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Clinical Overview

Cardiothoracic Anesthesia

Welcome to the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia at the University of Florida.

Our group of anesthesiologists work in concert with the Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery to provide the highest quality patient care for a wide variety of adult and pediatric heart, lung, and major vascular surgeries. The majority of these procedures are performed at UF Health Shands, a state-designated Level I Trauma Center and quaternary referral center. As many services available at UF Health Shands are not offered in community hospitals, we perform some of the most complex operations referred from our colleagues throughout the Southeast.

Our Focus

Surgical procedures performed at UF Health include:

  • congenital cardiac procedures
  • primary and preoperative high-risk coronary bypass
  • cardiac valvular procedures
  • open and stent graft repairs of acute and chronic processes involving the thoracic aorta
  • open and thoracoscopic lung surgeries
  • heart and lung transplants
  • percutaneous aortic valve replacement
  • minimally invasive cardiac and thoracic procedures

Physicians in our division also provide 24-hour coverage of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.

UF Health is one of the few medical centers statewide with the availability of bi-ventricular cardiac assist devices that can be surgically placed as destination therapy or as a bridge to transplantation or recovery. We are similarly a referral center for individuals who refuse blood products around the time of major cardiac or thoracic procedures for religious reasons.

Malcom Randall VA Medical Center

Another location we frequent, directly across the street from UF Health Shands, is the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Members of our department expertly provide anesthesia for our country’s service men and women at this location in the form of coronary artery revascularization, cardiac valvular replacement and repair, and pulmonary resections.

Faculty

Yong G Peng

Yong G Peng MD, PhD, FASE, FASA

Professor of Anesthesiology; Associate Professor of Surgery; Chief, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Division
Joseph AbuRahma

Joseph AbuRahma MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Matthew M Andoniadis

Matthew M Andoniadis MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology; Chief, Division of Multispecialty Anesthesiology, Assistant Medical Director, Non-OR Anesthesia; Compliance Officer
Michael A Arnold

Michael A Arnold DO

Assistant Professor Of Anesthesiology
Robin J Bergbauer

Robin J Bergbauer MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Emuejevoke "Voke" Chuba

Emuejevoke "Voke" Chuba MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Laurie K Davies

Laurie K Davies MD

Professor Of Anesthesiology; Joint Professor Of Surgery; Affiliate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Medical Director, Shands Operating Rooms
Gregory M Janelle

Gregory M Janelle MD, FASE, FASA

Professor Of Anesthesiology & Surgery; Interim Chair, Department Of Anesthesiology; Vice Chief Of Staff, UF Health Gainesville
T. Everett Jones

T. Everett Jones MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology; Clinical Director of Research, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Andrew D Pitkin

Andrew D Pitkin MBBS, MRCP, FRCA

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Shiv Rawal

Shiv Rawal MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Daryl L Reust

Daryl L Reust MD

Assistant Professor Of Anesthesiology
Albert R Robinson

Albert R Robinson MD, FASE, FASA

Professor Of Anesthesiology; Chief, Vascular Anesthesiology Division
Charlie Slowey

Charlie Slowey MB, BCh, BAO

Assistant Professor Of Anesthesiology
Felipe Urdaneta

Felipe Urdaneta MD, FASA

Professor Of Anesthesiology
Bharathram Vasudevan

Bharathram Vasudevan MBBS, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology