Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery (with Tenure)
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC, FASPEN, FCCM is a critical care, perioperative and nutrition physician who serves as a Professor with Tenure of Anesthesiology and Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine. He also serves as the Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Research in the Dept. of Anesthesiology and Director of the Nutrition Team at Duke Hospital. His clinical focus is in nutrition, critical care, and perioperative care, to help patients prepare and recover from acute illness and surgery. His research interests include perioperative optimization, surgical and ICU nutrition therapy, post-illness muscle mass and functional recovery, role of probiotics/microbiome in illness, specifically COVID-19 prevention and treatment. Dr. Wischmeyer has received numerous awards from national and international societies, including the Jeffrey Silverstein Award and Memorial Lecture for Humanism in Medicine from the American Delirium Society, the John M. Kinney Award for the most significant contribution to the field of nutrition, the Stanley Dudrick Research Scholar Award of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition where he is also an honorary Fellow of ASPEN (FASPEN), in 2020 he received the ASPEN George Blackburn Clinical Nutrition Mentorship Award, as well as the Excellence in Nutrition Support Education Award from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, and he has received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Parenteral Nutrition Education and Methodology Advancement for significant contributions to the field of nutrition. Dr. Wischmeyer has over 190 publications in nutrition, critical care, and perioperative care (H index-61 and 43 papers with >100 citations), including publications in the New England Journal of Medicine. He has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international medical meetings, delivering over 800 invited presentations over his career. He is also passionate about training and preparing young physicians and scientists for academic medicine careers.
Fast Tracking Recovery: Enhancing Surgical Outcomes in Oncology
Saturday, November 16, 2024
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT