Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee

The Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee works closely with other committees to develop various guidelines. This process involves a literature search, selecting and grading the available evidence, and developing recommendations. In the absence of high quality evidence, expert opinion and consensus are used to formulate recommendations. The guidelines and practice advisories thus developed are published on the SAMBA website or as a journal article. The Guidelines Committee also works closely with other subspecialty societies to update or develop Practice Guidelines.

  • Girish Joshi, MBBS, MD, FACI, FASA, SAMBA-F
    Girish Joshi, MBBS, MD, FACI, FASA, SAMBA-F
    M.B., B.S., M.D., F.F.A.R.C.S.I. University of Texas Southwestern
    Co-Chair
  • Niraja Rajan, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F
    Niraja Rajan, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F
    Medical Director Penn State Health
    Co-Chair
  • Stephen Aniskevich MD
    Mayo Clinic Florida
    Member
  • Venkata Satya Lakshmi Damalanka
    Assistant Professor Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Member
  • Anis Dizdarevic
    Columbia University Medical Center
    Member
  • melanie donnelly
    Physician Medical College of Wisconsin
    Member
  • John George, III MD
    Assistant Professor/Anesthesia Director of Marymount Hospital and Marymount ASC Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Member
  • Basavana Goudra
    Professor Sidney Kimmel Medical College
    Member
  • Nadia Hernandez MD
    Chief Clinical Officer OrthoMed Anesthesia
    Member
  • Jaime Hyman, MD, SAMBA-F
    Jaime Hyman, MD, SAMBA-F
    Associate Professor Yale University School of Medicine
    Member
  • Bernard Jiang
    Clinical Instructor/Director of Ambulatory Anesthesia University of Michigan
    Member
  • Promil Kukreja
    Regional Anesthesia Quality & Patient Safety Director Jewett Orthopedic Institute, Orlando Health
    Member
  • Vinod Kumar
    Dr University of Minnesota
    Member
  • Manjusha Kuraganti MD
    Indiana University
    Member
  • Piyush Mathur MD
    MD,FCCM,FASA,FAMIA Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Member
  • James Moore MD
    Clinical Professor UCLA Health
    Member
  • Boris Mraovic MD
    Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Member
  • Nathan Painter
    MD University of North Carolina School of Medicine
    Member
  • Karlyn Powell
    Associate Professor Baylor College of Medicine
    Member
  • Leopoldo Rodriguez MD
    M.D., M.B.A., F.A.S.A., SAMBA-F Medical University of South Carolina
    Member
  • Justin Routman MD
    Vice Chair, Division Director of Multispecialty Anesthesiology University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Member
  • Syed Shah MD
    Chairman / Medical Director Stony Brook Medicine
    Member
  • Michael Smith, MD, MS
    Associate Medical Director of Preoperative Evaluation Clinic Mayo Clinic
    Member
  • Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA, FASA
    Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA, FASA
    Professor and Chair The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Member
  • Arnaldo Valedon, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F
    Medical Director Outpatient Perioperative Services WellSpan Medical Group
    Member
  • Kara Barnett, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F
    Kara Barnett, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F
    Director of Anesthesia Services, MSK Monmouth Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Board Advisor
  • Fred Shapiro, DO, FASA
    Fred Shapiro, DO, FASA
    Associate Professor of Anaesthesia Harvard Medical School
    Executive Liaison