Below are listed the major active areas of research within the Department. Many researchers work across several areas, and this list is not all inclusive. The Department welcomes and encourages all forms of research.
Data Science, Informatics and Machine Learning
Application of artificial intelligence, machine learning and visual analytics techniques to the healthcare domain. Much work is done in partnership with the Institute for Personalized Medicine (IPM) and operationalized in cooperation with the Mount Sinai Health System Clinical Data Science team (CDS).
Active Researchers
Dr. Arash Kia
Dr. Ira Hofer
Dr. Matthew Levin
Dr. David Wax
Dr. Ron Kahn
Recent Publications
- Realistically Integrating Machine Learning Into Clinical Practice: A Road Map of Opportunities, Challenges, and a Potential Future
- Visual Analytics to Leverage Anesthesia Electronic Health Record
- Predictive Approaches for Acute Dialysis Requirement and Death in COVID-19
Medical Education and Simulation
The future of medicine relies on extensive training for residents and established attendings alike. We have pioneered cutting education medical education and simulation dummies that mimic realistic clinical situations.
Active Researchers
Dr. Daniel Katz
Dr. Garrett Burnett
Recent Publications
- Decision Making in Obstetric Anesthesia
- Death During Simulation: A Literature Review
- Using Simulation to Develop Solutions for Ventilator Shortages From the Epicenter
Pain
Pain and treatment of pain both chronic and acute remains a widely under researched area in the field of medicine. It’s important for our patients to receive care that allows them to remain comfortable and this ability only comes from extensive studies exploring pain relief and implications.
Active Researchers
Dr. Chinwe Nwaneshiudu
Dr. Daniel Katz
Recent Publications
- Intraoperative pain during caesarean delivery: Incidence, risk factors and physician perception
- Analgesia use among 984 women with preeclampsia: A retrospective observational single-center study
- Management of Postoperative Pain in Patients Following Spine Surgery: A Narrative Review
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- Behavioral and cognitive predictors of persistent pain, disability and opioid misuse risk in chronic pain
- Predictores conductuales y cognitivos del dolor persistente, la discapacidad y el riesgo de abuso de opioides en el dolor crónico
Perioperative Outcomes Research
The effect of pre-, intra-, and post-operative care on clinical outcomes for several decades. This work encompassed “big data” before the term was invented. Recent work is focusing on inequity in perioperative care, and the impact of novel weight loss drugs on perioperative risk. There is also active research in perioperative outcomes after liver transplant.
Active Researchers
Dr. Matthew Levin
Dr. Ira Hofer
Dr. David Wax
Dr. Ron Kahn
Dr. Samuel DeMaria
Dr. Garrett Burnett
Dr. Ryan Wang
Dr. Natalie Smith
Recent Publications
- Self-reported Race/Ethnicity and Intraoperative Occult Hypoxemia: A Retrospective Cohort Study)
- Influence of semaglutide use on the presence of residual gastric solids on gastric ultrasound: a prospective observational study in volunteers without obesity recently started on semaglutide
- General Anesthetics in Cancer Resection Surgery (GA-CARES); Pragmatic Randomized Trial of Propofol vs Volatile Inhalation Anesthesia
- Abdominal Organ Transplantation: Noteworthy Literature in 2020