Dr. Brenda C. McClain MD
Anesthesiologist
3635 Vista Avenue Desloge Tower 3 St. Louis Missouri, 63110About
Brenda C. McClain, MD, DABPM, is an anesthesiologist at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children?s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. With over 26 years of experience, Dr. McClain specializes in anesthesiology and pain management. Brenda was educated at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and then went on to complete her residency at Johns Hopkins and a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at the Children?s Hospital of Pittsburgh. In order to stay up-to-date on developments in her field, Dr. McClain maintains professional memberships with the American Pain Society and the St. Louis Study of Pain Society. When she is not practicing, she engages in local public speaking and is also a professor.
Education and Training
MD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Board Certification
The American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Pain Medicine
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intravenous clonidine use in a neonate experiencing opioid-induced myoclonus.
- Measurement of pain in children: state-of-the-art considerations.
- Preoperative anxiety, postoperative pain, and behavioral recovery in young children undergoing surgery.
- Population genetic structure of Nantucket pine tip moth.
- In vivo response time of transcutaneous oxygen measurement to changes in inspired oxygen in normal adults.
- Transient paraparesis after general anesthesia in a patient in the prone position.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Local Public Speaking -
Fellowships
- Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at the Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh
Professional Society Memberships
- American Pain Society- St. Louis Study of Pain Society
Articles and Publications
- Published 17 Book Chapters, Articles
What do you attribute your success to?
- Education, love of people, making a difference, teaching others and technology.
Hobbies / Sports
- Family, Friends, Teaching, Outdoors, Traveling
Favorite professional publications
- All major medical publications and research
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