Dr. Jost Kaufmann is a registered Specialist in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology and employed as Consultant Pediatric Anesthesiologist at one of the biggest pediatric hospitals in germany, the Children´s Hospital in Cologne. The department of pediatric anesthesia performs about 6.500 anesthetic procedures per annum, whereas more than a half of the patients is younger than 2 years and the smallest are less than 500 grams. More than 60 % of the procedures are performed with locoregional anesthesie (alone or in combination with general anesthesia).
Dr. Kaufmann has published 24 journal-articles and book-chapters so far. His current projects are focusing on locoregional anesthesia in children, the pediatric airway and pediatric emergency medicine issues.