Maria Benzinger, MD, a German-born physician who served as chief medical officer of anesthesiology at D. C. General Hospital in Washington, D.C., died April 2 at age 93, according to a Washington Post report.
Dr. Benzinger worked as a surgeon in Berlin before arriving in the United States in 1950. She started her U.S. medical career running an ambulance service in Port Chester, N.Y., and later trained at hospitals in New York and Ohio, completing residencies in anesthesiology and earning her medical license.
Dr. Benzinger moved to Washington, D.C., around 1960 and taught at Georgetown, Howard and George Washington universities. She joined the D.C. General staff in 1961 as CMO and retired in 1988.
Dr. Benzinger was a member of the D.C. Medical Society and the International Anesthesia Research Society, among others.
Read the Washington Post report on Dr. Benzinger.
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Dr. Benzinger worked as a surgeon in Berlin before arriving in the United States in 1950. She started her U.S. medical career running an ambulance service in Port Chester, N.Y., and later trained at hospitals in New York and Ohio, completing residencies in anesthesiology and earning her medical license.
Dr. Benzinger moved to Washington, D.C., around 1960 and taught at Georgetown, Howard and George Washington universities. She joined the D.C. General staff in 1961 as CMO and retired in 1988.
Dr. Benzinger was a member of the D.C. Medical Society and the International Anesthesia Research Society, among others.
Read the Washington Post report on Dr. Benzinger.
Read more on anesthesia:
-Spinal Anesthesia Injections Require Face Masks
-Cognitive Impairment for Total Hip Replacement Patients Similar to General Population
-Harvard Anesthesiologist: Teens May May Anesthesiology Decisions at 14