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70th PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology
Speakers
Mark Abel, M.D.
Lawrence Hospital
Attending Anesthesiologist
Lawrence Hospital
Bronxville, New York
Sharon Abramovitz, M.D.
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Attending Anesthesiologist
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Dr. Sharon Abramovitz is a board-certified Anesthesiologist specializing in Obstetric Anesthesiology. She earned a bachelor degree at Queens College, City University of New York, and her medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1994. She completed her residency in Anesthesiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical College and then a fellowship in obstetric anesthesiology at Mount Sinai Hospital. She has been on faculty at NYP ever since her return in July 1999.
Dr. Abramovitz served as the Co-Director of Obstetric Anesthesiology from 2004-2015 and became the Director of Obstetric Anesthesiology in 2015. She serves on many hospital committees, including Quality and Patient Safety for the Department of Anesthesiology as well as the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
She also has an interest and expertise in anesthesia services outside of the operating room. She is one of the department’s lead anesthesiologist of the ambulatory surgery operating rooms, and provides care of patients in many different surgical subspecialties, as well as reproductive medicine and GI Endoscopy.
Apolonia E. Abramowicz, M.D.
Montefiore Medical Center
Former Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Clinical Neurosurgery
Albert Einstein School of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Rishimani S. N. Adsumelli, M.D., B.S., FFARCS
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Anoushka M. Afonso, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Dr. Anoushka Afonso is an Assistant Attending at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). Her interests are in perioperative medicine and she is the Director of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) at MSKCC. She completed her Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology Residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine before joining as faculty at MSKCC 4 years ago. She is also involved in the American Society of Enhanced Recovery (ASER) and implementation of ERAS initiatives across different surgical subspecialties.
Farzana Afroze, M.D.
Albany Medical College
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York
Felice E. Agro, M.D.
University Campus Bio-Medico
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Intensive Care and Pain Management
University Campus Bio-Medico
Rome, Italy
Commander to the Order of Merit of The Italian Republic Full Professor of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Chairman of Postgraduate School of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Director of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management Department
Michael Akerman, M.D.
Westchester Medical Center
Attending Anesthesiologist
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, New York
After completing a regional fellowship at Cornell Medical Center, Dr. Akerman has helped develop and acute pain service at Westchester Medical Center, where he currently works.
Rhonda A. Alexis, M.D.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Anesthesiologist, General Anesthesia
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Robert A. Altman, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases
Attending Anesthesiologist
NYU-Langone Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, New York
David Amar, M.D.
Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Director, Thoracic Anesthesia
Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Zirka H. Anastasian, M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Diana Anca, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's
Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's
New York, New York
Michael R. Anderson, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Patricia M. Applegate, M.D.
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine and Cardiology
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, California
Richard L. Applegate, II, M.D.
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, California
Melinda A. Aquino, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Vittoria Arslan-Carlon, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Assistant Attending
Department of Anesthesiology and CCM
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Cristian Arzola, M.D., M.Sc.
University of Toronto
Associate Professor of Anesthesia
University of Toronto
Staff Anesthesiologist
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Canada
Charles J. Assini, Jr., Esq.
NYSSA Legislative Counsel
Legislative Counsel
The New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc.
Partner, Higgins, Roberts, Beyerl & Coan, P.C.
Schenectady, New York
Arthur Atchabahian, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, New York
Moe Auster, J.D.
Medical Society of the State of New York
Senior Vice President, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs
Medical Society of the State of New York
Albany, New York
Morris (Moe) Auster, JD, is the Senior Vice-President for Legislative & Regulatory Affairs with the Medical Society of the State of New York. His chief role is to develop and analyze legislation and regulations that impact upon delivery of care by physicians, particularly third party payment issues, medical liability, Medicaid, disciplinary and pharmaceutical issues. In that capacity, he frequently meets with all members of the State Legislature and their key health care staff, as well as the top health care policy staff of the Governor’s office and numerous state agencies.
He is also extensively involved in coordinating the grass roots lobbying efforts of county medical societies and physicians across New York State on pending state and federal legislative issues. In that capacity, he has written and edited countless articles for various weekly and monthly MSSNY publications as well as county and specialty medical association journals, and frequently serves as a spokesperson and media contact for MSSNY regarding numerous pending legislative initiatives. Prior to joining MSSNY in 1999, he served as Associate Counsel to former New York State Assembly Majority Leader Michael Bragman.
Moe was admitted to the New York State and Massachusetts Bar in 1996 after graduating in 1995 from Albany Law School, and from the State University of New York at Albany in 1992. He is an appointed member of the Planning Board and Zoning Commission for the Town of Niskayuna, and of the Executive Committee of the American Medical Association’s Advocacy Resource Center. He is a member of the Ne’imah Jewish Community Choir. An avid runner and hiker, he has completed several marathons and climbed many of the Northeast’s highest peaks. He lives in Niskayuna, NY, with his wife, Martha, and his two daughters, Abby, 13, and Hailey Clare, 11
Michael S. Avidan, M.B, B.Ch., FCA SA
Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis
Dr. Seymour & Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Institute of Quality Improvement Research and Infomatics (INQUIRI)
Division Chief, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
Jessica Baer, M.D.
Winthrop University Hospital
Attending Anesthesiologist
Winthrop University Hospital
Mineola, New York
Arna Banerjee, M.D., FCCM
Director, Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Surgery and Medical Education
Director, Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment
Nashville, Tennessee
Paul G. Barash, M.D.
Yale University, School of Medicine
Professor of Anesthesiology
Yale University, School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Paul Barash, M.D. is currently Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology at Yale Medical School and has served as Chair of the Department, as well as Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs. In 2010 he was given the Distinguished Service Award of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) in recognition of his contributions to the specialty of cardiac anesthesiology and the SCA. In addition to more than three hundred contributions to literature in the form of original scientific publications, reviews book chapters and abstracts, he is senior Editor of the Clinical Anesthesia series of textbooks and electronic media. The Lippincott-Raven Interactive Anesthesia CD, of which he is Senior Editor, has received the international Folio Award as the best teaching CD in Medicine, Science and Technology. He is also senior editor of the first anesthesia software designed specifically for personal digital assistants (PDA), Clinical Anesthesia for the PDA. The newest edition of Clinical Anesthesia (7 E) is the first truly electronic textbook of the 21st Century. Powered by the Inkling search engine the textbook is available on I Pad, Smartphone, the Web and Kindle. He is also senior editor of Clinical Anesthesia:Fundamentals, a textbook aimed at entry-level residents that emphasizes multimodal teaching formats. As a cardiac anesthesiologist, he has been repeatedly named in the Best Doctors in America publication. Paul served Chair of Multicenter Study for Perioperative Ischemia (McSPI), which is the largest group of investigators in the world studying perioperative cardiovascular complications; their publications have appeared in leading medical journals including the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. He was selected by the Yale residents (2004) as Teacher of the Year. He has also been recognized for his teaching and achievements in education with awards from the International Anesthesia Research Society Teaching Recognition Award for Achievement (2014).
Terrance M. Bedient, FACHE
Medical Society of the State of New York
Vice-President, Medical Society of the State of New York
Director, Committee for Physician Health
Albany, New York
Terrance M. Bedient, FACHE, is Vice President, Medical Society of the State of New York and has been Director of the Committee for Physical Health since 1997. Mr. Bedient has previously has served as Assistant Administrator/Risk Manager at Beekman Downtown Hospital in Manhattan; Vice President for Professional Services at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan; President and Chief Executive Officer of Myers Community Hospital near Rochester, New York. He has served as a Board Member of healthcare organizations including the Hospital Association of New York State, Rochester Regional Hospital Association, Genesee Region Home Care, Fairlawn Children’s Hospital, and the Metropolitan Health Administrators Association. He was appointed by New York Chief Judge Judith Kaye as a charter Board member of the Lawyers Assistance Trust which oversees statewide substance abuse programs for attorneys and judges. He serves on various Board committees for theFederation of State Physician Health Programs, and as a Class A Trustee and Chairman of the General Service Board for the US and Canada. Mr. Bedient is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Richard A. Beers, M.D.
Upstate Medical University
Professor of Anesthesiology
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York
Staff Anesthesiologist
Auburn Community Hospital
Auburn, New York
Tazeen Beg, M.D.
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Section Chief, Anesthesia for Endoscopy
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Yaakov Beilin, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Professor of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Director, Obstetric Anesthesia
Vice-Chair, Quality
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Dr. Yaakov Beilin is Professor of Anesthesiology and OB/GYN and the Vice-Chair for Quality at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. He is also the Director of Obstetric Anesthesia and Director of the Obstetric anesthesia fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital. His research interests include neuraxial anesthesia and coagulation. He has published more than 75 peer reviewed article and 30 book chapters. He is also an Editor of the 5th edition of the premier obstetric anesthesia textbook: Chestnut’s Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice. He has delivered more than 250 lectures, both nationally and internationally, on various anesthesia obstetric anesthesia and safety related topics.
Alex Y. Bekker, M.D., Ph.D.
