Expert Details
Anesthesia Services Management, Critical Care, Airway Management, Physiologic Monitoring, MOSF
ID: 727092
Connecticut, USA
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1973 | Degree: M.D. | Subject: Medicine | Institution: University of Maryland School of Medicine |
| Year: 1968 | Degree: B.A. | Subject: Liberal Arts | Institution: St. John's College |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1986 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Senior Attending Physician | Department: Anesthesia Department |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1984 to 1986 | Employer: | Title: Associate Professor of Anesthesiology/CCM | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1979 to 1984 | Employer: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Title: Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology/CCM | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1978 to 1980 | Employer: Prince George's Genreal Hospital & Medical Center | Title: Intensivist & Medical Staff Member | Department: CCM Department |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Professional Society Memberships: New England Society of Critical Care Medicine International Trauma andCritical Care Society Greater Bridgeport Medical Association Fairfield County Medical Association Connecticut Society of Anesthesiologists American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists Anesthesia Section: Society of Critical Care Medicine Society for Education in Anesthesia Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia Carolina-Virginia Society of Critical Care Medicine American Medical Association Society of Critical Care Medicine Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists American Society of Regional Anesthesia American Society of Anesthesiologists International Anesthesia Research Society Professional Organization Offices: Chairman: Credentials Committee - College of Critical Care Medicine Secretary, Bridgeport Anesthesia Associates Member-Board of Directors, American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists Secretary- ASCCA (above) Board of Directors: New England SCCM Society of Critical Care Medicine - Anesthesiology Section Council Chairman Elect - Anesthesia Section Chairman Anesthesia Section Past-Chairman- Anesthesia Section Vice-Chair: Bylaws Committee Chairman: Membership Committee Chairman: Bylaws Committee Founding President: Carolina Virginia Society of Critical Care Medicine Member: Board of Directors: Society of Airway Management (SAM) |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Licensed in MD, NC, CT, and Federal BNDD; Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology; Fellow, American College of Anesthesiology; Certificate of Special Competence in Critical Care Medicine from the American Board of Anesthesiology; Fellow, American College of Critical Care Medicine Additional Certifications: Fundamentals of Critical Care Medicine Support: Instructor Fundamentals of Critical Care Medicine Provider CPR Instructor, American Red Cross Basic CPR, BLC Certificate American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Assn; Certificate Advanced Trauma Life Support, American College of Surgeons Instructor, ACLS, American Heart Association (NC Branch) |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Prior Hospital Appointments: Chairman: Dept. of Anesthesia, Bridgeport Hospital Acting Chair: Dept. of Anesthesia, BH Assistant Chairman: Dept. of Anesthesia, Bridgeport Hospital Senior Attending Physician: Surgery & Anesthesia Departments Deputy Surgeon-in-Chief: Bridgeport Hospital Co-Director SICU, Bridgeport Hospital Director, Division of Outpatient and Consultative Services (UNC) Medical Advisor, CRNA Staff (UNC) Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy (UNC) Chief: Critical Care Medicine, Dept. of Anesthesiology (UNC) Medical Director of Post-Anesthetic Recovery Room (UNC) Medical Director of Anesthesia Acute Care Unit (UNC) (UNC = North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC) Assistant Chief: Department of Anesthesiology (NNMC) Co-Director of Intensive Care Unit (NNMC) Director of Cardiac Anesthesia (NNMC) (NNMC = National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland) Previous Academic Appointments: Adjunct Faculty: DPN APRN Programs, Fairfield University College of Nursing, Fairfield, CT Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology University of Connecticut Health Center; School of Medicine, Farmington, CT Adjunct Graduate Faculty: Biology Department— Southern CT State University New Haven, CT Director: CCM Fellowship Program - Department of Anesthesiology University of Connecticut School of Medicine Research Associate: Health Sciences Research Center Division of Health Affairs University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy Technician Program Durham Technical Institute Associate Professor of Anesthesiology with Tenure Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology