Physicians

Chief of Anesthesia, VA Medical Center

Departments / Divisions

• Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology-VAMC
• Medicine / Medicine - Cardiology

Address
DUMC 3094
Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone
919-286-6938

Fax Telephone
919-286-6853

Training

• MD, Stanford University School of Medicine (California), 1978

Residency

• Anesthesia, Stanford Hospital & Clinics (California), 1979-1980
• Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School Affiliated Hospitals (Massachusetts), 1981-1982

Clinical Interests
General and cardiothoracic anesthesiology; transesophageal echocardiography

Research Interests
1. Technology assessment defining the accuracy, clinical performance, and utility of new forms of cardiovascular monitoring during the perioperative period

2. New clinical applications of transesophageal echocardiography

3. Role of cardiovascular monitoring in reducing morbidity associated with cardiac surgery

4. Practice guideline development, training, and certification for perioperative transesophageal echocardiography, pulmonary artery catheterization, and cardiovascular monitoring

5. Patient safety improvement through clinician training and education and medical device design

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Faehnrich, JA; Noone, RB; White, WD; Leone, BJ; Hilton, AK; Sreeram, GM; Mark, JB. Effects of positive-pressure ventilation, pericardial effusion, and cardiac tamponade on respiratory variation in transmitral flow velocities. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2003;17:45-50. (2003) Abstract

Garcia-Rodriguez, C; Pittman, J; Cassell, CH; Sum-Ping, J; El-Moalem, H; Young, C; Mark, JB. Lithium dilution cardiac output measurement: a clinical assessment of central venous and peripheral venous indicator injection. Critical Care Medicine. 2002;30:2199-2204. (2002) Abstract

Shanewise, JS; Cheung, AT; Aronson, S; Stewart, WJ; Weiss, RL; Mark, JB; Savage, RM; Sears-Rogan, P; Mathew, JP; Quiñones, MA; Cahalan, MK; Savino, JS. ASE/SCA guidelines for performing a comprehensive intraoperative multiplane transesophageal echocardiography examination: recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Council for Intraoperative Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force for Certification in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 1999;12:884-900. (1999) Abstract