JohnJSassanoMD

Anesthesiology • Summerfield, FL

Pain Medicine

Interventional Pain Management

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Office
10250 SE 167th Place Rd
Unit 5
Summerfield, FL 34491
Phone+1 352-307-9925

Fax+1 352-307-8442

Summary

Florida Interventional Pain Management Physician specializing in treating chronic pain with not only compassion and lack of stigma, but also utilizing state-of-medicine technologies and procedures. Aggressive in the field of Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation.

Former Director of Pain Management at the University of Florida and Board Certified in Pain Management by the American Board of Anesthesiology.

Patented and award winning Inventor of "The Rapid Venous Infusion System" (1998).

Education & Training

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at LubbockFellowship, Pain Medicine, 1999 - 2000
UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Pain Medicine, 1997 - 1999
UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Anesthesiology, 1977 - 1980
University of Vermont Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1976 - 1977
Uconn School Of MedicineClass of 1976
Fairfield UniversityB.S, Biology, Cum Laude, 1972 - 1972

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2000 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1977 - 2002
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
National Board of Medical ExaminersAnesthesiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification AllMeds EHR, AllMeds, Inc., 2011-2013
Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans 1991
Who's Who In Health And Medical Sciences 1990
"Inventor Of The Year" (The Rapid Venous Infusion System) Haemonetics Corporation, 1989
Laufman Greatbatch Award Recommendation Association for the Advancement ofMedical Instrumentation Foundation, 1984
Alpha Epsilon Delta, Pre Medical Honor Society 1972
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

8 citations
Delayed death after uncomplicated hot tub bathing in dogs and monkeys.
Gideon Eshel, Peter Safar, John Sassano, S. William Stezoski
Resuscitation. 1998-06-01
20 citations
Hyperthermia-induced cardiac arrest in dogs and monkeys☆
Gideon Eshel, Peter Safar, John Sassano, William Stezoski
Resuscitation. 1990-10-01
68 citations
Cardiovascular depression secondary to ionic hypocalcemia during hepatic transplantation in humans
Jose Marquez, Douglas J. Martin, Mohamed A. Virji, Y. Kang, Vijay Warty
Anesthesiology. 1986-11-01

Books/Book Chapters

Hepatic Transplantation.
Chapter: The Rapid Infusion System
Page 120 - 134Sassano JJEditors: Winter, P; Kang, Y.Praeger Publishers, New York

Abstracts/Posters

Hyperthermic cardiac shock in monkeys.
Sassano JJ, Safar P, Eshel G, Stezoski W, Barbati R, Anesthesiology
Effects of CPR advanced life- support variables on neurologic recovery in animals.
Bleyaert A, Safar P, Nemoto E, Moossy J, Sassano JJ, Stezoski W, Med Iiismimentation
Cardiovascular and cerebral effects of thiopental (THi loading in monkeys.
Gisvold S, Safar P, Alexander H, Stezoski W, Sassano JJ, Circulation
Lethal hypertheimic shock in monkeys.
Sassano JJ, Eshel G, Safar P, Stezoski W, Circulatory Shock
An animal model oflethal hyperthermia.
Sassano JJ, Safar P, Barbati R, Stezoski W, Eshel G, Moossy J, Ashmead J, Crit Care Med
Reversibility ofhyperthermia in monkeys.
Eshel G, Safar P, Sassano JJ, Stezoski W, Barbati R, Crit Care Med
Cardiovascular depression by thiopental (TH) loading for brain resuscitation in monkeys.
Grisvold S, Safar P5 Sassano JJ, Bleyaert A, AlexanderB, Stezoski W, Thompson M, Crit Care Med
A double-lumen right heart catheter for open heart surgery.
Marquez JM, Sassano JJ, Winter PM, W'aterman P, Anesthesiology
Limitations of conventional transfusion systems.
Sassano JJ, Waterman PM, Marquez J, Winter PM, Anesthesiology
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Lectures

