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Alexis Benscoter, DO


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

About

BS: University of Maine, Orono, ME, 2002

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

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

Fellowship: Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, 2010

Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2013

Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2014

Certifications: Pediatrics, 2010; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2014

Interests

Cardiac critical care; critical care

Interests

Development and impact of persistent organ dysfunction after cardiac surgery

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Publications

Selected

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. 2026; 47(7):3100-3107.

Selected

Modified Ultrafiltration and Association With Outcomes After Neonatal Cardiac Surgery. Benscoter, AL; Reagor, JA; Timpa, JG; Capone, CC; Olshove, V; Reichle, G; Blinder, JJ; Murphy, LD; Lehenbauer, DG; Alten, JA; Zang, H; Bacon, MK; Jacobs, JP; St Louis, JD; Tabbutt, S. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2026.

Selected

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.

Selected

Predicting cardiac arrest after neonatal cardiac surgery. Benscoter, AL; Law, MA; Borasino, S; Rahman, AKMF; Alten, JA; Atreya, MR. Intensive Care Medicine – Paediatric and Neonatal. 2024; 2(1):3.

Selected

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. 2023; 27(1):193.

Selected

Innovative Clinical Model in Managing Children with Refractory Lung Failure. Koh, W; Benscoter, A; Chlebowski, M; Cooper, D; Lehenbauer, D; Winlaw, D; Morales, D; Hayes, D. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2023; 42(4):s297-s298.

Selected

Methylprednisolone for Heart Surgery in Infants - A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Hill, KD; Kannankeril, PJ; Jacobs, JP; Baldwin, HS; Jacobs, ML; O'brien, SM; Bichel, DP; Graham, EM; Blasiole, B; Resheidat, A; Swartz, MF; Mcconnell, PI; Vener, DF; Li, JS. New England Journal of Medicine. 2022; 387(23):2138-2149.

Selected

Inferior and Superior Vena Cava Saturation Monitoring After Neonatal Cardiac Surgery. Law, MA; Benscoter, AL; Borasino, S; Dewan, M; Rahman, AKMF; Loomba, RS; Hock, KM; Alten, JA. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2022; 23(7):e347-e355.

Selected

Health care-associated infections are associated with increased length of stay and cost but not mortality in children undergoing cardiac surgery. Tweddell, S; Loomba, RS; Cooper, DS; Benscoter, AL. Congenital Heart Disease. 2019; 14(5):785-790.

Selected

Red Blood Cell Distribution Width as a Pragmatic Marker for Outcome in Pediatric Critical Illness. Ramby, AL; Goodman, DM; Wald, EL; Weiss, SL. PLoS ONE. 2015; 10(6):e0129258.

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