Brief biography of Prof. Karim Bendjelid, Geneva University Hospitals Karim Bendjelid, MD, PhD is a Cardiologist-Intensivist, attending physician and Head of the CardioVascular Unit at Geneva University Hospitals (Intensive Care Division). He is also a Senior Lecturer at Geneva Medical School. He obtained a Master of Science (MSc) in Cardiovascular Pharmacology at University of Pierre-Marie Curie-Paris VI (France) and a PhD in Physiology at University of Claude Bernard-Lyon I (France). His main research interests concern hemodynamic monitoring (macrocirculation-microcirculation) and Cardiovascular and choc Physiology. In these fields, he authored or co-authored over 220 scientific papers published in peer reviewed journals and books. As Associate Editor, he is also in charge of the Journal of clinical monitoring and computing and Journal of Clinical Medicine. As a chairman or keynote lecturer, he contributes to a number of international conferences organized by different prestigious societies. He is a regular Member of the European Society of Cardiology and the American Physiological Society.