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Chair, Perioperative Services Committee
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Newark, New Jersey
Alex Bekker is Professor and Chairman of Anesthesiology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He obtained his Doctoral Degree in Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and received his Medical Degree from the Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School. He completed his anesthesia training at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. Dr Bekker has joined the Department of Anesthesiology at the NYU Medical Center in1995 and was appointed a Vice-Chair for Research in 2005. Dr Bekker is internationally recognized expert in neuroanesthesia and is frequently invited to speak at Grand Rounds and Scientific Panels. Dr. Bekker has been active in research and for many years. He is an author of 76 peer reviewed publications, 6 US patents, 45 educational reviews and more than 150 abstracts. His work has focused on perioperative brain protection, neuroinflammation, postoperative pain control and clinical pharmacology. Dr Bekker was a PI of numerous clinical trials, including studies sponsored by the National Institute of Aging. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology and is ad hoc reviewer for a number of high impact peer-reviewed journals, including NEJM, Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery, PLoS One, and Anesthesia and Analgesia.
Lynn A. Belliveau, M.D., M.P.H.
Maimonides Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Audrée A. Bendo, M.D., M.S.
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Distinguished Professor and Executive Vice-Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Jeremy M. Bennett, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Medical Director Non-OR Cardiac Anesthesia
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Dr. Bennett is a board certified anesthesiologist with fellowship training in cardiothoracic anesthesiology as well as certification in advanced perioperative transesophageal echocardiography. He is the medical director for non-OR cardiac services at Vanderbilt, which includes the electrophysiology, cath, and echocardiography labs. In addition to EP and cath procedures Vanderbilt is involved in the forefront of percutaneous interventions for structural heart disease, which includes: aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation, paravalvular insufficiency, and left atrial appendage occlusive devices, amongst others. Dr. Bennett’s hobbies include resistance training, road and mountain biking, playing the guitar, and artistic endeavors. He is married with three children.
Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, M.D.
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Professor and Vice Chair, Clinical Research
Medical Director, Perioperative Quality and Patient Safety
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Jay Berger, M.D., Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
David Berman
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Anesthesiology Resident
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Ira M. Bernstein, M.D.
University of Vermont
Professor and John Van Sicklen Maeck Chair
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Burlington, Vermont
Ira Bernstein MD Ira M. Bernstein M.D. is Professor and John Van Sicklen Maeck Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and medical director of Women’s services at the University of Vermont Medical Center. He graduated magna cum laude from Union College in NY with a degree in Psychobiology (1978) and is an Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society graduate from the University of Vermont College of Medicine (1983). He has served as director of maternal fetal medicine (MFM) and MFM fellowship training as well as Senior Associate Dean for Research at the college of medicine. Dr. Bernstein’s primary research interest is the investigation of human integrative physiology and its pathophysiologic variations during the course of pregnancy. He has been funded from NIH for a series of projects examining pre-pregnancy determinants of preeclampsia and has also collaborated on another series of NIH funded projects examining mechanisms to facilitate smoking cessation during pregnancy and their effects. Dr. Bernstein has served on, or chaired, several study sections at NIH and the Gates Foundation including 2 years as the chair of the NIH Pregnancy and Neonatology study section. Dr. Bernstein is past president of the New England Perinatal Research Society and the International Perinatal Research Society. He was a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Task Force on Hypertension which redefined preeclampsia and he has served as a member of multiple NIH workshops examining perinatal complications. Dr Bernstein was recognized with the Distinguished Academic Achievement Award from the UVM College of Medicine in 2002 and has received research awards from the New England Perinatal Society, the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine and the Society for Reproductive Investigation. He currently serves on the medical advisory board for the Preeclampsia Foundation and is a member of the Executive Board of the Vermont Oxford Neonatal Network.
Jeffrey Bernstein, M.D.
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Chief, Division of Obstetrical Anesthesia
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor Department of OBGYN and Women's Health
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Himani Bhatt-Verma, D.O., M.P.A.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Rahila Bilal, M.D.
Upstate Medical University
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York
Patrick Birmingham, M.D., FAAP
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Professor of Anesthesiology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Division Head of Pain Medicine
Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Steven Boggs, M.D., M.B.A.
James J Peters VA Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Director, Operating Room
Chief, Anesthesia Service
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Dr. Boggs is Director of the OR and Perioperative Services & Chief of the Anesthesia Service at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. He is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Icahn School of Medicine in Manhattan. He also teaches graduate bioengineering at Rice University in Houston.
Steven D. Boggs, M.D., M.B.A., CPE
James J Peters VA Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Director, Operating Room
Chief, Anesthesia Service
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Jan Boublik, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Randal S. Blank, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Virginia Health System
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Thoracic Anesthesia
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia
Kimberly R. Blasius, M.D.
University of North Carolina Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Simulation, CAPSEL
Department of Anesthesiology
University of North Carolina Hospital
Director, Perioperative Simulation, UNC Children's
University of North Carolina Children's Hospital
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Manfred Blobner, M.D.
Klinikum rechts der Isar
Professor of Anesthesiology
Klinikum rechts der Isar
Technische Universitat Munchen
Munich, Germany
Manfred Blobner is professor of anesthesiology in the Munich MRI hospital at Technical University of Munich. He has been working in the research field of neuromuscular function both clinically as well as preclinical. He serves as the department's managing vice-director.
Marc J. Bloom, M.D., Ph.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Neuroanesthesia Program
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Zana Borovcanin, M.D.
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of General Anesthesiology
Director, Advanced Airway Management
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York
Jess W. Brallier, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
David S. Bronheim, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery
Director, Post Anesthesia Care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Chester C. Buckenmaier, III, M.D., COL, MC, USA
Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management (DVCIPM.org)
Program Director, Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management (DVCIPM.org)
Rockville, Maryland
Nibras Bughrara, M.D.
Albany Medical Center
Director, Adult Critical Care Division
Director, Adult Critical Care Echo Program
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery
Albany Medical Center
Albany, New York
Amanda R. Burden, M.D.
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Clinical Skills and Simulation
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Cooper University Hospital
Camden, New Jersey
Terrence R. Burns, M.D.
Kaleida Millard Fillmore Gates
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Kaleida Millard Fillmore Gates
Buffalo, New York
Maria A. Bustillo, M.D.
Weill Cornell Medical College
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Neuroanesthesia
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Dr Bustillo completed her residency in Anesthesiology and fellowship in Neuroanesthesiology at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. Currently she is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Division of Neuroanesthesiology at the Department of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.
Brian J. Cammarata, M.D.
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Director, Quality Assurance
Old Pueblo Anesthesia
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Arizona
Chief Medical Information Officer
Tucson Medical Center
Tucson, Arizona
Javier H. Campos, M.D.
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Executive Medical Director Perioperative Services
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa
Institutions: University of Iowa Healthcare
Areas of Interest in Clinical Research: Clinical research in thoracic anesthesia with special interest in:
• Lung isolation techniques, hypoxia during one-lung ventilation, thoracic robotic surgery/anesthesia
• Tracheobronchial anatomy and fiberoptic bronchoscopy techniques
Number of Published papers and monographs: Co-author of Principles and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery also co-author in Thoracic Anesthesia Chapter in Miller’s Anesthesia, 8th edition. I have also published over 60 peer review publications plus 20 book chapters.
Awards:
• Teacher of the Year (5 times)
• Selected to Best Doctors in America (8 years)
• Merit recognition from CLASA for outstanding scientific contributions
Levon M. Capan, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Professor of Anesthesia
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Associate Director, Anesthesia
Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, New York
Michelle C. Carley, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
She specializes in Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Jose C. A. Carvalho, M.D., Ph.D., FANZCA, FRCPC
University of Toronto
Professor of Anesthesia, Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Toronto
Director, Obstetric Anesthesia
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Donna A. Castello, D.O.
Icahn School of Medicine at St. Luke's
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai West
Mount Sinai St. Luke's
New York, New York
Maria D. Castillo, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Kallol Chaudhuri, M.D., Ph.D.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Professor and Vice Chair (Academics)
Director, Obstetric Anesthesia
Co-Director, Pediatric Anesthesia
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, Texas
Junping Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's
Senior Attending Anesthesiologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Associate Director of Regional Anesthesia
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's
New York, New York
Franklin B. Chiao, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Director, Pediatric Regional Anesthesia
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Mohammad A. Chouthry, M.D.
Faxton - St. Luke's Healthcare
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Faxton - St. Luke's Healthcare
Utica, New York
Robert M. Chuda, M.D., M.B.A.
Lenox Hill Hospital
Attending Anesthesiologist
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, New York
Christopher F. Ciliberto, M.D.
Montefiore Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Linda M. Cimino, CCRC, CHSE
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Clinical Health Sciences
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
June Chan, M.B., B.S., FANZCA
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Fellow in Anesthesiology
Division of Cardiac Anesthesia
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Elvira Cho, M.D.
Interfaith Medical Center
Staff Anesthesiologist
Interfaith Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Curtis V. Choice, M.D.
Montefiore Medical Center
Professor of Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center
Site, Director
Hutchinson Ambulatory Surgery Center
Bronx, New York
Jeffrey Ciccone, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Edmond Cohen, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Thoracic Anesthesia
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Dr. Edmond Cohen is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Thoracic Surgery and a Director of Thoracic Anesthesia at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Dr. Cohen completed his anesthesia residency and cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship training at Mount Sinai Hospital. Over the last 30 years at Mount Sinai, he gains his reputation as a renowned educator, scholar and a world renowned leader in Thoracic Anesthesia.
Dr Cohen has lectured throughout the world on topics related to Thoracic Anesthesia and Airway Management. He led professional Thoracic workshops and panels and has published extensively on a range of topics in cardiothoracic anesthesia in national and international meetings. He participated in multiple visiting professorship programs in the USA and worldwide and for the last 20 years he delivered the Thoracic Refresher Course lectures at the ASA meeting.
