Dmitri Bezinover, M.D. Ph.D.

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Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Bloc Chief Solid Organ Transplantation, Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Contact information
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
3400 Spruce Street, Gates Bldg., Suite 6027
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 717-531-8433
Education:
M.D.
St. Petersburg State I.P. Pavlov Medical University (Russia), 1995.
M.D.
Wolfgang von Goethe University (Germany), 1998.
Ph.D.
Witten-Herdecke University (Germany), 2004.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Anesthesia and Perioperative Care for Organ Transplantation
Management of patients with Hepatic Failure
Management of patients with ARDS
Mechanical Ventilation
Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery

Description of Research Expertise

Perioperative Thrombotic Complication in Patients with End Stage Liver Disease
Hypercoagulability associate with liver cirrhosis
Complications Associated with NASH cirrhosis
Perioperative Management for Patients with Hyponatremia
Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography for Liver Transplantation

Selected Publications

Saner F, Stueben BO, Hoyer DP, Broering DC, Bezinover D: Use or Misuse of Albumin in Critical Ill Patients. Diseases. Diseases 11: 68, April 2023.

Nguyen-Buckley C, Bezinover DS, Bhangui P, Biancofiore G, Blasi A, Chadha R, Pustavoitau A, Sabate A, Saner FH, Wagener G, Wray CL, Zerillo J, Pan TLT.: International Liver Transplantation Society/Society for Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia Consensus Statement on Essential Attributes of a Liver Transplant Anesthesiologist. Transplantation Mar 2023.

Pollok JM, Tinguely P, Berenguer M, Niemann CU, Raptis DA, Spiro M; ERAS4OLT.org collaborative.: Enhanced recovery for liver transplantation: recommendations from the 2022 International Liver Transplantation Society consensus conference. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023.

Sharma S, Saner FH, Bezinover D.: A brief history of liver transplantation and transplant anesthesia. BMC Anesthesiol 22: 363, Nov 2022.

Saner FH, Hoyer DP, Hartmann M, Nowak KM, Bezinover D.: The Edge of Unknown: Postoperative Critical Care in Liver Transplantation. J Clin Med 11: 4036, Jul 2022.

Dmitri Bezinover, Nathaniel R. Geyer, Jessica Dahmus, Vernon M. Chinchilli, Jonathan G. Stine: A decline in functional status while awaiting liver transplantation is predictive of increased post-transplantation mortality. HPG 24(6): 825-832, June 2022 Notes: 10.1016/j.hpb.2021.10.008.

Thomas A. Verbeek, MBChB, MMed, Fuat H. Saner MD, DEAA, Dmitri Bezinover, MD, PhD: Hyponatremia and Liver Transplantation: A Narrative Review. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 36(5): 1458-1466, May 2022 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2021.05.027.

Bezinover D, Stine J, Geyer N, Schumann R, Alkhouri N. : Effect of metabolic syndrome on outcomes in patients with NASH/Cryptogenic cirrhosis undergoing liver transplantation. International Liver Transplantation Society meeting (Istanbul, Turkey) May 2022 Notes: Oral presentation.

Licata J, Roberts SM, Janicki P, Bezinover D.: Adult Renal Transplantation in a Patient 28 Years after Heart Transplantation as a Neonate for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Case Rep Transplant 2022: 7532199, Apr 2022.

Peters S, Bezinover D, Nowak K, Saner FH.: Management of an Anhepatic Patient: The Ultimate Challenge for an Intensive Care Physician. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2022.

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Last updated: 09/03/2023
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