Not Dead After Surgery? Thank Roop Kaw and Friends on SciLink
In the United States today more patients are having elective surgical treatments than ever before, 32.7 million in year 2006. Surgical innovations have made not only the recovery process quicker but as many as 75% of the elective procedures done today are done as outpatient procedures. Comprehensive perioperative risk assessment and focused postoperative medical management are increasingly becoming an integral and indispensable part of quality surgical care today.
The average surgical patient today can be older and more obese. Preoperative medical complications are common in patients of advanced age and those with co-existing medical conditions like hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and obesity, just to name a few. These complications worsen surgical outcomes and increase the cost of care. As perioperative patient care protocols expand to include a wide variety of medical morbidities, some clinicians with traditional medical or anesthesiology training feel unprepared to serve as medical consultants for or co-manage surgical patients. At the same time awareness of newer risk factors for postoperative complications with increasing age and obesity is important.
Meet Roop K Kaw MD, an Assistant Professor with the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and Department of Hospital Medicine, Medicine Institute, at the Cleveland Clinic. He recieved his medical degree from the University of Kashmir, India in 1990. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and an associate of the American College of Physician Executives.
He is actively involved in research in the area Perioperative Medicine and Outcomes. His current research focuses on novel predictors of cardiopulmonary risk in patients undergoing major surgery. Dr Kaw is currently funded by the NINDS (NIH) for studying the incremental risk of Sleep Apnea in cardiac surgical patients and the role of Crystal-20 monitor in inpatient Sleep studies. Dr. Kaw is widely published and serves on the editorial board of several medical Journals. He has presented his research both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Kaw serves on several national committees and advisory boards. He is a member of the Research committee for the Society of Hospital Medicine and co-chaired the scientific abstract committee in the 3rd Annual Perioperative Summit at the Cleveland Clinic. He also serves on the Advisory Board of Gerson Lehermans Council of Health Care Advisors and Reuter’s Insight an independent international research consultancy
Who should contact Dr. Kaw?
Anyone interested in Perioperative Medicine should join him on SciLink and also join the new Perioperative medicine group. See you all there!
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