Description of Clinical Expertise

I am a practicing cardiac anesthesiologist and critical care physician. I am board certified in Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Advanced Perioperative Echocardiography. In my daily clinical practice I care for patients undergoing a variety of cardiothoracic surgeries including cardiac valve, thoracic, aortic, heart transplant, lung transplant and coronary artery bypass graft surgeries. I am an advocate of the use of real-time echocardiographic imaging, both transthoracic and transesophageal, to facilitate the perioperative care of cardiac surgery patients.

Description of Research Expertise

My research expertise includes comparative effectiveness studies in echocardiography using large datasets and developing predictive algorithms using nonlinear, machine learning techniques. My work on the clinical utility and variability of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in cardiac surgery has resulted in publications in leading clinical journals including: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE) and JAMA Network Open. I have an ongoing interest in using data to study perioperative research questions in the field of Anesthesiology and Critical Care.