Massive blood loss, invasive transfusion and rapid infusion techniques and Cardiovascular hemodynamics.
Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Interventional Pain Management.
Shands Hospital University ofFlorida School ofMedicine, Gainesville, Florida
Cervical Stenosis and Failed Neck Surgery Syndrome.
University Medical Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Interventional Pain Management Techniques.
Presbyterian University Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School ofMedicine, Pittsburgh
Failed Neck Surgery Syndrome.
Montifiore Hospital, University ofPittsburgh School ofMedicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Development of a Rapid Infusion System.
Presbyterian University Hospital, University ofPittsburgh School ofMedicine, Pittsburgh
Rapid Infusion System update.
Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rapid Infusion System.
Presbyterian University Hospital. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Endpoints in resuscitation.
Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University ofthe Health Sciences, Washington, DC
Research design for rapid transfusion.
Haemonetics Corporation, Braintree, Massachusetts
Hypovolemic shock.
Post-anesthesia Recovery Room Nurses, Presbyterian University Hospital Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Fluid resuscitation during "Operation Desert Storm".
Haemonetics Corporation, Braintree, Massachusetts
Shock trauma and Anesthesia for special procedures.
Speaker Pennsylvania Association ofNurse Anesthetists, Warrendale, Perinsylvania
Developing biomedical technology.
Speaker. Biotechnology Promotion Group, Department of Surgery, University ofPittsburgh School ofMedi
History of massive blood transfusion.
National Business Meeting. Haemonetics, Brainfree, Massachusetts
Anesthesia for NMR procedures.
Anesthesia Grand Rounds. University Health Center ofPittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lethal hyperthermia monkey model.
Second Resuscitation Research Seminar. University ofPittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Massive transfusion.
Surgical Grand Rounds. University Health Center ofPittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Rapid Infusion System.
Department ofAnesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University Health Center, Pittsburg
Managing hypovolemic shock in liver transplantation with a rapid infusion system and autologous blood.
Invited Speaker. Tulane University Department ofAnesthesiology, New Orleans, Louisiana
A new device for rapid blood infusion Symposium on Anesthesia for Liver Transplantation.
University ofPittsburgh Health Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Anesthesia for liver transplantation, session moderator and Anesthesia and liver transplantation, panel discussion.
University ofPittsburgh Health Center Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Antotransfusion using the Cell Saver 4.
Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Massive fluid replacement.
Invited Speaker. Center for Emergency Medicine, University ofPittsburgh Health Center, Pittsburgh, P
Liver transplants.
Invited Speaker Association ofUniversity People, University ofPittsburgh, Httsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Other

Effects ofpost circulatory arrest life support on neurologic recovery in monkeys.
Bleyaert AL, Safar P, Nemoto EM, Moossy J, Sassano JJ, Crit Care Med
Treatment of encephalopathy after cardiac arrest (RUS).
Bleyaert AL, Safar P, Nemoto EM, Moossy J, Sands P, Sassano JJ, AnestheziolognalReanirnatologJia
Management ofhemorrhagic shock with hydroxyethyl starch, total-dose Imferon infusion and mass spectrophotometry.
Sassano JJ, Sladen A, Franklin RH, Guntupalli KK, Crit Care Med
Orotracheal intubation using modified Seldinger technique in an adult patient with tracheal stenosis: a case report Anesthesiol'Rev.
Freilich JD, Sassano JJ
Hyperthermia with cardiac arrest, CPR and irreversible shock in monkeys.
Sassano JJ, Eshel G, Safar P, DiasasterMed
Cardiovascular depression secondary to ionic hypocalcemia during hepatic transplantation in humans.
Marquez J, Martin D, Vrni M, Kang Y, Warty V, Shaw B, Sassano JJ, Anesthesiology
The Rapid Venous Infusion System US Letters Patent.
Sassano JJ
Anesthesia for the uncommon surgical challenge.
Sassano JJ, Winter PM, Martin DJ, Schertz D, Rainbow Productions, Chicago, Illinois
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Committees

Personal Medical Advisor to Dr. James Fletcher, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Presbyterian University Hospital, Blood Usage Committee
Emergency Services/Trauma Committee, Presbyterian University Hospital
Biotechnology Promotion Group, University of Pittsburgh