Bösenberg Recruited to Lead Regional Anesthesia
Dr. Adrian Bösenberg has been named medical director for regional anesthesia at Seattle Children’s. Bösenberg joins Children’s from his position as professor and second chair of anesthesia in the Department of Anaesthesia at University of Cape Town, where he has been since 2001.
Dr. Adrian Bösenberg
Bösenberg spent a sabbatical at Children’s in the summer of 2006. He was invited to re-establish the regional anesthesia program and teach ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia in children. Previously he served as a doctor with Airlift Northwest, escorting critically ill patients from referral centers in the WAMI region from 1983 to 1984.
Among his many honors, Bösenberg was appointed to serve as principal anaesthetist and senior lecturer in the Department of Anaesthesia at the Nelson R. Mandela School of Health Sciences, University of Natal in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, from 1995 to 2001. His was the first and, to date, the only such appointment in that department.
“Dr. Bösenberg is one of the world’s foremost authorities on pediatric applications of regional anesthesia,” says Dr. Lynn Martin, director of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. “We are extremely fortunate to have his expertise here in Seattle.”