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In Memoriam : Kelly Ann Machovec, MD

Dear Colleagues,

It is with profound sadness that we inform you of the passing of our dear friend and a beloved member of our Pediatric Anesthesiology family, Kelly Ann Machovec, MD, MPH. She passed away on March 30th, at the age of 43. Her untimely death has left a huge hole in our lives where this amazing, impactful and dedicated pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist used to stand.

Kelly will be remembered as an exceptional academician and physician who dedicated her career to improving the lives of children undergoing cardiothoracic or vascular surgery, and for her special impact that was palpable to her colleagues and patients throughout the Duke Children’s Heart Center and larger Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology Society.

Kelly was originally from Baltimore, Maryland. She received her Master of Public Health degree in 2005 and her Doctor of Medicine degree in 2006, both at the University of North Carolina. She went on to complete a residency in Anesthesiology at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia and a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology here at Duke University School of Medicine. In 2013, we were thrilled when we convinced Kelly to stay on as faculty at Duke Children’s and she joined our Duke Anesthesiology faculty as an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology; she was appointed an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology in 2019.

Dr Kelly Machovec was an accomplished Pediatric Anesthesiologist whose research primarily focused on the hemostasis management of children following open heart surgery performed on cardiopulmonary bypass. Earlier this year she received the Duke Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center Impact Award, recognizing her exceptional impact on the clinical practice around hemostasis, on both local and national levels. She was a fierce advocate for child-centered health care policies and always questioned the status quo. For example, she led the charge to discontinue preoperative blood testing in children to prevent them from having unnecessary painful blood draws in the preoperative clinic. Dr. Machovec’s excellence and research led to her invitation to write the book chapter on “Anesthesia for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery” in Miller’s Anesthesia textbook. In 2015, she co-founded the Hemostasis Interest Group, a committee within the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society which she served on for six years as committee chair, member and mentor; she also served as an at-large member on the Board of Directors of the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society. Kelly was a passionate educator, serving as chair of the Clinical Competency Committee for Duke’s Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship and as a question writer and committee member for the American Board of Anesthesiology’s Pediatric Maintenance of Certification. Residents and fellows loved working with her as she always brought her passion and sharp sense of humor to every encounter. Kelly was not one to leave her opinion unheard. In addition to being an outstanding clinician and a dedicated educator, she was recognized with the high honor of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award at the Duke University School of Medicine in March of this year. Recipients of this distinguished award are recognized as exemplars of humanism in the care of their patients, their compassionate delivery of care and respectfulness given to their patients and health care colleagues, as well as for their clinical excellence.

Kelly did not let her illness define her – if anything, it brought a renewed focus and intensity. She became an advocate for basic science cancer research and raised more than $63,000 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as part of her anticipated participation on their team in the 126th Boston Marathon this April. All of the money she raised will go to the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research. She said she was “running this race to raise money for the future, for the next generation of people diagnosed with cancer who need good treatments.”

Kelly was also a citizen of the world and had many passions. From 2013-2017, she advocated for pediatric health care on a global scale by taking part in medical missions in India, the Philippines and Haiti for Operation Smile and Gift of Life International.

At a recent grand rounds she gave, I introduced Kelly as having “the determination of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the curiosity of Marie Curie and the fierceness of Wonder Woman” and these are the qualities that we all loved and admired in her. Kelly was also super funny, strong-willed and energetic, and a dedicated team member. We are going to miss her desperately.

To preserve Kelly’s legacy at Duke, our department has formally established the Kelly Machovec Humanism Award. The recipient of this annual departmental award will exemplify grace and compassion in their delivery of patient-centered care, reverence for patients, their loved ones and colleagues, ethical principles, and a continuous commitment to clinical excellence. Most importantly, her legacy will live on through her family. She was a dedicated and loving wife to her husband, Scott Matthews, and proud mother to her three young daughters, Vivienne, Eva and Caroline. Her loved ones will remember her as an engaged, talented and powerful woman with unwavering passion and optimism, who loved spending time with her family and friends, running, practicing yoga, reading, and baking.

