Editors
John D. Wasnick, MD, MPH Professor and Chair
Department of
Anesthesiology
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Lubbock, Texas
Zak Hillel, PhD, MD
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons
Director, Cardiac Anesthesia
St.
Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York
David Kramer, MD Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York
Sanford Littwin, MD
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital
Center
New York, New York
Alina Nicoara,
MD Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke
University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Illustrations by
Jill K. Gregory, MFA, CMI
Electronic Media by
David Kramer, MDSanford Littwin, MD
List of Contributors
Diane Anca, MD Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Columbia University
Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital
Center
New York, New York
Laura Y. Chang,
MD Fellow
Obstetrical Anesthesiology
Brigham and Women's
Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Draginja
R. Cvetkovic, MD Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital for the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Christina
Delucca Resident
Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt
Hospital Center
New York, New York
Naomi
Dong, MD Fellow
Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jeff Gadsden, MD, FRCPC, FANZCA Assistant
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology
Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York
Kimberly B. Gratenstein Regional
Anesthesia Fellow
Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital
Center
New York, New York
Zak Hillel
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons
Director, Cardiac Anesthesia
St.
Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York
Shannon N. Johnson, MD Chief Resident
Department of Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York
Misuzu Kameyama, DO
Chief Resident
Anesthesiology
St. Luke's Rooevelt Hospital
New York, New York
David C. Kramer, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
St.
Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York
Shusmi Kurapati Chief Resident
Department
of Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York,
New York
Sharon Lee Fellow
Pediatric Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesia
Washington
University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Ellen Lee Fellow
Pain Management
Department of Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York
Galina Leyvi, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center AECOM
Bronx, New York
Sanford M. Littwin, MD Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York
Alina Nicoara, MD Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Christy Perdue
Resident
Department of Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt
Hospital Center
New York, New York
Nii-Ayikai
Quaye Attending Anesthesiologist
Private Practice
Silver
Spring, Maryland
Shanti Raju Resident
Department of Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
New York, New York
Deepak Sreedharan
Resident
Department of Anesthesiology
St. Luke's-Roosevelt
Hospital Center
New York, New York
John
D. Wasnick, MD, MPH Professor and Chair
Department of
Anesthesiology
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Lubbock, Texas