Catherine D. Krawczeski MD

Catherine Krawczeski completed training in Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. I am currently Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University, the Medical Director of Cardiovascular Intensive Care at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, and the Program Director for the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program at Stanford. My clinical responsibilities are in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and my primary research efforts focus on outcomes in critically ill pediatric heart patients after cardiopulmonary bypass.

In particular, I am interested in the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass and critical illness on the kidney and the long-term deleterious effects of kidney injury in this population. I am also extensively involved in education and training in my role as fellowship director. In this role I have spearheaded novel approaches to learning. Along with Scott Ceresnak, MD I co-developed a national “Cardiology Fellow Bootcamp”, a 3-day immersive simulation-based experience provided to residents just prior to entering fellowship. Prior to 2008, I published under my maiden name Catherine L. Dent.