Colby Simmons, DO

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor of Anesthesiolgy

Recognitions

• Emerging Leader Scholarship, American Society of Anesthesiology (2018)
• Resident Humanitarian Service Award, American Society of Anesthesiology (2016)

Publications

• Simmons CG, Montejano J, Eagleston L, Cao S, Kaizer AM, Jameson L, Oliva AM, Clavijo CF. Implementation of a Standardized Protocol for Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring Reduces False Negative Results During Neck Surgery: A Quality Control Case Study. Neurodiagn J. 2024 Aug 7;:1-10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39110909
• Nguyen TB, Weitzel N, Hogan C, Kacmar RM, Williamson KM, Pattee J, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Simmons CG, Faruki AA. Comparing Anesthesia and Surgery Controlled Time for Primary Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Between an Academic Medical Center and a Community Hospital: Retrospective Cohort Study. JMIR Perioper Med. 2024 Feb 26;7:e45126. PubMed PMID: 38407957
• Oliva AM, Montejano J, Simmons CG, Vogel SA, Isaza CF, Clavijo CF. New frontiers in intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring: a narrative review. Ann Transl Med. 2023 Oct 25;11(11):388. PubMed PMID: 37970609
• Simmons CG, Eckle T, Rogers D, Williams JD, Brainard JC. Disposable laryngoscope intubation to reduce equipment failure in an emergency out of OR setting - a quality control case study. BMC Anesthesiol. 2023 Jan 10;23(1):16. PubMed PMID: 36627551
• Morabito JE, Simmons CG, Zanotti G, Mitchell JD, Bartels K, Wilkey BJ. Airway and Hemodynamic Considerations for the Anesthetic Management of an Intraluminal Tracheal Plasmacytoma. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Mar;27(1):64-67. PubMed PMID: 36418868
• Simmons CG, Hennigan AW, Loyd JM, Loftus RW, Sharma A. Patient Safety in Anesthesia: Hand Hygiene and Perioperative Infection Control. Curr Anesthesiol Rep. 2022;12(4):493-500. PubMed PMID: 36345323
• Simmons CG, Alvey NJ, Kaizer AM, Williamson K, Faruki AA, Kacmar RM, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Weitzel NS. Correction to: Benchmarking of Anesthesia and Surgical Control Times by Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Codes. J Med Syst. 2022 Aug 11;46(9):60. PubMed PMID: 35951122
• Simmons CG, Alvey NJ, Kaizer AM, Williamson K, Faruki AA, Kacmar RM, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Weitzel NS. Benchmarking of Anesthesia and Surgical Control Times by Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Codes. J Med Syst. 2022 Mar 4;46(4):19. PubMed PMID: 35244783
• Simmons CG, Alvey NJ, Kaizer AM, Williamson K, Faruki AA, Kacmar RM, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Weitzel NS. Benchmarking of Anesthesia and Surgical Control Times by Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Codes. J Med Syst. 2022 Mar 4;46(4):19. doi: 10.1007/s10916-022-01798-z. Erratum in: J Med Syst. 2022 Aug 11;46(9):60. PMID: 35244783.
• Patient Safety in Anesthesia: Hand Hygiene and Perioperative Infection Control
• Colby G. Simmons, Tobias Eckle, Dustin Rogers et al. Disposable laryngoscope intubation to reduce equipment failure in an emergency out of OR setting - A Quality Control Case Study, 17 August 2022, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1915417/v1]
• Airway and hemodynamic considerations for the anesthetic management of an intraluminal tracheal Plasmacytoma.
• New Frontiers in Intraoperative Neuromonitoring: A Narrative Review
• Implementation of de-novo Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Program in Uganda utilizing the EPIS framework
• ASA Monitor. 2017; 81(10):54-56.
• https://www.snacc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/fall/mission-uganda.html
• Antibiotic project
• TXA Project
• DBS Chapter
• Neuromonitoring chapter
• A Randomized, Noninferiority, Comparative Evaluation of Vascular Securement Devices: Cost and Clinical Analysis Colby G. Simmons, DO, MBA; Jason D. Williams, MD, MBA; Azin Kheirandish, MD; Alexander M. Kaizer, PhD; Jason C. Brainard, MD Journal of the Association for Vascular Access (2024) 29 (3): 52–58.

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Specialty Information

• Anesthesiology