University of North Carolina, School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, Maryland |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Malignant Hyperthermia Hotline Partnership Award, Joseph A. Zaccagnino Patient Safety and Clinical Quality Award, Excellence in Patient Education--Doctor's Day Recognition, Mentor Of the Year--BH & SCSU Nurse Anesthesia Program, Recognition of Service on "24-Hour MH Emergency Hot Line", Honors for Service to Department of Anesthesiology, UNC, Admiral's Commendation for Service in CCM, NNMC, Bethesda; Membership in Presidential Emergency Medical Care Unit; National Defense Award, US Navy; A.O.A. Honor Society: University of Maryland, School of Medicine. |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine (George Washington University Medical Center); Fellowship: Pediatric Anesthesiology (Children's Hospital National Medical Center, George Washington University); Anesthesiology Chief Resident & Resident in Anesthesiology (Naval Regional Medical Center); Internship-Rotating Anesthesiology (Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State University) |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has written 19 Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals, 22 Contributions to Texts and Reviews, 20 Correspondences Published, 10 Editorials, 64 Published Articles, 8 Departmental Publications and 35 Scientific Abstracts. He has also delivered nearly 200 Lectures and Presentations. |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| He has taught and directed numerous courses in ICU & OR, Airway Management, CCM and Cardiac Anesthesia, and Critical Care, both clinical and didactic instruction. He has also directed Post-Graduate Programs at UNC and the University of Connecticut. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Education: Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine (6 mo.) George Washington University Medical Center Washington, DC Fellowship: Pediatric Anesthesiology & Critical Care (6 mo.) Children's Hospital National Medical Center George Washington University Washington, DC Anesthesiology Chief Resident (1 year) Resident in Anesthesiology (incl. fellowship) Naval Regional Medical Center Portsmouth, VA. Internship-Rotating Anesthesiology (1 year) Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Pennsylvania State University Hershey, PA. M.D. University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD BA, Rite, Liberal Arts St. John's College Annapolis, MD High School Diploma Annapolis High School Annapolis, MD Professional Society Committees: MH Hotline: Quality Management Committee: Connecticut State Medical Society- Alternate Delegate: House of Delegates MHAUS— Chairman: MH Hotline Consultant Quality Management Committee ASA- Committee on Critical Care Fairfield County Medical Association— Government Relations Committee SAM—Society for Airway Management: Newsletter Committee SAM- Abstracts and Poster Subcommittee SAM- Cricoid Pressure & Difficult Extubation Consensus Panels SCCM: Membership Committee SAM- Bylaws Committee FCCM: Credentials Committee FCCM: Chairman: Credentials Committee SCCM: Bylaws Committee SCCM—Chairman: Bylaws Committee NESCCM Newsletter Committee Fairfield County Medical Society: Quality Management Adv. Committee Critical Care Committee: ITACCS Bylaws Committee: ASCCA Chair: Education Committee, ASCCA Subcommittee on Patient Safety, Epidemiology, History & Education, ASA Bylaws Committee: American College of CCM Bylaws Committee: Anesthesia Section, SCCM Chair: Foundation Development, AACA Membership Committee, AACA Scientific Program, AACA Interim Board of Directors: Anesthesia Section, SCCM Program Committee: Anesthesiology Section, SCCM Nominating Committee: Anesthesiology Section, SCCM Bylaws Committee: ASCCA Chairman: Newsletter Committee, SCA Vice Chairman: Newsletter Committee, SCA Membership, AACA By-laws Committee, SCA Regionalization Task Force - SCCM Chair: Nominating Committee, Anesth. Sect. SCCM Member- Shubin-Weil Award Nom. Comm. Anesth. Section SCCM Member- Nominating Committee, ACCM Manpower Task Force- ACCM Credentials Committee: ACCM Critical Care Guidelines Task Force: ACCM Credentials Committee: ACCM Co-Chair: ad hoc Committee on Liaison with Subspecialty Societies and Subspecialty Curriculae, SEA Newsletter Committee, SCA (past Chairman) Acute Medicine Committee, ASA (Adjunct member) Ambulatory Surgery Committee ASA (Adjunct member) Bylaws Committee - ACCM Founding Member and Council Member: Carolina Virginia SCCM |
Fields of Expertise
airway management, anesthesia, anesthesia equipment, anesthesia monitoring, anesthesiology, critical care anesthesiology, general anesthesia, monitoring, physiological monitoring, multiple organ failure, anesthetic adjuvant, intravenous anesthesia, intratracheal anesthesia, closed-circuit anesthesia, spinal anesthesia, local anesthesia, caudal anesthesia, regional anesthesia, cardiac anesthesiology, epidural anesthesia, local anesthetic, general anesthetic