Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Robert R. Gaiser

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

Program Director, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, 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.
MSEd
Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2008.

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.
Recertification in Anesthesiology, 2010.

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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.