Search for a doctor

Benjamin D. Brakke, D.O.

  1. Anesthesiologist
  2. Critical Care Specialist

Benjamin D. Brakke, D.O., is an anesthesiologist who is fellowship trained in obstetric anesthesiology and critical care medicine. He is board certified in Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Critical Care Echocardiography. Dr. Brakke's leadership roles include serving as the Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine as well as the POCUS Education Director for the Anesthesiology Residency Program at Mayo Clinic Rochester.

Dr. Brakke enjoys a broad clinical practice. His areas of expertise include the care of pregnant and postpartum patients in the ICU setting, point-of-care ultrasound in the perioperative and intensive care settings, anesthesia for fetal surgery, cardiovascular surgery intensive care, anesthesia for patients with high-risk pregnancies, and hematology/oncology intensive care.

  1. Cardiogenic shock
  2. Hemorrhagic shock
  3. Pregnancy complication
  4. Respiratory failure
  5. Septic shock
  6. Shock
  1. Anesthesia administration
  2. Arterial line placement
  3. Cardioversion
  4. Central venous catheterization
  5. Chest tube placement
  6. Echocardiogram
  7. Epidural
  8. Epidural blood patch
  9. Intensive care
  10. Intra-aortic balloon pump therapy
  11. Mechanical ventilation
  12. Spinal anesthesia
  13. Stellate ganglion block
  14. Ultrasound
  • Anesthesia for fetal surgery
  • Anesthesia for high-risk pregnancies
  • Anesthesia for gynecologic oncology surgery
  • Anesthesia for hepatobiliary surgery
  • Anesthesia for colorectal surgery
  • Anesthesia for urologic surgery
  • ICU care for pregnant and postpartum patients
  • ICU care for cardiovascular surgery patients
  • ICU care for heart transplant patients
  • ICU care for lung transplant patients
  • ICU care for liver transplant patients
  • ICU care for kidney transplant patients
  • ICU care for hematology/oncology patients
  1. 2023
    FellowAnesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  2. 2022
    FellowObstetric Anesthesiology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  3. 2021
    ResidentAnesthesiology, Saint Luke's Health System, University Of Missouri-Kansas City
  4. 2017
    Doctor of Osteopathic MedicineA.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (SOMA)
  5. 2013
    BS - BiologyUniversity of Minnesota

Awards and honors

  1. 2022
    Chief Fellow, Anesthesiology Critical Care MedicineDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
  2. 2021
    Distinguished Fellow Educator AwardDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
  3. 2020
    Chief Resident, AnesthesiologySaint Luke's Health System, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
  4. 2020
    Helen Kingsbury Coffin, MD Award for Outstanding Anesthesiology ResidentSaint Luke's Health System

Professional memberships

  1. 2024 - 2027
    Alternate memberMinnesota Maternal Mortality Review Committee, Minnesota Department of Health
  2. 2024 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Echocardiography
  3. 2023 - present
    Program Evaluation Committee MemberDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program, Program Evaluation Committee
  4. 2023 - present
    Clinical Competency Committee MemberDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program, Clinical Competency Committee
  5. 2023 - present
    Program Evaluation Committee MemberCritical Care Fellowship Program, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
  6. 2023 - present
    Virtual Rounds MemberCardiovascular Obstetrics (CVOB) Clinic
  7. 2022 - present
    MemberSociety of Critical Care Medicine
  8. 2021 - present
    Maternal Board MemberDivision of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  9. 2019 - present
    MemberSociety for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology
  10. 2019 - present
    MemberSociety of Critical Care Anesthesiologists
  11. 2017 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists
  12. 2013 - present
    MemberAmerican Medical Association

Publications