Scholarly Activity | Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship Program

2023-2024

Ongoing Prospective Projects

• Smith, Adams, Spiro, Hicks, Hathaway—CRYPTICS Clinical trial (Design of the Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Dimethyl Sulfoxide Cryopreserved Platelets to Liquid Stored Platelets in Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery - ScienceDirect)
• Hicks, Predicting, Preventing, and Reacting to Adverse Events in the Cardiothoracic Operating Room. IRB reviewed, exempt. Registry project with Roux Institute.

Retrospective Work in Progress

• Hicks, A clinical comparison of rigid plate fixation and wire cerclage sternotomy closure: Proposal for a retrospective, propensity scored analysis. IRB approved retrospective record review, data collection in progress. 

Publications

• Maxey-Jones, C, Seelhammer, TG, Arabia, FA, Cho, B, Cardonell, B, Smith, D, Leo, V, Dias, J, Shore-Lesserson, L, Hartmann, J. TEG 6s-Guided Algorithm for Optimizing Patient Blood Management in Cardiovascular Surgery: Systematic Literature Review and Expert Opinion. JCVA. 2025 May
• Kellegrew J, Hicks A, Gill L, Chemmanam I, Mountjoy R. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ilioinguinal and Iliohypogastric Nerve Blocks: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2024 Jan 23;18(1):e01740. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001740. PMID: 38259135.
• Stoker A, Hicks A, Wright MC, Ali A, Klapper J, Poisson J, Zaffiri L, Chen D, Hartwig M, Ghadimi K, Welsby I, Bottiger B. Development of New Donor-Specific and Human Leukocyte Antigen Antibodies After Transfusion in Adult Lung Transplantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Sep;37(9):1609-1617. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.04.038. Epub 2023 Apr 29. PMID: 37263806.
• Levin B; et al. One-Year Survival for Adult Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients Requiring Renal-Replacement Therapy. Journal of Cardiothoracic Vascular Anesthesia. 2022 Jul;36(7):1942-1948.

Presentations/Participation in Professional Activities

• McAuley, JP, Beers-Mulroy, B, Smith, D. VV ECMO for Large Carinal Tumor Resection and Reconstruction of the Airway. Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium, Montreal, Canada, April 2025
• Olson, B, Kellegrew, J, Hicks, A. Emergency Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement or Pump the Breaks? SCA Conference, Montreal Canada, April 2025
• Woodward, Z, Hathaway, J, Hassan, A. Right and Anomalous Left Circumflex Coronary Artery Occlusions Following Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Replacement. SCA Conference, Montreal Canada, April 2025
• McAuley, JP, Spiro, C. Staged Sternotomy with Peripheral Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Endoclamp for High-Risk Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Repair. SCA Conference, Montreal Canada, April 2025
• Leise, A, Agrondia, S, Wigant, K, Kramer, R, Hassan, A, Hicks, A. The association of anesthetic and analgesic medications with new onset post-operative atrial fibrillation in adult patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. SCA Conference, Montreal Canada, April 2025
• Supp B, “Bi-Pella Support for Cardiac Protection in High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention”, poster, SCA Conference, Toronto Canada, April 2024
• LeSage B, “New Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Gradient Status Post Mitral Valve Replacement Not Just A Bioprosthetic Valve Concern”, poster, SCA Conference, Toronto Canada, April 2024
• Beers-Mulroy B, McAuley P, “Percutaneous Paravalvular Leak Closure Following Complicated Mitral Valve Replacement” poster, SCA Conference, Toronto Canada, April 2024
• LeSage B, Weimer J, DeNino W, Link C, “Massive Pulmonary Embolism with Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Rescue In A Patient Recently Started On Semaglutide: A Case Report” ASAIO Conference, First place, Baltimore, MD May 2024
• Smith D, “Critical Procedure Workshop” SCA Conference, Toronto Canada, April 2024

Faculty & Fellow: Conferences Attended 2024-2025

• ABA Board Examiners (Hathaway, Allyn)
• MITE Faculty Development Conference
• Society Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA)
• Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium
• Society of Academic Anesthesiology Association (SAAA)
• Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA)