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Paul Edmund Wischmeyer

Paul Edmund Wischmeyer

Professor of Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
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Awards & Honors

Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction Award

National American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · March 2022 American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition award recognizes excellence in interdisciplinary clinical nutrition practice in institutions that meet the highest criteria and compliance with ASPEN national standards, guidelines and values. More about this award

George Blackburn Excellence in Nutrition Research Mentorship Award

International American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · April 2020 The George Blackburn Excellence in Nutrition Research Mentorship Award from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition elected award recognizes nutrition leaders for their achievements as outstanding research mentors. This is the highest award for mentoring given by ASPEN. More about this award

Excellence in Nutrition Support Education Award – ASPEN Society

International American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · March 2020 Excellence in Nutrition Support Education Award – ASPEN Society. This award recognizes a nutrition support educator’s excellence in the delivery of professional education from American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) More about this award

Faculty of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) Elected Member

International Society of Critical Care Medicine · January 2020 Faculty of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM) Elected Member. Award is for peer election as FCCM Member of Society of Critical Care Medicine for excellence and contributions in academic critical care medicine

Samuel Thompson Rowling Honorary Oration

International Royal College of Anesthesiology · May 2019 More about this award

FASPEN

Scholarly Society The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) · March 2019 The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) has elected Duke Anesthesiology’s Paul Wischmeyer, MD, an honorary fellow. The FASPEN award is one of ASPEN’s highest honors as a society. More about this award

Jeffrey Silverstein Award and Memorial Lecture for Humanism in Medicine

National American Delirium Society · June 2016

Academy of Mentors, Elected Member

National Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research · 2016 Honor for being exceptional senior mentor in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Field for trainees in research and academic careers

Best Doctors in America: Critical Care

National Best Doctors in America - voted by peer physicians · 2014 Award for excellence in critical care medicine as voted by peer physicians

Invited Member of European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care (ESPEN) Faculty

International ESPEN Society · 2010

Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Congress Co-Chairman

National Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) · 2009

Stanley Dudrick Honorary Award for Significant Lifetime Contribution to Research in Nutrition

National American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2008

Lifetime Achievement Award

National International Parenteral Nutrition Education and Methodology Advancement Society · 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award for Significant Contributions to Advancing Intravenous Nutrition

AUA Elected Member

National Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA) · 2006

Young Investigator Award of European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ESPEN)

International European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2005

John M. Kinney International Award For General Nutrition 2004 (Award for Most Outstanding Work Directly Relevant to Field of General Nutrition

International "Nutrition" Journal · 2004

Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award

Department Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado · 2003 Outstanding teacher award as voted by residents, fellows and students in Department of Anesthesiology

New Inventor of YEar

State University of Colorado School of Medicine · 2003

Shock Society Young Investigator Award Finalist

National Shock Society · 2001

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical School Honor Society

School University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine · 1995

USA Today Academic All-American Team

National USA Today · 1992

Student Research Award- Honorable Mention

National American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) · 1992

In the News

Published January 3, 2024
As COVID cases rise, probiotics could reduce symptoms and infection, study suggests
Published December 21, 2023
New COVID variant drives up cases this holiday season- Probiotics could help
Published December 18, 2023
Probiotics Might Help Ward Off COVID-19
Published December 17, 2023
Probiotics ‘very effective’ at reducing COVID symptoms, Duke study shows
Published December 17, 2023
New Duke study says probiotics can reduce COVID symptoms, delay disease
Published September 6, 2023
New Intravenous Lipid Formula Cuts Pediatric Complications
Published January 18, 2023
When the Doctor Is the Patient
Published January 6, 2022
Study shows probiotics can reduce symptoms of COVID-19 when taken post-exposure
Published June 3, 2020
Duke University Medical Center to Assess Probiotics in COVID-19 Exposure
Published May 30, 2019
What Patients Need Doctors to Know” -Keeping the CARE in “HealthCARE"- Samuel Thompson Rowling Honorary Lecture
Published November 11, 2018
Podcast: The Patient Experience in ICU: Never Understimate The Simple Things We Do to Patients
Published November 9, 2018
Podcast: The Role of Nutrition in Surgery Outcomes
Published August 18, 2018
Podcast: Treating Patients Properly: What Patients Wish Their Doctors Knew
Published August 17, 2018
Podcast: Too many patients presenting for surgery are malnourished. We need to do more to fix this.
Published August 16, 2018
Podcast:Opiate Addiction Can Happen To Anyone: A Personal Story
Published March 29, 2018
Eat, Drink, and be Healthy- Optimizing pre-op nutrition prepares patients for the physical stress of surgery, lowers risk of complications and improves clinical outcomes.
Published February 27, 2018
Nutritional guidelines lay roadmap for optimizing outcomes in surgical patients
Published August 10, 2017
Having Surgery? 4 Tips for Better Recovery
Published June 18, 2017
Using nutrition counseling to help prep surgery patients for better outcomes
Published March 27, 2017
Surviving the ICU: My Experience As a Patient
Published September 5, 2016
Critical But Overlooked: ICU Patients’ Gut Bacteria
Published September 5, 2016
A New Microbial Challenge in The Intensive Care Unit
Published September 1, 2016
Critical but overlooked: ICU patients’ gut bacteria
Published August 30, 2016
Tracking Bacterial Imbalance in the ICU