JosephDTobiasMD

Anesthesiology • Columbus, OH

Addiction Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pain Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology

Chief of the Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Nationwide Children's Hospital

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Office
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH 43205
Phone+1 614-722-4200

Fax+1 614-722-4203
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Anesthesiology, 1986 - 1989
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)Residency, Pediatrics, 1983 - 1986
University of Missouri Kansas City School of MedicineClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 2004 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2014 - 2018
IA State Medical License 2007 - 2010
TN State Medical License 1989 - 2010
MD State Medical License 1986 - 2003
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
American Board of Anesthesiology Pediatric Anesthesiology
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who

Clinical Trials

Accuracy of Using the CPAP Technique to Eliminate Air Leak and Prevent Excessive Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressures Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 01
Completed
Anesthesia During Neurophysiologic Monitoring in Scoliosis Patients Start of enrollment: 2012 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Sedation During Muscle Biopsy in Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Start of enrollment: 2011 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
An Open-label Trial of Clevidipine for Controlled Hypotension During Spinal Fusion Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 2, Phase 3
IV Acetaminophen in Children Undergoing Palatoplasty Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 01
Withdrawn
Phase 2
CNAP Accuracy in the Bariatric Surgery Population Start of enrollment: 2013 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Bradycardia Following Intraoperative Administration of Dexmedetomidine Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Completed
Assessment of Efficacy, Safety and Dosing of Clevidipine in Pediatric Participants Undergoing Surgery (PIONEER) Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 01
Withdrawn
Phase 4
Decadron as Adjuvant in Femoral Nerve Blocks in Knee Arthroscopy Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 3
New Devices to Measure the Intracuff Pressure Start of enrollment: 2013 Nov 01
Completed
Chloroprocaine for Continuous Epidural Analgesia in Neonates and Infants Start of enrollment: 2014 Jun 01
Completed
Changes in Cerebral Oxygenation During the Administration of Cell Saver Blood and Allogeneic Blood Start of enrollment: 2014 Dec 01
Completed
Volumetric Three-dimensional Analysis of the Pediatric Upper Airway Shape Using Computed Tomography Imaging. Start of enrollment: 2016 Apr 01
Completed
Accuracy of the NICCI™ Monitor in Children and Adolescents Start of enrollment: 2020 Oct 26
Completed
Not Applicable
Train-of-four Monitoring Using the Tetragraph Start of enrollment: 2021 Feb 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Gastric Ultrasound in Tube Fed Intubated Patients Start of enrollment: 2021 Feb 26
Enrolling by invitation
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Metabolomic profiling of pediatric post-tonsillectomy pain: A proof-of-concept study.
Ambrish B Patel, William E Smoyer, Joseph D Tobias, Olubukola O Nafiu, Christian Mpody> ;Paediatric Anaesthesia. 2024 Mar 11
Economic Impact of COVID-19 on a Free-Standing Pediatric Ambulatory Center.
Connor Randall, Vidya T Raman, Olubukola O Nafiu, Joseph D Tobias, Christian Mpody> ;Journal of Clinical Medicine Research. 2024 Mar 1
Use of high-flow nasal cannula versus other noninvasive ventilation techniques or conventional oxygen therapy for respiratory support following pediatric cardiac surge...
Elmitwalli, I., Abdelhady, E., Kalsotra, S., Gehred, A., Tobias, J., Olbrecht, V.> ;Paediatric Anaesthesia. 2024 Feb 22
A Single Center's Experience With Spinal Anesthesia for Pediatric Patients Undergoing Surgical Procedures.
Roth, C., Kidwell, R., Heydinger, G., Tobias, J., Veneziano, G., Jayanthi, V., Whitaker, E., Thung, A.> ;Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2024 Feb 10
Addressing the Minority Pay Gap: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
Willer, B., Tobias, J.> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2024 Feb 1
Preliminary Experience With Remimazolam for Procedural Sedation and as an Adjunct to General Anesthesia During Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiac Procedures.
Holly Gillis, Christopher McKee, Kristin Chenault, Marco Corridore, Joseph D Tobias> ;Cardiology Research. 2024 Feb 1
Continuous Erector Spinae Plane Block for Pain Management Following Thoracotomy for Aortic Coarctectomy.
Holladay, J., McKee, C., Nafiu, O., Tobias, J., Beltran, R.> ;Journal of Medical Cases. 2024 Jan 1
Epidural Abscess Complicating Tunneled Caudal Epidural Catheter in an Infant for Postoperative Pain Management of Open Abdominal Surgery.
Elhamrawy, A., Aepli, S., Heydinger, G., Tobias, J., Beltran, R.> ;Journal of Medical Cases. 2024 Jan 1
