Critical Insight Strategies

Clinical Leadership

Credentials that translate directly into institutional trust: academic training, frontline practice, and procedural authority in high-risk settings.
Dr. Mary Herc, DMSc, PA-C — Founder & Clinical Director, Critical Insight Strategies
Dr. Mary Herc
DMSc, PA-C, CAQ-EM, CAQ-HM
Role: Founder & Clinical Director
Training: Johns Hopkins Critical Care PA Residency
Practice: Academic Level I Trauma Center
Board Certifications
NCCPA PA-C
CAQ-EM
CAQ-HM
Training Pathway
  • Seton Hall University — PA Program
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital — Critical Care PA Residency
  • University of Lynchburg — Doctorate in Medical Science (DMSc)
Core Capabilities
Trauma Resuscitation
Surgical ICU
Central Lines
Arterial Lines
Bronchoscopy
Bedside Ultrasound
Vent Management
Critical Airway
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Critical Insight Strategies is clinician-designed deployment—not recruiter-driven staffing. Every placement decision is informed by frontline critical care experience.
Why Clinician-Led Staffing

Traditional healthcare staffing is recruiter-driven. Recruiters prioritize fill rates, commissions, and volume. The result is mismatched placements, supervision burden, and patient safety risk in high-acuity environments.

Critical Insight Strategies was built differently. When a doctorate-trained, board-certified critical care PA directs deployment, the priorities shift: patient safety first, facility fit second, clinician readiness third. Every placement reflects the judgment of someone who has worked the bedside.

Current Practice

Active frontline practice at an academic Level I trauma center with surgical critical care experience. Not a former clinician—a current one. The standards we set for our PAs are the standards we practice ourselves.

Recognition
  • Advanced Practice Clinical Excellence Award Nominee
  • Service leadership and advocacy background
  • Dual CAQ certifications (Emergency Medicine + Hospital Medicine)
Procedural Authority

The clinicians we deploy are trained in the procedures that matter in high-acuity environments: central and arterial line placement, bronchoscopy, advanced tube placement, bedside ultrasonography, trauma resuscitation leadership, and critical airway support.

Operational Readiness

Beyond procedures: disaster readiness, tactical medicine, austere environment capability, and the judgment to know when to escalate. Our clinicians are trained for when standard systems strain.