Presented September 4th, 2024 at the APSF Stoelting Conference 2024 on “Transforming Anesthetic Care: A Deep Dive into Medication Errors and Opioid Safety”
ABOUT THE SPEAKER(S)
Toby Weingarten, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Toby Weingarten, MD, is a professor of anesthesiology on the faculty at Mayo Clinic for 19 years. He has focused his academic career on postoperative outcomes having published more than 250 peer reviewed articles. His interests include postoperative nausea and vomiting, urinary retention, and most importantly opioid induced respiratory depression. His work helped identified an association between perioperative gabapentinoids and critical postoperative respiratory depression events and has helped further our understanding of the phenotypic presentation of postoperative respiratory depression. He has served on the board of directors of the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine and as the Executive Section Editor of Sleep Medicine on Anesthesia & Analgesia.
