PRE-ANESTHESIA TESTING

• AHA/ACC Guidelines for Cardiac Preop
  for Non-Cardiac Surgery
  Ursula Galway, MD
• Role of Beta Blockers and Statins in the
  Perioperative Period
  Sivan Wexler, MD, MBBS
• Anesthetic Implications of Recent Coronary
  Artery Stenting
  Paul Kempen, MD, PhD
• Anesthetic Implications of Herbal Medications
  Sara Spagnuolo, MD

AMBULATORY ANESTHESIA

• Conscious Sedation
  Walter Maurer, MD
• Anesthetic Implications of Obstructive
  Sleep Apnea
  Kenneth Cummings, MD
• Anesthesia for Procedures in the
  Electrophysiology Suite
  Mauricio Perilla, MD
• Role of the Anesthesiologist in the GI Suite
  Ursula Galway, MD

GERIATRICS and OPHTHALMOLOGY

• Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Surgery
  Marc Feldman, MD
• Anesthesia for Geriatric Patients
  David Traul, MD, PhD
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  John E. Tetzlaff, MD
• Neonatal Resuscitation
  Julie Niezgoda, MD

CRITICAL CARE

• Management of Respiratory Failure
  Marc Popovich, MD
• Circulatory Failure
  Onur Demirci, MD
• Sepsis
  Ali Jahan, MD
• Acute Renal Failure
  David Anthony, MD

BASIC SCIENCE

• Temperature Regulation in the
  Perioperative Period
  John George III, MD
• Gases, Liquids, and Vapors
  D. John Doyle, MD, PhD
• Introduction to Biostatistics
  Edward Mascha, PhD
• Malignant Hyperthermia
  Sivan Wexler, MD, MBBS

PHARMACOLOGY

• Basic Pharmacology for Anesthesiology
  Guangxiang Yu, MD
• Opioids
  Peter K. Schoenwald, MD
• Local Anesthetics
  John E. Tetzlaff, MD
• Inhaled Anesthetic Agents
  Saraswathi Karri, MD

MONITORING

• Evoked Potential Monitoring
  Ehab Farag, MD
• Anesthetic Considerations for Procedures
  in the MRI Unit
  Paul Kempen, MD, PhD
• Neuromuscular Blockade and Reversal
  Allen Keebler, DO
• Hemodynamic Monitoring
  Peter K. Schoenwald, MD

EQUIPMENT

• Ventilators
  Marc Popovich, MD
• Electrical Safety
  D. John Doyle, MD, PhD
• Anesthesia Machines
  Ehab Farag, MD
• Cell Salvage and Auto Transfusion
  Robert Helfand, MD

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

• ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm
  John George III, MD
• Management of the Airway in Acute Trauma
• Video Laryngoscopy Devices
  D. John Doyle, MD, PhD
• Rheumatoid Arthritis and Anesthesia
  John E. Tetzlaff, MD

ANESTHESIA for ENT SURGERY

• Regional Anesthesia for the Airway
  Charanjit Bahniwal, MD
• Use of Lasers for Airway Surgery
• Anesthesia for Procedures in the
  Bronchoscopy Suite
• Elective Jet Ventilation
  D. John Doyle, MD, PhD

ANESTHESIA and COEXISTING DISEASE

• Pulmonary Disease
  Peter K. Schoenwald, MD
• Endocrine Disease
  Tracy Dovich, MD
• Allergy, Anaphylaxis, and Anesthesia
  Paul Kempen, MD, PhD
• Neuromuscular Diseases
  Mariel Manlapaz, MD

ANESTHESIOLOGY and
GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE

• Anesthesia and Liver Disease
  Brian Parker, MD
• Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
  Douglas Naylor, Jr., MD
• Gastric Emptying, GERD, Reflux
  Grzegorz Pitas, MD
• Morbid Obesity
  Reem Khatib, MD

CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIOLOGY I

• Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology
  Brian Fitzsimons, MD
• Cardiovascular Pharmacology
  Andrej Alfirevic, MD
• Valvular Heart Disease
  David Anthony, MD
• Ischemic Heart Disease
  Donn Marciniak, MD

CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIOLOGY II

• Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Circulatory
  Assist Devices
  Brian Fitzsimons, MD
• Congestive Heart Failure, Pericardial Disease,
  Pulmonary Embolism
  Shiva Sale, MD
• Abdominal and Thoracic Aortic Surgery
  Theodore Marks, MD, PhD
• Anesthesia for Peripheral Vascular Surgery
  Brian Fitzsimons, MD

THORACIC ANESTHESIOLOGY

• Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology
  Jose Diaz Gomez, MD
• One Lung Ventilation and Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction
  Jennifer Hargrave, DO
• Analgesia for Thoracic Surgery
  Michelle Capdeville, MD
• Pacemakers and Automated Internal Cardiac Defibrillators
  Stacy Ritzman, MD