She will be deeply missed by so many; her legacy and work will continue to inspire us all.

In honor and remembrance of Dr Kelly Machovec.

Eddie Jooste and the Pediatric Anesthesia Team at Duke.

 

 

Tribute to Dr. Dolly D. Hansen – The Mother of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia

 

Dear Colleagues,

Sadly, Dr. Dolly D. Hansen passed away last weekend. As many of you know, Dr. Hansen was the recipient of the first CCAS Lifetime Achievement Award at our Annual Meeting in March 2021. The CCAS also has a fund set-up in Dr. Dolly Hansen’s name to help promote the future of our specialty through education and research. This fund awarded its first research award this year.

No one feels the loss of Dr. Dolly Hansen more than Dr. Kirsten Odegard, who holds the Dr. Dolly D. Hansen Professor Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH). Please read Dr. Odegard’s wonderful tribute to Dr. Hansen below.

Sincerely,
Mark Twite, MA, MB, BChir, FRCP
CCAS President


It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that I write to share with you that Dolly passed this weekend. 

The passing of Dr. Dolly Hansen, “the Mother of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia,” leaves a tremendous void in the field of pediatric cardiac anesthesia and pediatric cardiac surgery. Dolly touched and helped countless children with congenital heart disease, she more or less gave her entire life to BCH and to the field of pediatric cardiac anesthesia. Dolly was also a very loyal friend and very special mentor to so many of us.

For those of you who didn’t have the privilege of knowing Dr. Hansen personally: Dr. Dolly Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1935, she was legally blind due to retinopathy of prematurity. Despite her handicap, Dolly raced through her education in Denmark without any issues. She came to BCH in 1971 for a one-year pediatric cardiac fellowship. The plan was to return to Copenhagen, but Dr. Hansen never left BCH. Dolly first worked with the pioneer, Dr. Gross, and later with Dr. Castaneda, who introduced complete repairs in infancy. Dr. Hansen gave anesthesia to neonates in the hyperbaric chamber in the subbasement, by herself where no one could come and help. She did the first patient undergoing circulatory arrest at BCH, with no prior explanations or guidance. Dr. Castaneda just told her that “we are using circulatory arrest tomorrow,” and that was it. Dolly had to figure it all out by herself. She went to the local store and bought a big enough plastic bucket, so that they could submerge the baby in ice. 

Dr. Hansen also did the anesthesia for the first patient with HLHS undergoing a stage 1 repair, with Dr. Bill Norwood. On the day prior to surgery, Dr. Hansen was told: “we are repairing a patient with HLHS tomorrow,” with no further explanation. Remembering this was a fatal disease until then, and only diagnosed after the neonates died, Dr. Hansen stepped up and figured out what was best for the neonates.  These are just a couple of innovations Dr. Dolly Hansen was instrumental in developing.

Dolly retired in 2001 and moved back to her native Denmark in 2016, where she spent the last years of her life. 

Not only was Dr. Hansen an outstanding physician, she was also one of the first female pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists. Dr. Hansen opened the door for many other female anesthesiologists to follow in her footsteps, and she set a very high bar for all of us to follow; almost unreachable.

Dr. Dolly Hansen, the “Mother of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia,” played a major role in moving the whole field of pediatric cardiac anesthesia forward, for which she was awarded the CCAS Life Time Achievement Award just this last April, and for which she will always be remembered.

Thank you Dolly, and Farewell, we will always remember you!

Kirsten

 

Webinar: Relevant Articles for Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologists Published in 2020

The CCAS webinar on January 9, 2021, focused on relevant articles for pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists published in 2020. If you missed the opportunity to attend, please click HERE to access the webinar. Your CCAS member login is required to access the webinar.

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May 2025
At your institution, do you routinely send a TEG/ROTEM during the rewarming phase of cardiopulmonary bypass?
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CCAS 2026 Annual Meeting

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