AlexanderT.AbessMD

Assistant Professor Staff Anesthesiologist

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Office
1 Medical Center Dr
Lebanon, NH 03756
Phone+1 603-650-6177

Fax+1 603-650-8980

Dr. Alexander Abess is an anesthesiologist in Lebanon, NH and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Maine Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine and has been in practice 16 years. He is experienced in echocardiography, neuro-anesthesiology, anesthesia, medical device development, and obstetrical anesthesiology.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalResidency, Anesthesiology, 2006 - 2009
Naval Operational Medicine InstituteFlight Surgeon Designation, 2002 - 2003
Naval Medical Center (San Diego)Internship, Transitional Year, 2001 - 2002
Medical University of South CarolinaClass of 2001
Catholic University of AmericaBachelor, Biomedical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, 1996

Surgeon General’s Award 2003
Health Professions Scholarship Recipient U.S. Navy, 1997
Harris Cup Recipient, Most Outstanding Scholar, Athlete, and Gentleman Catholic University of America, 1996
C.C. Chang Award, Outstanding Academic Achievement and Potential Contribution To Biomedical Engineering 1996
Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society 1995
Archdiocesan Scholarship Recipient Catholic University of America, 1992
Eagle Scout 1988
University Honors Program in Humanities Catholic University of America
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PubMed

67 citations
Chronic pain patients' perspectives of medical cannabis.
Brian J. Piper, Monica L. Beals, Alexander T. Abess, Stephanie D. Nichols, Maurice W. Martin
Pain. 2017-07-01
120 citations
Substitution of medical cannabis for pharmaceutical agents for pain, anxiety, and sleep
Brian J. Piper, Rebecca M. Dekeuster, Monica L. Beals, Catherine M. Cobb, Corey A. Burchman
Journal of Psychopharmacology. 2017-04-04
3 citations
Cognitive impairment and frailty screening in older surgical patients: a rural tertiary care centre experience.
Caroline D Andrew, Christina Fleischer, Kristin Charette, Debra Goodrum, Vinca Chow
BMJ Open Quality. 2022-06-01

Journal Articles

Flagellate Hyperpigmentation Following Intralesional Bleomycin Treatment of Verruca Plantaris
Abess AT (First Author), Archives of Dermatology, 1/1/2003

Lectures

Ketamine for Acute Pain Management
Waldo County General Hospital - 1/1/2015
Malignant Hyperthermia Review
Waldo County General Hospital - 1/1/2015
Amniotic Fluid Embolism Management
Maine Medical Center - 1/1/2014
Anesthesia for Awake Craniotomy
Maine Medical Center - 1/1/2014
Cerebral physiology
Maine Medical Center - 1/1/2014
Opiates pharmacology and update
Maine Medical Center - 1/1/2014
Post Operative Cognitive Dysfunction
Maine Medical Center - 1/1/2014
Improvement: Individual and Systems Performance in Healthcare and Anesthesia.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center - 1/1/2008
Anesthesia for Cerebral Aneurysms.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center - 1/1/2007
Pulmonary Artery Catheters: Friend or Foe?
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center - 1/1/2007
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