, protocols, and metrics at extraordinary speed. Yet the interpretive architecture that binds them together often remains fragmented. Praxis was created to restore coherence — not by adding more algorithms, but by strengthening the underlying physiologic frame.
It is built for depth, not speed.
Founder
Praxis Project was initiated by Dr. Philippe Rola, internist, intensive care physician and educator, whose work has focused on point-of-care ultrasound, venous congestion, shock hemodynamic interfaces, and physiologic integration at the bedside.
His efforts have centered on translating complex cardiovascular interactions into structured, teachable frameworks that preserve nuance while remaining clinically actionable.
Praxis represents the institutional evolution of that work.
Faculty Collaborators
Praxis operates through ongoing collaboration with a small group of clinicians and investigators committed to advancing mechanism-based reasoning in critical care.
Core contributors include:
- Dr. Korbin Haycock (Riverside Health, USA)
- Dr. Rory Spiegel (Washington Medstar Hospital, USA)
- Dr. André Denault (Montreal Heart Institute, Canada)
- Dr. Vimal Bhardwaj (Narayana Health, India)
- Dr. Marco Garrone (Italy)
- Dr. Ian Ajmo (Santa Cabrini Hospital, Canada)
- Dr. Katrina Augustin (Mayo Clinic, USA)
- Dr. Ashley Miller (Shrewsbury & Telford Hospitals, UK)
Additional collaborators and research partners continue to join the initiative as the framework expands.
Ethos
Praxis does not compete with protocols. It interrogates them.
It does not reject technology. It disciplines its interpretation.
It does not seek speed. It seeks clarity.
The project exists to cultivate physicians who seek to think structurally under pressure — and who recognize that physiology is not a checklist, but an architecture.
Most importantly, Praxis aims to make good clinicians even better.