Ballwin, MO - Wolf H. Stapelfeldt, M.D. is recognized by
Continental Who's Who as Pinnacle Professional of The Year in the field of
Anesthesiology in recognition of his role as Professor and Chairman of the
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine at Saint Louis
University.
With its establishment in St. Louis Missouri starting at the
dawn of 1818, Saint Louis University is an illustrious catholic university
known for its excellence in education. With academics, ethics, and spirituality
at the forefront of the university's values, Saint Louis University is dedicated
to providing the highest quality to its students in an effort to advance their
careers as future leaders in their fields.
Having attained over twenty five years of experience in the healthcare field, Dr. Wolf H. Stapelfeldt is well-regarded for his outstanding contributions to
the field. Subsequent to his tenure at the Cleveland Clinic as Chairman of the
Department of General Anesthesiology, Dr. Stapelfeldt assumed the role of
Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Talis Clinical, LLC, an information management
company spun off from the Cleveland Clinic. Talis Clinical's software distills
and analyzes the most important data sources in real time to guide physicians
in decision-making within the high stress environment of the operation rooms
and intensive care units. This clinical decision support application was
recognized as one of the top ten innovations in Medicine during the 2014
Cleveland Clinic Innovation Summit.
Serving in several different capacities at the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Stapelfeldt
recalls most notably his role as Chairman of Transplantation Anesthesiology at
its Jacksonville, Florida location, which at that time, grew into one of the
largest liver transplant programs in the country. Additionally, he has served
as Vice Chairman for Education in the Mayo Clinic's Department of
Anesthesiology in Florida, as well as Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and
Physiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Early in his career, Dr. Stapelfeldt attained his Medical Degree Summa Cum
Laude from the University of Ulm, School of Medicine in Ulm, Germany. Thereafter, Dr. Stapelfeldt would go on to complete his residency in
Anesthesiology and fellowship in Physiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
To further advance his professional career, Dr. Stapelfeldt is a member of
several organizations including the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the
International Anesthesia Research Society and the Health Information Management
Systems Society.
An outstanding expert in the fields of Anesthesiology and Physiology, Dr. Stapelfeldt has authored various
articles published in distinguished medical journals including the Journal of
Physiology (London), Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Liver Transplantation, Anesthesiology
and Anesthesia & Analgesia. His contributions in Anesthesiology are focused
on the development of predictive models and electronic systems to guide
physicians in decision-making about patient care. He most recently introduced
the 'SLUScore', a novel method to quantify less than normal blood pressure, a
common occurrence under anesthesia, with regard to its risk for adverse
outcome. Automatically tracking patients' SLUScores during surgery, in an
effort to identify and minimize harmful exposures to lower than sufficient
blood pressure, holds the promise of significantly reducing serious
complications, including death, which all too commonly ensue in the days and
weeks after surgery.
In recognition of his professional accolades, Dr. Stapelfeldt was the recipient
of the Edward C. Kendall Award from the Mayo Clinic in 1988. Additionally, as
already mentioned above, his work on clinical decision support was recognized
with a Top Ten Innovation in Medicine Award at the 2014 Cleveland Clinic
Innovation Summit.
For more information, visit www.slu.edu , www.clevelandclinic.org and
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28107274.
