DRW Health Staffing/Anesthesia Associates of Rochester
07.2023 - Current
Locums position
Staff Anesthesiologist
LT Medical, LLC/West Virginia University
11.2022 - 07.2023
Locums position
Staff Anesthesiologist
LT Medical, LLC/Lehigh Valley Health Network
09.2022 - 10.2022
Locums position
07.2022 - 09.2022
Awaiting credentialing for Cedar Crest Hospital
Staff Anesthesiologist
Great Lakes Anesthesia/Kenmore Mercy Hospital
04.2022 - 07.2022
Locums position
Staff Anesthesiologist
LT Medical, LLC/Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
03.2022 - 04.2022
Locums position
12.2021 - 03.2022
Taking care of my children, My brother in-law died unexpectedly and my mother in-law had stage 4 pancreatic cancer
I cared for my children while my wife took care of my mother in-law in Toronto, On Canada
Director of Anesthesiology Department
Oswego Health
01.2020 - 12.2021
Changed culture to a more collaborative, team approach: instituted culture of shared responsibility for all tasks
Strengthened relationships with various departments - surgical departments, nursing, administration (including billing)
Developed Regional Anesthesia program - prior to program, no peripheral nerve blocks were performed, currently patients are routinely offered peripheral nerve blocks for various surgeries - Orthopedics, General Surgery, Bariatrics, Obstetrics, etc
Administrative Duties included: Development of Pre-Anesthesia Testing Guidelines, payroll, scheduling, Policy development and modification
Spearheaded recruitment efforts to grow Department from 3 permanent Anesthesiologists and 1 CRNA to a full complement of 5 permanent Anesthesiologists and 5 CRNAs
Staff Anesthesiologist
Jefferson Anesthesiologist Services/Samaritan Medical Center, PC
12.2018 - 01.2020
Expanded repertoire of Regional Anesthesia techniques offered to patients, eg
TAP blocks for abdominal surgeries and Cesarean Sections
Staff Anesthesiologist
CHAG Anesthesia/Upstate Community Hospital, Endoscopic Procedure Center, Syracuse Endoscopy Associates
05.2017 - 01.2019
Supported and further developed Acute Pain Service
Staff Anesthesiologist
Geisinger Health System
04.2014 - 05.2017
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
10.2013 - 03.2014
Awaiting Credentialing for Geisinger Health System
Staff Anesthesiologist
Mount Nittany Medical Center
05.2013 - 09.2013
Developing Acute Pain Service, training colleagues in Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
06.2011 - 04.2013
Department of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
10.2009 - 05.2011
Department of Regional and Acute Pain Medicine
Education
Doctor of Medicine -
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
05.2023
Bachelor of Science (Honor's Stream) -
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
05.1998
Bachelor of Commerce -
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
11.1991
Affiliations
American Society of Anesthesiology
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
New York State Society of Anesthesiologists
Medical Licenses
West Virginia, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Maryland, Washington
Educational Activities
Speaker at ASA Ultrasound Workshop for Anesthesia Residents, 10/2009, 10/2019
8th Annual State of New York at University of Buffalo Comprehensive Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain Management Workshop, 03/2017
Lecturer/teacher, SonoSite Workshop for Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks, 2009
Invited to become a faculty member at the Post Graduate Assembly in Anesthesiology, Ultrasound Regional Anesthesia Workshop, 2017
Training
Board Recertified by the ABA, 01/2022, 12/2031
PGY 6: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Fellowship, 08/2008, 08/2009
PGY 3-5: Anesthesiology, 07/2005, 06/2008
PGY 1, 2: Obstetrics and Gynecology, 07/2003, 06/2005
Timeline
Staff Anesthesiologist
DRW Health Staffing/Anesthesia Associates of Rochester
07.2023 - Current
Staff Anesthesiologist
LT Medical, LLC/West Virginia University
11.2022 - 07.2023
Staff Anesthesiologist
LT Medical, LLC/Lehigh Valley Health Network
09.2022 - 10.2022
07.2022 - 09.2022
Staff Anesthesiologist
Great Lakes Anesthesia/Kenmore Mercy Hospital
04.2022 - 07.2022
Staff Anesthesiologist
LT Medical, LLC/Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
03.2022 - 04.2022
12.2021 - 03.2022
Director of Anesthesiology Department
Oswego Health
01.2020 - 12.2021
Staff Anesthesiologist
Jefferson Anesthesiologist Services/Samaritan Medical Center, PC
12.2018 - 01.2020
Staff Anesthesiologist
CHAG Anesthesia/Upstate Community Hospital, Endoscopic Procedure Center, Syracuse Endoscopy Associates
05.2017 - 01.2019
Staff Anesthesiologist
Geisinger Health System
04.2014 - 05.2017
10.2013 - 03.2014
Staff Anesthesiologist
Mount Nittany Medical Center
05.2013 - 09.2013
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
06.2011 - 04.2013
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine