Donat Spahn

Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Professor Donat R. Spahn, F.R.C.A.

Academic positions: - 2006 - present Professor and Chairman, Institute of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich (USZ), Zurich, Switzerland - 2005 - present WHO Consultant / Trainer in Blood Transfusion. - 1995 - present Professor of Anaesthesiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland - 2001- 2006 Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

Any industry positions (past 5 years): None declared

Research interests: Professor Spahn's main research foci are fluid replacement therapy with crystalloids and colloids, blood transfusion and alternatives including artificial oxygen carriers and cardiovascular physiology including cardioprotection with beta-blockers and anesthetic preconditioning.

Other society memberships include: - FMH Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum (Vereinigung Schweizer Ärzte) - SGAR Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Reanimation - SGI Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Intensivmedizin (Ausserordentliches Mitglied) - EACTA European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists - ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists (Affiliate Member) - IARS International Anesthesia Research Society - ARS Anaesthetic Research Society - EAA European Academy of Anaesthesiology (1999: Academician) - DGAI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin (Corresponding Member) Professor Spahn is Editor of the British Journal of Anaesthesia, Associate Editor of Anesthesiology and serves on the editorial board of 7 other international scientific journals.

He is author of more than 150 peer reviewed scientific articles listed in MEDLINE, more than 50 review articles and book chapters and co-editor of several books.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

: Anesthesiology & Pain Management > Perioperative Hemostasis & Transfusion Medicine (16 November 2005 - 17 November 2009)

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