

![]() Edward Andrew Ochroch, M.D.Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director Thoracic Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
680 Dulles Building 3400 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: 215-662-6308
Fax: 215-349-8133 Email:
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.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA, 1992-1993. Resident in Anesthesia, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 1993-1996. Chief Resident in Anesthesiology, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 1995-1996.
Certifications
Permanent linkBoard Certified in Anesthesiology, . Description of Research ExpertisePerioperative clinical trialsDescription of Clinical ExpertiseThoracic and vascular anesthesiaSelected PublicationsMashour, 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. Gutsche, Jacob T., Lee Erickson, Kamrouz Ghadimi, John G. Augoustides, Joseph Dimartino, Wilson Y. Szeto, and E. Andrew Ochroch. : Advancing Extubation Time for Cardiac Surgery Patients Using Lean Work Design. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia epub 9/2014, 2014. Sinha AC, Singh PM, Williams NW, Ochroch EA, Goudra BG: Aprepitant’s Prophylactic Efficacy in Decreasing Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery. Obesity Surgery 24: 225-231, 2014.
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