Cindy Bowens, M.D.

Pediatrics - Critical Care

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.

She was included in D Magazine's Best Pediatric Specialists list for 2018, 2020, and 2021, and in its Best Doctors list in 2022.

Education & Training

Other Post Graduate Training - UT Southwestern Medical Center (HR) (2005-2009)
Graduate School - UT Southwestern Medical Center (HR) (2005-2009)
Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2001-2004), Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Residency - University of Tennessee College of Medicine (1999-2001), Pediatrics
Internship - University of Tennessee College of Medicine (1998-1999), Pediatrics
Medical School - University of Louisville School of Medicine (1994-1998)

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American Medical Association (1998-2010)
American Academy of Pediatrics (1998)
Texas Pediatric Society (2001)
Society of Critical Care Medicine (2002)
American College of Chest Physicians (2002-2011)
National Medical Association (2006-2009)
Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators, HSCT/Oncology Subgroup (2009-2013)

Honors & Awards

D Magazine Best Doctor 2022
D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist, 2018, 2020 – 2021
Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar 2014, Association of American Medical Colleges
Physician Champion 2009, Southwest Transplant Alliance
Departmental Scholar 2005-2009, Clinical Scholars Program, UT Southwestern
NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program Recipient 2003-2005
Pediatric Resident Award 2000, LeBonheur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee at Memphis

Books & Publications

Publications
- Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Is Associated With Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Worse Outcomes in Children With Acute Respiratory Failure.
  Dahmer MK, Quasney MW, Sapru A, Gildengorin G, Curley MAQ, Matthay MA, Flori H Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2018 10 19 10 930-938
- Improving Reliability to a Care Goal Rounding Template in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
  Efune PN, Morse RB, Sheehan M, Malone LM, Robertson TS, Darnell C Pediatric Quality & Safety. 2018 3 6 e117
- 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 journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) 2017 Jul
- Reducing Fresh Tracheostomy Decannulations Following Implementation of a Fresh Tracheostomy Guideline.
  Hood K, Lewis B, Bowens CD Critical care nursing clinics of North America 2017 Jun 29 2 131-141
- 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 The Journal of pediatrics 2017 May 184 204-208.e1
- Multiple Organ Dysfunction in Children Mechanically Ventilated for Acute Respiratory Failure.
  Weiss SL, Asaro LA, Flori HR, Allen GL, Wypij D, Curley MA Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2017 Apr 18 4 319-329
- Accuracy of an Extubation Readiness Test in Predicting Successful Extubation in Children With Acute Respiratory Failure From Lower Respiratory Tract Disease.
  Faustino EV, Gedeit R, Schwarz AJ, Asaro LA, Wypij D, Curley MA Critical care medicine 2017 Jan 45 1 94-102
- Dexmedetomidine Use in Critically Ill Children With Acute Respiratory Failure.
  Grant MJ, Schneider JB, Asaro LA, Dodson BL, Hall BA, Simone SL, Cowl AS, Munkwitz MM, Wypij D, Curley MA Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2016 Sep
- Staphylococcus aureus a-toxin Response Distinguishes Respiratory Virus-MRSA Co-infection in Children.
  Yu KO, Randolph AG, Agan AA, Yip WK, Truemper E, Weiss S, Ackerman K, Schwarz A, Guiliani J, Hall MW, Bubeck Wardenburg J The Journal of infectious diseases 2016 Sep
- Early High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Failure. A Propensity Score Analysis.
  Bateman ST, Borasino S, Asaro LA, Cheifetz IM, Diane S, Wypij D, Curley MA American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2016 Mar 193 5 495-503
- Protocolized sedation vs usual care in pediatric patients mechanically ventilated for acute respiratory failure: a randomized clinical trial.
  Curley MA, Wypij D, Watson RS, Grant MJ, Asaro LA, Cheifetz IM, Dodson BL, Franck LS, Gedeit RG, Angus DC, Matthay MA JAMA 2015 Jan 313 4 379-89
- Inpatient Bronchiolitis Guideline Implementation and Resource Utilization.
  Mittal V, Darnell C, Walsh B, Mehta A, Badawy M, Morse R, Pop R, Tidwell J, Sheehan M, McDermott S, Cannon C, Kahn J Pediatrics 2014 Feb
- Development of a bedside tool to predict time to death after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies in infants and children.
  Shore PM, Huang R, Roy L, Darnell C, Grein H, Robertson T, Thompson L Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2012 Jul 13 4 415-22
- Potential for liver and kidney donation after circulatory death in infants and children.
  Shore PM, Huang R, Roy L, Darnell C, Grein H, Robertson T, Thompson L Pediatrics 2011 Sep 128 3 e631-8
- A call for full public disclosure for donation after circulatory determination of death in children.
  Nakagawa TA, Rigby MR, Bratton S, Shemie S, Ajizian SJ, Berkowitz I, Bowens CD, Cosio CC, Curley MA, Dhanani S, Dobyns E, Easterling L, Fortenberry JD, Helfaer MA, Kolovos NS, Koogler T, Lebovitz DJ, Michelson K, Morrison W, Naim MY, Needle J, Nelson B, Rotta AT, Rowin ME, Serrao K, Shore PM, Smith S, Thompson AE, Vohra A, Weise K Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2011 May 12 3 375-7; author reply 377-8
- A trial of methadone tapering schedules in pediatric intensive care unit patients exposed to prolonged sedative infusions.
  Bowens CD, Thompson JA, Thompson MT, Breitzka RL, Thompson DG, Sheeran PW Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2010 Nov 504-11
- Withdrawal from multiple sedative agent therapy in an infant: is dexmedetomidine the cause or the cure?
  Darnell C, Steiner J, Szmuk P, Sheeran P Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2010 Jan 11 1 e1-3
- Effect of low-dose naloxone infusion on fentanyl requirements in critically ill children.
  Darnell CM, Thompson J, Stromberg D, Roy L, Sheeran P Pediatrics 2008 May 121 5 e1363-71

Research

Sedation
Pain control

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