Dr. Cohen recognizes the importance of Thoracic workshops as an educational tool, and has established and chaired over 100 national and 50 international workshops worldwide. These workshops provide a unique opportunity to practice the various methods of lung separation under the direction of experts. Prominent anesthesia meetings at which Dr. Cohen has chaired thoracic workshops and panels include annual meetings of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, The New York PGA, The International Anesthesia Research Society, The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, The European Society of Anesthesia, The European Society of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and The World Congress of Anesthesiologists.
He has established an outstanding teaching and academic program with an exceptional curriculum for the anesthesiology residents and fellows under his direct supervision and mentorship. He extensively published, wrote book chapters, editorials, and manuscripts reviews. He is the editor of the book “The Principals of Thoracic Anesthesia” and most recently, the associate editor of the book “Principals and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery”. He is on the Editorial Board of numerous journals and an expert reviewer for several journals including Anesthesiology and Analgesia & Analgesia. He was involved in numerous research projects and is the inventor of the “Cohen Endobronchial Blocker”, used worldwide to provide one lung ventilation. Finally, l
Douglas B. Coursin, M.D.
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Professor of Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin
I am an anesthesiologist, internist and intensivist. My interests focus on the peri-operative care of the adult patient who undergoes procedural interventions and those with critical illness. My investigative interests focus on addressing the needs for sedation and analgesia in the ICU, identification and management of delirium, and peri-operative care of patients with endocrine disorders. My particular interest in the later is directed toward patients with diabetes, adrenal insufficiency and patients and practitioners with vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency.
Scott M. Croll, M.D., COL, MC, USA
Evans Army Community Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
USUHS Chief, Anesthesiology Department
Evans Army Community Hospital
Fort Carson, Colorado
Gregory J. Crosby, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Alan E. Curle, M.D.
Highland Hospital of Rochester
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Director, Center for Perioperative Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
Medical Director, Perioperative Services
Highland Hospital of Rochester
Rochester, New York
Deborah J. Culley, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology
Harvard Medical School
Vice Chair for Research
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Deborah Culley serves as Vice Chair for Research at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine. She also serves a a Director of the American Board of Anesthesiology, an ex-officio member of the Anesthesiology RRC within the ACGME and is Chair of the ABMS Committee on Continuing Certification.
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Christopher Curatolo, M.D., MEM
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Resident
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Saundra E. Curry, M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Professor of Anesthesiology
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Professor of Anesthesia; Medical student clerkship director at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons; Faculty, SEA Teaching Workshop; Member P&S Teaching Academy; Member, P&S Academy of Clinical Mentoring and Excellence
Draginja R. Cvetkovic, M.D.
New York Medical College
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York
Anahita Dabo-Trubelja, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Assistant Attending in Anesthesiology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
I have been on staff at Memorial Sloan Kettering as attending anesthesiologist since 2002. I completed my residency at NYPH-Cornell Campus, followed by a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at NYPH-Columbia Campus. I am also board certified in basic perioperative transesophageal echocardiography. My clinical care focuses on critical patients in the perioperative period and the use of transesophageal echocardiography. My academic interest focuses on teaching residents, serving as course director for the MSK conference on Perioperative Care of the Cancer Patient, and introducing US as an adjunct to all aspects of patient care in the perioperative period.
Anjalee Dave, M.D., M.S.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Instructor in Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Attending Anesthesiologist
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Stacie G. Deiner, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Oscar A. DeLeon-Casasola, M.D.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine
Vice-Chair, Clinical Affairs
Senior Vice-Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Buffalo
Chief, Pain Medicine and Professor of Oncology
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, New York
Dr. Oscar de Leon-Casasola is the Senior Vice-Chair, and Professor of Anesthesiology (Tenure Track), Department of Anesthesiology, and Professor of Medicine at the University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He is also Chief of the Division of Pain Medicine and Professor of Oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY. He is board certified in Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Management. Dr. de Leon-Casasola is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management (ASRA) where he currently serves as President.
Samuel DeMaria, Jr., M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Division of Liver Transplantation
Assistant Program Director for Academic Affairs, Anesthesiology Residency Training Program
Director of Research, The Mount Sinai HELPS Center
Department of Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, New York
Dawn P. Desiderio, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Acting Chair
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Clinical Member
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Franklin Dexter, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics
Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Division of Management Consulting
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa
During the past 20 years, Franklin Dexter, MD PhD, and his colleagues have developed much of the science in anesthesia group and operating room management. Dr. Dexter completed a Sc.B. in Applied Mathematics & Biology with Honors from Brown University; Master’s Degree & Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, with specialization in biomathematics, from Case Western Reserve University; M.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; and Anesthesiology residency at the University of Iowa. He is Professor in the Department of Anesthesia at the University of Iowa. Several times a year, he teaches a four-day intensive course in operating room management. He has given more than more than 150 invited presentations in the United States and abroad. As a member of multiple editorial boards, annually, he reviews more than 300 papers and grant applications. As Director of the Division of Management Consulting in the Department of Anesthesia, he has performed more than 450 consultations, for more than 160 corporations. He has published more than 405 papers in the fields of operating room management and anesthesia. Details of his background, expertise, contact information, as well as the comprehensive bibliography of scientific papers in OR management, are at www.FranklinDexter.net
Barbara M. Dilos, D.O.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Dennis P. Dimaculangan, M.D.
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Sudhir A. Diwan, M.D.
Staten Island University Hospital
Executive Director
Manhattan Spine and Pain Medicine
Attending in Pain Medicine
Lenox Hill Hospital
Affiliate of North Well Health System
New York, New York
Associate Clinical Professor of Physiatry (PM&R)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Dr. Sudhir Diwan, nationally and internationally recognized as a key opinion leader in the field of pain management, is the Executive Director of Manhattan Spine & Pain Medicine. Dr. Diwan was the former Director of the Tri-Institutional Pain Fellowship Program and Division of Pain Medicine at Ivy League Weill Medical College of Cornell University for 10 years, where he also served as associate professor of clinical anesthesiology, and on the faculty at the world renowned New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr. Diwan has published extensively in prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals and medical books on a variety of pain management topics. He is on the Editorial Board for the Pain Physician - an official journal of the American Society of Pain Physicians (ASIPP) since 2008, and Pain Practice – official journal of World Institute of Pain (WIP) since 2009. He was invited Guest Editor for Journal of Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management 2009. Dr. Diwan is the Examiner for the Certification Board for American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (ABIPP) and Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) offered by the World Institute of Pain. Dr. Diwan is Co-Editor for Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity, Vol 2, Timothy Deer, Series Editor, Elsevier-Saunders 2012, and Co-Editor for Diwan-Staats’s Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures, McGraw Hill Education 2015. In addition to his busy pain management practice in New York City, Dr. Diwan lectures extensively and interacts regularly with experts in the field of pain medicine nationally and internationally. He has been guest speaker for many noteworthy organizations including the American Cancer Society, the American Society of Anesthesiology, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the World Institute of Pain, and numerous pain specialty societies and congresses in Europe. Currently he is CEO of NYSIPP and Course Co-Director of the Annuals NYSIPP/NJSIPP Pain Medicine Symposium, and Vice President, ASIPP.
Joseph W. Dooley, M.D.
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Denstistry
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Denstistry
Rochester, New York
Michael P. Duffy, M.D.
Crouse Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Upstate Medical University
Attending Anesthesiologist
Crouse Hospital
Syracuse, New York
Dr. Michael Duffy is a Past President of the NYSSA, clinical assistant professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University, and a long standing member of the Physician Quality Leadership at Crouse Hospital.
Marian Dumitru, M.D.
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Attending Anesthesiologist
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Jamaica, New York
Richard P. Dutton, M.D., M.B.A.
Anesthesia Quality Institute
Executive Director
Anesthesia Quality Institute
Park Ridge, Illinois
Richard P. Dutton earned his B.A. from Harvard University in 1983, his M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1987, and an M.B.A. at the University of Maryland in 2001. He completed residency in anesthesiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 1991 and then served as an attending anesthesiologist at the National Naval Medical Center, while on active duty in the United States Navy. In 1994, Dr. Dutton joined the Faculty at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center of the University of Maryland, where he served as Director of Trauma Anesthesiology and Director of Clinical Operations. Dr. Dutton was promoted to the rank of Professor in 2009.
In 2009 Dr. Dutton was named the first Executive Director of the American Society of Anesthesiologist’s Anesthesia Quality Institute, and launched the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry. In 2015, Dr. Dutton left the ASA to become the first Chief Quality Officer for United States Anesthesia Partners. Dr. Dutton serves on numerous ASA and federal committees working to develop measures for anesthesia performance, perioperative patient experience and new models of healthcare, and continues to practice anesthesiology at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.
Jan Ehrenwerth, M.D.
Yale University, School of Medicine
Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology
Director, Vascular Anesthesia
Yale University, School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
James B. Eisenkraft, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Nabil M. Elkassabany, M.D.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Staff Anesthesiologist, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Staff Anesthesiologist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Orthopedic Anesthesia Section, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Charles W. Emala, Sr., M.S., M.D.
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Henrik H. Bendixen Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice Chair for Research
Department of Anesthesiology
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Dietmar Enk, M.D., Ph.D.
