Clinical Faculty

Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology

Department:
Anesthesiology

Division:
Anesthesiology

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3094 Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone:
919-681-9660

Training:
MD, Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts), 1991

Fellowship:
Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Duke University Medical Center, 1996

Residency:
Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, 1995

Clinical Interests:
Cardiac and general anesthesiology, critical care

Research Interests:
Dr. Bennett-Guerrero's research focuses on the etiology of systemic inflammation in the perioperative period, in particular, the roles of the coagulation system, intravascular volume status, splanchnic perfusion, endotoxemia, and immunity to endotoxin. He is also interested in studying strategies that can improve the safety of blood transfusion, with a focus on factors that impact red blood cell deformability.  His long-term objective is to develop strategies that can be used by clinicians to reduce complications in surgical patients and other high risk hospitalized patients. He is specifically interested in interventions that can reduce surgical site infections in high risk surgical patients.

Publications:
Sukernik MR, Bennett-Guerrero E. The incidental finding of a patent foramen ovale during cardiac surgery: should it always be repaired? A core review. Anesth Analg. 2007 Sep;105(3):602-10.

Bennett-Guerrero E, Veldman TH, Doctor A, Telen MJ, Ortel TL, Reid TS, Mulherin MA, Zhu H, Buck RD, Califf RM, McMahon TJ. Evolution of adverse changes in stored RBCs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Oct 23;104(43):17063-8.

Bennett-Guerrero E, Grocott HP, Levy JH, Stierer KA, Hogue CW, Cheung AT, Newman MF, Carter AA, Rossignol DP, Collard CD. A phase II, double-blind, placebo-controlled, ascending-dose study of Eritoran (E5564), a lipid A antagonist, in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. Anesth Analg. 2007 Feb;104(2):378-83.

, Ferraris VA, Ferraris SP, Saha SP, Hessel EA 2nd, Haan CK, Royston BD, Bridges CR, Higgins RS, Despotis G, Brown JR, , Spiess BD, Shore-Lesserson L, Stafford-Smith M, Mazer CD, Bennett-Guerrero E, Hill SE, Body S. Perioperative blood transfusion and blood conservation in cardiac surgery: the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists clinical practice guideline. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 May;83(5 Suppl):S27-86.