Christoph G. Nabzdyk, M.D.

Christoph G.S. Nabzdyk, M.D., Dr. med., is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and a Consultant in the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. His clinical focus is cardiothoracic anesthesiology, critical care medicine, and mechanical circulatory support, including ECMO, Impella, LVAD, and IABP.

Dr. Nabzdyk trained at the Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin and completed postdoctoral, residency, and fellowship training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Tufts Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He previously served as Director of Biomedical Innovation and Translation and Director of the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

He serves as Physician Lead for the Department's engagement with external strategic partners, including MedTech and pharmaceutical companies, in coordination with the Mayo Clinic Business Development Office. His research addresses hydrogel bioadhesives, wearable ultrasound monitoring, and point-of-care coagulation technologies, supported by NIH R01 funding as multiple principal investigator. He is a co-founder of SanaHeal, Inc., a hemostatic device company with FDA 510(k) clearance, and holds several patents developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.