Academic Background

M.D., St. George’s University, 2004

Postdoctoral Training

University of Massachusetts, Residency in Anesthesiology, 2005-2008

Nothing in medicine has satisfied me as much as giving a safe and efficient anesthetic.  What I like most about anesthesiology is building a conceptual model of physiology and then testing it with practical applications.  Giving anesthesia requires a craft-like technical component, along with theoretical know-how.  Attempting to give patients great anesthetic care gives me a goal to reach for each time I go into the OR.  Teaching residents and medical students gives me a chance to refine and perfect my own conceptual model while attempting to help someone else build theirs, and to try to pass on the technical elements that I have learned.

As an anesthesiologist, I enjoy caring for patients across all age groups, ranging from healthy to critically ill, undergoing a wide variety of surgical or procedural cases.  As a regular member of of the acute pain service, I especially like performing and teaching regional anesthesia, and consulting on patients with difficult to control pain.  Recently, I have become interested in process improvement across the entire perioperative environment, and how system issues impact the quality of care we deliver to individual patients.