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Office
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
300 Pasteur Dr H3580 Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA 94305Phone+1 650-723-6411- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Alex Macario, MD, MBA is vice-chair for education and Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where he serves as the program director for the anesthesiology residency, which has more than 100 housestaff.
Dr. Macario serves as director for the American Board of Anesthesiology, and is a member of the Anesthesiology Review Committee for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Dr. Macario completed his undergraduate, medical school and business school education at the University of Rochester with the Wilson Merit Scholarship. He trained in anesthesiology at Stanford, served as Chief Resident, and completed a fellowship in health services research.
Dr. Macario’s clinical practice is with adult patients in the general operating room. He also serves as a hospital scheduler to provide management and leadership in the medical center's operating rooms and procedure rooms including interventional radiology and endoscopy.
Dr. Macario has received numerous awards, including being internationally recognized with the Excellence in Education Award from the American Society of Anesthesiologists given to one anesthesiologist per year for extraordinary contributions to graduate medical education. Dr. Macario was also the inaugural recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Medical Education as Program Director Award for the Stanford University Medical Center. He has also been honored with the Faculty Mentor Award on two occasions from the American Society of Anesthesiology for his efforts to foster diversity.
Dr. Macario established a well known academic program in operating room management, including creating the Management of Perioperative Services Fellowship which has trained dozens of physicians from the US and other countries. Dr. Macario also designed and led other innovative educational programs.
Clinical Expertise
- Anesthesiology
Education & Training
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Anesthesiology, 1991 - 1995
Graduate HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1991
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1992 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1990 - 1991- American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Director, Board of Directors American Board of Anesthesiology, 2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Domains Influencing Faculty Decisions on the Level of Supervision Required for Anesthesiology EPAs with Analysis of Feedback Comments.Yoon Soo Park, Chien-Yu Chen, Pedro Tanaka, Roya Yumul, Alex Macario> ;Journal of Surgical Education. 2024 Mar 28
- RE: Conley et al. APPLIED Advocacy: How the ABA Improved the RTID, and How It Could Be Even Better.Harman, A., Keegan, M., Macario, A., Gaiser, R.> ;The Journal of Education in Perioperative Medicine. 2023 Dec 27
- Comparing characteristics and perspectives of U.S. anesthesiology fellows in training and anesthesiologists in their first year of practice.Toutkoushian, E., Chen, D., Sun, H., Warner, D., Macario, A., Deiner, S., Keegan, M.> ;BMC Medical Education. 2023 Dec 15
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Press Mentions
Journal of Education in Perioperative Medicine: Vol. XXIV, Issue 4 1October 1st, 2022
Anesthesiology News - in Survey, Anesthesiologists Support Perioperative Surgical Home ModelJuly 24th, 2015
SOAP Presents the 2016 Sol Shnider, M.D Obstetric Anesthesia MeetingMarch 10th, 2013- Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
- Member
Other Languages
- Spanish
Hospital Affiliations
Stanford Health CarePalo Alto, California
External Links
- Management Fellowshiphttps://surgicalhome.stanford.edu/
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