Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center

April 26, 2019

Daniel D. Rubens, MD

Daniel D. Rubens, MD

Associate Professor
Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine

daniel.rubens@seattlechildrens.org

Additional Titles: Director
Anesthesiology Transplant Service, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Research Interests: SIDS
Work Summary: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) claims the lives of 2,500 infants in the United States every year. Striking without warning and leaving scant clues about its cause, SIDS has defied all attempts to unlock its secret, casting a shadow of fear over every family with a newborn. I am researching the finding of a hearing deficit from inner ear damage, noted at birth in SIDS infants with newborn hearing tests, and its potential relationship to the later mechanism of death.