Jefferson Anesthesia

Congratulations to Dr. Linda Sundt on her retirement after 42 years as an anesthesiologist in our department! What an amazing career caring for the sickest patients and educating the next generation of anesthesiologists. You will be missed but enjoy!

Congrats to the graduating Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia fellows, Drs. Giunta and Cheeseman!

Regional anesthesia and acute pain fellows Drs. David Rubin and Mike Mastria did an outstanding job debating the merits of doing nerve blocks under Ga for their pro-con debate. Who won?

Congratulations to the 2024 SKMC Dean’s excellence in education award winners from the department of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine: Drs. Rishi Kothari and Jeff Mojica, joined by Dr. Schwenk.

Team Jefferson finished the city to shore ride for the American Cancer Society today. Left to right are Ronnie Armstead-Williams (daughter of Dr. Mike Williams), Anthony Tizon (anesthesiology), Dr. Eric Schwenk (anesthesiology), and Dr. Dan Frisch (cardiology, EP division).

We love our techs! Happy Anesthesia Tech Week!

Happy Physician Anesthesiologists week! It’s time to say thanks to the doctors who lead the perioperative and anesthesiology teams through expert clinical care, leadership, and research that advances our field. You are Made for this Moment! To read more about it, check out the link:

Made for This Moment | American Society of Anesthesiologists As medical doctors, anesthesiologists have the education & expertise to keep patients safe in critical moments. Learn more from the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Happy CRNA Week! Thanks for all you do.

Congratulations to the recently graduated cardiac anesthesia fellows, Dr. Luke Olson and Dr. Wejdan Batterjee. We wish them will in their careers!

Dr. Fred Balzer after his excellent grand rounds about refractory vasoplegia. The talk was packed with good information…who has tried methylene blue in these situations??

Anesthesiology department members Anthony Tizon, Eric Schwenk and Mike Williams participated in the 2023 American Cancer Society ride from the Ben Franklin Bridge to Atlantic City along with other Jefferson employees, faculty and friends. Great effort from our department!!

Dr. Yasser Hassan after presenting his grand rounds on ambulatory total joint arthroplasty with Dr. Schwenk. We wish him well as he heads to Kansas University Medical Center this summer where we know he will impress!