Alex Macario MD
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
- Member, Bio-X
- Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Health Research & Policy
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Department of Anesthesia 300 Pasteur Dr H3580 MC 5640 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-6411 Fax (650) 725-8544
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-6411Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Anesthesia
Administrative Appointments
- Vice-Chairman for Education, Department of Anesthesia (2006 - present)
- Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency (2006 - present)
- Program Director, Management of Perioperative Services Fellowship (1996 - present)
- Editorial Board, Anesthesiology Research and Practice (2007 - present)
- Editorial Board, Anesthesiology News (1999 - present)
- Editor, Stanford Anesthesia News (Alumni Publication) (2001 - 2006)
Honors and Awards
- Ellis N. Cohen Achievement Award (Dept. of Anesthesias highest honor), Stanford University (2009)
- Keynote speaker, American Association of Clinical Directors Annual Meeting (2007)
- 1st place, Literature Prize, American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting (2004)
- Annual Resident Research Prize, 3rd Place, American Society of Anesthesiologists (1995)
- Valdes - Dapena Research Prize, The Graduate Hospital, University of Pennsylvania (1991)
- Rigby - Wile Prize in Biology, University of Rochester (1985)
Professional Education
| Residency: | Stanford University School of Medicine CA (1994) |
| Medical Education: | University of Rochester NY (1990) |
| Board Certification: | Anesthesia, American Board of Anesthesiology (1995) |
| Fellowship: | Stanford University Medical Center CA (1995) |
| Internship: | Graduate Hospital PA (1991) |
| Post doctoral: | Stanford University, Health Services Research (1995) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Dr. Macario is interested in the economics of health care, in particular the tradeoffs between costs and outcomes for patients having surgery and anesthesia. Dr. Macario has completed internationally recognized studies on the management of the operating room suite, as well as pioneering work on the cost-effectiveness of drugs and devices. He is Founder and Director of a Postgraduate Fellowship for physicians interested in applying quantitative tools to solve health services research questions.
Dr. Macario's research team has several ongoing projects including:
1. Economics of Fiberscope Use for Tracheal Intubation
2. Waste in the operating room: can we do better?
3. Anesthesia resident education: Web 2.0
4. Anesthesia Information Management Systems
5. Translating what is known to work in medicine to actual care being delivered to patients: what are the barriers?
6. Complex Event Processing (CEP) for the detection of Sepsis
7. Anesthesia Complications Incidence Report from 500,000 Anesthetics
8. Mobile Applications for Health Care
9. Data analytics in health care and surgery and anesthesia
10. Analysis of Online Physician-Review Sites
Publications
- Anesthesia information management systems: past, present, and future of anesthesia records. Mt Sinai J Med. 2012 Jan-Feb; (1): 154-65
- Use of tablet (iPad®) as a tool for teaching anesthesiology in an orthopedic rotation. Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2012; (2): 214-22
- A literature review of randomized clinical trials of intravenous acetaminophen (paracetamol) for acute postoperative pain. Pain Pract. 2011 May-Jun; (3): 290-6
- Analysis of 4999 online physician ratings indicates that most patients give physicians a favorable rating. J Med Internet Res. 2011; (4): e95
- Self-reported information needs of anesthesia residency applicants and analysis of applicant-related web sites resources at 131 United States training programs. Anesth Analg. 2011; (2): 430-9
- Titration of sevoflurane in elderly patients: blinded, randomized clinical trial, in non-cardiac surgery after beta-adrenergic blockade. J Clin Monit Comput. 2011; (3): 175-81
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