BLOOD / COAGULATION

• Intraoperative Assessment of Coagulation
  John Apostolakis, MD
• Hemoglobinopathies and Disorders of Coagulation
  Stacy Ritzman, MD
• Transfusion Reactions
  Grzegorz Pitas, MD
• Consequences of Massive Transfusion
  Robert Helfand, MD

POST-ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT

• Anesthetic Issues in the PACU
  Nadeem Rahman, MD
• Perioperative Cardiac Stress Testing
  Jennifer Kitzel, MD
• Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting
  Michael Dubinsky, DO
• Arrhythmia
  Paul Kempen, MD, PhD

REGIONAL ANESTHESIA

• Upper Extremity Regional Anesthesia
  Brock Gretter, MD
• Lower Extremity Regional Anesthesia
  Loran Mounir Soliman, MD
• Central Neuraxial Blocks
  Michael Ritchey, MD
• Complications of Regional Anesthesia
  Kamal Maheshwari, MD

ORTHOPEDIC ANESTHESIA and ACUTE PAIN

• Orthopedic Anesthesia
  Wael Ali Sakr Esa, MD
• Regional Anesthesia and Anticoagulants
  Michael Ritchey, MD
• Pediatric Regional Anesthesia
  John Seif, MD
• Acute Management of Major Trauma
  Douglas Naylor, MD

PAIN MEDICINE

• Anatomy and Physiology of Acute versus
  Chronic Pain and Therapeutic Implications
  Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD
• Herpes Zoster and Post Herpetic Neuralgia
  Jiangou Cheng, MD, PhD
• Management of Cancer Pain
  Beth Minzter, MD
• Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
  Samuel Samuel, MD

NEUROANESTHESIA

• Neurophysiology
  David Traul, MD, PhD
• Air Embolism and Positioning for Neurosurgery
  Hesham Elsharkawy, MD
• Interventional Neuroradiology
  Ehab Farag, MD
• Anesthesia for Spine Surgery
  Antonio Ramirez, MD

UROLOGIC ANESTHESIA

• Renal Physiology
  Jacek Cywinski, MD
• Renal Preservation
  Jerome O’Hara, MD
• Acid-base Physiology
  Piyush Mathur, MD
• Chronic Renal Failure
  Miguel Cruz Correa, MD

PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIOLOGY

• Pediatric Pharmacology
  Shelly-Anne Rodriguez, MD
• Pediatric Fluids and Electrolytes
  Alina Bodas, MD
• Neonatal Surgical Emergencies
  Pilar Castro, MD
• Anesthesia for Children with Congenital
  Heart Disease
  Kenneth Saliba, DO

OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIOLOGY

• Perinatal Physiology and Pharmacology
  
• Anesthesia for Non-Obstetric Surgery in the
  Pregnant Patient
  Kenneth Cummings, MD
• Third Trimester Bleeding and High Risk Pregnancy
  
• Obstetric Regional Anesthesia
  Sabri Barsoum, MD

Program Directors

John E. Tetzlaff, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
of Case Western Reserve University
Department of General Anesthesia
Anesthesiology Institute

Co-Directors

D. John Doyle, MD, PhD
Department of General Anesthesia
Anesthesiology Institute

Anesthesiology Institute Faculty

Andrey Alfirevic, MD
Wael Ali Sakr Esa, MD
David Anthony, MD
John Apostolakis, MD
Charanjit Bahniwal, MD
Sabri Barsoum, MD
Alina Bodas, MD
Michelle Capdeville, MD
Pilar Castro, MD
Jiangou Cheng, MD, PhD
Miguel Cruz Correa, MD
Kenneth Cummings, MD
Jacek Cywinski, MD
Onur Demirci, MD
Jose Diaz-Gomez, MD
Tracy Dovich, MD
Michael Dubinsky, DO
Hesham Elsharkawy, MD
Ehab Farag, MD
Marc Feldman, MD
Brian Fitzsimons, MD
Ursula Galway, MD
John George III, MD
Brock Gretter, MD
Jennifer Hargrave, DO
Robert Helfand, MD
Ali Jahan, MD
Saraswathi Karri, MD
Allen Keebler, DO
Paul Kempen, MD, PhD
Reem Khatib, MD

— ambulatory anesthesia

— cardiac anesthesia

— thoracic anesthesia

— neuroanesthesia

— vascular anesthesia

— obstetric anesthesia

— pediatric anesthesia

— regional anesthesia




— urologic anesthesia
— orthopedic anesthesia

— anesthesiology critical care

— anesthesia for ENT surgery

— anesthesia for ophthalmology

— pain medicine

— ultrasound-assisted regional anesthesia
— analgesia for acute postoperative pain