Women's Anesthesia Division | Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

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We are thrilled to announce that the Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology at Stony Brook has been designated as a Center of Excellence by the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology since 2021.

The SOAP Center of Excellence (COE) designation was created to recognize institutions and programs that demonstrate excellence in obstetric anesthesia care and to set a benchmark of expected care to improve standards nationally and internationally. The criteria cover all aspects of obstetric anesthesia care and include: excellence in personnel and staffing; equipment, protocols, and policies; simulation and team training; obstetric emergency management; cesarean delivery and labor analgesia care; recommendations and guidelines implementation; and quality assurance and patient follow-up systems.

We are also very excited to announce that the ACGME has accredited our Stony Brook Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship program. This 12-month program provides a comprehensive curriculum for training the next generation of leaders in Obstetric Anesthesiology. The mission of the Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program is to cultivate Obstetric Anesthesiologists that are passionate about providing safe, high-quality care to all of our pregnant patients. They also will serve as advocates for parturients in order to improve maternal health outcomes.

Tiffany Angelo, DO, FASA Assistant Professor Chief of Women's Anesthesia Division		Morgane Giordano Factor, MD Assistant Professor Program Director: Stony Brook OB Anesthesiology Fellowship
Ramon Abola, MD Associate Professor Director of Communication Deputy Chief Medical Information Officer, Stony Brook Medicine		Bahaa Daoud, MD Assistant Professor Associate Program Director: Stony Brook OB Anesthesiology Fellowship Director of Resident Education for Obstetric Anesthesia
Frederick Lehman, MD Assistant Professor		Irina Lokshina, MD Assistant Professor
Shruti Parikh, MD Assistant Professor		Tracie A. Saunders, MD Professor Ambassador for Diversity
Joy E. Schabel, MD Professor Vice Chair for Education Director: Residency Training Program Director: Medical Student Education

We provide the gold standard for obstetric anesthesia care at Stony Brook with two attendings and two residents during the weekdays and a dedicated attending and resident on nights and weekends. We have dedicated daily didactic lectures, and we make a big effort to nurture all of our residents and value their outside lives as well as their work lives. Our diverse patient population on labor and delivery provides a unique environment for our anesthesia residents to work on a multidisciplinary team and improve upon their leadership skills during their rotation. It is fair to say that our resident call room is one of the nicest in the hospital and has become a default resident hangout. It is quite common on any given day to have people wander in and out to eat their breakfast and lunch with us in their L&D home.

We look forward to working with you and teaching you to provide exceptional care of our patients!

Resident authors denoted by bold type

2025

Abola RE. My Patient is Twitching Like a Fish Out of Water: Avoiding the Risks of Residual Paralysis. In: Perioperative Medicine: A Problem-Based Learning Approach 2025, Eds: Richman DC, Pulley DD, Oprea AD. Oxford University Press
Bennici L, Factor M, Singh SM, Costa A. Minimally Invasive Surgery and Other Elements of Enhanced Recovery Protocols. In: Perioperative Medicine: A Problem-Based Learning Approach 2025, Eds: Richman DC, Pulley DD, Oprea AD. Oxford University Press

2024

Landman UN, Naeem Z, Chen IL, Naeem A, Jaber R. Implementation and mixed-methods evaluation of "Walk with a Doc" program at Stony Brook. J Osteopath Med. 2024 Feb 5.
Parikh S, Scorsese G, Romeiser J, Bennett-Guerrero E, Costa A, Factor M. Pyxis Proximity Improves Narcotic Waste Compliance Among Anesthesia Personnel. Cureus. 2024 Aug 13;16(8).

2023

Bargnes V, Corrado T, Abola R. What’s Your No Phone Zone? Sterile Cockpit and Airline Industry Perspectives in Anesthesia Workflow. ASA Monitor. 2023 Aug;87:24–26.

2022

Qureshi F, Romeiser JL, Murphy PF, Go R, Abola R. A Quality Assurance Initiative on Improving Cefazolin Peri-operative Redose Compliance. Int J Qual Health Care. 2022 Sep 14.

2021

Winebrenner H, Gelfand H, Roman-Banegas L, Angelo T, Jabaut JM. A Case Report of the Anesthetic Management of a Parturient With Congenital Hypofibrinogenemia and Complete Placenta Previa. A A Pract. 2021 Mar 24;15(3):e01426.
Costa A, Chandran L, Schabel J, Abola RE, Adsumelli R, Fischel JE. Practice habits in anesthesiology resident education: The impact of feedback using data analytics. Perioperative Care and Operating Room Management 2021 24:100176.
Abola RE, Schwartz J, Forrester JD, Gan TJ. A Practical Guide for Anesthesia Providers on the Management of COVID-19 Patients in the Acute Care Hospital. Anesth Analg. 2021 Mar 1;132(3):594-604 epub Oct 2020.
Beg T, Daoud BE, Richman DC. Preoperative optimization of patients undergoing interventional procedures: infrastructure, logistics, and evidence-based medicine. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2021 Aug 1;34(4):482-489.
Abola RE, Schwartz J, Beg T, Gan TJ, Forrester J. In Response (A Practical Guide for Anesthesia Providers on the Management of COVID-19 Patients in the Acute Care Hospital). Anesth Analg. 2021 Aug 1;133(2).
Mock S, Jabaut J, Barra D, Angelo T, Benjamin J. Challenges in Obstetric Anesthesia in a Parturient With Native American Myopathy: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2021 Dec 10;15(12):e01541.

2020

McInerney HJ, Lee M, Saunders T, Schabel J, Adsumelli RSN. Symptomatic Intrathecal Hematoma following an Epidural Blood Patch for an Obstetric Patient with Postdural Puncture Headache: A Case Report and Synthesis of the Literature. Case Rep Anesthesiol. 2020 Mar 18;.
Landau R, Romanelli E, Daoud B, Shatil B, Zheng X, Corradini B, Aubey J, Wu C, Ha C, Guglielminotti J. Effect of a stepwise opioid-sparing analgesic protocol on in-hospital oxycodone use and discharge prescription after cesarean delivery. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2020 Nov 10.