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Fun-Sun F. Yao MD Prof essor, D epartment of AnesthesiologyWeill

Cornell Medical CollegeAttendingAnesthesiologistNew York-Presbyterian HospitalWeill
Cornell Medical CenterNewYork, New YorkVinod Malhotra MD Prof essor and Vice-Chair
f or Clinical Af f airsD epartment of AnesthesiologyProf essorof Anesthesiology
inClinical UrologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeClinicalD irector of the Operating
RoomsNew York-Presbyterian HospitalWeill CornellMedical CenterNew York , New York
Jill Fong MD Associate Prof essor of Clinical AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical
CollegeAssociateAttending AnesthesiologistNew York-Presbyterian HospitalWeill
Cornell MedicalCenterNew York, New YorkNikolaos J. Skubas MD , FACC, FASE, D Sc
Prof essor of Clinical Anesthesiology andCardiothoracic SurgeryWeill CornellMedical
CollegeAttending AnesthesiologistD irector, Cardiac AnesthesiaNewYork-Presbyterian
HospitalWeill Cornell Medical CenterNew York, New YorkContributorsSharon
Abramovitz, MD Associate Prof essor of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical
CollegeAssociateAttending AnesthesiologistD epartment of AnesthesiologyNew York-
PresbyterianHospitalNew York, New YorkShakil Ahmed, MBBS, FRCSAssistant Prof essor
of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNew York, NewYorkShamsuddin Akhtar,
MD Associate Prof essor of Anesthesiology andPharmacologyD epartment of
AnesthesiologyYaleUniversity School of MedicineNew Haven, ConnecticutPaul G.
Barash, MD Prof essor of AnesthesiologyD epartment of AnesthesiologyYale University
School of MedicineNew Haven, ConnecticutL. Hannah Bell, MD Anesthesia Critical Care
FellowNew York-Presbyterian HospitalColumbia MedicalCenterNew York, New YorkD avid
A. Berlin, MD Associate Prof essor of MedicineWeill Cornell Medical CollegeD irector,
MedicalIntensive CareMedical D irector of Critical Care ServicesNew York-
PresbyterianHospitalNew York, New YorkRobert Brislin, D O, MSEdAttending
AnesthesiologistD epartment of Pediatric Anesthesiology andPerioperative
MedicineNemours/Alf red I. duPont Hospital f or ChildrenAssistant Prof essor of
AnesthesiologySidney Kimmel Medical College at ThomasJef f erson
UniversityPhiladelphia,PennsylvaniaMichelle Carley, MD InstructorD epartment of
AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CenterNew York, NewYorkJune M. Chan, MBBS,
FANZCAResident of AnesthesiologyD epartment of AnesthesiologyNew York-Presbyterian
HospitalWeill Cornell Medical CenterNew York, New YorkAlan Cheng, MD Associate
Prof essor of MedicineD irector, Arrhythmia D evice ServiceThe JohnsHopkins University
School of MedicineBaltimore, MarylandD avy C. H. Cheng, MD , MSc, FRCPC, FCAHS, CCPE
D istinguished University Prof essor and Chair/Chief D epartment of Anesthesia and
PerioperativeMedicineProf essor, D ivision of Critical Care MedicineD epartment of
MedicineLondon Health Sciences Centre-UniversityHospital and St. Joseph Health
CareWestern UniversityLondon, Ontario, CanadaFranklin B. Chiao, MD Assistant
Prof essor of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeD irector of Pediatric Pain
Management andPediatric Regional AnesthesiaNew York-PresbyterianHospitalNew York,
New YorkElizabeth M. Cudilo, MD Clinical Instructor of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell
Medical CenterAssistantAttending AnesthesiologistD epartment of AnesthesiologyNew
York-PresbyterianHospitalNew York, New YorkMani A. D aneshmand, MD Assistant
Prof essor of SurgeryD epartment of Surgery, Cardiovascular & ThoracicD uke
UniversityResident, D epartment of SurgeryD uke University Medical CenterD urham,North
CarolinaKathryn D elPizzo, MD Attending AnesthesiologistD epartment of
AnesthesiologyHospital f or SpecialSurgeryClinical Assistant Prof essor of
AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell MedicalCollegeNew York, New YorkJ. Mauricio D el Rio, MD
Assistant Prof essorD ivision of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology andCritical Care
MedicineD epartment of AnesthesiologyD uke University School of MedicineD urham,North
CarolinaGeorge J. D espotis, MD Associate Prof essor, Pathology & ImmunologyAssociate
Prof essor, AnesthesiologyWashingtonUniversity School of MedicineBarnes-Jewish
HospitalSt. Louis, MissouriPanchali D har, MD Assistant Prof essor of Clinical
AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeAssistantAttending
AnesthesiologistD epartment of AnesthesiologyNew York-PresbyterianHospitalNew York,
New YorkJennif er D ietrich, MD Clinical AssociateD epartment of Anesthesiology and
Critical CareMedicineJohnsHopkins UniversityBaltimore, MarylandJames A. D iNardo, MD
Prof essor of AnesthesiaHarvard Medical SchoolChief , D ivision of Cardiac
AnesthesiaFrancis X. McGowan, Jr., MD Chair in CardiacAnesthesiaD epartment of
AnesthesiologyBoston Children's HospitalBoston, MassachusettsMiles D inner, MD
Prof essor of Clinical AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNew York, NewYork
Sudhir A. D iwan, MD Executive D irectorManhattan Spine and PainAf f iliate of National
Spine and PainCentersAssociate Prof essor of Clinical AnesthesiologySUNY D ownstate
MedicalCenterAttending, Lenox Hill HospitalNew York, New YorkRichard P. D utton, MD ,
MBAChief Quality Of f icerAmerican Society of AnesthesiologistsExecutive
D irectorAnesthesiaQuality InstituteClinical AssociateD epartment of Anesthesia and
CriticalCareUniversity of ChicagoChicago, IllinoisChris R. Edmonds, MD Assistant
Clinical Prof essorD epartment of AnesthesiologyHospital f or SpecialSurgeryNew York,
New YorkJames B. Eisenkraf t, MD Prof essorD epartment of AnesthesiologyIcahn School of
Medicine at Mount SinaiNewYork, New YorkPeter Fleischut, MD Associate Prof essor of
AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeChief Innovation Of f icerNew York-
Presbyterian HospitalWeill Cornell Medical CenterNewYork, New YorkJill Fong, MD
Associate Prof essor of Clinical AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical
CollegeAssociateAttending AnesthesiologistD epartment of AnesthesiologyNew York-
PresbyterianHospitalNew York, New YorkLaRita Yvette Fouche-Weber, MD
D irectorD ivision of Trauma AnesthesiologyD epartment of AnesthesiologyUniversityof
Maryland Shock Trauma CenterBaltimore, MarylandFarida Gadalla, MBChBProf essor of
Clinical AnesthesiologyProf essor of Clinical AnesthesiologyinObstetrics and
GynecologyWeill Cornell Medical CenterAttending, D epartment of AnesthesiologyNew
York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, New YorkD anielle M. Gluck, MD Instructor in
AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeAssistant AnesthesiologistNewYork-
Presbyterian HospitalWeill Cornell Medical CenterNew York, New YorkThomas J.
Graetz, MD Assistant Prof essor of Anesthesiology andSurgery
(Cardiothoracic)D ivisions of Critical Care and CardiothoracicAnesthesiologyProgram
D irector, Critical CareMedicineFellowship ProgramWashington University School of
MedicineSt. Louis,MissouriJef f T. Granton, MD , FRCPCAssociate Prof essorD epartment
of Anesthesia and PerioperativeMedicineSchulichSchool of Medicine and
D entistryWestern UniversityLondon, Ontario, CanadaStephen Gregory, MD Senior
Resident in AnesthesiologyD epartment of AnesthesiologyD uke UniversityMedical
CenterD urham, North CarolinaMarcus Gutzler, MD Assistant Prof essor of Clinical
AnesthesiologyD epartment of AnesthesiologyWeillCornell Medical CollegeNew York, New
YorkGregg S. Hartman, MD Prof essor of AnesthesiologyGeisel School of MedicineVice
Chair of ClinicalAf f airsD epartment of AnesthesiologyD artmouth-Hitchcock Medical
CenterLebanon,New HampshireJung Hee Han, MD Assistant Prof essor of Clinical
AnesthesiologyD epartment of AnesthesiologyWeillCornell Medical CollegeAssistant
Attending AnesthesiologistNew York-PresbyterianHospitalWeill Cornell Medical
CenterNew York, New YorkPaul M. Heerdt, MD , PhD , FCCPProf essor of
AnesthesiologyYale School of MedicineNew Haven, ConnecticutCharles W. Hogue Jr. MD
Prof essor of Anesthesiology & Critical CareMedicineThe Johns Hopkins University
School of MedicineThe Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore, MarylandSusan A. Ironstone,
MD Instructor in AnesthesiologyWashington University School of MedicineD epartmentof
AnesthesiologySt. Louis, MissouriNatalia S. Ivascu, MD Associate Prof essor of
Clinical AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeD epartmentof AnesthesiologyNew
York, New YorkAaron F. Kopman, MD Clinical Prof essor of Anesthesiology
(Retired)Weill Cornell Medical CollegeD epartmentof AnesthesiologyNew York-
Presbyterian HospitalNew York, New YorkD avid J. Kopman, MD Assistant Prof essor of
AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeAttending,D epartment of
AnesthesiologyNew York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, New YorkTheresa T. Kudlak, MD
Attending AnesthesiologistMaine Medical CenterPortland, MaineClinical Associate
Prof essorUniversity of Vermont College of MedicineBurlington, VermontShreyajit R.
Kumar, MD Assistant Prof essor of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical
CollegeAssistantAttending AnesthesiologistNew York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York,
New YorkChris C. Lee, MD , PhD Assistant Prof essor of AnesthesiologyD epartment of
AnesthesiologyWashingtonUniversity School of MedicineSt. Louis, MissouriAndrew B.
Leibowitz, MD Chair of AnesthesiologyThe Mount Sinai Health SystemProf essor of
Anesthesiologyand SurgeryIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, New York
Christine Lennon, MD Assistant Prof essor of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical
College, CornellUniversityAssistantAttending AnesthesiologistNew York-Presbyterian
HospitalNew York, New YorkYuan-Chi Lin, MD , MPHD irector of Medical Acupuncture
ServiceSenior Associate in Anesthesia andPainMedicineD epartment of Anesthesiology,
Perioperativeand Pain MedicineBostonChildren's HospitalAssociate Prof essor of
Anesthesia and PediatricsHarvardMedical SchoolBoston, MassachusettsPatricia Fogarty
Mack, MD Associate Prof essor of Clinical AnesthesiologyChair, Quality and Patient
Saf ety(Anesthesiology)D irector, Non-Operating Room AnesthesiologyWeill
CornellMedical CollegeNew York, New YorkAdam Lichtman, MD Associate Prof essor of
Clinical AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeAssociateAttending
AnesthesiologistNew York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, New YorkAnuj Malhotra, MD
Assistant Prof essorD epartment of AnesthesiologyD ivision of Pain ManagementIcahn
School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, New YorkJaideep K. Malhotra, MD Assistant
Prof essor of Clinical AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeAssistant
Attending, D epartment of AnesthesiologyNew York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York,New
YorkVinod Malhotra, MD Prof essor and Vice Chair f or Clinical Af f airsD epartment of
AnesthesiologyProf essorof Anesthesiology in Clinical UrologyWeill Cornell Medical
CollegeClinicalD irector of the Operating RoomsNew York-Presbyterian HospitalWeill
CornellMedical CenterNew York, New YorkSharon McCartney, MD Cardiothoracic
Anesthesiology FellowD uke University Medical CenterD urham, NorthCarolinaKathryn E.
McGoldrick, MD , FCAI(Hon)Prof essor and Chairman of AnesthesiologyAssistant D ean f or
Student Af f airsNewYork Medical CollegeValhalla, New YorkNeel D . Mehta, MD Medical
D irector, D ivision of Pain MedicineAssistant Prof essor of AnesthesiologyD epartment
of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNew York, New YorkVivek K. Moitra, MD
Associate Prof essor of AnesthesiologyD epartment of AnesthesiologyColumbia
UniversityNew York, New YorkThomas A. Moore II MD Prof essor of Anesthesiology and
NeurologicalSurgeryD epartment of Anesthesiologyand PerioperativeMedicineUniversity
of Alabama School of MedicineBirmingham,AlabamaJef f rey Y. F. Ngeow, MD Clinical
Associate Prof essor of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeAssociate
Attending AnesthesiologistHospital f or Special SurgeryNew York, New YorkMark E.
