FredEShapiroDO

Anesthesiology • Boston, MA

Chair, ASA Committee on Patient Safety and Education Founder, Institute for Safety in Office Based Surgery (ISOBS) Secretary//Treasurer Suffolk District, Massachusetts Medical Society, Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia ,Harvard Medical School

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Office
243 Charles St
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-573-3380

Fax+1 617-667-7849
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Education & Training

Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Anesthesiology, 1986 - 1988
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

MA State License 1988 - 2025
PA State License 1984 - 1994
MI State License 1984 - 1984
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Office-based anesthesia: a contemporary update on outcomes, incentives, and controversies.
Steven Young, Brian Osman, Fred E Shapiro> ;Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. 2023 Dec 1
The paradigm of 6 P's: Defining the essence of a safe clinical office-based practice.
Fred E Shapiro, Richard D Urman> ;Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 2023 Nov 1
Evidence-based perioperative opioid-sparing techniques during the United States opioid crisis.
Chloe Warinner, Lois F Parker, Fred Shapiro, Nate Jowett> ;Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery. 2023 Aug 1
Safety considerations with the current ambulatory trends: more complicated procedures and more complicated patients.
Steven Young, Brian Osman, Fred E Shapiro> ;Korean Journal of Anesthesiology. 2023 Oct 1
Simple Means to Prevent Cuff Rupture During Nasotracheal Intubation.
Justin P Benoit, John Flynn, Nate Jowett, Fred E Shapiro> ;The Laryngoscope. 2023 Aug 1
1 citations
An electronic monitored anesthesia care (MAC) decision aid for breast conserving surgery.
Leah Beight, Jaime Pardo, Kevin McCarthy, Anthony Dinkel, Andres de Lima, Ted A James, Fred E Shapiro, Torous, J.> ;Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 2022 Jun 1
3 citations
The assessment of a growing mobile anesthesia practice from 2016 to 2019: A retrospective observational cohort study of 89,999 cases comparing ambulatory surgery (ASC)...
Fred E Shapiro, Brian H Park, Tal S Levy, Brian M Osman> ;Journal of Healthcare Risk Management. 2022 Apr 1
2 citations
Patients, Procedures, and PPE: Safe Office-Based Anesthesia Recommendations in the COVID-19 Era
Steven Young, Brian M. Osman, Richard D. Urman, Fred E. Shapiro> ;Best Practice & Research. Clinical Anaesthesiology. 2021 Oct 1
Pushing the Envelope: New Patients, Procedures, and Personal Protective Equipment in the Ambulatory Surgical Center for the COVID-19 Era
Steven Young, Richard J. Pollard, Fred E. Shapiro> ;Advances in Anesthesia. 2021 Jul 27
7 citations
Decision aids in anesthesia: do they help?
Warren A Southerland, Leah J Beight, Fred E. Shapiro, Richard D. Urman> ;Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. 2020 Jan 6
5 citations
Safety in office-based anesthesia: an updated review of the literature from 2016 to 2019.
Andres de Lima, Brian M. Osman, Fred E. Shapiro> ;Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. 2019 Dec 1
5 citations
Office-Based Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Review and 2019 Update.
Brian M. Osman, Fred E. Shapiro> ;Anesthesiology Clinics. 2019 Mar 22
4 citations
Safe anesthesia for office-based plastic surgery: Proceedings from the PRS Korea 2018 meeting in Seoul, Korea.
Brian M. Osman, Fred E. Shapiro> ;Archives of Plastic Surgery. 2019 May 15
14 citations
Concepts for the Development of Anesthesia-Related Patient Decision Aids.
Richard D. Urman, Warren A Southerland, Fred E. Shapiro, Girish P. Joshi> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2019 Jan 1
Foreword.
Fred E Shapiro> ;International Anesthesiology Clinics. 2019 Jan 1
7 citations
Decision Aids: The Role of the Patient in Perioperative Safety.
Warren A Southerland, Luis E. Tollinche, Fred E. Shapiro> ;International Anesthesiology Clinics. 2019 Jan 1
9 citations
Office-based surgery and patient outcomes.
Steven Young, Fred E. Shapiro, Richard D. Urman> ;Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. 2018 Dec 1
14 citations
Leading Causes of Anesthesia-Related Liability Claims in Ambulatory Surgery Centers.
Darrell Ranum, Anair Beverly, Fred E. Shapiro, Richard D. Urman> ;Journal of Patient Safety. 2017 Nov 16
9 citations
The Need for Accreditation of Office-Based Interventional Vascular Centers
Peter H. Lin, Fiona A. Chandra, Fred E. Shapiro, Brian M. Osman, Richard D. Urman, Samuel S. Ahn> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2017 Jan 1
20 citations
A Comparison between office and other ambulatory practices: Analysis from the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry.
Samir R. Jani, Fred E. Shapiro, Rodney A. Gabriel, Hubert Kordylewski, Richard P. Dutton, Richard D. Urman> ;Journal of Healthcare Risk Management. 2016 Apr 1
5 citations
Avoidance of serious medical errors in refractive surgery using a custom preoperative checklist.
Marie-Claude Robert, Catherine J. Choi, Fred E. Shapiro, Richard D. Urman, Samir A. Melki> ;Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2015 Oct 1
4 citations
Survey Analysis of an Ambulatory Surgical Checklist for Patient Use
Rohesh J. Fernando, Fred E. Shapiro, Richard D. Urman> ;AORN Journal. 2015 Sep 1
6 citations
Concepts for the Development of a Customizable Checklist for Use by Patients
Rohesh J. Fernando, Fred E. Shapiro, Noah M. Rosenberg, Angela M. Bader, Richard D. Urman> ;Journal of Patient Safety. 2015 Jun 10
13 citations
Analysis of patient injury based on anesthesiology closed claims data from a major malpractice insurer.
Darrell Ranum, Haobo Ma, Fred E. Shapiro, Beverly Chang, Richard D. Urman> ;Journal of Healthcare Risk Management. 2014 Sep 1
37 citations
Office-based anesthesia: safety and outcomes.
Fred E. Shapiro, Nathan Punwani, Noah M. Rosenberg, Arnaldo Valedon, Rebecca S. Twersky, Richard D. Urman> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2014 Aug 1
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Press Mentions

No Limits: A Conversation with Dr. ShapiroMarch 1st, 2023

Hospital Affiliations

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Eye and EarBoston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts