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Outstanding contribution to pediatric anesthesiology: An interview with Dr. Robert H. Friesen
Author(s) -
Twite Mark D.,
Ing Richard J.,
Nichols Christopher S.,
Yaster Myron
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/pan.13215
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesiology , formative assessment , pain medicine , anesthesia , pedagogy , psychology
Summary Dr. Robert H. Friesen, (1946–) Professor of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, has played a pivotal and pioneering role in the development of pediatric and congenital cardiac anesthesiology. His transformative research included the study of the hemodynamic effects of inhalational and intravenous anesthetic agents in the newborn and the effects of anesthetic agents on pulmonary vascular resistance in patients with pulmonary hypertension. As a model clinician‐scientist, educator, and administrator, he changed the practice of pediatric anesthesia and shaped the careers of hundreds of physicians‐in‐training, imbuing them with his core values of honesty, integrity, and responsibility. Based on a series of interviews with Dr. Friesen, this article reviews a career that advanced pediatric and congenital cardiac anesthesia during the formative years of the specialties.