Biographical summary
Benjamin D. Brakke, D.O., is an anesthesiologist who is fellowship trained in obstetric anesthesiology and critical care medicine. He is board certified in Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Critical Care Echocardiography. Dr. Brakke's leadership roles include serving as the Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine as well as the POCUS Education Director for the Anesthesiology Residency Program at Mayo Clinic Rochester.
Dr. Brakke enjoys a broad clinical practice. His areas of expertise include the care of pregnant and postpartum patients in the ICU setting, point-of-care ultrasound in the perioperative and intensive care settings, anesthesia for fetal surgery, cardiovascular surgery intensive care, anesthesia for patients with high-risk pregnancies, and hematology/oncology intensive care.
        Conditions treated
- Cardiogenic shock
- Hemorrhagic shock
- Pregnancy complication
- Respiratory failure
- Septic shock
- Shock
Procedures performed
        Interests
- Maternal-fetal anesthesia
- Anesthesia for high-risk pregnancies
- ICU care for pregnant and postpartum patients
- Cardiac surgery and transplant critical care
Mayo Clinic locations
        Education
- 2023FellowAnesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 
- 2022FellowObstetric Anesthesiology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine 
- 2021ResidentAnesthesiology, Saint Luke's Health System, University Of Missouri-Kansas City 
- 2017Doctor of Osteopathic MedicineA.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (SOMA) 
- 2013BS - BiologyUniversity of Minnesota 
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2022AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of Anesthesiology 
Awards and honors
- 2022Chief Fellow, Anesthesiology Critical Care MedicineDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine 
- 2021Distinguished Fellow Educator AwardDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine 
- 2020Chief Resident, AnesthesiologySaint Luke's Health System, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine 
- 2020Helen Kingsbury Coffin, MD Award for Outstanding Anesthesiology ResidentSaint Luke's Health System 
Professional memberships
- 2024 - 2027Alternate memberMinnesota Maternal Mortality Review Committee, Minnesota Department of Health 
- 2024 - presentCommittee MemberAnesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship 
- 2024 - presentEducation Committee MemberAnesthesiology Residency Program, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine 
- 2024 - presentProgram Education CommitteeAnesthesiology Residency Program, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine 
- 2024 - presentMemberAmerican Society of Echocardiography 
- 2024 - presentDirector/LeaderDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) Committee 
- 2023 - presentProgram Evaluation Committee MemberDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program, Program Evaluation Committee 
- 2023 - presentClinical Competency Committee  MemberDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program, Clinical Competency Committee 
- 2023 - presentProgram Evaluation Committee MemberCritical Care Fellowship Program, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine 
- 2023 - presentVirtual Rounds MemberCardiovascular Obstetrics (CVOB) Clinic 
- 2023 - presentProgram Evaluation Committee MemberCritical Care Fellowship Program, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine 
- 2022 - presentMemberSociety of Critical Care Medicine 
- 2021 - presentMaternal Board MemberDivision of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 
- 2019 - presentMemberSociety for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology 
- 2019 - presentMemberSociety of Critical Care Anesthesiologists 
- 2017 - presentMemberAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists 
- 2013 - presentMemberAmerican Medical Association 
Publications