Maastricht University Medical Center
Professor of Anesthesiology
Maastricht University Medical Center
Maastricht, Netherlands
Malcolm Devine, NREMT-P
School of Health Technology and Management
Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
Assistant Director, Paramedic Program
School of Health Technology and Management
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Ehab S. A. Farag, M.D., FRCA
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Staff Anesthesiologist, Director of Clinical Research, Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Outcomes Research General Anesthesiology
Cleveland, Ohio
Dr. Ehab Farag is professor of Anesthesiology at the Cleveland Clinic and Lerner College of Medicine. He is also the Director of Clinical Research in the Department of General Anesthesia and Outcomes Research. Dr. Farag edited and authored the first book dedicated solely for Anesthesia For Spine Surgery in addition to multiple research studies and review articles dedicated to Neuroanesthesia and anesthesia for Spine Surgery.
Charles M. Fermon, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Professor of Anesthesiology (Clinical)
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
John E. Fiadjoe, M.D.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mitchell E. Fingerman, M.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
Division Chief & Fellowship Director
Regional & Ambulatory Anesthesiology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Gregory W. Fischer, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Meghann M. Fitzgerald, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Michael J. FitzPatrick, M.D.
Albany Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Albany Medical Center
Albany, New York
Raja M. Flores, M.D.
Mount Sinai Health System
Professor and Chair
Department of Thoracic Surgery
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, New York
Patricia Fogarty Mack, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Director, Quality and Patient Safety
Director, Non-Operating Room Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Carlo D. Franco, M.D.
JHS Hospital of Cook County
Professor of Anesthesiology and Anatomy
Rush University Medical Center
Chair, Regional Anesthesia
JHS Hospital of Cook County
Chicago, Illinois
Elizabeth A. M. Frost, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
David Furgiuele, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
David M. Gaba, M.D.
VA Palo Alto Health Care Systems
Associate Dean for Immersive and Simulation-Based Learning
Professor of Anesthesiology, Periooperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Staff Anesthesiologist & Co-Director, Patient Simulation Center of Innovation
VA Palo Alto Health Care Systems
Palo Alto, California
David M. Gaba MD is an academic anesthesiologist who is a world-expert on a variety of topics on patient safety in healthcare. In particular has published extensively on organizational safety, on human factors, and the use of emergency manuals for managing acute events. Dr. Gaba is recognized as one of the major pioneers of mannequin-based simulation into anesthesiology and the rest of healthcare and the adaptation of Crew Resource Management into healthcare, first as Anesthesia Crisis Resource Management. He is Associate Dean for Immersive and Simulation-based Learning at Stanford School of Medicine. In addition to his work activities he has had a diverse set of hobbies including flying, scuba diving, skiing, fencing, glassblowing, and cycling (short-wheelbase recumbent)
Daniel M. Gainsburg, M.D., M.S.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai School
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai School
New York, New York
Jonathan S. Gal, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Joseph A. Gallombardo, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Resident Fellow
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Marcelo Gama de Abreu, M.D., Ph.D., DESA
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
Professor of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy
Chair, Translational Research in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
Dresden, Germany
Tong J. Gan, M.D.
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Kishore Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H., CPE
University Medical Center of Princeton
Attending Anesthesiologist
University Medical Center of Princeton
Plainsboro Township, New Jersey
Myriam P. Garzon, M.D., M.B.A.
Orlando VA Medical Center
Anesthesiologist, Anesthesia Section
Orlando VA Medical Center
Orlando, Florida
Dr. Garzon was born and raised in Bogota, Colombia, where she received her medical degree. She completed her anesthesia training at the University of Miami and has over 20 years experience in private & academic practice. She is the former Chief of Anesthesia at the Orlando VA, where she currently practices, as well as an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at University of Central Florida School of Medicine. Her areas of interest include patient safety, process improvement, and simulation. An active ASA member, she has served on several ASA committees including Patient Safety & Education and Quality Management & Departmental Affairs.
Benjamin George, M.D.
Kings County Hospital Center
Director, Regional Anesthesia
Kings County Hospital Center
Brooklyn, New York
Clifford M. Gevirtz, M.D., M.P.H.
Somnia Pain Management
Medical Director
Somnia Pain Management
New York, New York
Christopher G. Gharibo, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Medical Director, Pain Medicine
NYU-Langone Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, New York
Andrew M. Glasgow, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Marjorie S. Gloff, M.D.
University of Rochester Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Assistant Director, Center for Perioperative Medicine
Assistant Anesthesiology Residency Program Director
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York
Andrew Goldberg, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Cheryl K. Gooden, M.D.
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
North American Partners in Anesthesia
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center
Department of Anesthesiology, Pediatric Division
Bronx, New York
Cheryl Gooden is a pediatric anesthesiologist and works for North American Partners in Anesthesia at Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center. Dr. Gooden serves on the Board of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. She is a member of the writing group for the American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support Guidelines 2015.
Stephanie R. Goodman, M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University Medical Center
Program Director, Obstetrical Anesthesiology Fellowship
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Mikel Gorbea, M.D.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Instructor and Chief Resident of Anesthesiology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Sumeet Goswami, M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Fellow, Pain Management
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Kimberly B. Gratenstein, M.D.
Lenox Hill Hospital
Attending Anesthesiologist
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, New York
Elliott S. Greene, M.D.
Albany Medical College
Professor of Anesthesiology
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York
Karina Gritsenko, M.D.
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Program Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Resident Rotations
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Family & Social Medicine, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Scott B. Groudine, M.D.
Albany Medical College
Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York
Amitabh Gulati, M.D., FIPP CIPS
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Program Director, Weill Cornell Pain Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Attending, Director of Chronic Pain
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Ruchir Gupta, M.D.
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Dr. Ruchir Gupta is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Medical Lead for Enhanced Recovery for Colorectal Surgery at Stony Brook School of Medicine. He is also Director for the Sub-curriculum on Career Development. He has published numerous articles related to enhanced recovery and is active with the American Society for Enhances Recovery (ASER) as well as the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA). He is also co-editor of two anesthesia text books: The Anesthesia Guide (published by McGraw Hill) and Rapid Review for the Anesthesia Board (published by Cambridge University Press). He was recently awarded a grant by Merck Investigator Program to study the effects of deep versus moderate neuromuscular blockade on peak airway pressures during laparoscopic surgery.
Marcus Gutzler, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Gary W. Haber, M.D.
Linden Oaks Surgery Center
Medical Director
Linden Oaks Surgery Center
Rochester, New York
Steven G. Halle, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Mark P. Hamlin, M.D., M.S.
University of Vermont Medical Center
Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Medicine Physician
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery
Director of General and Subspecialty Surgery Critical Care
Medical Director of Respiratory Care Services
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, Vermont
Mark Hamlin, MD, MS Anesthesiologist and Intensivist with broad clinical practice spanning cardiac, thoracic, vascular, neurosurgical, obstetric, orthopedic, as well as outpatient and remote location. Over 17 years of experience in clinical application of US including: transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography, US guided regional anesthesia, US guidance of invasive procedures, and extensive application of Point of Care US in ICU and operating room. Immediate Past Chair of the Ultrasound Committee of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Stephen C. Haskins, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist
Hospital for Special Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
I am fellowship trained in regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine but my additional academic interests are in the emerging role of perioperative point-of-care ultrasonography (PoCUS) for the anesthesiologist. Following regional anesthesiology training and completing the basic perioperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) certification, my enthusiasm for ultrasound grew. I now routinely teach, perform research and use PoCUS in the form of focused transthoracic echocardiography, lung and abdominal ultrasonography. I am also actively working with national societies to incorporate PoCUS into their education platforms.
Paul M. Heerdt, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA, FCCP
Yale University School of Medicine
Professor of Anesthesiology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Nicholas E. Heiser, M.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
Joshua Heller, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Resident Fellow
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Joshua Heller, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology at Mount Sinai Hospital in 2015, and completed his fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology in 2016 at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Hugh C. Hemmings, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Hugh C. Hemmings Jr., MD, PhD, FRCA is Joseph F. Artusio Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and Professor of Pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Hemmings earned a BS in Biochemistry from Yale College, a PhD in pharmacology from Yale Graduate School, and an MD from Yale Medical School. His graduate work in the laboratory of Paul Greengard, PhD was cited in his 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. He completed postdoctoral work at The Rockefeller University, a residency in anaesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and a fellowship in cardiac anesthesia at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he has been a faculty member for 23 years.
An internationally recognized neuropharmacologist, Dr. Hemmings is an expert in the synaptic effects of general anesthetics and mechanisms of neuronal signal transduction. His research in these areas is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health. He is active in several national and international societies for anesthesiology and neuroscience, and serves as an Editor for the journals Anesthesiology and the British Journal of Anaesthesia. He has been elected Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and is a member of the Association of University Anesthesiologists. Dr. Hemmings has authored more than 100 articles in anesthesiology and neuroscience, and has edited four books, including Pharmacology & Physiology for Anesthesia: Foundations and Clinical Application published in 2013.
Arthur Hengerer, M.D.
Federation of State Medical Boards(FSMB)
Arthur S. Hengerer, MD, FACS Chair, Federation of State Medical Boards; President, NY State Office of Professional Medical Conduct Recently assuming the position of Chair, Dr. Art Hengerer has served on the FSMB Board of Directors since 2011.He has practiced Otolaryngology since 1974, including 27 years as the Chair of Otolaryngology at the University of Rochester. Appointed to the New York Board of Professional Medical Conduct in 2002, he became Board Chair in 2012. Dr. Hengerer has served on the Audit, Bylaws, Education, and Finance Committees, and Chair of the Ethics & Professionalism Committee. He was also elected to the FSMB Foundation Board of Directors in 2015. He has been an active member of the New York State Medical Society and serves as a representative of the Advisory Board of the National Board of Medical Examiners. A member of the Academy of Otolaryngology, he has served as a Delegate to the Academy’s Board of Governors and has been active in various subspecialty societies as well as served on many committees and task forces. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology and is the author of numerous articles and book chapters. He received his bachelor’s degree from Westminster College and his MD from Albany Medical College.
