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OpenAnesthesia™, sponsored by the International Anesthesia Research Society, was founded by Dr. Edward C. Nemergut and Dr. Robert Thiele. It debuted in July 2009 with the broad goal of advancing graduate medical education in anesthesia. Since its inception as an experimental project, OpenAnesthesia™ has grown to be a comprehensive resource for anesthesiology residents and physicians worldwide.

OpenAnesthesia now offers both online and mobile education resources. We are dedicated to using cutting-edge technology and a modern approach to education to provide the best, most time-efficient continuous education that targets individual resident’s and physician’s strengths and weaknesses, and, of course, interests. Our goal, as from our inception, to offer an education system that is effective, engaging, and ultimately improves anesthesiology practice and patient care.

The IARS is a nonpolitical, not-for-profit medical society founded in 1922 to advance and support scientific research and education related to anesthesia, and to improve patient care through basic research. The IARS contributes nearly $1M annually to fund anesthesia research; provides a forum for anesthesiology leaders to share information and ideas; maintains a worldwide membership of more than 15,000 physicians, physician residents, and others with doctoral degrees, as well as health professionals in anesthesia-related practice; sponsors the SmartTots initiative in partnership with the FDA; and publishes the monthly Anesthesia & Analgesia journal in print and online as well as the clinical companion journal A&A Case Reports, published semi-monthly.

Editorial Board

Edward C. Nemergut, MD

Editor-in-Chief

Charlottesville, Virginia

Michael Lipnick, MD

Global Health Section Editor

San Francisco, California

Meredith C.B. Adams, MD, MSc

Pain Medicine Section Editor

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

David L. McDonagh, MD

Editor, Openanesthesia.org

Neuroanesthesia Section Editor

Dallas, Texas

Aditee Ambardekar, MD, MSEd

Pediatric Anesthesia Section Editor

Dallas, Texas

Christine Park, MD

Special Projects Section Editor

Chicago, Illinois

Emmanuel Ayebale, MBChB, MMed

Global Health Section Editor

Kampala, Uganda

May C. Pian-Smith, MD

Obstetric Anesthesia Section Editor

Boston, Massachusetts

Mary Beth Brady, MD

Cardiac Anesthesia Section Editor

Baltimore, Maryland

Roman M. Sniecinski, MD

Cardiac Anesthesia Section Editor

Atlanta, Georgia

Debnath Chatterjee, MD

Pediatric Anesthesia Section Editor

Aurora, Colorado

Robert H. Thiele, MD

Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine Section Editor

Associate Editor-in-Chief

Charlottesville, Virginia

Julie L. Huffmyer, MD

Cardiac Anesthesia Section Editor

Charlottesville, Virginia

Bistra Vlassakova, MD

Pediatric Anesthesia Section Editor

Boston, Massachusetts

Sandra L. Kopp, MD

Regional Anesthesia Section Editor

Rochester, Minnesota

Contributors

John Alexander, MD, Regional Anesthesia Content

Aditee Ambardekar, MD, Pediatric Anesthesia Content & Keywords

David August, MD, Questions

Ravi Balireddy, MD, Keywords

Allison Bechtel, MD, Questions

CT Bell, MD, Keywords

Jake Bray, MD, Keywords

Sarah Cederholm, MD, Keywords

Gloria Cheng, MD, Regional Anesthesia Content

Sunny Chiao, MD, Keywords

Ripple Chokshi, MD, Cardiac Anesthesia Content, Questions, & Keywords

Nabila Choudhury, MD, Regional Anesthesia Content

Douglas Colquhoun, MB ChB, Keywords

Will Corbett, MD, Keywords

Andrew R. Crichlow, MD, Keywords

Russ Davenport, MD, Keywords

Jim Deering, MD, Keywords

Lauren Dunn, MD, Keywords

Arik Elmer, MD, Keywords

Kamilla Esfahani, MD, Keywords

Mark Etter, MD, Keywords

Kyle Evatt, MD, Keywords

Katie Forkin, MD, Keywords & Questions

Mikhail Galperin, MD, Keywords

Kevin Greer, MD, Keywords

Rashid Hussain, MD, Keywords

Alexa Kaminski, MD, Keywords & Questions

Ashley Kang, MD, Keywords

Ali Kazemi, MD, Keywords

Andrew Kim, MD, Keywords

Patrick Kinnebrew, MD, Keywords

Kathryn Kirkpatrick, MD, Keywords

Amanda Kleiman, MD, Questions

Elena Koepke, MD, Keywords & Questions

Pablo Kollmar, MD, Keywords

Nicole Kurtzeborn, MD, Keywords

Susan M. Lee, MD, Article

Eric Lin, MD, Keywords

Roy Luo, MD, Keywords

Anthony Machi, MD, Regional Anesthesia Content

Will McKinney, MD, Keywords

Josh Morris, MD, Keywords

Ben Moses, MD, Keywords

Ken Mullen, MD, Keywords

Richard Murray, MD, Keywords

Bhiken Naik, MD, Questions

Eric Ness, MD, Keywords

Charlie Pagels, MD, Keywords

Nate Paulson, MD, Keywords

Lauren G. Powlovich, MD, Keywords

Geoffrey Ramsdell, MD, Keywords

Catherine Ray, MD, Keywords

Lindsay Regali, MD, Keywords

Matt Rippberger, MD, Keywords

Jia Romito, MD, Keywords

Dan Rogers, MD, Keywords

Sarah Rosquist, MD, Keywords

Dalia Saha, MD, Keywords

Daniel Sanders, MD, Keywords

Isaac Shields, MD, Keywords

Dan Smith, MD, Keywords

Greg Smith, MD, Keywords

Jamie Smothers, MD, Keywords

Shauna Spanos, MD, Keywords

Christopher Spencer, MD, Keywords

Russell Stuart, MD, Keywords

Jessica Tashjian, MD, Questions

Matt Thames, MD, Keywords

Brian Titus, MD, Keywords

Thaddee Valdelievre, MD, Keywords

Narayana Varahabhatla, MD, Questions

Fan Ye, MD, Keywords

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