Contributors

Editors

Joseph P. Mathew, MD, MHSc.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Madhav Swaminathan, MD, FASE, FAHA
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Perioperative Echocardiography
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Chakib M. Ayoub, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Contributors

Antoine B. Abchee, MD, FACC [10]
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon

David B. Adams, RCS, RDCS [2]
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Brian P. Barrick [1]

Shahar Bar-Yosef, MD [13, 25]
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Angus Christie, MD [21]
Associate Residency Director
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine

Jose Coddens, MD [16, 19]
Staff Anesthesiologist
Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Onze Lieve Vrouw Clinic
Aalst, Belgium

Issam El-Rassi, MD [8]
Senior Lecturer
Cardiac Surgery
Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital
Beirut, Lebanon

Stephanie S.F. Fischer, MD [18]
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist
Private Practice
Sea Point, South Africa

Manuel L. Fontes, MD [15]
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Anesthesiology
New York, New York

Laura Ford-Mukkamala, DO, FACC [6]
Clinical Cardiologist
Southeastern Cardiology Associates
Columbus, Georgia

Emily Forsberg, RDCS [2]

Linda Gillam, MD, MPH [6]
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medicine
Columbia University
New York, New York

Kathryn E. Glas, MD, MBA, FASE [20]
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Katherine Grichnik, MD, FASE [3, 27]
Professor
Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Hillary B. Hrabak, BS, RDCS [2]
Cardiac Sonographer
Cardiac Diagnostic Unit
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Christopher Hudson [16]

Jordan K. C. Hudson, MD, FRCPC [22]
Assistant Professor
Deptartment of Anesthesiology
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada

Victor Jebara, MD [8]
Professor and Chief
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Hotel Dieu de France
Beirut, Lebanon

Bettina Jungwirth, MD [8]
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Klinik fuer Anaesthesiologie
Muenchen, Germany

Blaine A. Kent, MD, FRCPC [11]
Chief, Division of Cardiac Anestheisa
Anesthesiology
Capital District Health Authority/Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada

Ryan E. Lauer, MD [5]
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, California

Willem Lombard [21]

G. Burkhard Mackensen, MD, PhD [24]
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD [24]
Professor and Chief
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Feroze Mahmood [4]
Assistant Professor
Anesthesia and Critical Care
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Carlo E. Marcucci [24]
Director of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology
University Hospital lausanne (CHUV)
Lausanne, Vaud
Switzerland

Jonathan B. Mark, MD [13, 25]
Professor
Anesthesiology
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Susan M. Martinelli, MD [17]
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Andrew Maslow [14]

Robina Matyal [4]

George V. Moukarbel, MD, FASE [10]
Advanced Echocardiography Fellow
Cardiovascular Diseases
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Alina Nicoara, MD [12]
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
Branford, Connecticut

Wendy Pabich [3]

Mathew Patteril [18]

Mihai V. Podgoreanu, MD, FASE [1]
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Wanda M. Popescu, MD [12]
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Edward K. Prokop, MD [1]
Associate Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology
Hospital of St. Raphael
New Haven, Connecticut

Joseph G. Rogers, MD [17]
Associate Professor
Internal Medicine, CArdiology Division
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Rebecca A. Schroeder, MD [13, 25]
Associate Professor
Anestehsiology
Durk University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Svati H. Shah, MD, MHS, FACC [23]
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Jack S. Shanewise, MD, FASE [26]
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York

Andrew Shaw, MB, FRCA, FCCM [22]
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Stanton Shernan [14, 20]

Nikolaos I. Skubas, MD, FASE, DSc [15]
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Ghassan Sleilaty, MD [8]
Fellow
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Hotel Dieu de France Hospital
Beirut, Lebanon

Justiaan Swanevelder [7]

Mark A. Taylor, MD, FASE [9]
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital-Forbes Regional Campus
Monroeville, Pennsylvania

Christopher A. Troianos, MD [9]
Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Johannes van der Westhuizen, MBChB, MMed(Anes) [7]
Consultant Anesthesiologist
Anesthesiology
Haumann and Partners
Bloemfontein, South Africa

Matthew Wood, [27]