Shanna S. Hill, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Zaharia Hillel, M.D., Ph.D.
Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai St. at Luke's
Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai St. at Luke's
New York, New York
Andreas Hoeft, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Bonn
Director, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
University of Bonn
Bonn, Germany
Andreas Hoeft (MD, PhD) After graduation from Medical School in Germany 6 years of basic research in cardiovascular physiology at the University of Göttingen. Main research areas: myocardial ischemia and metabolism, pacing, efficiency of myocardial pump work, indicator dilution methods for cardiovascular diagnostics. After six years PhD degree in Physiology (habilitation). Residency in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine in Department of Anesthesiology in Göttingen and board certification, followed by 2nd habilitation in Anesthesiology. 1991 and 1992 two years as visiting faculty at the Dept. of Anesthesiology University of Texas, Houston. Since 1995 Chairman of Dept of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care of the University of Bonn and since 1996 Vice Medical Director (board member) of the University Hospital of Bonn. Past member of several committees of DFG (German Research Society), chairman of ESA Subcommittee General Anaesthesia, past secretary of ESA, past Chairman of ESA Research Committee. Current main interest: Large international multicenter studies in perioperative medicine.
Joanne Hojsak, M.D.
Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Pediatric Critical Care
Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital
New York, New York
Natalie F. Holt, M.D.
Yale University, School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Yale University, School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Medical Director, Ambulatory Procedures Unit
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven Campus
West Haven, Connecticut
Natalie Holt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. She is also staff anesthesiologist and Medical Director of the Ambulatory Procedures Unit and Anesthesia Prescreen Clinic at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Haven, CT. She is the Updates Editor for the anesthesiology textbook Clinical Anesthesia and an anesthesiology section editor for UpToDate®, an internet-based, clinical decision support tool for physicians. Dr. Holt is also a writer of continuing medical education products offered by the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Dr. Holt completed her medical degree at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT in 2001 and anesthesiology residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital in 2007. She also holds a Masters degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD. She is dual-board certified in Anesthesiology and General Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Her interests include preoperative risk assessment, operating room management, medical education, and medical writing.
Terese T. Horlocker, M.D.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Professor of Anesthesiology and Orthopedics
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota
Leila Hosseinian, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
John Y. Hsih, M.D.
NYU Lutheran Medical Center
Adjunct Instructor
NYU Lutheran Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
May S. Hua, M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Jaime B. Hyman, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Natalia S. Ivascu, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Kenneth H. Jacobson, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Narasimhan Jagannathan, M.D.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Attending Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Department of Pediatric Anesthesia
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Associate Chairman, Academic Affairs
Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Research
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Christina L. Jeng, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Orthopaedics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Robert E. Johnstone, M.D.
West Virginia University
Professor of Anesthesiology
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
Robert E. Johnstone, MD is Professor of Anesthesiology at West Virginia University, and the Department Chair. He has practiced in private, military and academic settings. He has published more than 150 journal articles and presented more than 150 national lectures, primarily in the areas of practice management, payment policy, and pharmacology. His undergraduate degree is from Cornell University, medical degree from Ohio State University, and anesthesiology training at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Johnstone has organized several workshops and panels at the PGA meeting. Personal pursuits of Dr. Johnstone include running and creative writing.
Sudheer K. Jain, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Director, Peri-Anesthesiology Services
Tisch Hospital
New York, New York
Keith A. Jones, M.D.
University of Alabama - Birmingham
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Professor and Alfred Habeeb Endowed Chair
University of Alabama - Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
Vilma A. Joseph, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Girish P. Joshi, M.B., B.S., M.D., FFARCSI
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas
Bessie Kachulis, M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Brinda B. Kamdar, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Program Director, Acute Pain and Regional Fellowship
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Anna K. Kaminski, D.O.
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York
Daniel J. Katz, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Myrna S. Kcomt, M.D.
Montefiore Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Eric R. Kelhoffer, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Associate Clinical Member
Anesthesiology & Critical Care
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Dr. Kelhoffer is an Associate Attending at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where he has been on the faculty for over 15 years. He provides anesthesia for all types of cases performed at MSKCC for both pediatric and adult patients. He has a particular interest in providing anesthesia in areas outside the operating room such as interventional radiology. In 2014 Dr. Kelhoffer co-authored a chapter on anesthetic considerations for minimally invasive surgery in a major urologic textbook. Recently he developed a conference, Perioperative Management of the Cancer Patient, to focus on the unique aspects of this patient population and it was well attended by individuals from a variety of backgrounds in healthcare.
Frank H. Kern, M.D., FCCM
Long Jewish Medical Center
Professor of Anesthesiology
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, New York
I am currently Professor of Anesthesia Hofstra School of Medicine and chief of Pediatric Anesthesia at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in NY. I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed a residency in Pediatrics at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor School of Medicine, a residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, a combined fellowship in pediatric anesthesia and pediatric critical care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. I served as Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia and Vice Chair of Anesthesia at Duke University and Chief of Cardiac Anesthesia and Cardiac Critical Care Children’s Medical Center Dallas. I am board certified in Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Yury Khelemsky, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
David Kim, M.D.
Hospital for Special Surgery
Attending Anesthesiologist
Hospital for Special Surgery
Clinical Instructor in Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Jung H. Kim, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Division of Pain Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Jung T. Kim, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Executive Vice Chairman
Department of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Sunmi Kim, M.D., B.S.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Meghan Kirksey, M.D., Ph.D.
Hospital for Special Surgery
Clinical Professor in Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York
Dr. Meghan A. Kirksey is an Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist at Hospital for Special Surgery and Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College. After completing specialty training in anesthesiology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, she obtained subspecialty training in critical care medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. She is board certified in both Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Kirksey’s clinical expertise is in the management of cardiopulmonary sequelae of acute and chronic disease. She is actively involved in clinical and database research to elucidate physiologic and clinical determinants of postoperative outcomes.
Eric M. Kitain, M.D.
Norwalk Hospital
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Norwalk Hospital
Norwalk, Connecticut
Joanna B. Koenigsberg, M.D.
NYU Langone Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Steven N. Konstadt, M.D., M.B.A., FACC
Maimonides Medical Center
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
David J. Kopman, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Wolf Benjamin Kratzert, M.D.
UCLA Heath System
Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
UCLA Heath System
Los Angeles, California
Melissa A. Kreso, M.D.
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York
Melissa Kreso (MD) was born and raised in Upstate NY where she received her medical degree. She completed her anesthesia training at University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry and received advanced training in Obstetric Anesthesia from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is the Associate Chief of the Obstetric Anesthesia Division at the University of Rochester Medical Center where she is an Assistant Professor focused in obstetric, regional and ambulatory anesthesiology. She is an active member of the ASA Committee on Patient Safety & Education, the SOAP Committee on Membership, and several committees through NYSSA. She also is a Junior Editor for the ABA Advanced Examination.
Shreyajit R. Kumar, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Robert S. Lagasse, M.D.
Yale University, School of Medicine
Professor and Vice-Chair
Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs
Department of Anesthesiology
Yale University, School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Dr. Robert Lagasse is Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair for Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs for the Department of Anesthesiology at the Yale University School of Medicine. He has served as the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ (ASA) representative to The Joint Commission’s Professional Technical Advisory Committee and CMS’ Surgical Care Improvement Project. He has also developed performance measures for anesthesia providers with the ASA Committee on Performance and Outcomes Measurement, the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group’s Anesthesiology Performance Improvement and Reporting Exchange, and the Anesthesia Quality Institute’s Practice Quality Improvement Committee. He also currently serves on the ASA Committee on Quality Management and Departmental Administration, and the ASA Committee on Patient Safety and Education. He has published numerous article on quality and performance measurement, and recently authored a textbook titled ‘Regulating Quality’ in Quality and Safety in Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, edited by Ruskin, Steigler and Rosenbaum.
Cheuk Y. Lai, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Fellow in Cardiac Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Yan Lai, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Yan Lai, M.D., M.P.H is a regional anesthesiology faculty, fellowship director, and assistant professor at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and West Hospitals in New York City. He completed his anesthesiology residency and regional fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital. He is a teaching faculty in ultrasound guided nerve block workshops at the PGA and ASRA. He has been a speaker at the ASA and PGA for the past four years. He has been conducting workshops for residents, healthcare providers, and on global missions to Africa and China. He is honored to be invited as a focus session speaker for PGA 2016!
Theodore Lamonica, NREMT-P
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Lecturer in Health Sciences
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Malikah Latmore, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Lukes/Roosevelt Hospitals
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Lukes
Mount Sinai West
New York, New York
Jerome Lax, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Philip W. Lebowitz, M.D., M.B.A.
Montefiore Medical Center
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Attending Anesthesiologist
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Allison J. Lee, M.D.
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
David L. Lee, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Clinical Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist
Hospital for Special Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Mitchell Y. Lee, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Assistant Residency Director
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Jonathan D. Leff, M.D.
