Thank you IARS COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Board and Content Reviewers!
The IARS would like to recognize the COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Board and the Content Reviewers for sharing their expertise and time to help curate and evaluate the most relevant information coming out about COVID-19 for our members. The COVID-19 SAB meet regularly to discuss articles, provide reviews and determine what information would be most valuable to those on the frontline. The Content Reviewers review a list of articles daily to determine their topic areas and relevance to the audience. We greatly appreciate the commitment they have made to help during this major health crisis! For more information on COVID-19, visit the IARS COVID-19 website.
IARS COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Board
Current Members:
Lydia Cassorla, MD, MBA
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Professor Emerita, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
David M. Clement, MD
Specialty: Anesthesiology
St. Joseph Hospital
Winthrop, WA
Robert L. Coffey, MD
Specialty: Pulmonology
Retired Physician
Mount Vernon, WA
Nancy Kenepp, MD
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Associate Professor Emeritus, Temple University, Katz School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology
Wynnewood, PA
Jack Lance Lichtor, MD
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Retired Anesthesiologist; Yale University
New Haven, CT
Philip D. Lumb, M.B., B.S., M.D., MCCM, FCCP
Specialty: Cardiac Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
Professor of Anesthesiology
Professor of Trauma Surgery
Director of Research and Data Analytics, Department of Anesthesiology
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Jay Przybylo, MD, FAAP, MFA
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Glenview, IL
Jagdip Shah, MD, MBA
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Virginia – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Midlothian, VA
W. Heinrich Wurm, MD
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Chair Emeritus, Tufts Medical Center
Lovell, ME
Guest Contributors:
Anil Hingorani, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery, General Surgery
Vascular Institute Of New York
Brooklyn, NY
Barry Perlman, MD, PhD, CMI
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Chair, Informatics Committee, Oregon Society of Anesthesiologists
Eugene, OR
Edward S. Schulman, MD, FCCP, FAAAAI, FCPP
Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Director (1987-2012), Division of
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Associate Chairman of Medicine for Research (1995-2000)
Director, Allergy and Asthma Research Center
Director, Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Robert N. Sladen, MBChB, FCCM
Specialty: Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
Allen Hyman Professor Emeritus of Critical Care Anesthesiology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Roxbury, CT
IARS Content Reviewers
Jonathan V. Roth, MD
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Chairman Emeritus, Department of Anesthesiology; Staff Anesthesiologist, Albert Einstein Medical Center
Dresher, PA
Eugene I. Tolpin, MD, PhD
Specialty: Anesthesiology
ChristianaCare Health Systems
Wilmington, Delaware
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Thank you IARS COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Board and Content Reviewers!
The IARS would like to recognize the COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Board and the Content Reviewers for sharing their expertise and time to help curate and evaluate the most relevant information coming out about COVID-19 for our members. The COVID-19 SAB meet regularly to discuss articles, provide reviews and determine what information would be most valuable to those on the frontline. The Content Reviewers review a list of articles daily to determine their topic areas and relevance to the audience. We greatly appreciate the commitment they have made to help during this major health crisis!
IARS COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Board
Current Members:
Lydia Cassorla, MD, MBA
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Professor Emerita, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
David M. Clement, MD
Specialty: Anesthesiology
St. Joseph Hospital
Winthrop, WA
Robert L. Coffey, MD
Specialty: Pulmonology
Retired Physician
Mount Vernon, WA
Nancy Kenepp, MD
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Associate Professor Emeritus, Temple University, Katz School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology
Wynnewood, PA
Jack Lance Lichtor, MD
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Retired Anesthesiologist; Yale University
New Haven, CT
Philip D. Lumb, M.B., B.S., M.D., MCCM, FCCP
Specialty: Cardiac Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
Professor of Anesthesiology
Professor of Trauma Surgery
Director of Research and Data Analytics, Department of Anesthesiology
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Jay Przybylo, MD, FAAP, MFA
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Glenview, IL
Jagdip Shah, MD, MBA
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Virginia - Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Midlothian, VA
W. Heinrich Wurm, MD
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Chair Emeritus, Tufts Medical Center
Lovell, ME
Guest Contributors:
Anil Hingorani, MD
Specialty: Vascular Surgery, General Surgery
Vascular Institute Of New York
Brooklyn, NY
Barry Perlman, MD, PhD, CMI
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Chair, Informatics Committee, Oregon Society of Anesthesiologists
Eugene, OR
Edward S. Schulman, MD, FCCP, FAAAAI, FCPP
Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Director (1987-2012), Division of
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Associate Chairman of Medicine for Research (1995-2000)
Director, Allergy and Asthma Research Center
Director, Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Robert N. Sladen, MBChB, FCCM
Specialty: Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
Allen Hyman Professor Emeritus of Critical Care Anesthesiology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Roxbury, CT
IARS Content Reviewers
Jonathan V. Roth, MD
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Chairman Emeritus, Department of Anesthesiology; Staff Anesthesiologist, Albert Einstein Medical Center
Dresher, PA
Eugene I. Tolpin, MD, PhD
Specialty: Anesthesiology
ChristianaCare Health Systems
Wilmington, Delaware
IARS Member Community
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