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Edward Andrew Ochroch

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director Thoracic Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Univerrsity of Pennsylvania
Director of Clinical Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Univerrsity of Pennsylvania
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
Education:
BA
Swarthmore College, 1987.
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania, 1992.
MSCE (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2005.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA, 1992-1993.
Resident in Anesthesia, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 1993-1996.
Chief Resident in Anesthesiology, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 1995-1996.
Certifications
Board Certified in Anesthesiology, .
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Description of Research Expertise

Perioperative clinical trials

Description of Clinical Expertise

Thoracic and vascular anesthesia

Selected Publications

Sunita Goel, MD, DNB, D.A E. Andrew Ochroch, MD, MSCE Ashish Sinha, MD, PhD : Improvement of Cormack Lehane scores via direct laryngoscopy versus video laryngoscopy in morbidly obese patients undergoing elective weight loss surgery. The ASEAN Journal of Anaesthesiology AJA-Online.com 2011:Vol 12 12: 49-55, February 2011.

Neligan, Patrick J. Porter, Steven. Max, Bryan. Malhotra, Guarav. Greenblatt, Eric P. Ochroch, E Andrew.: Obstructive sleep apnea is not a risk factor for difficult intubation in morbidly obese patients. Anesthesia & Analgesia 109(4): 1182-6, Oct 2009.

Neligan, Patrick J. Malhotra, Guarav. Fraser, Michael. Williams, Noel. Greenblatt, Eric P. Cereda, Maurizio. Ochroch, E Andrew.: Continuous positive airway pressure via the Boussignac system immediately after extubation improves lung function in morbidly obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Anesthesiology 110(4): 878-84, Apr 2009.

Allan Gottschalk, MD, PhD* and E. Andrew Ochroch, MD, MSCE: Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of Patients With Chronic Pain After Major Thoracotomy. Clinical Journal of Pain 24(8): 708-716, October 2008.

Cheung AT, Cruz-Shiavone GE, Meng QC, Pochettino A, Augoustides JA, Bavaria JE, Ochroch EA: Cardiopulmonary bypass, hemolysis, and nitroprusside-induced cyanide production. Anesth Analg 105(1): 29-33, July 2007.

Augoustides JG, Szeto W, Ochroch EA, Cowie D, Weiner J, Gambone AJ, Pinchasik D, Bavaria JE: Atrial fibrillation after aortic arch repair requiring deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: incidence, clinical outcome, and clinical predictors. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 21(3): 388-92, June 2007.

Cameron BA, Olstad CS, Clark JM, Gelfand R, Ochroch EA, Eckenhoff RG.: Risk factors for venous gas emboli after decompression from prolonged hyperbaric exposures. Aviat Space Environ Med 78(5): 493-9, May 2007.

Edward Andrew Ochroch, Andrea B. Troxel, Jonathan K. Frogel, and John T. Farrar : The Influence of Race and Socioeconomic Factors on Patient Acceptance of Perioperative Epidural Analgesia Anesthesia & Analgesia 105: 1787 - 1792, 2007.

Augoustides JG. Pochettino A. Ochroch EA. Cowie D. Weiner J. Gambone AJ. Pinchasik D. Bavaria JE. Jobes DR.: Renal dysfunction after thoracic aortic surgery requiring deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: definition, incidence, and clinical predictors. Journal of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 20(5): 673-7, October 2006.

Ochroch EA, Gottschalk A, Troxel AB, Farrar JT: Women suffer more short and long-term pain than men after major thoracotomy. Clinical Journal of Pain 22(5): 491-8, June 2006.

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