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Mark Lema, MD, Anesthesiology, Buffalo, NY, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

MarkLemaMDPhD

Anesthesiology Buffalo, NY

SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Perioperative Care

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Summary

  • Dr. Mark J. Lema is Professor of Anesthesiology and Oncology, and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), Buffalo, NY (1987 - ). He is also Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, University at Buffalo (UB), State University of New York, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (1999 - ). Dr. Lema served as Medical Director of RPCI Surgical Services (2005- 2011) and as Medical Chief of the RPCI Cancer Pain and Palliative Care Service (1988-1999).
    Dr. Lema is a Past President of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He also served as a past editor of the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ ASA NEWSLETTER and The New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, SPHERE. He is also the past General Chair of the Post Graduate Assembly (PGA) for the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists. He has served on the New York State Public Health Council’s Subcommittee on Pain Management Practice and the Health Commissioner’s Pre-Operative Protocol Panel. He was also a member of the American Medical Association’s National Palliative Care Faculty. Dr. Lema had also served on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Pain and End-of-Life Care Panels, the American Pain Society’s Clinical Practice Panel, and the NYS Partnership to Improve End-of-Life Care task force. Dr. Lema currently serves on the NYS Partnership For Patients Surgical Site Infection Advisory Group.
    Dr. Lema received his medical training at the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center (1982) followed by an internship at Staten Island Hospital (1983), and residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA (1983-1985). In addition, Dr. Lema holds a Ph.D. in Physiology from the University at Buffalo (1978).

Education & Training

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Anesthesiology, 1981 - 1985
  • State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
    State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1982
  • University at Buffalo, State University of New York
    University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkPh.D., Physiology, 1978
  • Canisius College
    Canisius CollegeB.A., 1972

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1986 - 2026
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1984 - 2011
  • American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
  • American Board of AnesthesiologyDiplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Department of Anaesthesia Wall of Fame Inductee' Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2014
  • Living History of Anesthesiology Interviewee Wood Library Museum (ASA), 2012
  • Distinguished Service Award New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, 2011
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Publications & Presentations

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Journal Articles

  • Extubation of the Difficult Airway: An Algorithmic Apprach  
    Voscopoulos, C., Saxena, A., Antoine, J., Lema, M.J., Open Anesthesiology Journal, 1/1/2012
  • Creating a culture of civility takes a team  
    Guglielma, C.L., Healy, G.B., Lema, M.J., Vinson, A., Craig, C., Cuming, R.G., Duffy, W., Groah, L., AORN Journal, 1/1/2011
  • The use of "high dose" dexmedetomidine in a patient with critical tracheal sterrosis and anterior mediastinal mass  
    Voscopoulos, C., Lovrincevic, M., Lema, M.J., Open Anesthesiology Journal, 1/1/2011
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • The Glidescope assisted fiberoptic intubation: Drawing attention to a possibly lifesaving combination.
    Voscopoulos, C., Kirk, F.L., Rutkowski, T., Lema, M.J., ASA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2010
  • Continuous perioperative brachial plexus blockade with ropivacaine may prevent phantom limb pain in cancer patients undergoing palliative forequarter amputation. A cas...
    Lovrincevic, M. Kotob, F., Lema, M., ASRA Spring Meeting, Toronto, CA, 1/1/2005
  • NSAIDS and cardiovascular risk.
    Kotob, F., DeLeon-Casasola, O.A., Lema, M.J., Cell Metab, 1/1/2005
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Lectures

  • "How Acute Pain Becomes Chronic Pain" 
    National Pain Centre at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - 1/1/2015
  • "Getting the Wrong People Off the Bus" 
    Chicago, IL - 1/1/2014
  • "Can Anesthetic Choice Affect Cancer Prognosis?" 
    Auckland, New Zealand - 1/1/2014
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Other

  • A Message From The President: The World Medical Association Declares That Patients Have a Right to Pain Treatment...And It Couldn't Come at a Worse time. 
    Lema, M.J., The Bulletin, Medical Society of the County of Erie, Spring pp. 3-4
    1/1/2012
  • Capital Connection: House to vote today to repeal health reforms. 
    Lema, M.J., Buffalo News (by Jerry Zremski)
    1/19/2011
  • City & Region: Shortage of doctors in state worst here. 
    Lema, M.J., Buffalo News (by Henry L. Davis)
    1/14/2011
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Press Mentions

  • Professor Wins Prestigious Pain Medicine Award
    Professor Wins Prestigious Pain Medicine AwardJanuary 4th, 2022
  • Dr. Oscar De Leon-Casasola Named 2021 John J. Bonica Awardee, Will Present Lecture at ASRA’s 20th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting
    Dr. Oscar De Leon-Casasola Named 2021 John J. Bonica Awardee, Will Present Lecture at ASRA’s 20th Annual Pain Medicine MeetingSeptember 23rd, 2021
  • Health Care Delivery and Change: Thoughts on Lema's "... Of Dinosaurs, Dodos and Anesthesia Personnel"
    Health Care Delivery and Change: Thoughts on Lema's "... Of Dinosaurs, Dodos and Anesthesia Personnel"November 1st, 1999

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