Cindy Bowens

Associate Professor
Pediatrics
UT Southwestern Medical Center
United States of America

Professor Pediatrics
Biography

Dr. Cindy Darnell-Bowens completed medical school at the University of Louisville Medical School followed by Pediatric Residency at the University of Tennessee at Memphis. She joined UT Southwestern in 2001 as a Pediatric Critical Care Fellow, and at the conclusion of fellowship became Assistant Professor in Pediatric Critical Care. Dr. Bowens’ interests in clinical research lead to her to obtain a Masters in Clinical Science with distinction in 2009. Subsequently, she participated in several clinical research trials focused on furthering the pediatric critical care experience in sedation management. Most recently, Dr. Bowens has used her research experience to facilitate numerous quality initiatives in the PICU. Dr. Bowens serves as Medical Director of the PICU at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.

Research Intrest

Pain control Sedation

List of Publications
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Parental Refusal of Consent in a Large, Multisite Pediatric Critical Care Clinical Trial. Natale JE, Lebet R, Joseph JG, Ulysse C, Ascenzi J, Wypij D, Curley MAQ J. Pediatr. 2017 May 184 204-208.e1
Reducing Fresh Tracheostomy Decannulations Following Implementation of a Fresh Tracheostomy Guideline. Hood K, Lewis B, Bowens CD Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2017 Jun 29 2 131-141
Coagulation Profile Is Not a Predictor of Acute Cerebrovascular Events in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients. Anton-Martin P, Journeycake J, Modem V, Golla S, Raman L, Tweed J, Darnell-Bowens C ASAIO J. 2017 Jul