Montefiore Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Christine Lennon, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Jerrold Lerman, M.D., FRCPC, FANZCA
Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Rochester, New York
Matthew A. Levin, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Dr. Levin is a cardiac anesthesiologist and the Director of Research for the Division of Informatics in the Department of Anesthesiology. His research interest lies in leveraging large data sets of intraoperative physiological data to reduce morbidity and mortality and enhance patient safety during the perioperative period. Through his multi-disciplinary collaborations with other researchers in the Icahn School of Medicine, Dr. Levin is pushing the boundaries of perioperative research in order to answer previously un-addressable questions on the phenotype and genotype of the response to anesthetic and surgical stress. Dr. Levin is affiliated with The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine (IPM) at the Icahn School of Medicine and collaborates closely with fellow IPM member Dr. Eimear Kenny. Together they were recently awarded a prestigious starter grant from the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists to study the Genomics of Vasoplegia..
Adam I. Levine, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Professor of Anesthesiology, Otolaryngology, Structural and Chemical Biology
Vice-Chair, Education
Program Director, Residency Training
Program Director, ASA Endorsed HELPS Simulation Program
Department of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Rhoda D. Levine, M.D.
Montefiore Medical Center
Retired, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
Attending Anesthesiologist
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Ronald S. Levy, M.D.
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Susan Brown Logan Distinguished Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas System
Director, Patient Simulation Center
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Galina Leyvi, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Galina Leyvi, MD Master of Science in Clinical Research Combined Undergraduate and Medical School, St. Petersburg Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Albert Einstein College of Medicine Attending Anesthesiologist, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Fenghua Li, M.D.
Upstate Medical University
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York
Lei Li, M.D.
Geisinger Medical Center
Associate, Anesthesiology
Director, Regional Anesthesia
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, Pennsylvania
Scott D. Lipson, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Adam D. Lichtman, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Captain, Medical Corps United States Navy
Director, Surgical Services, Operational Health Support Unit Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Janine Limoncelli, M.D.
Danbury Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Danbury Hospital
Danbury, Connecticut
Adam Lichtman, M.D., FASE- Director of Vascular Anesthesiology, Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, New York Presbyterian Medical Center, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Janine Limoncelli, M.D. - Attending Anesthesiologist at Danbury Hospital, W.C.H.N., Director of Perioperative Surgical Home, Danbury Hospital, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at New York Medical College.
Emily Lin, M.D.
North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA)
Attending Anesthesiologist
North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA)
New York, New York
Carlos J. Lopez, III, M.D.
Upstate Medical University
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Residency Program Director
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York
Dr. Carlos J Lopez, III is an Associate Professor and Program Director of the Department of Anesthesiology at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. He also holds faculty appointments with the Department of Surgery and Department of Internal Medicine. Dr. Lopez obtained his Medical Degree from the Sackler School of Medicine of Tel Aviv University in Israel. He subsequently completed training with Board Certification in Internal Medicine from SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Anesthesiology training from New York University. Dr. Lopez completed his Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. Aside from a brief two year stint between his Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology residencies as an Emergency Room Physician at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, he has spent his entire professional career with pride at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York.
Dr. Lopez is the Director of Anesthesia Critical Care and has served for the last 6 years as Chair of the ICU Governance at University Hospital. In addition, he participates as a Quality Officer for the hospital. As an intensivist, he is an attending in both the Medical and Surgical ICU’s, but over the last several years has spent most of his time between the Surgical ICU and Adult OR. Dr. Lopez’s academic Interests lie in teaching, education, program development and the care of the critically ill in and outside of the operating room. He has received numerous awards for teaching from the Department of Anesthesiology and the Department of Surgery. Dr. Lopez is an Oral Board examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology.
Stefan E. Lucas, M.D.
Managing Partner, SCI Anesthesia, PLLC
Managing Partner, SCI Anesthesia, PLLC
Rochester, New York
Chief of Anesthesia
United Memorial Medical Center
Batavia, New York
Danielle B. Ludwin, M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Danielle B. Ludwin is an associate professor of anesthesiology at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and the regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine fellowship director. She graduated from Tulane University and received her medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She completed her anesthesiology residency at Weill Cornell Medical College and a fellowship in regional anesthesia at Hospital for Special Surgery. Dr. Ludwin is a member of the Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators at Columbia University Medical Center and a member of the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Society.
Jennifer A. Macpherson, M.D.
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Thoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Medical Student Anesthesiology Clerkship
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Department of Anesthesiology
Rochester, New York
Bryan P. Mahoney, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospitals
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Residency Training Program
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Lukes
Mount Sinai West
New York, New York
Anuj Malhotra, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Jaideep K. Malhotra, M.D.
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assitant Attending Anesthesiologist
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Vinod Malhotra, M.D.
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Professor of Anesthesiology in Clinical Urology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Vice-Chair, Clinical Affairs
Department of Anesthesiology
Clinical Director, Operating Rooms
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Glenn E. Mann, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Director, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Sundeep Mangla, M.D.
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Director, Interventional Neuroradiology
Associate Professor of Radiology, Neurosurgery, and Neurology Associate Professor, School of Graduate Studies
PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Dr. Sundeep Mangla is an Associate Professor of Radiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology and Biomedical Engineering and Director of Interventional Neuroradiology at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, NY. Prior to his appointment at Downstate, Dr. Mangla was on faculty at Columbia University, Cornell University and Yale University School of Medicine as Assistant Professor of Radiology, Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology. Dr. Mangla earned his medical degree from Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine and completed an internship at Saint Thomas Medical Center, Akron, Ohio; his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine; and a Diagnostic Neuroradiology fellowship at University of Southern California and Los Angeles County Medical Center. Dr. Mangla also completed fellowships in Interventional Neuroradiology at Yale-New Haven Medical Center and University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. He has published dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles, abstracts, book chapters and review publications, and is very active in research and clinical trials. His active areas of research include acute ischemic stroke imaging and treatment, animal modeling and device development, population health, and program development.
Clarita Margarido, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
University of Toronto
Staff Anesthesiologist
Women's College and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center
Toronto, Canada
Milica Markovic, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Mitchell H. Marshall, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Department of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center-Hospital for Joint Diseases
New York, New York
Keira Mason, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Linda J. Mason, M.D.
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, California
Leena Mathew, M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Program Director Pain Fellowship
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Dr Mathew is the Program Director for the Pain Medicine Fellowship at Columbia University. She practices all aspects of pain medicine and is also a practicing anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology at NYPH Columbia University.
Edward R. Mathney, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Idit Matot, M.D.
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Chair, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain
Tel Aviv Medical Center
Professor of Anesthesiology
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Neel Mehta, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Director, Weill Cornell Pain Medicine Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Joshua S. Mincer, M.D., Ph.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Attending Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York
Section Chief, Thoracic Anesthesia
James J. Peter VA Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Rebecca D. Minehart, M.D., M.S.H.P.Ed.
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Program Director
Massachusetts General Hospital
Anesthesia Residency Program
Director, MGH Obstetric Anesthesia Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia,
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Anushirvan Minokadeh, M.D.
Hillcrest - UC San Diego Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice Chair, Critical Care Medicine
UC San Diego Medical Center
San Diego, California
Dr. Anush Minokadeh completed his Anesthesiology residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and his Critical Care fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He currently leads the division of Critical Care Medicine in the Anesthesiology Department at UC San Diego Medical School. His clinical and research interests include Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Neurocritical Care, and Trauma.
Alexander J. C. Mittnacht, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Vivek K. Moitra, M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director, Critical Care Medicine
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Daryn H. Moller, M.D.
SUNY - Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
SUNY - Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Chirojit Mukherjee, M.D., Ph.D., FASE
Helios Clinic for Cardiac Surgery Karlsruhe
Chair,Department of Anesthesia & Intensive Care
Helios Clinic for Cardiac Surgery Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany
James R. Munis, M.D., Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic Foundation
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic Foundation
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering
Rochester, Minnesota
Igor Muntyan, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Jolie Narang, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Milad Nazemzadeh, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Joseph M. Neal, M.D.
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Anesthesia Faculty
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Joe Neal received his undergraduate and medical training at Wake Forest University and the West Virginia University School of Medicine. He returned to Bowman Gray / Wake Forest University to complete residencies in Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology. After fellowship training in regional anesthesia at the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, he joined that group in 1989. Dr. Neal’s academic interests include guideline development, upper extremity regional anesthesia, complications of regional anesthesia, and a strong interest in resident / fellow education. He directed the Virginia Mason regional anesthesia fellowship for over a decade as well as their anesthesiology residency program. Dr. Neal is a senior examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology; was Editor-in-Chief of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (2002-2012), and is co-author of the textbooks Requisites in Anesthesiology: Regional Anesthesia; and Complications in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. He is the Immediate Past-President of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (2015-2017).
Krystof J. Neumann, M.D.
University of Rochester Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Director, Regional Anesthesia
University of Rochester Medical Center
Medical Director and Chief of Anesthesia
Strong West Ambulatory Surgery Center
Rochester, New York
Steven M. Neustein, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Kenneth B. Newman, M.D.
Adirondack Medical Center
Chairman and Medical Director
Adirondack Medical Center
Premier Anesthesia
Saranac Lake, New York
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Voluntary Faculty
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York
Jennie Y. Ngai, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Sam Nia, M.D.