Management of Post-Dural Puncture Headaches in Pediatric Patients with Epidural Blood or Saline Patch: An Educational Focused Review.
Amr Elhamrawy, Ahsan Syed, Timothy Smith, Giorgio Veneziano, Joseph D Tobias> ;Journal of Pain Research. 2024 Jan 1
Failure to rescue following postoperative pneumonia in pediatrics: Is there a racial disparity?
Jalen Warren, Anna Gibbs, Olubukola O Nafiu, Joseph D Tobias, Brittany L Willer, Christian Mpody> ;Paediatric Anaesthesia. 2024 Mar 1
Pulseless Electrical Activity and Perioperative Cardiac Arrest Due to Undiagnosed and Asymptomatic Hypothyroidism During Outpatient Surgery in an Adolescent.
Ketchum, L., Kerbage, J., Dairo, O., Smith, C., Tobias, J.> ;Cardiology Research. 2023 Dec 1
Anesthetic Care During Exploratory Laparotomy and Excision of a Fetus-in-Fetu With a Combined General-Regional Anesthetic Technique Using a Caudal Epidural Catheter.
Elhamrawy, A., Syed, A., Tobias, J.> ;Journal of Medical Cases. 2023 Dec 1
Current Trends in Mortality Attributable to Racial or Ethnic Disparities in Post-Surgical Population in The United States: A Population-Based Study.
Christian Mpody, Ana F Best, Clara N Lee, David L Stahl, Vidya T Raman, Richard D Urman, Joseph D Tobias, Olubukola O Nafiu> ;Annals of Surgery Open. 2023 Dec 1
Regional anesthesia and sickle cell crisis in pediatric patients: An educational-focused review.
Amr Elhamrawy, Giorgio Veneziano, Joseph D Tobias> ;Paediatric Anaesthesia. 2024 Mar 1
Acute Cranial Nerve VI Palsy Following Prolonged Prone Positioning in an Adolescent With Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Rare Complication of Spinal Surgery in the Prone P...
Vanessa Olbrecht, Joseph D Tobias, Christian Mpody> ;Journal of Medical Cases. 2023 Oct 1
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Utilization in Children's Hospitals.
Jeffrey E Lutmer, Eric A Sribnick, Takaharu Karube, Joseph D Tobias, Christian Mpody> ;Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care. 2023 Sep 1
1 citations
Racial Disparities in Pediatric Mortality Following Transfusion Within 72 Hours of Operation.
Brittany L Willer, Joseph D Tobias, Christian Mpody, Oluwadara Nafiu> ;Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2023 Dec 1
Remimazolam for Sedation During Fiberoptic Intubation in an Adolescent.
Mitchell Hughes, Gregory Maves, Joseph D Tobias> ;Journal of Medical Cases. 2023 Aug 1
Characteristics of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth Presenting for Surgery in the United States.
Joshua C Uffman, Brittany L Willer, Olubukola O Nafiu, Joseph D Tobias, Christian Mpody> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2023 Oct 1
Efficacy of an expanded preoperative survey during perioperative care to identify illicit substance use in teenagers and adolescents.
Katelynn Stone, Julie Rice-Weimer, Nguyen K Tram, Joseph D Tobias> ;Paediatric Anaesthesia. 2023 Oct 1
1 citations
Establishing Pediatric Reference Ranges for Rotational Thromboelastometry.
Erin Kathleen Goodhue Meyer, Joshua Uffman, Stephanie Townsend, Julie Rice-Weimer, Joseph Tobias, Kathleen Nicol> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2023 Jul 5
1 citations
Intraoperative electromyographic monitoring in children using a novel pediatric sensor.
Sidhant Kalsotra, Julie Rice-Weimer, Joseph D Tobias> ;Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia. 2023 Jun 22
Clinical experience with the use of inhaled isopropyl alcohol to treat nausea and vomiting: A narrative review.
Sidhant Kalsotra, Joseph D Tobias, Vanessa A Olbrecht, Amaya, S., Sebastian Amaya> ;Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia. 2023 Jun 22
Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Unanticipated Admission Following Nonotolaryngologic Pediatric Ambulatory Surgery.
Brittany L Willer, Holly Petkus, Katherine Manupipatpong, Nguyen Tram, Olubukola O Nafiu, Joseph D Tobias, Christian Mpody> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2023 Jun 12
A ROTEM-guided algorithm aimed to reduce blood product utilization during neonatal and infant cardiac surgery.
Aymen N Naguib, Sergio A Carrillo, Marco Corridore, Amee M Bigelow, Ashley Walczak, Nguyen K Tram, Diane Hersey, Mark Galantowicz, Joseph D Tobias> ;The Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology. 2023 Jun 1
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Journal Articles

Spinal Anesthesia for Surgery Longer Than 60 Min in Infants: Experience from the First 2 Years of a Spinal Anesthesia Program
Venkata R. Jayanthi, Mehdi Trifa, Joseph D. Tobias, Journal of Anesthesia
Health Insurance and Use of Recommended Routine Care in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis
Joseph D Tobias, Don Jr Hayes, Wayne J Morgan, Susan S Li, The Clinical Respiratory Journal

Lectures

Hot Topics in Anesthesia
Northwest Anesthesia Seminars, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada - 9/10/2012

Press Mentions

Use Caution in Perioperative Dosing, Administration of Oxymetazoline: AAP ReportOctober 4th, 2021
AAP Recommends Against Codeine UseOctober 20th, 2016
Prominent Group of Pediatricians Warn: Codeine Is Not Safe for ChildrenSeptember 21st, 2016
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