Jeanine Wiener-Kronish

Chief of the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care and Henry Isaiah Dorr Professor of Research and Teaching in Anesthesics and Anaesthesia

Dr.Wiener-Kronish began her career in anesthesia as a resident at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) and went on to become a skilled attending physician, researcher, and director of the Pre-Operative Program. In 1999, she achieved great renown for discovering a vaccine for an infection associated with prolonged ventilator usage. This infection was the leading cause of death in the intensive care unit (ICU). In 2008, ready for her next challenge, Dr. Wiener-Kronish accepted the position of anesthetist-in-chief at MGH, becoming only the fourth person to hold the prestigious position in the 70-year history of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine (DACCPM), which is one of the largest clinical departments in the hospital with 278 physicians and 198 nurses, researchers and administrative personnel. 

She has been elected to the Cardiovascular Research Institute, the Western Society for Clinical Research, the American Physiological Society, the Association of University Anesthesiologists, the Western Association of Physicians, and the Institute of Medicine.