Alexandre Mebazaa MD, PhD, FESC

Alexandre Mebazaa is Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at Public Assistance - Hospitals of Paris in France. Professor Mebazaa qualified from the Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France, and subsequently obtained a doctorate on the effect of endothelial cells on the calcium responsiveness of the cardiac myofilament from the Lariboisiere School of Medicine, Paris. His research interests include mechanisms of contractile impairment during acute heart failure. He acted as a member or Chair of several Steering committees including SURVIVE, a European trial comparing the effects of levosimendan and dobutamine on mortality in severe acute heart failure. He is also heavily involved in several European and global registries on circulatory failure. He authored or co-authored more than 200 papers and is Lead-Editor of the “Acute Heart Failure” book. He is a Professor in Anesthesiology and Critical Care MedicineProfessor in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine University of Paris