LEADERSHIP

Clinical Research

Advancing the future of anesthesia through clinician-led research and clinical innovation.

Elevating the science of anesthesia.

Driving discovery. Improving outcomes. Advancing patient safety.

At USAP, clinical research is embedded in our commitment to excellence. Our physician-led teams actively participate in research initiatives that enhance patient safety, refine anesthesia techniques, and improve perioperative outcomes across diverse care settings.

Through collaboration with hospitals, academic institutions, and industry partners, we contribute to evidence-based advancements that elevate standards of care. Our clinicians engage in prospective trials, quality improvement studies, and innovative protocols designed to translate scientific discovery into real-world impact.

By integrating research into everyday practice, USAP strengthens its ability to deliver high-quality, data-driven care ensuring that every patient benefits from the latest insights in anesthesia science.

December is Coming: A Time Trend Analysis of Monthly Variation in Adult Elective Anesthesia Caseload Across Florida and Texas Locations of a Large Multistate Practice

Anastasia Pozdnyakova Piersa, M.D., M.B.A., Avery Tung, M.D., Richard P. Dutton, M.D., M.B.A., Sajid Shahul, M.D., M.P.H., David B. Glick, M.D., M.B.A.

Incidence of intraoperative hypotension during non-cardiac surgery in community anesthesia practice: a retrospective observational analysis.

Saasouh W, Christensen AL, Xing F, Chappell D, Lumbley J, Woods B, Mythen M, Dutton RP

ASA Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway

Apfelbaum JL, Hagberg CA, Connis RT, Abdelmalak BB, Agarkar M, Dutton RP, Fiadjoe JE, Greif R, Klock PA, Mercier D, Myatra SN, O'Sullivan EP, Rosenblatt WH, Sorbello M, Tung A

Setting Up a Quality Program

Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA, Stephanie Davidson, DO, Aesha S. Shukla, MBA, MHA, CPHQ

A Chance to Save the World...Through Gratitude

Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA, FASA | ASA Monitor | 12.2022

Factors Affecting Patient Satisfaction With Their Anesthesiologist

Anastasia Pozdnyakova, BS, Avery Tung, MD, FCCM, Richard Dutton, MD, MBA, Anum Wazir, BS, and David B. Glick, MD, MBA | Anesthesia & Analgesia | Volume 129

Private Equity in Anesthesia

George Tewfik, MD, MBA, CPE & Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA

Advances in Anesthesia: Pediatric Anesthesia in the Community

Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBAa, Robert B. Bryskin, MDb, Marion ‘Red’ Starks, MD, MBAc , Aesha S. Shukla, MHA, MBA, CPHQd, Olivia Lounsbury, MS

Scaling Up Quality in an Anesthesia Practice

Richard P. Dutton, MD, Thomas H. Swygert, MD, Matthew Maloney, MD, Mo Azam, MD, D. Kurt Jones, MD, Olivia Lounsbury, Aesha S. Shukla, Paul Taheri, MD

Anesthesia Quality Improvement

Continuous improvement of quality and safety is a professional obligation of anesthesiologists and an ongoing activity of all academic departments and private practices. Quality improvement is an infinite process that is never fully complete but that instead evolves over time in response to emerging threats to patient safety from new medications, new surgical procedures, and increased recognition of systematic threats. This review discusses current definitions and thinking in anesthesia quality improvement, outlines recommended efforts at the local department level, and makes suggestions for the projects and activities most likely to benefit the anesthesia patients and clinicians of the future.

(Anesthesiology 2025; 142:217–29)