Nunnally, MD , FCCMProf essorD epartment of Anesthesia & Critical CareUniversity of
ChicagoChicago,IllinoisJames Osorio, MD Assistant Prof essor of Clinical
AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeAssistantAttending, D epartment
of AnesthesiologyNew York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York,New YorkAnup Pamnani, MD
Assistant Prof essor of AnesthesiologyD epartment of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell
Medical CollegeNew York, New YorkAlessia Pedoto, MD Associate Prof essorD epartment of
Anesthesia and Critical CareMedicineMemorialSloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York,
New YorkMohammad M. Piracha, MD Pain FellowD epartment of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell
Medical CollegeNewYork-Presbyterian HospitalWeill Cornell Medical CenterNew York,
New YorkKane O. Pryor, MD Associate Prof essor of Clinical Anesthesiologyin
PsychiatryD epartment of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CenterNew York, New York
Kapil Rajwani, MD Assistant Prof essor of MedicineWeill Cornell Medical
CollegeAssistant AttendingPhysicianNew York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, New York
Lisa Q. Rong, MD InstructorWeill Cornell Medical CenterNew York, New YorkHenry
Rosenberg, MD D irector of Medical Education and ClinicalResearchSaint Barnabas
MedicalCenterLivingston, New JerseyPresident, Malignant Hyperthermia Associationof
theUnited StatesSherburne, New YorkClinical Prof essor of AnesthesiologyRutgers New
Jersey Medical SchoolNewark, New JerseyJon D . Samuels, MD Assistant Prof essor of
Clinical AnesthesiologyD epartment of AnesthesiologyWeillCornell Medical CenterNew
York, New YorkStef an Samuelson, MD Eliasberg Clinical Research ScholarFellow in
Interventional Pain ManagementIcahnSchool of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, New
YorkPeter M. Savard, MD Assistant Prof essor of Clinical Anesthesiologyand
PediatricsWeill CornellMedical CollegeNew York, New YorkJacques H. Scharoun, MD
Assistant Prof essor of Clinical AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CenterNewYork,
New YorkEdward J. Schenck, MD Instructor in MedicineD ivision of Pulmonary and
Critical CareMedicine,D epartment of MedicineWeill Cornell Medical CollegeAssistant
AttendingPhysicianNew York-Presbyterian HospitalWeill Cornell Medical CenterNew
York, NewYorkAngela R. Selzer, MD Instructor in AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical
CollegeAssistant AttendingAnesthesiologistNew York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York,
New YorkAarti Sharma, MD Associate Prof essor of Clinical AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell
MedicineNew York,New YorkSadiah Siddiqui, MD Clinical InstructorD epartment of
AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CenterNewYork-Presbyterian HospitalNew York,
New YorkNikolaos J. Skubas, MD , FACC, FASE, D ScProf essor of Clinical Anesthesiology
andCardiothoracic SurgeryWeill CornellMedical CollegeChief , Cardiac AnesthesiaNew
York-Presbyterian HospitalWeillCornell Medical CenterNew York, New YorkRalph L.
Slepian, MD Prof essor of Clinical AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNew
York, NewYorkAndrew Sosa, MD Fellow in Cardiac AnesthesiaD epartment of
AnesthesiologyNew York-PresbyterianHospitalWeill Cornell Medical CenterNew York,
New YorkD avid Stein, MD Assistant Attending of Clinical AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell
Medical CollegeNewYork, New YorkMadhav Swaminathan, MD , FASE, FAHAProf essor of
AnesthesiologyClinical D irector, Cardiothoracic AnesthesiologyandCritical Care
MedicineD uke University Health SystemD urham, North CarolinaTif f any Tedore, MD
Associate Prof essor of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNew York-
PresbyterianHospitalNew York, New YorkMarie A. Theard, MD Assistant
Prof essorD epartment of AnesthesiologyWashington UniversitySt. Louis,MissouriMary
Theroux, MD Pediatric Anesthesiologist and D irector of ResearchD epartment of
Anesthesiologyand PerioperativeMedicineNemours/Alf red I. duPont Hospital f or
ChildrenWilmington,D elawareProf essor of Anesthesiology and PediatricsSidney Kimmel
MedicalCollegeThomas Jef f erson UniversityPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaJoseph Tjan, MD
Assistant Prof essorD epartment of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical
CollegeAssociateAttending AnesthesiologistNew York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York,
New YorkMichael Tjeuw, MD Honorary Prof essor of AnesthesiologyBurn Center, South
West HospitalThirdMilitary Medical UniversityChongqing, ChinaAssociate Prof essor
Emeritus of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNew York, New YorkSenior
Consultant,D epartment of AnesthesiaWestmead Hospital, University of SydneySydney,
New SouthWales, AustraliaWilliam F. Urmey, MD Associate Prof essor of Clinical
AnesthesiologyHospital f or Special SurgeryWeillCornell Medical CollegeNew York, New
YorkCindy Wang, MD Instructor in AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical
CollegeAttending, D epartmentof AnesthesiologyNew York-Presbyterian HospitalWeill
Cornell Medical CenterNewYork, New YorkD avid Y. Wang, MD AnesthesiologistD epartments
of Pain Management andAnesthesiologySpine CareInstituteHospital f or Special
SurgeryNew York, New YorkRoniel Weinberg, MD Assistant Prof essor of
AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell MedicineAssistant AnesthesiologistNewYork-Presbyterian
HospitalNew York, New YorkJudith Weingram, MD Assistant Prof essor of Clinical
AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeAssistantAttending, D epartment
of AnesthesiologyNew York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York,New YorkFun-Sun F. Yao
Prof essor, D epartment of AnesthesiologyWeill Cornell Medical CollegeAttending
AnesthesiologistNew York-Presbyterian HospitalWeill Cornell Medical CenterNewYork,
New YorkVictor M. Zayas, MD Clinical Associate Prof essor of AnesthesiologyClinical
Assistant Prof essor of PediatricsWeill Cornell Medical CollegeHospital f or Special
SurgeryNew York, NewYork