Sean Garvin, MD

Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist, Hospital for Special Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College

Anesthesiology

Blood conservation
Non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring
Critical care in the orthopedic surgery patient
Application of echocardiography in the perioperative setting

Fellowship in Endogenous Coagulation Medicine, Sponsored by Talecris Therapeutics, Inc., 2008 - 2009
Joseph F. Artusio, M.D. Award - Weill Cornell Medical College, Presented to the outstanding resident in Anesthesiology, 2007
Distinguished Housestaff Award- Weill Cornell Medical College, 2007
Chief Resident, Weill Cornell Medical College, 2006 - 2007

American Society of Anesthesiology
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

Management of the Difficult Airway
Anesthesia for Complex Spine Surgery
Hypotensive Epidural Anesthesia
Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia

Aetna
Affinity Access
Blue Cross HMO POS
Blue Cross PPO
Blue Cross Pathway
Blue Cross Pathway Enhanced
Cigna
Connecticare
Emblem Selectcare
HIP
Medicare
Oxford
United Healthcare
United Healthcare Compass

If your particular insurance plan is not listed, you may still have coverage subject to the availability of 'out-of-network' benefits. Please do not hesitate to contact our office if you have questions regarding your insurance coverage.

Doctor of Medicine, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 2003

New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College 2003-2004

Anesthesiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College 2004-2007

Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School 2007-2008
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School 2008-2009

Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology, 2008
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, 2008
Diplomate, National Board of Echocardiography, Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography, 2009

New York

Kwak J, Andrawes M, Garvin S, D’Ambra MN. 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography, a Review of Recent Literature 2007-2009. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2010 Feb;23(1):80-8.

Garvin S, Collard CD, Chen J, Muehlschlegel JD, Perry TE, Fox AA, Aranki SF, Shernan SK, Body SC. Heparin Dose Response is Independent of Preoperative Antithrombin Activity in Patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Anesth Analg 2010 Feb; Epub ahead of print.

Garvin S, Collard CD, Chen J, Muehlschlegel JD, Perry TE, Liu KY, Fox AA, Aranki SF, Shernan SK, Body SC. Perioperative antithrombin activity is poorly associated with major adverse cardiac events after coronary artery bypass grafting. Anesth Analg. 2009 Oct; Epub ahead of print.

Garvin S, Body SC, Despotis G, Shekar P, Fitzgerald DC. Heparin concentration based anticoagulation for cardiac surgery fails to accurately predict heparin bolus dose requirements. Anesth Analg. 2009 Oct; Epub ahead of print.

Fitzgerald DJ, Patel A, Body SC, Garvin S. The relationship between heparin level and activated clotting time in the adult cardiac surgery population. Perfusion 2009 Mar;24(2):93-6.