Benjamin Abrams, MD

Publications

• Christensen E, Kennerley V, Justison G, Douin DJ, Pattee J, Cleveland JC Jr, Reece TB, Rove J, Hoffman JRH, Cain MT, Teman N, Abrams B, Ginde AA, Clendenen N. Post-operative oxygen delivery and delirium after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: A multisite retrospective cohort study of 1,690 patients. Perfusion. 2026 Mar 6;:2676591261431999. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41789468
• Wilkey B, Kertai MD, Abrams B. Moving Forward, Together. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2026 Jun;30(2):85-89. PubMed PMID: 41999509
• Maar K, Szekely A, Abrams B, Kertai MD. Advancing Risk Stratification, Imaging, and Perioperative Decision-Making in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2026 Sep;30(3):157-159. PubMed PMID: 42677490
• Smith AW, Abrams B, Kertai MD. Advancing Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology: Right Ventricular Function, Cannabis Use, Ventilation Techniques, and Emerging Trends. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2026 Mar;30(1):5-7. PubMed PMID: 41656558
• Abboud P, Petersen TR, Ehsanian R, Kertai MD, Abrams B, Hanson R. Advances in Medicine: The Convergence of Data, Experience, and Story. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Oct 18;:10892532251391796. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41108782
• Stuart CM, Zubkov MR, Bronsert MR, Abrams BA, Randhawa SK, David EA, Mitchell JD, Meguid RA. Evaluation of a Perioperative Hypothermia Prevention Protocol in Thoracic Surgery with Comparison to Historical Control. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2025 Oct 2;67(10). PubMed PMID: 41056404
• Maar KA, Szekely A, Abrams B, Kertai MD. Innovations in Risk Assessment, Monitoring, and Management in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Sep;29(3):165-167. PubMed PMID: 40826523
• Littlejohn J, Kertai MD, Abrams B, Weitzel N. Noteworthy Literature in 2024 Editorial Charting Progress: A Year of Advances in Cardiac Surgery, Transplantation, and Anesthetic Management. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Jun;29(2):97-102. PubMed PMID: 40329577
• Leahy B, Haines D, Abrams B, Gelfand BJ, Kertai MD. A Recurring Theme: Diverse Case Management for the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Mar;29(1):5-7. PubMed PMID: 40022288
• Haines D, Kertai MD, Abrams B, Huang J. Understanding Physiology and Using Technology to Care for Challenging Patients. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Mar;28(1):5-7. PubMed PMID: 38378200
• Krause M, Tzeng E, Kertai MD, Abrams BA. A Year of Changes: The End of the Pandemic Marks the Beginning of New Priorities. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Jun;28(2):61-65. PubMed PMID: 38730539
• Kummerow M, von Dossow V, Pasero D, Martinez Lopez de Arroyabe B, Abrams B, Kowalsky M, Wilkey BJ, Subramanian K, Martin AK, Marczin N, de Waal EEC. PERSUADE Survey-PERioperative AnestheSia and Intensive Care Management of Left VentricUlar Assist DevicE Implantation in Europe and the United States. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Jan;38(1):197-206. PubMed PMID: 37980193
• Stuart CM, Bronsert MR, Meguid RA, Mott NM, Abrams BA, Dyas AR, Gleisner AL, Colborn KL, Henderson WG. The deimplementation of laboratory testing in low-risk patients as recommended by the American society of anesthesiologists: An ACS-NSQIP longitudinal analysis. World J Surg. 2024 May;48(5):1014-1024. PubMed PMID: 38549187
• Hanson RS, Venegas OG, Alverson LA, Abrams BA, Kertai MD. Embracing Scrutiny: The Importance of Critical Evaluation and Transparency in Research. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Sep;27(3):149-152. PubMed PMID: 37449721
• Rooke DA, Kertai MD, Abrams B. Advancing the Role of the Anesthesiologist in Perioperative Medicine. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Dec;27(4):249-251. PubMed PMID: 37909211
• Dyas A, Kelleher A, Cumbler E, Barker A, McCabe K, Bata K, Abrams B, Randhawa S, Mitchell J, Meguid R. Quality Review Committee Audit Improves Thoracic Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol Compliance. Journal of Surgical Research. 2023 Sep;293:144-151
• Hanson RS, Venegas OG, Alverson LA, Abrams BA, Kertai MD. Embracing Scrutiny: The Importance of Critical Evaluation and Transparency in Research. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Jul 14;:10892532231189788. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37449721
• Leiendecker E, Viox D, Kertai MD, Abrams B. The Year 2022 in Review and a Glimpse into the Future. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Jun;27(2):81-86. PubMed PMID: 37199390
• Pahwa S, Kertai MD, Abrams B, Huang J. Length of Hospital Stay as a Performance Metric-Is That a Fair Assessment?. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Mar;27(1):5-7. PubMed PMID: 36786418
• 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
• Tawil JN, Abrams, BA, Nicoara A, Boisen ML. Noteworty literature published in 2018 for thoracic organ transplantation. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019; 23(2): 171-187.
• Title: Lower oxygen delivery is associartesd with delirium and death in a single center retrospective cohort study of 1.452 patients Authors: Benjamin Abrams MD, Nathan Clenden, MD Presented at: IARS – 2019 Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 16-20, 2019
• Abrams, BA, Mitchell J, Seres T. (April 2019). Pulmonary Vein Stenosis due to Ischemia Reperfusion Injury after Lung Transplantation. Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia website. https://www.transplantanesthesia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TEMPLATE-UPDATED-Pulmonary-Vein-Stenosis-Due-to-Ischemic-Reperfusion-Injury-During-Lung-Transplantation-1.pdf
• Abrams, BA, Mitchell J, Seres T. (April 2019). Pulmonary Vein Stenosis due to Ischemia Reperfusion Injury after Lung Transplantation. Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia website. https://www.transplantanesthesia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TEMPLATE-UPDATED-Pulmonary-Vein-Stenosis-Due-to-Ischemic-Reperfusion-Injury-During-Lung-Transplantation-1.pdf

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Specialty Information

• Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology