Andranik Ovassapian, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesia & Critical Care
Professor of Anesthesia & Critical Care
Section:
Thoracic and ENT Anesthesia
Thoracic and ENT Anesthesia
Secondary Title:
Director, Airway Study and Training Center
Director, Airway Study and Training Center
Training:
M.D. - 1961
Shiraz University Medical School, Shiraz, Iran
Internship - 1962
Namazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran
M.D. - 1961
Shiraz University Medical School, Shiraz, Iran
Internship - 1962
Namazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran
Residency - 1966
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - anesthesia
Research Fellowship - 1968
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - anesthesia
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - anesthesia
Research Fellowship - 1968
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - anesthesia
Academic Interests:
Teaching and training; flexible bronchoscopy; clinical research related to airway management and thoracic anesthesia.
Teaching and training; flexible bronchoscopy; clinical research related to airway management and thoracic anesthesia.
Clinical Interests:
Management of the difficult-to-impossible airway; anesthesia for thoracic and head and neck surgery.
Management of the difficult-to-impossible airway; anesthesia for thoracic and head and neck surgery.
Representative Publications:
Ovassapian A, Dykes MHM, Golmon M: A training program for fiberoptic nasotracheal intubation. Use of model and live patients. Anaesthesia 38:795-798, 1983
Ovassapian A, Yelich SJ, Dykes MHM, Brunner EE: Fiberoptic nasotracheal intubation-Incidence and causes of failure. Anesth Analg 62:692-695, 1983
Ovassapian A, Krejcie TC, Yelich SJ, Dykes MHM: Awake fiberoptic intubation in the patient at high risk of aspiration. Br J Anaesth 62:13-15, 1989
Dykes MHM, Ovassapian A: Dissemination of fiberoptic airway endoscopy skills by means of a workshop utilizing models. Br J Anaesth 63:595-597, 1989
Ovassapian A, Glassenberg R, Randel GI, Klock A, Mesnick PS, Klafta JM. The unexpected difficult airway caused by lingual tonsil hyperplasia. A case series and review of the literature. Anesthesiology 97:124-132, 2002
Practice guidelines for management of the difficult airway. An updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway. Anesthesiology 98:1269-1277, 2003
Ovassapian A, Tunchbilek M, Weitzel EK, Joshi CW. Airway management in adult patients with deep neck infections: a case series and review of the literature. Anesth Analg 100:585-589, 2005
Ovassapian A, Dykes MHM, Golmon M: A training program for fiberoptic nasotracheal intubation. Use of model and live patients. Anaesthesia 38:795-798, 1983
Ovassapian A, Yelich SJ, Dykes MHM, Brunner EE: Fiberoptic nasotracheal intubation-Incidence and causes of failure. Anesth Analg 62:692-695, 1983
Ovassapian A, Krejcie TC, Yelich SJ, Dykes MHM: Awake fiberoptic intubation in the patient at high risk of aspiration. Br J Anaesth 62:13-15, 1989
Dykes MHM, Ovassapian A: Dissemination of fiberoptic airway endoscopy skills by means of a workshop utilizing models. Br J Anaesth 63:595-597, 1989
Ovassapian A, Glassenberg R, Randel GI, Klock A, Mesnick PS, Klafta JM. The unexpected difficult airway caused by lingual tonsil hyperplasia. A case series and review of the literature. Anesthesiology 97:124-132, 2002
Practice guidelines for management of the difficult airway. An updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway. Anesthesiology 98:1269-1277, 2003
Ovassapian A, Tunchbilek M, Weitzel EK, Joshi CW. Airway management in adult patients with deep neck infections: a case series and review of the literature. Anesth Analg 100:585-589, 2005
Abstract:
Ovassapian A, Chalabi J. Awake/asleep sequential intubation using CTrach LMA. Anesthesiology 105:A870, 2006
Anitescu M, Ovassapian A: Cricoid pressure-induced difficult ventilation and failed intubation - a case series report. Anesthesiology 105:A1686, 2006
Ovassapian A, Klock PA Jr, Chalabi B, Sharzei K: Management of unexpected failed intubations: a 27-year experience. Anesthesiology 105:A1690, 2006
Ovassapian A, Chalabi J. Awake/asleep sequential intubation using CTrach LMA. Anesthesiology 105:A870, 2006
Anitescu M, Ovassapian A: Cricoid pressure-induced difficult ventilation and failed intubation - a case series report. Anesthesiology 105:A1686, 2006
Ovassapian A, Klock PA Jr, Chalabi B, Sharzei K: Management of unexpected failed intubations: a 27-year experience. Anesthesiology 105:A1690, 2006
