Benjamin Abrams, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology

Publications

• Smoroda A, Douin D, Morabito J, Lyman M, Prin M, Ahlgren B, Young A, Christensen E, Abrams BA, Weitzel N, Clendenen N. Year in Review 2021: Noteworthy Literature in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Jun;26(2):107-119. PubMed PMID: 35579926
• Abrams B, Kowalsky M, Weitzel N, Kertai MD. Cardiac Anesthesiology - Paving the Way across Multiple Subspecialties. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Mar;26(1):5-7. PubMed PMID: 35152793
• Crouch CE, Abrams B, Kertai MD, Weitzel N. 2021--Forging Ahead Into the Endemic While Struggling Against the New Challenges Facing Health Care Providers. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Jun;26(2):101-106. PubMed PMID: 35642322
• Pal N, Abrams BA, Kertai MD. Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology: Novel Milestone and Renewed Opportunities. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Sep;26(3):169-172. PubMed PMID: 35968724
• Rooke D, Abrams B, Morabito J. Refractory Torsades De Pointes Post Mitral Valve Replacement. Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Palm Springs, CA. May 2022.
• Hasken C, Jensen S, Kierstead S, Rooke D, Paz de Araujo D, Abrams B, Wood C, Hlaing M. Pregnancy and Severe COVID-19 Infection: the use of Veno-venous Extracorporeal Oxygenation During the Peripartum Period. Society of Critical Care Medicine Critical Care Congress. Virtual Event. April 2022.
• Jensen S, Kowalsky M, Hlaing M, Sullivan B, Abrams B. Right Heart Catheterization and Echocardiography: Can the Shunt Fraction Really be that Different? Western Anesthesia Residents’ Conference (WARC). Virtual Conference, hosted by Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology, Torrance, CA. April 2022.
• Abrams BA, Wilkey B. The Year 2020 in Review: Noteworthy Literature for Thoracic Transplant Anesthesiologists. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Jun;25(2):120-127. PubMed PMID: 33853464
• Abrams B, Latham GJ, Kertai MD, Weitzel N. Continuing Research in the Face of Adversity. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Sep;25(3):161-163. PubMed PMID: 34380350
• Curtis M, Abrams BA. Complications Associated with Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia. SATA website education materials. January 2021. https://www.transplantanesthesia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SATA-TEE-complications.pdf
• Tanya J. Applegate, Greta M. Krafsur, June A. Boon, Hui Zhang, Timothy N. Holt, S. Kelly Ambler, Benjamin A. Abrams, Daniel L Gustafson, Karsten Bartels, Franklyn B. Garry, Kurt R. Stenmark, R. Dale Brown. Brief Report: Case comparison of therapy with the histone deacetylase inhibitor vorinostat in a neonatal calf model of pulmonary hypertension. Frontiers in Physiology, section Clinical and Translational Physiology. (Accepted for publication August 16, 2021)
• Tanabe K, Abrams B. Intraoperative Considerations for a Type B Aortic Dissection Complicated by Rhabdomyolysis. Western Anesthesia Residents’ Conference (WARC). Virtual Conference, hosted by Stanford University Department of Anesthesiology, Stanford, CA. May 2021.
• Abrams BA, Murray KA, Mahoney K, Raymond KM, McWilliams SK, Nichols S, Mahmoudi E, Mayes LM, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA, Zanotti G, Bartels K. Post-Discharge Pain Management After Thoracic Surgery - A Patient-Centered Approach. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jun 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32497643
• Clendenen N, Abrams B, Morabito J, Grae L, Mosca MS, Weitzel N. Noteworthy Literature in Cardiac Anesthesia for 2019. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Jun;24(2):138-148. PubMed PMID: 32349616
• Wilkey BJ, Abrams BA. Mitigation of Primary Graft Dysfunction in Lung Transplantation: Current Understanding and Hopes for the Future. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Mar;24(1):54-66. PubMed PMID: 31617450
• Abrams BA, Melnyk V, Allen WL, Subramaniam K, Scott CD, Mitchell JD, Seres T, Martin AK. TEE for Lung Transplantation: A Case Series and Discussion of Vascular Complications. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Mar;34(3):733-740. PubMed PMID: 31570240
• Wilkey BJ, Abrams BA, Del Rio JM, Kertai MD, Subramaniam K, Srinivas C, Peng YG, Berrio-Valencia M, Martin AK. Statement From the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia: White Paper Advocating Desirable Milestones and Competencies for Anesthesiology Fellowship Training in the Field of Lung Transplantation. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Mar;24(1):104-114. PubMed PMID: 31390944
• Robitaille MJ, Abrams BA. Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Management of Mechanical Circulatory Support. Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia. SATA website education materials. August 2020.
• Carrico JA, Abrams BA, Krause M, Raebel MA, Kutner J, Bartels K. Estimating Opioid Requirements After Discharge Following Thoracic Surgery– A Prospective Cohort Study. International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. May 2020.
• Abrams B, Kertai MD, Weitzel N. Contribution of Cardiothoracic and Abdominal Transplant Anesthesiologists: Leading the Way for the Full Spectrum of Patients in Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Sep;24(3):199-201. PubMed PMID: 32721203
• Wilkey BJ, Abrams BA. Mitigation of Primary Graft Dysfunction in Lung Transplantation: Current Understanding and Hopes for the Future. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Oct 16;:1089253219881980. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31617450
• Abrams BA, Melnyk V, Allen WL, Subramaniam K, Scott CD, Mitchell JD, Seres T, Martin AK. TEE for Lung Transplantation: A Case Series and Discussion of Vascular Complications. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Sep 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31570240
• Wilkey BJ, Abrams BA, Del Rio JM, Kertai MD, Subramaniam K, Srinivas C, Peng YG, Berrio-Valencia M, Martin AK. Statement From the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia: White Paper Advocating Desirable Milestones and Competencies for Anesthesiology Fellowship Training in the Field of Lung Transplantation. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Aug 8;:1089253219867695. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31390944
• Abrams B, Hoffman J, Aftab M, Evers J, Seres T. A Rare Case of Stenosis at the Inferior Vena Cava to Right Atrium Anastomosis After Bicaval Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Feb 27;:1089253219832608. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30810093