Catherine M. Bendel, MD

Catherine M. Bendel, MD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology. She earned her MD, served her internship and residency and completed her Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at the University of Minnesota. In addition to attending on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Bendel serves as the Director of the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program and as the department-wide fellowship director. Her early research interests included neonatal infectious diseases in general and the pathogenesis of infections with Candida albicans, in particular. She received two U.S. patents for Candida albicans integrin-like proteins. More recently she has focused on both fellow education and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion efforts. She has published in Pediatric Research, Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Infectious Disease and contributions to book chapters.

• Department of Pediatrics “Golden Apple” award (2018)
  
• Excellence in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota (2018)
• Minneapolis - St. Paul “Top Doctors” (2001, 2003, 2006-2021)
• Minnesota Monthly “Top Doctors” (2014-2021)
• Minnesota Women’s Press — “What Women Want” Annual Survey Role Model for Women in Health Care (2016)
• Best Doctors in America® (2002-2021)
• Minnesota Monthly “Best Doctors for Women” (2011-2013, 2020, 2021))
• Pediatric AIDS Foundation Scholar Award (2002)
• Child Health Research Center Pediatric Scientist Award, University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics (1997)
• University Children’s Foundation Scholar Award, University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics (1995)