Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Robert R. Gaiser

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

Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Contact information

7 Dulles
3400 Spruce Street
4283
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 2156623773

Email:
gaiserr@mail.med.upenn.edu

Education:
BSE
School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1984.
M.D.
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, 1988.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY, 1988-1989.
Resident in Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 1989-1992.
Fellow in Obstetric Anesthesia, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1992-1993.

Certifications
American Board of Anesthesiology, 1993.
Recertification in Anesthesiology, 2001.

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Description of Clinical Expertise

obstetric anesthesia

Selected Publications

Gaiser RR: Labor epidurals and outcome. Best Practice & Research. Clinical Anesthsiology 19: 1-16, 2005.

Gaiser R: Small Group Teaching is an Effective Means to Accomplish the Core Competencies. Anesth A1220, 2005.

Gaiser RR: Do Not Become a Match Violator. AUA Update Page: 5-7, Spring 2005.

Gaiser RR: Do Not Become a Match Violation. AUA Update. National Resident Matching Programs, Page: 5-7, Spring 2005.

Gaiser RR, Berkowitz D, Chou D.: Epidural blood patch in a patient taking enoxaparin. J Clin Anesth 16: 366-8, 2004.

Gaiser RR, McHugh M, Cheek T, Gutsche BB: Predicting Prolonged Fetal Heart Rate Deceleration Following Intrathecal Fentanyl/Bupivacaine. Anesthesiology(A1232), 2004.

Gaiser RR: The epidural test dose in obstetric anesthesia: It is not obsolete. J Clin Anesth 15: 474-7, 2003.

Mannes AJ, Martin BM, Yung HV, Keller JM, Lewin S, Gaiser RR, Iadarola MJ: Cystatin C as a cerebrospinal fluid biomarker for pain in humans. Pain 102: 251-6, 2003.

Gaiser R: Changes in the Provision of Anesthesia for Parturient Undergoing Cesarean Section. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology 46: 646-56, 2003.