Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Edward Andrew Ochroch

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Director Thoracic Anesthesiology

Director of Clinical Research

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

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

Email:
ochroch@mail.med.upenn.edu

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

Augostides JG, Weiss SJ, Ochroch EA, Weiner J, Mancini J, Savino JS Cheung AT : Analysis of the Interatrial Septum by Transesophageal Echocardiography in Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients: Anatomic Variants and Correlation With Patent Foramen Oval Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 19(2): 146-149, 2005.

Ochroch EA, Gottschalk A: Impact of Acute Pain and its Management for Thoracic Surgical Patients Thoracic Surgery Clinics 15: 105-121, 2005.

Anand RS, Ochroch EA, Neligan PJ: Alpha-2 Adrenoreceptor agonist therapy in perioperative medicine and critical care Contemporary Critical Care 2(11): 1-14, 2005.

Ochroch EA: Pro: Laser Endobronchial Treatment Does Not Need To Occur in the Operating Room J Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 19((1)): 118-120, 2005.

Augoustides JG, Ochroch EA: Novel pulmonary vasodilators International Anesthesiology Clinics. 43(2): 101-14, 2005.

Ochroch EA, Russell MW, Hanson CW, Devine GA, Cucchiara AJ, Weiner MG, Schwartz JS: The impact of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring on intensive care unit admissions from a post-surgical care floor. Anesth Analg 102(3): 868-75, March 2006.

Augoustides JG, Floyd TF, McGarvey M, Ochroch EA, Pochettino A, Fulford S, Gambone AJ, Weiner J, Raman S, Savino JS, Vavaria JE, Jobes DR: Major clinical outcomes in adults undergoing thoracic aortic surgery requiring deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: quantificaiton of organ-based perioperative outcome and detection of opportunities for perioperative intervention. J Cardiothroac Vasc Anesth 19: 446-452, 2005.

Ochroch EA, Gottschalk A, Augoustides JG, Aukburg SJ, Kaiser LR, Shrager JB: Pain and physical function are similar following axillary, muscle-sparing vs posterolateral thoracotomy. Chest 128(4): 2664-70, October 2005.

Culp KE. Augoustides JG. Ochroch EA. Milas BL: Clinical management of cardiogenic shock associated with prolonged propofol infusion. Anesth Analg 99(1), 2004.

Levitan RM, Everett WW, Ochroch EA: Limitations of difficult airway prediction in patients intubated in the emergency department. Annals of Emergency Medicine 44(4): 307-13, 2004.