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Alexis Benscoter, DO


  • Attending Physician, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
  • Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

MD/DO: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME, 2006.

Residency: Pediatrics, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, 2009.

Fellowships: Hospital-based medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, 2010; Pediatric Critical Care, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2013; Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2014.

Certification: Pediatrics, 2010; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2014.

Interests

Cardiac critical care; critical care; CICU

Services and Specialties

Interests

Quality improvement and safety

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Publications

A Bayesian re-analysis of the STRESS trial. Hill, KD; Koerner, J; Hong, H; Li, JS; Hornik, C; Kannankeril, PJ; Jacobs, JP; Baldwin, HS; Jacobs, ML; Graham, EM; Scott, JP; Anderson, BR; Swartz, MF; O'brien, SM. American Heart Journal. 2026; 292:107282.

National Experience With Tracheostomy in Neonates Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis. Ahmed, HF; Faateh, M; Kulshrestha, K; Hogue, S; Cooper, D; Zak, S; Ashfaq, A; Lehenbauer, D; Morales, DLS; Benscoter, AL. Critical Care Explorations. 2025; 7(12):e1357.

Comparison of Heparin-Based Anticoagulation in Patients With and Without High Output Chylothorax: A Pilot Study. Chen, A; Linden, L; Lin, L; Benscoter, A; Perry, T; Stang, C. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025.

Abstract 4355216: Nonlinear mixed effect modeling of natriuretic peptides and associations with clinical events in interstage infants with single ventricle heart disease. Thompson, E; Ramirez, RG; Maharaj, A; Foote, H; Kumar, K; Allen, K; Benscoter, A; Hornik, C; Del Grippo, E; Anderson, B; Suttner, D; Eghtesady, P; Halnon, N; Hornik, C. Circulation. 2025; 152(Suppl_3):a4355216-a4355216.

Tracheostomy in patients with a single ventricle during stage 1 palliation hospitalization: Prudent? Ahmed, HF; Faateh, M; Chappell, G; Ricci, M; Alten, J; Lehenbauer, D; Ashfaq, A; Benscoter, A; Morales, DLS. JTCVS Techniques. 2025; 33:225-229.

Methylprednisolone for Infant Heart Surgery: Subpopulation Analyses of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Sunthankar, SD; Hill, KD; Jacobs, JP; Baldwin, HS; Jacobs, ML; Li, JS; Graham, EM; Blasiole, B; Husain, SA; Bleiweis, MS; Anderson, BR; Alfieris, G; Vener, DF; Kannankeril, PJ. Critical Care Medicine. 2025; 53(7):e1470-e1480.

Reexploring the STRESS Trial: Subgroup Postoperative Outcomes Following Methylprednisolone for Infant Heart Surgery. Sunthankar, SD; Hill, KD; Jacobs, JP; Baldwin, HS; Jacobs, ML; Li, JS; Graham, EM; Resheidat, AM; Amula, V; Bleiweis, MS; Swartz, MF; Benscoter, A; Ravekes, W; Kannankeril, PJ. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025.

Sepsis Mortality in Hospitalized Children With Cancer Is Associated With Lack of a Screening Tool. Hakim, H; Richardson, T; Riggs, R; Auletta, JJ; Digerolamo, K; Hron, JD; Kohorst, M; Laurie, K; Maixner, M; Mulcahy Levy, JM; Redfern, W; Rozenfeld, RA; Workman, JK; Wilkes, JJ. Hospital pediatrics. 2025; 15(3):237-246.

Abstract 4143599: Subpopulation Benefits and Adverse Events of Prophylactic Methylprednisolone for Infant Heart Surgery: An Analysis of the STRESS Trial. Sunthankar, S; Hill, K; Jacobs, J; Baldwin, S; Jacobs, M; Li, J; Graham, E; Blasiole, B; Husain, A; Bleiweis, M; Anderson, B; Alfieris, G; Vener M D, D; Kannankeril, P. Circulation. 2024; 150(Suppl_1):a4143599-a4143599.

Abstract 4125939: Bayesian re-analysis of the STeroids to REduce Systemic inflammation after infant heart Surgery (STRESS) trial. Hill, K; Koerner, J; Hong, H; Li, J; Jacobs, M; Kannankeril, P; Baldwin, S; Jacobs, J; Hornik, C; Benscoter, A; Eghtesady, P; Butts, R; Karamlou, T; Obrien, S. Circulation. 2024; 150(Suppl_1):a4125939-a4125939.

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