Rafi Avitsian MD FASA

Summary

• Rafi Avitsian M.D. FASA, is a Professor of Anesthesiology in the department of General Anesthesiology, and immediate president of the Cleveland Clinic Medical Staff Office. He is the past president of Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC) and one of the founders of International Council for Perioperative Neuroscience Training (ICPNT), as well as past program director of Neuroanestheisology Fellowship in Cleveland Clinic. He is an American Board of Anesthesiologists Applied Senior Examiner, a member of the Association of University Anesthesiologists & recipient of ASA-SEA Distinguished Education Award, as well as SNACC Teacher of the Year, Lifetime Educator award. He is a founding board member of International Center for Professional Development (ICPD) in Armenia.
  
  His academic interest is mostly in brain tumors, anesthetic methods for seizure surgery, brain protection and outcomes of spine surgery as well as Difficult Airway Management. His clinical studies are mostly directed to finding ways to improve the outcome after neurosurgical procedures. He is also interested in medical innovations with many filed and published patents for medical devices.
  
  More than 50 published peer reviewed manuscripts, two book chapters and many abstract presentations also highlights his academic achievements. He is on the editorial board of Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology and an ad hoc reviewer for Anesthesiology, Anesthesia Analgesia, World Neurosurgery Journal.