Ben Cloyd, MD, MPH

Professional Titles

• Multi-Specialty Anesthesiology Division Chief

Recognitions

• Resident Humanitarian of the Year, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) (2017)
• Unsung Hero, University of Colorado Department of Anesthesiology (2023)
  Award given to a single faculty member for outstanding resident support.

Research Interests

Publications

• Prince ADP, Cloyd BH, Hogikyan ND, Schechtman SA, Kupfer RA. Airway Management for Endoscopic Laryngotracheal Stenosis Surgery During COVID-19. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Jul;163(1):78-80. PubMed PMID: 32393105
• Schechtman SA, Buist M, Cloyd BH, Tremper KK, Healy DW. The OxyTain Algorithm: An Adaptation of Existing Emergency Front of Neck Access Approaches Within a North American Tertiary Referral Health Care System. A A Pract. 2019 Nov 15;13(10):405-406. PubMed PMID: 31633486
• Cloyd BH, Nemergut EC. Toward Transparency in Board Certification. Anesth Analg. 2019 Nov;129(5):1197-1198. PubMed PMID: 31613808
• Schechtman SA, Buist M, Cloyd BH, Tremper KK, Healy DW. The OxyTain Algorithm: An Approach to Airway Management in the Cannot Intubate and Cannot Oxygenate Scenario. A A Pract. 2019 May 15;12(10):378-381. PubMed PMID: 31091201
• Nafiu OO, Thompson A, Chiravuri SD, Cloyd B, Reynolds PI. Factors Associated With Recovery Room Intravenous Opiate Requirement After Pediatric Outpatient Operations. Anesth Analg. 2019 Jun;128(6):1225-1233. PubMed PMID: 31094792
• Morrow AM, Burton KLO, Watanabe MM, Cloyd BH, Khut GP. Developing BrightHearts: A Pediatric Biofeedback-Mediated Relaxation App to Manage Procedural Pain and Anxiety. Pain Pract. 2018 Jul;18(6):698-708. PubMed PMID: 29080245
• Cloyd BH. In response to "Interventions designed using quality improvement methods reduce the incidence of serious airway events and airway cardiac arrests during pediatric anesthesia". Paediatr Anaesth. 2018 Jan;28(1):73. PubMed PMID: 29226525
• Schechtman SA, Shah N, Cloyd BH, Tremper KK, Healy DW. The high flow topicalization technique for awake tracheal intubation. J Clin Anesth. 2022 Jun;78:110665. PubMed PMID: 35091374
• Cloyd BH, Leis AM, Healy DW, Schechtman SA, Teig M. A retrospective observational study of airway management features resulting in difficult airway letters at a single center. J Clin Anesth. 2022 Dec;83:110984. PubMed PMID: 36342005
• Baerg, Tim MD, MBA; Klapman, Seth MD, MBA; Cloyd, Benjamin MD, MIPH; Hovord, David MD; Edelman, Tony MD, MBA; Healy, David MD; Schechtman, Samuel MD. Identifying patterns of utilization of single-use video laryngoscopy and supraglottic airway devices to reduce waste. Journal of Head & Neck Anesthesia 5(2):p e35, December 2021. | DOI: 10.1097/HN9.0000000000000035
• Negin J, Rozea A, Cloyd B, Martiniuk AL. Foreign-born health workers in Australia: an analysis of census data. Hum Resour Health. 2013 Dec 31;11:69. PubMed PMID: 24377370
• Healy, David W. MD, MRCP, FRCA, FASAa,; Cloyd, Benjamin H. MD, MIPHa; Straker, Tracey MD, MS, MPH, CBA, FASAb; Brenner, Michael J. MDc; Damrose, Edward J. MD, FACSd; Spector, Matthew E. MDc; Saxena, Amit MDe; Atkins, Joshua H. MD, PhD, CPEf; Ramamurthi, Radhamangalam J. MD, FRCAg; Mehta, Arpan BM, FRCAh; Aziz, Michael F. MDi; Cattano, Davide MD, PhD, FASA, CMQj; Levine, Adam I. MDk; Schechtman, Samuel A. MDa; Cavallone, Laura F. MD, MScl; Abdelmalak, Basem B. MD, FASA, SAMBA-Fm. Expert consensus statement on the perioperative management of adult patients undergoing head and neck surgery and free tissue reconstruction from the Society for Head and Neck Anesthesia. Journal of Head & Neck Anesthesia 5(2):p e39, December 2021. | DOI: 10.1097/HN9.0000000000000039
• Gaulton TG, Neuman MD. Trends in personal protective equipment use by clinicians performing airway procedures for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in the USA from the intubateCOVID registry. Br J Anaesth. 2021 May;126(5):e184-e186. PubMed PMID: 33612248
• Healy DW, Cloyd BH, Straker T, Brenner MJ, Damrose EJ, Spector ME, Saxena A, Atkins JH, Ramamurthi RJ, Mehta A, Aziz MF, Cattano D, Levine AI, Schechtman SA, Cavallone LF, Abdelmalak BB. Expert Consensus Statement on the Perioperative Management of Adult Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Surgery and Free Tissue Reconstruction From the Society for Head and Neck Anesthesia. Anesth Analg. 2021 Jul 1;133(1):274-283. PubMed PMID: 34127591
• Cloyd BH, Grenda DR: Book review: core topics in airway management, 3rd edition British Journal of Anaesthesia 126(6): 1237-1238, 2021.
• Kamyszek, RW, Schechtman, SA, Peoples, EE, Jewell, E, Grenda, DR, Healy, DW, Shah, NJ, Cloyd, BH "Outcomes Following Standardization of Airway Management Protocols Outside of The Operating Room?" Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, October 2022
• Taylor G Lackey, Benjamin H. Cloyd, Daniel S. Fink, Evolving trends in airway management for laryngeal stenosis, Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2023
• Kamyszek RW, Schechtman SA, Peoples EE, Grenda DR, Jewell ES, Shah NJ, Klumpner TT, Healy DW, Cloyd BH. Airway management beyond the operating room; the effectiveness of a standardized airway protocol. J Clin Anesth. 2023 Dec;91:111259. PubMed PMID: 37717462
• TG Lackey, BH Cloyd, DS Fink. Evolving trends in airway management for laryngeal stenosis, Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Volume 34, Issue 2, 2023, Pages 76-84, ISSN 1043-1810, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otot.2023.05.002.
• Villasenor M, Bengson J, Cloyd BH, Eckle T. Cardiac arrest due to an unexpected inability to ventilate in a tracheostomy patient suggesting the need for a routine anesthesia checklist and an anesthesia relevant emergency pathway for tracheostomy management: a case report. Ann Transl Med. 2023 Dec 20;11(12):420. PubMed PMID: 38213806
• Cloyd BH, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Root MZ. Video Laryngoscopy for Surgical Endotracheal Intubation. JAMA. 2024 Jul 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38976242
• Cloyd BH, Fernandez-Bustamante A, Root MZ. Video Laryngoscopy for Surgical Endotracheal Intubation. JAMA. 2024 Aug 6;332(5):426. PubMed PMID: 38976242
• Villasenor M, Bengson J, Cloyd BH, Eckle T. Cardiac arrest due to an unexpected inability to ventilate in a tracheostomy patient suggesting the need for a routine anesthesia checklist and an anesthesia relevant emergency pathway for tracheostomy management: a case report. Ann Transl Med. 2023 Dec 20;11(12):420. PubMed PMID: 38213806
• Kamyszek RW, Schechtman SA, Peoples EE, Grenda DR, Jewell ES, Shah NJ, Klumpner TT, Healy DW, Cloyd BH. Airway management beyond the operating room; the effectiveness of a standardized airway protocol. J Clin Anesth. 2023 Dec;91:111259. PubMed PMID: 37717462

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Anesthesiologists, Member
• Society for Head and Neck Anesthesia (SHANA), Scientific Board Chair
• International Anesthesia Research Society, Member
• Society for Airway Management, Member
• Difficult Airway Society, Member
• Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Anesthesiology, Board Certification
• American Board of Anesthesiology, Board Certification (2018)