3rd installment featuring Prof. Mukadder Orhan Sungur & Prof. Laszlo Vutskits

Prof. Mukadder Orhan Sungur is a professor for anesthesia with a main focus on pediatric anesthesia. She is working at the Istanbul Medical Faculty in the Istanbul University. Anesthesiology, Surgery Medicine and Health Sciences are just some of her research areas. She published more than 60 articles and books and you can find her name and experience mentioned in more than 500 citations. Mukadder is a member of the ESAIC and of some Turkish Anesthesia societies.

Dr. Vutskits received his medical degree from the Semmelweis University of Medicine in Budapest, Hungary. He then completed a PhD in the field of developmental neurobiology at the University of Geneva Medical School followed by an anesthesiology residency at the Departement of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Intensive Care at the University Hospitals of Geneva.

After his residency training, he turned toward a specialization in pediatric anesthesia. Parallel to his clinical training, he continued his basic science and translational research activity and is the principal investigator of the research group at the interface of the Departments of Anesthesiology and Fundamental Neurosciences at the University of Geneva Medical School. His principal clinical interest is on the effects of the perioperative period on postoperative behavioral and cognitive outcome in children.

Dr. Vutskits currently serves as the Head of Pediatric Anesthesia at the Department of the Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Intensive Care at the University Hospital of Geneva. In parallel, his basic science and translation research activity is aimed to elucidate the mechanisms underlying anesthesia-induced modulation of the neural plasticity in the developing brain. He also acts as the President of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology. He is and Editor of the Anesthesiology and Section Editor of the Pediatric Anesthesia.

Benjamin Raber is the Global Therapy Development Manager OR/ICU focusing on Anesthesia products at Getinge, where he’s been providing his clinical and marketing expertise since the last 6.5 years. Benjamin holds a clinical background in anesthesia and has an Alumni from the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz, Germany.