Lauren C Berkow, MD, FASA
Professor Of Anesthesiology; Chief, Division Of Neuroanesthesia; Director Of Anesthesia Supplies And Equipment
Department:
MD-ANESTHESIOLOGY-GENERAL
Business Phone:
(352) 273-6575
Business Email:
lberkow@anest.ufl.edu
About Lauren C Berkow
My name is Lauren Berkow, MD, and I joined the UF Department of Anesthesiology as an associate professor of anesthesiology in 2016. I earned my bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and my medical degree from the University of Maryland. I completed my surgical residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and at Nassau County Medical Center. I also completed an anesthesiology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and earned a Business of Medicine Graduate Certificate from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.
I’m now a professor of anesthesiology and chief of the Division of Neuroanesthesiology. I also serve as the director of anesthesia supplies and equipment. One of my clinical interests and major professional focuses is airway management, and I have held leadership roles in the Society for Airway Management for several years. I’m also passionate about sustainability and reducing waste in the operating room, and am the UF Health Shands Clinical Sustainability Champion and co-chair of the UF Health Shands Sustainability Committee.
I grew up in a medically oriented family and was exposed to the medical field at a young age. While I initially pursued surgery as a career, anesthesiologists I encountered as a surgical resident convinced me that anesthesiology was a better fit, and they were right. Outside of medicine, I enjoy travel, cooking and reading.
Board Certifications
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AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of Anesthesiology
Clinical Profile
Specialties
- Anesthesiology
Publications
Academic Articles
2024
The Difficult Airway in Patients with Cancer.
Current oncology reports.
26(11):1410-1419
[DOI] 10.1007/s11912-024-01597-4.
[PMID] 39278885.
2024
Tracheal intubation in critically ill adults with a physiologically difficult airway. An international Delphi study.
Intensive care medicine.
50(10):1563-1579
[DOI] 10.1007/s00134-024-07578-2.
[PMID] 39162823.
2023
Methods and evaluation metrics for reducing material waste in the operating room: a scoping review.
Surgery.
174(2):252-258
[DOI] 10.1016/j.surg.2023.04.051.
[PMID] 37277308.
2023
Pro-Con Debate: Videolaryngoscopy Should Be Standard of Care for Tracheal Intubation.
Anesthesia and analgesia.
136(4):683-688
[DOI] 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006252.
[PMID] 36928154.
2021
Difficult Airway Management in Adult Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients: Statement by the Society of Airway Management.
Anesthesia and analgesia.
133(4):876-890
[DOI] 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005554.
[PMID] 33711004.
2020
Alternate airway strategies for the patient with morbid obesity.
International anesthesiology clinics.
58(3):1-8
[DOI] 10.1097/AIA.0000000000000277.
[PMID] 32271196.
2020
COVID-19 Putting Patients at Risk of Unplanned Extubation and Airway Providers at Increased Risk of Contamination.
Anesthesia and analgesia.
131(1):e41-e43
[DOI] 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004890.
[PMID] 32304463.
2020
In Response.
Anesthesia and analgesia.
131(5)
[DOI] 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005166.
[PMID] 33094987.
2019
Scaling Up Inhaled Anesthetic Practice Improvement: The Role of Environmental Sustainability Metrics.
Anesthesia and analgesia.
128(6):1060-1062
[DOI] 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004095.
[PMID] 31094766.
2018
Multidisciplinary Difficult Airway Course: An Essential Educational Component of a Hospital-Wide Difficult Airway Response Program.
Journal of surgical education.
75(5):1264-1275
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jsurg.2018.03.001.
[PMID] 29628333.
2018
The Technology of Video Laryngoscopy.
Anesthesia and analgesia.
126(5):1527-1534
[DOI] 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002490.
[PMID] 28961559.
2016
Anesthetic management and human factors in the intraoperative MRI environment.
Current opinion in anaesthesiology.
29(5):563-7
[DOI] 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000366.
[PMID] 27285726.
2015
A novel role for otolaryngologists in the multidisciplinary Difficult Airway Response Team.
The Laryngoscope.
125(3):640-4
[DOI] 10.1002/lary.24949.
[PMID] 25251732.
2015
Difficult airway response team: a novel quality improvement program for managing hospital-wide airway emergencies.
Anesthesia and analgesia.
121(1):127-139
[DOI] 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000691.
[PMID] 26086513.
2015
Part 7: Adult Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.
Circulation.
132(18 Suppl 2):S444-64
[DOI] 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000261.
[PMID] 26472995.
2014
Complications of airway management.
Respiratory care.
59(6):1006-19; discussion 1019
[DOI] 10.4187/respcare.02884.
[PMID] 24891204.
2012
Mechanical airway obstruction due to dislodged spinal hardware.
Journal of clinical anesthesia.
24(7):578-81
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jclinane.2012.03.002.
[PMID] 23101773.
2011
A novel approach to implementation of quality and safety programmes in anaesthesiology.
Best practice & research. Clinical anaesthesiology.
25(4):557-67
[DOI] 10.1016/j.bpa.2011.08.002.
[PMID] 22099921.
2011
Continuous noninvasive hemoglobin monitoring during complex spine surgery.
Anesthesia and analgesia.
113(6):1396-402
[DOI] 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318230b425.
[PMID] 21965372.
2011
Needles, needles, everywhere!
Anesthesiology.
114(3)
[DOI] 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318201c8a6.
[PMID] 21263299.
2011
Use of the GlideScope for placement of a recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring endotracheal tube.
Journal of clinical anesthesia.
23(1):81-3
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jclinane.2009.12.013.
[PMID] 21296257.
2011
Use of the Laryngeal Mask Airway-Aintree Intubating Catheter-fiberoptic bronchoscope technique for difficult intubation.
Journal of clinical anesthesia.
23(7):534-9
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jclinane.2011.02.005.
[PMID] 21996015.
2010
Blood wastage reduction using Lean Sigma methodology.
Transfusion.
50(9):1887-96
[DOI] 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02679.x.
[PMID] 20456700.
2009
Need for emergency surgical airway reduced by a comprehensive difficult airway program.
Anesthesia and analgesia.
109(6):1860-9
[DOI] 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181b2531a.
[PMID] 19713264.
2007
Prospective evaluation of pain and analgesic use following major elective intracranial surgery.
Journal of neurosurgery.
106(2):210-6
[PMID] 17410701.
2004
Strategies for airway management.
Best practice & research. Clinical anaesthesiology.
18(4):531-48
[PMID] 15460544.
1991
Use of naloxone in the assessment of opiate dependence.
Life sciences.
49(24):1809-14
[PMID] 1943484.
Education
Graduate Certificate, Business of Medicine
2010
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Carey Business School
Residency, Anesthesiology
2000
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Residency, Surgery
1997
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Nassau County Medical Center
Residency, Surgery
1996
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
MD
1994
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University of Maryland
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 273-6575
Emails:
- Business:
- lberkow@anest.ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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1345 SW Center Drive
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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1345 SW Center Drive, PO Box 100254
GAINESVILLE FL 32610