Dr. med. Michael Blank - Assistenzarzt 

Dr. med. Michael Blank

Hochschulausbildung

• 10/2015 – 12/2022 Studium der Humanmedizin an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität

Erlangen, DE

• 08/2022 – 03/2023 Amerikanisches Staatsexamen in Boston, USA

• 01/2023 – 11/2024 Promotion (Dr. med.) an der Universität Duisburg-Essen, DE

Beruflicher Werdegang

• 07/2023 – 06/2024 Assistenzarzt für Allgemeine Innere Medizin in der Höhenklinik Wald, CH

• 07/2024 – 06/2025 Assistenzarzt für Allgemeine Innere Medizin am Zuger Kantonsspital, CH

• Seit 07/2025 Assistenzarzt für Dermatologie im Dermacenter Küssnacht & Brunnen, CH

Akademische Laufbahn

• 10/2020 – 10/2021 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care

& Pain Medicine am Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

• 04/2021 – 10/2021 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Department of Anesthesia, Montefiore

Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, USA

Publikationen

• Blank, M., Katsiampoura, A., Wachtendorf, L. J., Linhardt, F. C., Tartler, T. M., Raub, D.,

Azimaraghi, O., Chen, G., Houle, T. T., Ferrone, C., Eikermann, M., Schaefer, M. S. (2023, Jul).

Association Between Intraoperative Dexamethasone and Postoperative Mortality in Patients

Undergoing Oncologic Surgery: A Multicentric Cohort Study. Annals of surgery, 278(1), e105-e114.

• Tartler, T. M., Wachtendorf, L. J., Suleiman, A., Blank, M., Ahrens, E., Linhardt, F. C., Althoff, F.

C., Chen, G., Santer, P., Nagrebetsky, A., Eikermann, M., Schaefer, M. S. (2023, Mar). The

association of intraoperative low driving pressure ventilation and nonhome discharge: a historical

cohort study. Canadian journal of anaesthesia, 70(3), 359-373.

• Wachtendorf, L. J., Tartler, T. M., Ahrens, E., Witt, A. S., Azimaraghi, O., Fassbender, P.,

Suleiman, A., Linhardt, F. C., Blank, M., Nabel, S. Y., Chao, J. Y., Goriacko, P., Mirhaji, P., Houle, T. T.,

Schaefer, M. S., Eikermann, M. (2023, Feb). Comparison of the effects of sugammadex versus

neostigmine for reversal of neuromuscular block on hospital costs of care. British journal of

anaesthesia, 130(2), 133-141.

• Blank, M., Robitaille, M. J., Wachtendorf, L. J., Linhardt, F. C., Ahrens, E., Strom, J. B.,

Azimaraghi, O., Schaefer, M. S., Chu, L. M., Moon, J. Y., Tarantino, N., Nair, S. R., Thalappilil, R., Tam,

C. W., Leff, J., Di Biase, L., Eikermann, M. (2023, Jan). Loss of Independent Living in Patients

Undergoing Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Anesthesia and analgesia, 137(3), 618-628.

• Wongtangman, K., Blank, M., Eikermann, M. (2022, Sep). In reply: Nitrous oxide can help

reduce length of stay in the postanesthesia care unit. Canadian journal of anaesthesia, 69(9), 1180-

1181.

• Wachtendorf, L. J., Azimaraghi, O., Santer, P., Linhardt, F. C., Blank, M., Suleiman, A., Ahn,

C., Low, Y. H., Teja, B., Kendale, S. M., Schaefer, M. S., Houle, T. T., Pollard, R. J., Subramaniam, B.,

Eikermann, M., Wongtangman, K. (2022, Apr). Association Between Intraoperative Arterial

Hypotension and Postoperative Delirium After Noncardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Multicenter

Cohort Study. Anesthesia and analgesia, 134(4), 822-833.

• Obeidat, S. S., Wongtangman, K., Blank, M., Wachtendorf, L. J., Hammer, M., Schaefer, M. S.,

Santer, P., Eikermann, M., Sundar, E. (2021, Nov). The association of nitrous oxide on length of stay in

the postanesthesia care unit: a retrospective observational study. Canadian journal of anaesthesia,

68(11), 1630-1640.

• Wongtangman, K., Wachtendorf, L. J., Blank, M., Grabitz, S. D., Linhardt, F. C., Azimaraghi,

O., Raub, D., Pham, S., Kendale, S. M., Low, Y. H., Houle, T. T., Eikermann, M., Pollard, R. J. (2021,

Oct). Effect of Intraoperative Arterial Hypotension on the Risk of Perioperative Stroke After Noncardiac

Surgery: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study. Anesthesia and analgesia, 133(4), 1000-1008.

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