Education

Medical School

Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston MA

Internship

General Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston MA

Residency

Anesthesiology Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston MA

Fellowship

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Boston Children's Hospital
Boston MA

Fellowship

Pediatric Anesthesiology Boston Children's Hospital
Boston MA

Publications

  1. How We Would Treat Our Own Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Patient. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Dec; 38(12):2891-2899. View Abstract
  2. Moving Beyond the Gray Zone: The American Association for Thoracic Surgery 2023 Expert Consensus Recommendations for the Care of Children with Trisomy 13 or Trisomy 8 and a Congenital Heart Defect. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Dec; 38(12):2888-2890. View Abstract
  3. Anesthetic Management for Aspiration Thrombectomy Using the Penumbra Indigo System in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Nov; 38(11):2630-2635. View Abstract
  4. Anesthetic Management of Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2024 Aug 01; 18(8):e01842. View Abstract
  5. Central Arterial Line Placement for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Single-Center Experience. Anesth Analg. 2024 Jun 27. View Abstract
  6. Intervention for critical aortic stenosis in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024; 11:1356010. View Abstract
  7. Commentary on Anesthetic Management of an Infant with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Congestive Heart Failure Undergoing Open Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm Repair: The Critical Role of a Dual-Trained Pediatric and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Jan; 38(1):304-306. View Abstract
  8. Transcatheter Ductal Stents Versus Surgical Systemic-Pulmonary Artery Shunts in Neonates With Congenital Heart Disease With Ductal-Dependent Pulmonary Blood Flow: Trends and Associated Outcomes From the Pediatric Health Information System Database. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 09 05; 12(17):e030528. View Abstract
  9. How We Would Treat Our Own Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Neonate for Stage 1 Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 04; 37(4):504-512. View Abstract
  10. Perioperative Anesthetic Management of the Pregnant Patient With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Cardiac Intervention: A Systematic Review. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 12; 36(12):4483-4495. View Abstract
  11. A Survey of the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society on the Use and Clinical Application of Near- Infrared Tissue Oximetry in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 09; 36(9):3617-3625. View Abstract
  12. Closing the Global Congenital Heart Disease Data Gap: One Study at a Time. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 06; 36(6):1582-1583. View Abstract
  13. Society for Pediatric Anesthesia's Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative: A Reason to Smile More? Anesth Analg. 2021 12 01; 133(6):1494-1496. View Abstract
  14. Bivalirudin: Are kids just adults to the ¾ power? Paediatr Anaesth. 2021 06; 31(6):628-630. View Abstract
  15. Elective Non-Urgent Balloon-Atrial Septostomy in Infants with d-Transposition of the Great Arteries Does Not Eliminate the Need for PGE1 Therapy at the Time of Arterial Switch Operation. Pediatr Cardiol. 2021 Mar; 42(3):597-605. View Abstract
  16. Long QT Syndrome and Perioperative Torsades de Pointes: What the Anesthesiologist Should Know. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 01; 36(1):286-302. View Abstract
  17. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Feb; 34(2):489-500. View Abstract
  18. Titration of Bivalirudin Infusion in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2019 Jul 15; 13(2):65-68. View Abstract
  19. Elective Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for High-Risk Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Jul; 33(7):1932-1938. View Abstract
  20. ECMO Primer for the Pediatric Anesthesiologist. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2019; 57(4):72-83. View Abstract
  21. Bivalirudin for Pediatric Procedural Anticoagulation: A Narrative Review. Anesth Analg. 2019 01; 128(1):43-55. View Abstract
  22. Delayed Presentation of Traumatic Pericardial Rupture: Diagnostic and Surgical Considerations for Treatment. Heart Surg Forum. 2018 06 14; 21(4):E254-E256. View Abstract
  23. Perioperative and Anesthetic Considerations in Interrupted Aortic Arch. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Sep; 22(3):270-277. View Abstract
  24. Comparison of two pediatric cases requiring the use of bivalirudin during cardiopulmonary bypass. Perfusion. 2018 10; 33(7):525-532. View Abstract
  25. Simulation-based Assessment to Reliably Identify Key Resident Performance Attributes. Anesthesiology. 2018 04; 128(4):821-831. View Abstract
  26. Withholding information from an anxiety-prone patient? AMA J Ethics. 2015 Mar 01; 17(3):209-14. View Abstract
  27. Adhesion and integration of tissue engineered cartilage to porous polyethylene for composite ear reconstruction. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2015 Jul; 103(5):983-91. View Abstract
  28. Survival of porcine mesenchymal stem cells over the alginate recovered cellular method. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2011 Jan; 96(1):93-9. View Abstract
  29. Quality assurance guidelines for surgical outreach programs: a 20-year experience. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2008 May; 45(3):246-55. View Abstract

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