"American anesthesiology is undergoing its greatest challenge in many decades. In part, we find ourselves unprepared for the changes in the system of reimbursement because we have honed our intraoperative technical skills at the expense of perioperative care. In this area we can learn from our European colleagues.
"Our patients are our best advocates. It means that we have to put in as much effort outside the operating room as within. At the same time, we need to actively participate in hospital administration with our surgical and medical colleagues. It is time to make our presence felt as fully fledged members of our hospitals' professional staff.
"I believe that if we do this, we will weather the current tempest, and
American anesthesiology will emerge, although perhaps poorer, certainly
wiser and stronger." |
E-MAIL
rs543@columbia.edu
ACADEMIC AFFILIATION
Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY
POSITION
Vice-Chair, Anesthesiology
Medical Director, Cardiothoracic-Surgical ICU
Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY
CURRENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Professor of Cell Biology
AREAS OF SPECIALTY / RESEARCH
Hypothermic bypass, Vasodilator therapy, ICU Continuous Infusion, Renal function in critically ill patients, ARDS
DATE OF BIRTH
September 7, 1946
EDUCATION
University of Cape Town Medical School,
South Africa (M.B., Ch.B.)
LATEST PUBLICATION
The Plasma Endothelin Response to Cardiopulmonary Bypass with Pulsatile and Nonpulsatile Flow
Anesthesia & Analgesia 1996
(Berkowitz DE, Sladen RN, Zehnder EB, Xuan Y-T, Watkins WD, Schwinn DA)
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