Karim Bendjelid, MD, MSc, and PhD, is a cardiologist/intensivist attending physician at the Geneva University Hospitals (Intensive Care Service) and a Senior Lecturer at Geneva Medical University. Dr. Bendjelid obtained his MSc in Cardiovascular Pharmacology at the Pierre and Marie Curie University (University of Paris VI) (France) and his PhD in Physiology at University of Claude Bernard, Lyon I (France). His main research interests concern hemodynamic monitoring (macrocirculation/microcirculation) and Cardiovascular Physiology. In these fields, he has authored or co-authored over 120 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals and books. He has been a chairman or keynote lecturer at a number of international conferences organized by different prestigious societies. He is a regular member of the European Society of Cardiology, the American Physiological Society, and the Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Raphaël Giraud, MD, MSc and PhD is an anesthesiologist/intensivist attending physician at the Geneva University Hospitals (Intensive Care Service) and a Senior Lecturer at Geneva Medical University. Dr. Giraud obtained his MSc in Cardiovascular Pharmacology at University of Claude Bernard, Lyon I (France) and his PhD in Physiology at University of Claude Bernard, Lyon I (France). His main research interests concern hemodynamic monitoring (macrocirculation) and Cardiovascular Physiology. In these fields, he has authored or co-authored over 30 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals and books. He is a regular member of the Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine.
