Claas Siegmueller, MD, PhD, MBA

Associate Clinical Professor
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Biography: 

MD (Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet, Faculty of Medicine, Kiel, Germany), 1997

PhD (Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet, Department of Dermatology, Molecular Biology Research
Laboratory, Kiel, Germany), 2000

FRCA (Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, London, UK), 2005

MBA (Durham University Business School, Durham, UK), 2012

Publications: 
Kinjo S, Chernin T, Siegmueller C, Sharrow CM, Shilling A. Advances in regional anesthesia for ambulatory surgery. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2024 Jan 01; 62(1):54-61.
Srejic U, Litonius E, Gandhi S, Talke P, Maties O, Siegmueller C, Magsaysay A, Hasen D, Kunwar S, Seth R, Gibson L, Bickler P. Bilateral Superficial Trigeminal Nerve Blocks are not More Effective than a Placebo in Abolishing Post-operative Headache Pain in Pituitary Transsphenoidal Neurosurgery: A Prospective, Randomized, Doubleblinded Clinical Trial. Rev Recent Clin Trials. 2023; 18(3):228-237.
Siegmueller C. 'Put a damper on' - rectify arterial line underdamping with an alternative to the air bubble injection method. Anaesthesia. 2021 12; 76(12):1674.
Su PP, Peniche A, Clelland E, Ladd M, Delgado A, Chen LL, Siegmueller C, Latronica M, Naidu R, Aleshi P, Behrends M. Comparison of programmed intermittent epidural bolus and continuous epidural infusion for post-operative analgesia after major abdominal surgery: A randomized controlled trial. J Clin Anesth. 2020 Apr 28; 64:109850.
Siegmueller C, Maties O, Gelb A. Anesthesia for meningioma surgery. Handb Clin Neurol. 2020; 169:285-295.
Siegmueller C. 'Foiling' pulse oximetry interference. Anaesthesia. 2013 Nov; 68(11):1188.
Siegmueller C, Ramessur S. A simple low-cost way of measuring injection pressure during peripheral nerve block. Anaesthesia. 2011 Oct; 66(10):956.
Siegmueller C, Narasimhaiah R. 'Fatal 2,4-dinitrophenol poisoning... coming to a hospital near you'. Emerg Med J. 2010 Aug; 27(8):639-40.
Siegmueller C, Herden-Kirchhoff O. Measuring operating theatre list efficiency requires acknowledgement of costs. Anaesthesia. 2010 Jan; 65(1):84-5; author reply 85-6.
Siegmueller C, Bell A, Mittal T, George S. Inadvertent aortic cannulation with a pulmonary artery catheter detected by transesophageal echocardiography. Anesth Analg. 2008 Jan; 106(1):55-7, table of contents.
Siegmueller C. A simple device as a guide to 15 degrees tilt during Caesarean section. Anaesthesia. 2003 Sep; 58(9):934.