Jefferson Anesthesia

06/10/2025

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

05/22/2025

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?

06/21/2024

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.

06/02/2024

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).

03/28/2024

We love our techs! Happy Anesthesia Tech Week!

02/01/2024

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:

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

01/25/2024

Happy CRNA Week! Thanks for all you do.

07/28/2023

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

06/22/2023

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??

06/15/2023

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!!

06/15/2023

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!

06/01/2023

Really cool study by former Jefferson Anesthesia faculty member Dr. Adam Thaler as well as Drs. Gravenstein, Green and Torjman and Jefferson Anesthesia residents Drs. Peerzada and Turnquest as well as Joseph Arciprete, BS.

They compared costs of direct laryngoscope to video laryngoscope and found that DL costs were 44% lower. One serious complication occurred in the DL group. Check it out!

Journal of Clinical AnesthesiaVolume 89, October 2023, 111145CorrespondenceCost comparison of direct laryngoscopy to a portable video laryngoscope in a large academic centerAuthor links open overlay panelAdam Thaler DO a, Dietrich Gravenstein MD a, Joseph Arciprete BS c, Wasif Peerzada DO b, Andre T...