Kendra M Smith, MD

Kendra M Smith, MD

Specialties

  • Children's Title: Member Extracorporeal Life Support Steering Committee
  • Academic Title: Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
  • Research Center: Center for Integrative Brain Research
  • On Staff Since: February 2001
"I find great joy in taking care of babies and seeing their bright little faces as they see the world for the very first time, in going home after an arduous day knowing that I’ve made a difference in a patient’s life, in truly connecting with a family, and in being surrounded by a team of physicians, nurses, RTs, social workers and discharge coordinators who can make miracles happen in a crisis. In my career I work on promoting improved ventilation strategies for neonates requiring ventilatory support in our region."

  • Biography

    In conjunction with her clinical interests, Dr. Kendra Smith is the principle investigator for two industry-sponsored clinical studies looking at improving the outcome of infants with persistent pulmonary hypertension. She is also working with liquid assisted ventilation to better protect the lungs in neonates severely ill requiring the respirator or extracorporeal life support.

    Dr. Smith is involved in the Extracorporeal Life Support Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital and serves on the Steering Committee, which focuses on improving techniques to maximally support newborn infants not responsive to conventional therapies.

    Board Certification(s)

    Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

    Education

    University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

    Residency

    University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN

    Fellowship

    University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN

    Clinical Interests

    Dr. Smith's clinical focus is on lung injury prevention in preterm and term neonates. She has studied ventilator techniques and different ventilation support modalities and works clinically on strategies to minimize lung trauma in infants requiring ventilation due to respiratory failure in the neonatal period.  Because of these interests, she serves as the Manager of Divisional Respiratory Care Programs with the goal of promoting improved ventilation strategies for neonates requiring ventilatory support in our region.

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