The Department of Anesthesiology is at the forefront of clinical and translational research in the areas of anesthesia, pain medicine, and critical care. Research in the department includes translation of basic science into new approaches to care, clinical trials and prospective observational studies, and large-scale epidemiological studies. Much of the research is done in close collaboration with experts in other departments and institutions, and many of our faculty hold leadership roles across the medical school, and are leaders in major national and international organizations.
As a department we are committed to generating new knowledge to further the care of our patients, and to fostering the next generation of clinical and translational researchers in the field.
Our department includes many individual researchers, and is also home to a number of specific research groups:
- Center for Perioperative Outcomes (CPO) is dedicated to advancing the science of perioperative clinical care and health care policy and improving perioperative care of patients.
- Anesthesia Trials Group (ATG) is a specialized clinical research unit dedicated to providing the methodologic, logistic, and personnel resources required to develop and run human subjects research studies on any scale.
- Human Rights Impact Lab conducts rigorous, evidence-based, interdisciplinary research to advance the health and wellbeing of displaced populations.
- Medical Accelerator and Digital Engineering (MADE) Lab brings together expertise in biology, computer science, engineering, and more to deliver innovative technologies to address complex healthcare challenges.
Primary Investigators
Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc
Vice Chair for Research
Director of Outcomes Research
Professor of Anesthesiology
Kane Pryor, MD
Executive Vice Chair for Academic Affairs
Director of Clinical Research
Director of Education
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology in Clinical Psychiatry
Richard Boyer, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Fun-Sun Frank and Baw-Chyr Peggy Yao Research Scholar in Anesthesiology
Silis Jiang, PhD
Informatics Manager, Center for Perioperative Outcomes
Instructor of Population Health Sciences in Anesthesiology
Mandisa-Maia Jones, MD
Director, Perioperative Echocardiography
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Gunisha Kaur, MD, MA
Director, Human Rights Impact Lab
Co-Medical Director, Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Neel Mehta, MD
Chief, Division of Pain Management
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Seyed Safavynia, MD, PhD
Associate Program Director, Residency Program
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Joseph Scarpa, Jr., MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Van Poznak Research Scholar
Lisa Witkin, MD, MS
Site Director, Pain Medicine at NYP Lower Manhattan Hospital
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology