Claudia Benkwitz
Vanderbilt University, USA
Biography
Dr. Benkwitz obtained her Medical Degree and PhD in Cardiology at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany, before spending several years as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Scientist at the Dept. of Anesthesiology at the University of Wisconsin. She completed her Anesthesiology Residency in the US at Massachusetts General Hospital and Fellowship Training in Pediatric and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University. She served as Faculty member in Stanford, before moving to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University, where she currently holds a position as Assistant Professor and is primarily involved in Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia. She obtained various research awards, has published in high-ranked peer reviewed journals and co-authored several book chapters in major anesthesia textbooks. Her research interests include basic and clinical neurosciences, with the current focus on neuromonitoring and neurocognitive outcome in pediatric cardiac surgical patients. She is presently involved in clinical research, serving as PI or Co-PI on several different studies.
Abstract
Abstract : Neuromonitoring in the pediatric cardiac population – NIRS, an underutilized tool