Stony Brook University Department of Anesthesiology

Residency Program

Division of Ambulatory Anesthesia






Director: F. Barry Florence, M.B., Ch.B.

Members:
Eleanor Romano, D.O.
Christine Cokinos, M.D.
Andrea Voutsas, M.D.
Marty Redmond, M.D.
Paul Willoughby M.D.

Website: Ambulatory Surgery Center

  Stony Brook University opened a state-of-the-art 30,000 sq ft. Ambulatory Surgery Center in 2001. It consists of eight well equipped operating rooms, each capable of supporting any type of ambulatory surgery. Most surgical specialties are represented at the center. We are proud to be performing some quite complex and lengthy procedures on an out-patient basis.


  Patients enjoy the privacy of their own pre-operative waiting rooms and families are permitted to be together in the recovery room. The Center is particularly well suited for pediatric surgery with a dedicated pre-operative play area and a specific recovery area for children.

  The Ambulatory Surgery Center welcomes surgeons from the university as well as from the surrounding communities. This creates an environment where the best of university medical practice is combined with a private practice flavor. Those who pass through the center will experience the importance of catering to our customers, while still being extremely efficient.

 Senior anesthesia residents rotate through the Center which prepares them for a taste of the “real-world.” Cases are specifically selected for the resident which will include an abundance of pediatric cases and ultrasound guided regional anesthesia, and an introduction to the art of monitored sedation. 




Deborah Richman (right) at her PBLD presentation at the 2007 ASA Meeting.
“The Patient Who Refuses a Medically Indicated Preoperative Work-Up: Can We Refuse to Anesthetize?”

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