Joshua Santos

Anesthesiologist, Internist, and Intensivist with over 5 years of experience in delivering anesthesia in surgical settings, managing critical care patients, and overseeing pre-anesthesia clinics across several academic medical centers. I am seeking a position that affords the opportunity to assure the highest quality of healthcare is delivered effectively and efficiently.

• American Board of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, 03/2021
• American Board of Anesthesiology, 03/2021
• American Board of Internal Medicine, 2013

• Development of Centralized Pre-Anesthesia Clinic, University of California Davis Medical Center, 09/2022, present
• Expansion of Regional Anesthesia Services for Geriatric Rib Fractures, University of New Mexico Hospital, 05/2020, 10/2021
• Creation of a Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Pathway, University of New Mexico Hospital, 09/2020, 10/2021
• Standardization of OR to ICU Handoff, University of New Mexico Hospital, 08/2019, 10/2021
• Improving Anesthesiologists Response to Difficult Airway Response Team activations, University of New Mexico Hospital, 02/2020

• A Mysterious Case of Persistent Ketoacidosis, the Culprit: Empagliflozin!, 33rd Annual Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists Virtual conference, 05/2020
• Synovial Sarcoma Presenting as an Anterior Mediastinal Mass in a Parturient, Western Anesthesia Residents' Conference, San Diego, CA, 2018
• To Magnetize or Not? Perioperative Management of a Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device in an Emergency, Western Anesthesia Residents' Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• Ohana Health Online: Revolutionizing Diabetes Care in North Kohala, HI, National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Research Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2004

• Transitional Pain Service and The Perioperative Surgical Home, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Annual UC Davis Anesthesiology Update, Monterey, CA, 11/2023
• Updates in Perioperative Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department Grand Rounds, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, 07/2023
• Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 infection, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Annual UC Davis Anesthesiology Update, Monterey, CA, 11/2022
• Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) and Gastric Ultrasound instructor, Ultrasound Applications for the Anesthesiologist Workshop, Monterey, CA, 11/2022, 11/2023
• Anesthesiology Residency Didactics Lecture Series, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, 03/2022, present
• Western Anesthesia Resident Conference faculty facilitator for resident physician poster presentation series, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 05/2021
• Point of Care Lung Ultrasound, 2020 New Mexico Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, 02/2020
• Non-Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound, 9th Annual National Regional Anesthesia and Perioperative Ultrasound Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 10/2019
• Anesthesiology Update for the Intensivist, New Mexico Regional Critical Care Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 05/2021
• Instructor, University of New Mexico Point-of-Care Ultrasound Workshop for Medical Students, Albuquerque, NM, 01/2020
• University of New Mexico Critical Care Fellowship Lecture Series, Albuquerque, NM, 08/2019, 10/2021
• University of New Mexico Anesthesiology Resident Didactic Lecture Series, Albuquerque, NM, 08/2019, 10/2021
• University of New Mexico Anesthesiology Airway Workshop Instructor, Albuquerque, NM, 03/2020, 10/2021
• BATCAVE Resident Simulation Instructor, University of New Mexico Anesthesiology Residency Program, Albuquerque, NM, 08/2019, 10/2021
• Perioperative Stroke, Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, Albuquerque, NM, 03/2018

Item Writer, American Board of Anesthesiology, Raleigh, NC, 07/2023-present

• Educator of the Year, UC Davis Anesthesiology Residency, 06/2023
• Best Graduating Anesthesiology Resident of the Year, University of New Mexico, 06/2018
• Chief Resident, University of New Mexico Anesthesiology Residency, 07/2017-07/2018
• American College of Physicians' Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine- Hawaii Chapter, 2010
• E.E. Black Award for Academic Excellence and Community Service, 2010
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2009 (Chapter President 2009-2010)

• Macres S, Aldwinckle R, Saldahna U, Pritzlaff S, Jung M, Santos J, Kotova M, Bishop R, Reconceptualizing Acute Pain Management in the 21st Century, Advances in Anesthesia, 2023, 41, 1, 87-110, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aan.2023.06.006
• Venkataramani R, Lewis A, Santos J, Dhondu H, Ramakrishna H, Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2022, 36, 9, 3676-3684, 35753888
• Venkataramani R, Lewis A, Santos J, Wubbenhorst T, Venous Air Embolism During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, 2021, 36, 1, Articles Between Issues
• Weinstein A, Gerstein N, Santos J, Inbar S, Schulman P, Epinephrine-Induced Electrical Storm After Aortic Surgery, Saudi Journal of Anesthesia, 2019, 13, 359-61, 31572083
• Santos J, Brainard J, What is the Role of Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation and High Flow Nasal Cannula in the Intensive Care Unit?, Evidence-Based Practice of Critical Care, 3rd edition, Deutschman C, Neligan P, Elsevier, 2018
• Santos J, Young P, Barjaktarevic I, Lazar K, Susanto I, Wang T, The Successful Use of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in the Management of Severe Hepatopulmonary Syndrome After Orthotopic Liver Transplant, Case Reports in Hepatology, 2014, 2014, 1-4, 25374726
• Kaholokula JK, Braun KL, Santos J, Chang HK, Culturally-Informed Smoking Cessation Strategies for Native Hawaiians, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2008, 10, 4, 671-681, 19301474

• Member, Hospital Quality Committee, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, 04/2023, present
• Member, Code Blue Committee, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, 01/2021, present
• Co-Director, Covid Crisis Team, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM, 2020
• Chief, Clinical Competency Committee, Anesthesiology residency program, Albuquerque, NM, 08/2019, 10/2021
• Member, Anesthesia Informatics Service, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM, 11/2020, 10/2021
• Member, Trauma Surgical Intensive Care Unit Quality Committee, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM, 08/2019, 10/2021
• Member, PACU/ICU Patient Care Committee, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM, 08/2019, 10/2021
• Member, Residency Recruitment Committee, Anesthesiology residency program, Albuquerque, NM, 03/2020, 10/2021
• Member, Program Evaluation Committee, Anesthesiology residency program, Albuquerque, NM, 08/2019, 10/2021
• Member, Resident Screening and Selection Committee, Anesthesiology residency program, Albuquerque, NM, 08/2019, 10/2021

• Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement, 10/2022- present
• California Society of Anesthesiologists, 01/2021-present
• American Society of Anesthesiologists, 08/2019-present
• Society of Critical Care Medicine, 08/2019-present
• Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists, 08/2019-present
• Society of Academic Associations of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, 10/2020-present

• Medical Board of California expires 11/30/25