Medical School
- MD, University of Michigan Medical School (2005)
Graduate School
- MHA, University of Minnesota - Twin City (2018)
Undergraduate School
- BSE, University of Michigan (MI) (2000)
Internship
- University of Minnesota/St John's Hospital Program (2006)
Residency
- University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine Program, Anesthesiology (2009)
Fellowships
- University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Pediatric Anesthesiology (2010)
Languages
EnglishDepartment
AnesthesiologyProfessional Titles
- Chief Medical Information Officer
- Performance Improvement and Informatics Officer
Publications
- Xie J, Gessner D, Ramaswamy P, Tan JM, Guffey P, Gálvez Delgado J, Lonsdale H, Kato M, Taicher BM, Zhang DA, Wecksell M, Asher D, Simpao AF, Wang E, Mudumbai SC, O'Reilly-Shah V. Sharing Anesthetic Records with Patients: An Opportunity to Embrace Transparency. Anesthesiology. 2025 May 1;142(5):950-951. PubMed PMID: 40197454
- Guffey P. Faust Anesthesia Review, Chapter on Informatics. 2023.
- Thomas JJ, Bashqoy F, Brinton JT, Guffey P, Yaster M. Integration of the Codonics Safe Label System(®) and the Omnicell XT(®) Anesthesia Workstation into Pediatric Anesthesia Practice: Utilizing Technology to Increase Medication Labeling Compliance and Decrease Medication Discrepancies While Maintaining User Acceptability. Hosp Pharm. 2022 Feb;57(1):11-16. PubMed PMID: 35521011
- Hong Mershon B, Vannucci A, Bryson T, Lin F, Greilich PE, Dear G, Guffey P, Agarwala A. A Collaborative Partnership between the Multicenter Handoff Collaborative and an Electronic Health Record Vendor. Appl Clin Inform. 2021 May;12(3):647-654. PubMed PMID: 34320682
- Thomas JJ, Yaster M, Guffey P. The Use of Patient Digital Facial Images to Confirm Patient Identity in a Children's Hospital's Anesthesia Information Management System. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2020 Feb;46(2):118-121. PubMed PMID: 31810830
- Thomas JJ, Yaster M, Guffey P. The Use of Patient Digital Facial Images to Confirm Patient Identity in a Children's Hospital's Anesthesia Information Management System. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2020 Feb;46(2):118-121. PubMed PMID: 31810830
- Guffey P MD, MHA and Hyman D MD. Principles of Patient Safety in Pediatric Hem/Onc/HSCT, in Patient Safety and Quality in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation. Springer. 2017.
- Guffey, P MD. and Culwick, M MD. Adverse event prevention and mitigation, in Quality and Safety in Anesthesia and Perioperative Care. Oxford University Press. New York, NY. Accepted.
- Guffey, P MD and Culwick M MD. The National Anesthesia Incident Reporting System: Theory, Practice and Current Results. Refresher Courses in Anesthesiology. LW&W. Vol 44. Accepted
- Guffey P. Culwick M. Adverse Event Prevention and Mitigation. In: Quality and Safety in Anesthesia and Perioperative Care. Oxford University Press, Oct 10, 2016
- Guffey P. & Merry A. Incident Reporting - Refresher courses in Anesthesiology. Vol 44. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2016.
- Guffey PJ, Culwick M, Merry AF. Incident reporting at the local and national level. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2014 Winter;52(1):69-83. PubMed PMID: 24370721
- Guffey PJ, Culwick M, Merry AF. Incident reporting at the local and national level. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2014 Winter;52(1):69-83. PubMed PMID: 24370721
- Review of a case from the anesthesia quality institute anesthesia incident reporting system published in the ASA newsletter. May, 2012.
- 35 Anesthesia for Burns and Trauma, Patrick J. Guffey & Dean B. Andropoulos, Gregory's Pediatric Anesthesia V5. In press.
- Rice, A. MBA, Guffey, P MD, Johansen K, MA et al. Use of LEAN principles to increase first case on-time starts at a large, academic, freestanding pediatric hospital. Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting 2012.
- Guffey, P. MD, Szolnoki, J. MD, Caldwell, J. MD. Polaner, D. MD, Design and Implementation of a Near Miss Reporting System at a Large, Academic Pediatric Anesthesia Department. Pediatric Anaesthesia. 2011 Jul;21(7):810-4.
- James J. Thomas, MD1, Myron Yaster, MD1, Patrick Guffey, MD MHA.The use of patient digital facial images to reduce wrong surgery events in a pediatric hospital’s anesthetizing locations. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
- Guffey P. Hyman D. Principles of patient safety in pediatric Hem/Onc/HSCT. In: Patient Safety and Quality in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. Springer Publishing.
Practice Locations
Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234
Children's Hospital Colorado - Colorado Fetal Care Center
13123 E 16th Ave, B735
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-4463
Hospital Affiliation
- Children's Hospital Colorado
Specialty Information
Specialties- Anesthesiology, Board Certification (2010)
- Pediatric Anesthesiology, Board Certification (2017)
- Clinical Informatics, Board Certification (2016)