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Fellow in Pain Medicine
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
New York, New York
Mark E. Nunnally, M.D., FCCM
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Director, Adult Critical Care Services
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Oliver P. F. Panzer, M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Perioperative Ultrasound Education
Division of Critical Care & Regional Anesthesia
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
I trained as an Anesthesiology resident at St Lukes – Roosevelt hospital in Manhattan NY from 2002 to 2005. After my critical care fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) 2005/2006, I joined the faculty in the divisions of Regional Anesthesia and Critical Care in 2006. Early on during residency I was fascinated by the impact of perioperative ultrasound. I created and led perioperative ultrasound workshops and lectures for multiple classes of residents and critical care fellows at CUMC. I became the Director of Perioperative Ultrasonography in our Department in 2010, and I lead the departmental Critical Care and Perioperative Ultrasound Curriculum Committee. I teach courses nationally at the ASA meetings since 2010 and the PGA meetings in NY since 2014.
Yuvesh Passi, M.D.
Upstate Medical Center
Resident
Upstate Medical Center
Syracuse, New York
Seth Perelman, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine
NYU Langone Medical Center
NYU School of Medicine
New York, New York
Beverly K. Philip, M.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Vice-President for Scientific Affairs
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Founding Director, Day Surgery Unit
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Beverly Khnie Philip, M.D. is Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard University and Founding Director of the Day Surgery Unit at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. Her subspecialty focus is ambulatory anesthesia. Dr. Philip has published numerous research papers, review articles and book chapters on various aspects of ambulatory anesthesia science and practice, and she has spoken widely, nationally and internationally. Dr. Philip is Vice President for Scientific Affairs of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), with responsibility for all educational and scientific activities of the 50,000+ member organization. Dr. Philip also has a strong interest and ongoing contribution to national anesthesiology policy, particularly related to quality and regulatory issues. Her service in ASA has also included the ASA Board of Directors representing Massachusetts, Chair of the ASA Quality Management and Departmental Administration Committee, Chair of the ASA Ambulatory Surgical Care Committee and was Chair of the ASA Annual Meeting for 2009. Dr. Philip is a founding member and Past President of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia. She has served as the Chair of the Joint Commission’s Ambulatory Health Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee, and is on the Board of Directors and Standards Committee of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Dr. Philip was a founding participant of the CMS Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification Groups, and served 2 three-year terms. Dr. Philip is President Elect of the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery, and is the immediate past Editor-in-Chief of the international journal “Ambulatory Surgery”.
Sergey V. Pisklakov, M.D.
Montefiore Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director, Neuroanesthesia Fellowship
Department of Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Jeffrey G. Plagenhoef, M.D.
President, American Society of Anesthesiology
Shaji P. Poovathoor, M.D.
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Jovan Popovic, M.D., FRCPC
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Medical Director, NYU-Langone Outpatient Surgery
New York, New York
Kane O. Pryor, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Sonia G. Pyne, M.D.
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York
Michael F. O'Connor, M.D., FCCM
University of Chicago
Professor of Anesthesia & Critical Care
Section Head, Critical Care Medicine
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Slawomir P. Oleszak, M.D.
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Daniel K. O'Neill, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Associate Director, Adult Offsite Anesthesiology Services
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Irene P. Osborn, M.D.
Montefiore Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director, Division of Neuroanesthesia
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Irene Osborn is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY. She is currently director of Neuroanesthesia at Montefiore Medical Center. Over the past 30 years she has specialized in neuroanesthesia with great interest in difficult airway management and anesthetic procedures in remote locations.
James A. Osorio, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical Center
Program Director, Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Kristoffer Padjen, M.D.
New York University
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine
New York University Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Ph.D.
University of Chicago Biological Sciences
Anil Patel, M.D.
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
Consultant, Department of Anaesthesia
Royal National Throat Nose & Ear Hospital
Honorary Senior Lecturer
University College Hospital-London
London, United Kingdom
President Difficult Airway Society
Minda L. Patt, M.D.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
James H. Philip, M(E)E, M.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Anesthesiologist and Director, Clinical Bioengineering
Department of Anesthesiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Joseph J. Poli, M.D.
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York
Wanda M. Popescu, M.D.
Yale University, School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Thoracic and Peripheral Vascular Anesthesia Section
Director, Thoracic Anesthesia Division
Co-Director, Grand Rounds
Yale University, School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Biography Wanda M. Popescu M.D. is the Director of the Thoracic and Vascular Anesthesia Section in the Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Popescu received her medical degree from Carol Davila Medical School, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania in 1996. She completed her anesthesiology residency training at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, USA in 2002. She undertook two fellowships in vascular and cardio-thoracic anesthesiology at Yale University School of Medicine between 2002 and 2004. Subsequently, she remained on faculty as an Assistant Professor and currently serves as an Associate Professor at Yale University School of Medicine. She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters related to cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia. Additionally, Dr. Popescu is one of the two editors of “Master Techniques in Upper and Lower Airway Management”, a print and e-book, which includes over 120 videos. She has lectured at multiple national and international meetings. Her main research interests are focused on the cardiovascular disturbances associated with obesity and perioperative management of antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary stents. Dr. Popescu is an active member of many professional societies, including the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. She serves as a member of the Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Examination writing committee for the National Board Of Echocardiography and as an oral board examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology.
Pavithra Ranganathan, M.B., B.S.
West Virginia University
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
John P. Rask, M.D., M.A.
Univ. of New Mexico School of Medicine
Director, UNM BATCAVE Simulation Education Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Univ. of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Richard L. Rauck, M.D., FIPP
Carolina Pain Institute
Carolinas Pain Institute
Pain Fellowship Director
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Allan P. Reed, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Shamantha G. Reddy, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
David L. Reich, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
President and COO
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Horace W. Goldsmith Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
M. Carrington Reid, M.D., Ph.D.
Irving Sherwood Wright - Weill Cornell Medical College
Director, Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life
Irving Sherwood Wright Associate Professor of Geriatrics
Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York
Dr. Cary Reid is an Associate Professor, Director of the Office of Geriatric Research and Director of the Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life in the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Reid obtained his medical degree from the University of South Carolina. He subsequently completed internship, residency, and chief-residency training at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. He completed fellowship training in both clinical epidemiology and geriatric medicine at Yale University. Dr. Reid taught, and conducted research at Yale University before joining the faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College in 2003. Dr. Reid has received many research awards over the years, including a Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Physician Scholar Award and a highly coveted Paul Beeson Faculty Scholar on Aging Research Award. He is also a section editor of the journal Pain Medicine. Dr. Reid’s work over the past decade has focused on the epidemiology and treatment of various persistent pain disorders in older adults in a variety of care settings including hospital and community based settings. This work has involved elucidating risk factors for poor outcomes (e.g., declines in physical performance), as well as the development and testing of non-pharmacologic interventions to improve outcomes, and meta-analyses to determine the benefits and risks of specific pain therapies.
Amanda J. Rhee, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Medical Director, Patient Safety
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York
Dr. Amanda Rhee graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine and competed her anesthesiology residency at Montefiore Medical Center with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed a cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital with The Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She is an Assistant Professor of anesthesiology. Dr. Rhee is the Medical Director of Patient Safety for the Office for Excellence in Patient Safety and works closely with the Chief Medical Officer on various improvement initiatives including safety conversations in the operating room, infection control and prevention, the creation of a multidisciplinary pretesting center, and various other projects. She is Lean trained and holds a Six Sigma Greenbelt certification.
Deborah C. Richman, M.B., Ch.B., FFA(SA)
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Director, Preoperative Services
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Christopher B. Robards, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida
J. David Roccaforte, M.D.
Bellevue Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Bellevue Hospital
New York, New York
Cesar Rodriguez-Diaz, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Lisa Q. Rong, M.D.
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
Instructor in Anesthesiology
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Andrew D. Rosenberg, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Dorothy Reaves Spatz, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Meg A. Rosenblatt, M.D.
Mount Sinai Roosevelt and Mount Sinai St Luke’s Hospitals
Professor of Anesthesiology and Orthopaedics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai St. Luke’s
Mount Sinai West
New York, New York
Kenneth I. Rosenfeld, M.D.
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Vice Chair, Clinical Activities
Director, Perioperative Services
Department of Anesthesiology
SUNY-Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Ram Roth, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Michael Rufino, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Deborah Rusy, M.D., M.B.A.
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Attending Anesthesiologist
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Professor and Medical Director of Perioperative Services
American Family Children's Hospital
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin
I am currently practicing as a board certified Anesthesiologist, with sub-specialization in neuro and pediatric anesthesiology, and serve as Director of Perioperative Services: American family children’s Hospital/UWHealth, University of Wisconsin (UW), Madison, WI. Prior to this I was the Director of Neuroanesthesia and Medical Director of U.W. Hospital Adult Operating Rooms.
Past administrative experience has included serving as a Director on the UW Medical Foundation (UWMF) BOD and UWMF Executive Committee, and as President of the UW Hospital and Clinics Medical Board. I have and participation on numerous other UWHC and UWMF committees including the UWMF Finance, Council of Faculty and Compensation Development Committees, and the UWHC Operating Room Committee and Clinical Practices Committees.
At the state level, I served two terms as President of the Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists, during which I directed activities and policy establishment vital to the safe anesthetic care of patients. Nationally, I currently serve as a Delegate to the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA), and I have been active on several ASA committees providing oversight in clinical care and health care practice management.
I serve as a Board Examiner, Question Writer and Editor for the American Board of Anesthesiologists, and received an MBA Degree from UMass Amherst in 2011.
One of my greatest passions has been the provision of anesthesia abroad on humanitarian surgical mission trips. I have participated in over 30 of these trips, and have been responsible for the training of anesthesia personnel and organization of supplies for several of our UWMF surgical teams. I like to bike and golf in my spare time.
