Edward Andrew Ochroch, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Chair, Departmental Committee on Appointments and Promotions, UPHS
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
680 Dulles Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
680 Dulles Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 215-662-6308
Fax: 215-349-8133
Fax: 215-349-8133
Email:
ochroch@mail.med.upenn.edu
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.
Permanent linkBA
Swarthmore College, 1987.
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania, 1992.
MSCE (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2005.
Description of Research Expertise
Perioperative clinical trialsDescription of Clinical Expertise
Thoracic and vascular anesthesiaSelected Publications
Labonte, Alyssa K; Kafashan, MohammadMehdi; Huels, Emma R; Blain-Moraes, Stefanie; Basner, Mathias; Kelz, Max B; Mashour, George A; Avidan, Michael S; Palanca, Ben Julian A; Muench, Maxwell; Tarnal, Vijay; Vanini, Giancarlo; Ochroch, E Andrew; Hogg, Rosemary; Schwarz, Marlon; Janke, Ellen; Golmirzaie, Goodarz; Picton, Paul; McKinstry-Wu, Andrew R: The posterior dominant rhythm: an electroencephalographic biomarker for cognitive recovery after general anaesthesia. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2022.Mashour, G. A., Palanca, B. J., Basner, M., Li, D., Wang, W., Blain-Moraes, S., ... & Kelz, M. B. : Recovery of consciousness and cognition after general anesthesia in humans. Elife 10: e59525, 2021.
Rassekh, C. H., Jenks, C. M., Ochroch, E. A., Douglas, J. E., O'Malley Jr, B. W., & Weinstein, G. S.: Management of the Difficult Airway in the COVID‐19 Pandemic: An Illustrative Complex Head and Neck Case Scenario. Head & Neck April 2020.
Falcone, M., Luo, C., Chen, Y., Birtwell, D., Cheatle, M., Duan, R., Ochroch, EA. ... & Lerman, C. : Risk of persistent opioid use following major surgery in matched samples of patients with and without cancer. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Biomarkers 29(11): 2126-2133, 2020.
Ghadimi, Kamrouz, Jacob T. Gutsche, Harish Ramakrishna, Samuel L. Setegne, Kirk R. Jackson, John G. Augoustides, E. Andrew Ochroch, Stuart J. Weiss, Joseph E. Bavaria, and Albert T. Cheung: Sodium bicarbonate use and the risk of hypernatremia in thoracic aortic surgical patients with metabolic acidosis following deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia 19(3): 454, 2016.
Ghadimi, K., Gutsche, J. T., Setegne, S. L., Jackson, K. R., Augoustides, J. G., Ochroch, E. A.& Cheung, A. T.: Severity and Duration of Metabolic Acidosis after Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for Thoracic Aortic Operations. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2015.
Guay J, Ochroch EA: Effects of Additional Statin Therapy Before Surgery on Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 28(2): 255-266, April 2014.
Guay J, Ochroch EA: Steroids for surgery during cardiopulmonary bypass in adults: a meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 26(1): 36-45, February 2014.
Guay J, Ochroch EA: Continuing Antiplatelet Therapy Before Heart Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Meta-analysis on the Need for Reexploration and Major Outcomes Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 28(1): 90-97, February 2014.
Liu J, Martinez-Wilson H, Neuman MD, Elkassabany N, Ochroch EA: Outcome of Carotid Endarterectomy after Regional Anesthesia versus General Anesthesia - A Retrospective Study Using Two Independent Databases. Translational perioperative and pain medicine 1(2): 14-21, 2014.