Santiago J. Miyara

Physician-Scientist,
Laboratory for Critical Care Physiology,
North Shore University Hospital,
Northwell Health, New York, USA

Biography

Santiago J. Miyara, M.D. is a physician-scientist at the Laboratory for Critical Care Physiology, North Shore University Hospital-Northwell Health. He also holds an appointment as Hearst Foundation Scholar. His current research work focuses on understanding mechanistically how hypothermia protects the brain after cardiac arrest and return of spontaneous circulation; he is specifically exploring how mitochondria from neurons and astrocytes respond differently after ischemia-reperfusion and hypothermia. Dr. Miyara is actively involved in physician and patient advocacy, through different committees in the Medical Society of the State of New York and as a delegate in the Nassau County Medical Society. He also serves as a media ambassador for the New York Academy of Sciences as well as the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation. Santiago is passionate about Intraoperative Intensive Care as well as normal Physiology. Connect with him on Twitter at @MiyaraMD and ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Santiago_Miyara).

Research Interest
Intraoperative Intensive Care, Critical Care Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Academic Anesthesia, Resuscitation, Cardiac Arrest, Mitochondrial Dynamics