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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

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:e1470-e1480.

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; Stephens, KK; Taylor, WM; Thompson, NE; Vora, SB. Hospital Pediatrics. 2025; 15:237-246.

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:a4125939.

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:a4143599.

Abstract 4135497: Model-informed dosing recommendations for digoxin in interstage single ventricle heart disease. Thompson, E; Gonzalez Ramirez, R; Kumar, K; Allen, K; Benscoter, A; Hornik, C; Del Grippo, E; Anderson, B; KHAN, D; Suttner, D; Costello, J; Eghtesady, P; Halnon, N; Hornik, C. Circulation. 2024; 150:a4135497.

Balloon atrial septostomy versus left atrial cannulation for left heart decompression in children with dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: An ELSO registry analysis. Perry, T; Greenberg, JW; Cooper, DS; Smith, R; Benscoter, AL; Koh, W; Ryan, TD; Lehenbauer, DG; Brown, TN; Zafar, F; Thiagarajan, RR; Sweberg, TM; Morales, DL S. Perfusion (United Kingdom). 2024; 39:1732-1739.

Sustained Performance of Cardiac Arrest Prevention in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Units. Mueller, D; Bailly, DK; Banerjee, M; Bertrandt, RA; Borasino, S; Briceno-Medina, M; Chan, T; Diddle, JW; Domnina, Y; Clarke-Myers, K; Schumacher, KR; Werho, DK; Zhang, W; Alten, J. JAMA Network Open. 2024; 7:e2432393.

Predicting cardiac arrest after neonatal cardiac surgery. Benscoter, AL; Law, MA; Borasino, S; Rahman, AK M F; Alten, JA; Atreya, MR. 2024; 2:3.

Outcomes of Extracorporeal Life Support in Children with Meningococcal Septicemia: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Henry, BM; Benscoter, A; Perry, T; de Oliveira, MH S; Misfeldt, A; Cooper, DS. Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care. 2023; 12:337-343.

Biomarker-based risk model to predict persistent multiple organ dysfunctions after congenital heart surgery: a prospective observational cohort study. Benscoter, AL; Alten, JA; Atreya, MR; Cooper, DS; Byrnes, JW; Nelson, DP; Ollberding, NJ; Wong, HR. Critical Care (UK). 2023; 27:193.

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