Edward Andrew Ochroch, M.D.

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Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Chair, Departmental Committee on Appointments and Promotions, UPHS
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Contact information
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
680 Dulles Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 215-662-6308
Fax: 215-349-8133
Education:
BA
Swarthmore College, 1987.
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania, 1992.
MSCE (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2005.
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Description of Research Expertise

Perioperative clinical trials

Description of Clinical Expertise

Thoracic and vascular anesthesia

Selected Publications

Labonte, Alyssa K; Kafashan, MohammadMehdi; Huels, Emma R; Blain-Moraes, Stefanie; Basner, Mathias; Kelz, Max B; Mashour, George A; Avidan, Michael S; Palanca, Ben Julian A; Muench, Maxwell; Tarnal, Vijay; Vanini, Giancarlo; Ochroch, E Andrew; Hogg, Rosemary; Schwarz, Marlon; Janke, Ellen; Golmirzaie, Goodarz; Picton, Paul; McKinstry-Wu, Andrew R: The posterior dominant rhythm: an electroencephalographic biomarker for cognitive recovery after general anaesthesia. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2022.

Mashour, G. A., Palanca, B. J., Basner, M., Li, D., Wang, W., Blain-Moraes, S., ... & Kelz, M. B. : Recovery of consciousness and cognition after general anesthesia in humans. Elife 10: e59525, 2021.

Rassekh, C. H., Jenks, C. M., Ochroch, E. A., Douglas, J. E., O'Malley Jr, B. W., & Weinstein, G. S.: Management of the Difficult Airway in the COVID‐19 Pandemic: An Illustrative Complex Head and Neck Case Scenario. Head & Neck April 2020.

Falcone, M., Luo, C., Chen, Y., Birtwell, D., Cheatle, M., Duan, R., Ochroch, EA. ... & Lerman, C. : Risk of persistent opioid use following major surgery in matched samples of patients with and without cancer. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers 29(11): 2126-2133, 2020.

Ghadimi, Kamrouz, Jacob T. Gutsche, Harish Ramakrishna, Samuel L. Setegne, Kirk R. Jackson, John G. Augoustides, E. Andrew Ochroch, Stuart J. Weiss, Joseph E. Bavaria, and Albert T. Cheung: Sodium bicarbonate use and the risk of hypernatremia in thoracic aortic surgical patients with metabolic acidosis following deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia 19(3): 454, 2016.

Ghadimi, K., Gutsche, J. T., Setegne, S. L., Jackson, K. R., Augoustides, J. G., Ochroch, E. A.& Cheung, A. T.: Severity and Duration of Metabolic Acidosis after Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for Thoracic Aortic Operations. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2015.

Guay J, Ochroch EA: Effects of Additional Statin Therapy Before Surgery on Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 28(2): 255-266, April 2014.

Guay J, Ochroch EA: Steroids for surgery during cardiopulmonary bypass in adults: a meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 26(1): 36-45, February 2014.

Guay J, Ochroch EA: Continuing Antiplatelet Therapy Before Heart Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Meta-analysis on the Need for Reexploration and Major Outcomes Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 28(1): 90-97, February 2014.

Gutsche, Jacob T., Lee Erickson, Kamrouz Ghadimi, John G. Augoustides, Joseph Dimartino, Wilson Y. Szeto, and E. Andrew Ochroch. : Advancing Extubation Time for Cardiac Surgery Patients Using Lean Work Design. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia epub 9/2014, 2014.

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