Biography
Bernard J. Dalens, M.D., is in charge of the pediatric anesthesia unit of the university hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Clermont-Ferrand (France)., Dr. Dalens obtained his training at the University of Marseille, La Timone, from 1967 to 1974. He was an intern in pediatrics and then in anesthesiology from 1975 to 1979 and defended his medical thesis in 1979. He served as assistant-professor of anesthesiology and chief of clinic from 1980 to 1985 and, since then, he has been a hospital practitioner in pediatric anesthesiology. He graduated in 1986 from the Science Faculty of Clermont-Ferrand, France, with a D.E.A. in molecular biology., Dr. Dalens is a member of the Société Française d’Anesthésie et de Réanimation, Association des Anesthésistes-Réanimateurs Pédiatriques d’Expression Française, American Society of Anesthesiologists, International Anesthesia Research Society, and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia. He has received the Edmond Lesné Award from the French National Committee on Childhood for his medical thesis (1979)., Dr. Dalens has published more than 100 research papers and has been co-author of two French textbooks of anesthesia, one pertaining to regional anesthesia, and the other to pediatric anesthesia. His current research interests are in the development of safer block procedures in children, the anesthetic management and spinal cord monitoring of scoliosis surgery, and the metabolism and growth of (fractured) bones.
