In a masterly keynote address, Dr Aryeh Shander explores the intimate connection between compassion, ethical medical care, and bloodless medicine.
Aryeh Shander, M.D., FCCM, FCCP, FASA is the Emeritus Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Pain Management and Hyperbaric Medicine at Englewood Hospital & Medical Center in Englewood, NJ. He is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine & Surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Courtesy Clinical Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Shander also serves as Director of Education for TEAMHealth Anesthesia and serves as senior medical consultant to Accumen.
Dr. Shander lectures nationally and internationally on a variety of topics related to anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Patient Blood Management, notably, blood conservation in medical and surgical patients, volume resuscitation, management of anemia, perfusion techniques, novel hemostatic agents, and artificial blood. His publications have appeared in several prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals across the world. He is the author/editor of multiple book chapters and contributes to textbooks on blood management. In 1997 Dr. Shander was recognized by Time magazine as one of America's "Heroes of Medicine." He is a founding member and past president of SABM, and recipient of BMSS 2019 Award of Excellence.
