Andranik Ovassapian

Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, University of Chicago, United States of America

Dr. Andranik Ovassapian received his M.D. from the Shiraz University Medical School in Iran in 1961, followed by a residency at the University of Pennsylvania in 1966. Dr. Ovassapian joined the staff of the Pahlavi University School of Medicine in Iran in 1968. He then immigrated to the United States in 1974, and became a Professor of Anesthesia at Northwestern University Medical School in 1983 and Chief of the Anesthesia Service at the Veterans Administration Chicago Healthcare System at Lakeside in 1975. Dr. Ovassapian is a Professor of Clinical Anesthesia and Critical Care and the Director of the Airway Study and Training Center.

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Faculty Member: Anesthesiology & Pain Management > Airway/Respiratory Physiology (since 11 November 2005)

Links

http://www.anesthesia.uchicago.edu/faculty/faculty_ovassapian_a.php

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  Continuous airway access for the difficult extubation: the efficacy of the airway exchange catheter.
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  Optimizing GlideScope laryngoscopy: an in vitro study on an airway model.
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  Endoscope-assisted intubation: an approach to airway management.
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  The LMA CTrach in airway resuscitation: six case reports.
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  Difficult oral endotracheal intubation in an acromegalic patient receiving transsphenoidal surgery--a case report.
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