Prof. Peter Biro
Professor of Anesthesiology at the Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Member of the Society of Head and Neck Anesthesia (SHANA) Education Board
Treasurer of the European Airway Management Society (EAMS)
Prof. Dr. Biro has over 35 years of clinical activity and experience in all fields of anesthesiology, with main focus on problems connected to airway management and anesthesia ventilation, both clinically and academically.
His habilitation in 2001 focused on clinical aspects of High Frequency Jet Ventilation. In 2006, Prof. Biro invented and developed with a local company the hybrid intubation stylet “SensaScope”. More recently, he has made substantial contributions to clinical aspects of blocking neuromuscular transmission and relaxometry. His most recent major achievement is the co-invention of IntuBot, a novel artificial intelligence based and robotic assisted intubation device, which is in its first phase of industrial development.
Prof. Biro has published 68 original articles, 30 review articles, 22 book chapters and 7 books. His articles have been cited 1,700 times and he has accumulated 18,000 reads. According to Scopus, Peter Biro’s h-index is 20. The number of invited lectures in various national and international institutions is exceeding 250.
Since beginning of 2022, he has retired from clinical work and focuses on the development of advanced airway management technology.
