Dr. James Cain

Biography:

I am the Director of Perioperative Medical Services, Director of Trauma Anesthesiology, Founding Member of the Solid Organ Transplantation Anesthesiology Team and Visiting Associate Professor at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh. I serve on and have led numerous committees and societies at the department, hospital, system, university, state, national and international levels. I am a Past President of the International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society and the West Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists. I went to Medical School at the University of Pittsburgh and completed my Internship at Yale, Anesthesiology Residency and Critical Care Fellowship at Harvard's Massachusetts General Hospital, and Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Fellowship at Harvard's Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital.

Academic positions:

Visiting Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh 2005-present Associate Professor, West Virginia University 2004-2005 Assistant Professor, West Virginia University 1998-2005 Instructor, Harvard 1998 Clinical Fellow, Harvard 1993-1997

Research interests:

Pediatric Anesthesiology Patient Safety Dexmedetomidine Medical Economics/Perioperative Management

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