Haleh Saadat, M.D., FAAP
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine - Quinnipiac University
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine - Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut
Guy Salomon, M.D.
Good Samaritan Hospital
Attending Anesthesiologist
Good Samaritan Hospital
Suffern, New York
Charles Marc Samama, M.D., Ph.D., FCCP
Cochin University Hospital
Professor and Chair
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Cochin University Hospital
Paris, France
Charles Marc Samama is 59 yo. He is currently Professor in the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care of Cochin University Hospital in Paris, France. He also heads a laboratory in the INSERM UMR_S1140 research unit and for many years, he has developed an experimental model of arterial thrombosis and bleeding in the rabbit. Professor Samama is the Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA). He is now chairing the new Scientific Subcommittee on Perioperative Management of Thrombosis and Hemostasis of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH). He has published more than 190 peer-reviewed articles and reviews (H index = 35) He has co-authored the Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention section of Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines 8th edition (“Prevention of venous thromboembolism”) and 9th edition (“Prevention in VTE in non-orthopaedic surgical patients”). He has just started to collaborate in the 10th edition. He has co-authored the 2013 ESA Guidelines on Management of severe perioperative bleeding and the actual update. He chairs the ESA Task Force for the prevention on perioperative venous thromboembolism (guidelines to be published early 2017).
Jon D. Samuels, M.D.
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Weill Cornell University
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Weill Cornell University
New York, New York
Vikram Saxena, M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
John J. Schaefer, III, M.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
Lewis W. Haskell Blackman Endowed Chair
Director, Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety Center of Excellence
HealthCare Simulation of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Michael J. Schoppmann, Esq.
President, Donald J. Fager & Associates, Inc.
President, MLMIC Services, Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Co. | New York, New York
Career devoted exclusively to the defense of physicians in the litigation of diverse health care matters; complex medical malpractice actions, representation of physicians before crimminal authorities, state licensing bodies and other federal and state regulatory bodies, defending Medicare fraud and abuse actions and hosptial medical staff disciplinary actions; counsel to physicians and other health care providers on mergers and acquisitions, group formation, managed care, antitrust, restrictive covenants, discrimination, disability and other health law issues.
Andrew D. Schwartz, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Instructor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Staff Anesthesiologist, James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Education Director, HELPS Simulation Center Mount Sinai
New York, New York
John Sconzo, M.D.
Glens Falls Hospital
Senior Anesthesiologist
Warren Anesthesiologists, P.C
Glens Falls Hospital
Glens Falls, New York
David Seligsohn, M.D.
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Director, Regional Anesthesiology
NYU Lutheran Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Stelian I. Serban, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Sudarshan Setty, M.D.
University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Patricia M. Sequeira, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Jack S. Shanewise, M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Aryeh Shander, M.D., FCCM, FCCP
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Chief, Departments of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Pain Management and Hyperbaric Medicine
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Englewood, New Jersey
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine and Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Aarti Sharma, M.D.
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
Associate Professor, Clinical Anesthesiology
Associate Director, Pediatric Anesthesia
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Jay R. Shayevitz, M.D., M.S., FAAP
Montefiore Medical Center
Attending Anesthesiologist
Director, Non-OR Anesthesia
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Boards in pediatrics, anesthesiology, and advanced pediatric anesthesiology. Extensive experience in pediatric hospital medicine, pediatric critical care, and hospice and palliative care. Currently associate director of the Montefiore Hutch ambulatory surgery center in the Bronx, NY.
Ketan Shevde, M.D.
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Sasha K. Shillcutt, M.D., FASE
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Perioperative Echocardiography
Director, Clinical Research
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
Linda J. Shore-Lesserson, M.D., FAHA, FASE
Northshore-Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Professor of Anesthesiology
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
Northwell Health System
Manhasset, New York
Dr. Linda Shore-Lesserson is Professor of Anesthesiology Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine and director of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology in the Northwell Health System in New York. Dr. Shore-Lesserson graduated from the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated magna cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa honorary society. She also received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She was an anesthesiology resident and spent a specialty year in cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, American Board of Anesthesiology, and National Board of Echocardiography.
Dr. Shore-Lesserson is a clinical and an academic cardiac anesthesiologist who is currently serving as President of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. Dr. Shore-Lesserson has served as Chair of the Scientific Program committee for the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and has served on its Board of Directors. She is also previous Chair of the Advanced Perioperative Echocardiography Examination Writing Committee. She was the Chairperson for the Cardiovascular Track for the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists from 2007-2011. Currently, she is the chair of the Committee on Blood Management of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and sits on the scientific program committee and meeting oversight committee for the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists PGA Annual Meeting. She is involved with other medical cardiovascular disciplines as the SCA liason to the American Heart Association Surgery and Anesthesia Council. She is currently working with the STS and Perfusion societies on an interdisciplinary project “Best Practices in Perfusion Management”, and has served on the Intraoperative Council of the American Society of Echocardiography.
In her editorial activities, she served as a member of the Associate Editorial Board for Anesthesia and Analgesia until 2010 and she continues to review for the journal. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia having served as Section Editor of the Case Conference Section and Literature Review sections of this journal in the past.
Vandana Sharma, M.D.
Upstate Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York
Ali N. Shariat, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's
New York, New York
Jodi Sherman, M.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Environmental Compliance Officer
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Dr. Sherman is an internationally recognized speaker and author in the emerging field of sustainability in anesthesia. Her research interest is in life cycle assessment (LCA) of anesthetic practice, quantifying energy, greenhouse gas emissions, human health impacts, and economic densities of anesthetic drugs, OR devices, and perioperative behaviors to help guide clinical decision making toward more ecologically sustainable practices. Dr. Sherman collaborates with environmental engineers, epidemiologists and health economists towards this goal, and also serves on the Environmental Task Force of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Dr. Sherman is the recipient of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation award for her work, "Environmental and public health impacts of anesthesia alternatives."
George Silvay, M.D., Ph.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Alan J. Sim, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Assistant Program Director for Clinical Affairs, Resident Training Program
Division of Liver Transplantation
Mount Sinai HELPS Simulation Center
New York, New York
Michael B. Simon, M.D., M.B.A.
Vassar Brothers Hospital
Transitional Lead, Sheridan Healthcare, Inc.
Sunrise, Florida
Dr. Michael Simon is a practicing cardiothoracic anesthesiologist. Dr. Simon is a transitional leader for Sheridan Healthcare. Dr. Simon has served as Chairman of multiple anesthesia departments and as regional medical director for a large multi-state anesthesia practice.
Dr. Simon received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NY and completed his anesthesia training and fellowship at Columbia University. He most recently completed his MBA at the Carson School of Business of the Washington State University.
Dr. Simon is a past President of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, is active within both the AMA and ASA, serving on multiple committees. He has recently been appointed and serves as Commissioner for the Joint Commission.
Jeffrey W. Simmons, M.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Anesthesiology Simulation and MOCA Course
Section of Trauma and Acute Care Anesthesia
Division of Multispecialty Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
University of Alabama School of Medicine - Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
Dr. Jeff Simmons is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. He serves as Medical Director for UAB Preoperative Assessment, Consultation, and Treatment Clinics and UAB Peri-Anesthesia Care Units. Dr. Simmons also served as the Director of Anesthesiology Simulation and MOCA. From 2011-2013, Dr. Simmons was an instructor for the Air Force Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Resuscitation Skills, Cincinnati, OH. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force. Dr. Simmons received his bachelor’s degree from Samford University and earned his M.D. from the UAB School of Medicine in 2002.
Prithi P. Singh, M.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Nikolaos J. Skubas, M.D., FACC, FASE, D.Sc.
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology & Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Cardiac Anesthesia
Attending Anesthesiologist
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York
Robert N. Sladen, M.B., Ch.B., FCCM
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Allen Hyman Professor Emeritus of Critical Care Anesthesiology at
Columbia University Medical Center
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Ralph L. Slepian, M.D.
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
VP of Medical Affairs and Associate Chief Medical Officer
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital
New York, New York
Bettina Smallman, M.D.
Upstate Medical University
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Pediatric Anesthesia
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York
Richard M. Smiley, M.D., Ph.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Virginia Apgar MD Professor of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Michael P. Smith, M.D., M.S., Ed.
Summa Health Systems
Past President, Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors
Partner, Professional Anesthesia Services
TeamHealth Anesthesia
Summa Health Systems
Akron, Ohio
Martin Smith, M.B.B.S., FRCA, FFICM
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery - UCLH
Consultant and Honorary Professor
Neuroanaesthesia and Neurocritical Care
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
University College London Hospitals
Honorary Professor
Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
University College London
London, United Kingdom
Martin Smith is a consultant in Neurocritical Care at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals and Honorary Professor at University College London. He has a clinical and research interest in monitoring and managing the acutely injured brain. Martin is Neuroscience Section Editor of Intensive Care Medicine and Reviews Section Editor of the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology. He is Past President of the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care, the Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care Society of Great Britain and Ireland and the Critical Care Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Julia B. Sobol, M.D.
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Richard M. Sommer, M.D.
NYU-Langone Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice-Chair, Clinical Operations
Department of Anesthesiology
NYU-Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Sulpicio G. Soriano, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Boston Children's Hospital Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuroanesthesia
Boston, Massachusetts
Sulpicio G. Soriano III, M.D. Dr. Soriano holds the Boston Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neuroanesthesia and is a Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard