Karim Bendjelid

Prof. Karim Bendjelid, MD, PhD

Prof. Karim Bendjelid is a Cardiologist-Intensivist – Head of the cardiovascular Unit of the Intensive Care Division (Geneva University Hospitals).

He obtained a Master of Science in Cardiovascular Pharmacology at University of Pierre-Marie Curie-Paris VI (France) and a PhD in Physiology at University of Claude Bernard-Lyon I (France).

His main research interests concern hemodynamic monitoring, Echocardiography and Cardiovascular and shocks Physiology.

In these fields, he authored or co-authored over 220 scientific papers published in peer reviewed journals and books.

As Editor in Chief, section Intensive Care, he is in charge of the Journal of clinical medicine (IF:4.97).

As a chairman or keynote lecturer, he contributes to a number of international conferences organized by different prestigious societies. He is a regular Member of the European Society of Cardiology and the American Physiological Society.