Here’s a table I created that summarizes the classification for patients awaiting a heart transplant. Gone are the days of “status 1A, 1B, or…

The overwhelming majority of anesthetics I provide for transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR) are monitored anesthesia care (MAC) – sedation with an anesthesiologist that…

In my first year of anesthesiology residency, I had the opportunity to do a very unique aortic valve replacement (AVR) case for aortic stenosis…

My ICU colleagues and I walked into yesterday’s first-ever administered critical care ultrasound certification examination without much insight about the exam itself except for…

As part of my cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship, we are required to submit an abstract to present at the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists annual meeting.…

I sat for my written critical care boards this morning, and just as advertised, it was a tough exam indeed! Unlike many of the…