Professor and Chair
University of Oklahoma Department of Anesthesiology
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Dr. Kenichi Tanaka received his doctor of medicine degree from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. Subsequently, he completed his Anesthesiology residency at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine then completed a fellowship in the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia in the Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine. He has also obtained a Masters in the Science of Clinical Research from the Graduate School at Emory University. Dr. Tanaka is a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology.
Before joining the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in February, 2021 as Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Dr. Tanaka served as Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Director of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Tanaka comes with an impressive track record in key clinical research areas including: Patient blood management and bloodless surgery, pre-clinical and clinical hemostatic intervention, coagulation monitoring device development, pharmacologic and investigator-initiated pediatric anesthesia industry studies, and computational modeling of perioperative coagulopathy and hemostasis. He also brings an unparalleled focus on service and quality improvement in the operative and perioperative space. Dr. Tanaka currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Cardiothoracic Vascular Anesthesia, British Journal of Anaesthesia, and Anesthesia & Analgesia to name but a few.
Sunday, June 25, 2023
16:30 – 16:35 ET
Sunday, June 25, 2023
17:40 – 17:45 ET