Dept. Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
University Hospital, University of Bonn, German

Prof. Ehrenfried Schindler was elected to become the first Professor for Paediatric Anaesthesia in Germany on October 2019 at the University of Bonn. Before, he was head of the department for paediatric anaesthesia and later medical director at the Children’s Hospital of Sankt Augustin in Germany for 17 years. Prof. Schindlers main interest is care for critical ill children. His research focus on anaesthesia for children with congenital heart defects and the perioperative setting. Besides that, he was Treasurer and later President of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA). Moreover, he is a well-known lecturer at scientific meetings in Europe, and serving as Associate Editor for “Pediatric Anesthesia” and of Springer’s Journal “Intensive Care Medicine – pediatric and neonatal” He is married since 1988, has four boys and one cute little granddaughter. He plays golf (badly) and loves riding motorcycles.