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David Paul Strum, MD, FRCP(C)

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Contact information
6 Dulles
3400 Spruce Street
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 215 662-7832
Education:
B.Sc. Hon (Biology and Mathematics)
Acadia University, 1976.
MD
Dalhousie University, 1980.
Post-Graduate Training
Rotating Internship, Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, Canada, 1980-1981.
Resident in Anesthesiology, University of Toronto Hospitals, Toronto Canada, 1981-1985.
Laboratory Research Fellowship, Anesthetic Pharmacokinetics, University of California-San Francisco, 1985-1987.
Operations Research, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, 1996-1997.
Certifications
Royal College Physicians Canada Certification in Anesthesia, 1985.
American Board of Anesthesia Certification in Anesthesiology, 1988.
American Board of Anesthesia Certification in Critical Care Medicine, 1989.
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Description of Research Expertise

Operations research
Scheduling of surgical services
Modeling of surgical procedure times
Capacity planning for surgical services
Advances time series analyses for surgical services

Selected Publications

May JH, Spangler, WE, Strum DP, Vargas LG: The surgical scheduling problem: current research and future opportunities. In submission to Production and Operations Management. Production and Operations Management November 2008.

Strum DP, Vargas LG, May JH, Spangler W, Stanicu A: Operating room scheduling: capacity planning, and revenue management. Anesthesia Informatics. Stonemetz J, Ruskin K (eds.). Springer Verlag, Page: 359-90, October 2008.

Moore IC, Strum DP, Vargas LG, Thomson DJ: Observations on surgical demand time series: detection and resolution of holiday variance. Anesthesiology 109(3): 408-16, September 2008.

Baranchuk A, Simpson CS, Methot M, Gibson K, Strum D: Corrected QT interval prolongation after an overdose of escitalopram, morphine, oxycodone, zopiclone and benzodiazepines. Can J Cardiol 24(7): e30-40, July 2008.

Strum DP, Vargas LG: Factors associated with variability in turnover times between surgeries: A survey using general linear model. Anesth Analg 106: S74, 2008.

Strum DP, Vargas LG: Factors affecting the turnover times between surgeries. Proceedings of INFORMS, Washington DC Page: MC33:3, 2008.

Strum DP, Vargas LG: Turnover times between surgeries vary with time of day. Anesth Anal 104(S73), 2007.

Strum DP, Pinsky MR: Regional Phase angle analysis of ischemia-induced dyssynchronous myocardial contraction. Anesth Analg 104(S24), 2007.

Moore I, Strum DP, Thomson D: Modeling holiday variance in surgical demand time series. CORS, London, Ontario HC3-2, 2007.

Strum DP, Moore I, Thomson DJ: Detection and Modeling of holiday variance in surgical time series. Anesthesiology 107(A2047), 2007.

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