SamuelWaldMDMBA

Pediatric Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care

Associate Chief Medical Officer & Vice President, Perioperative and Interventional Services, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Stanford University

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Office
500 Pasteur Dr
Palo Alto, CA 94305
Phone+1 650-498-7701
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Education & Training

Duke UniversityMBA, Fuqua Scholar, 2012 - 2013
Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Pediatric Anesthesiology, 1998 - 1999
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Anesthesiology, 1995 - 1998
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiInternship, Transitional Year, 1994 - 1995
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1999 - 2025
HI State Medical License 2006 - 2018
MA State Medical License 1998 - 2003
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Pediatric Anesthesiology

Clinical Trials

A Study to Test the Pain-relieving Effect of Laughing Gas in Infants
Withdrawn
Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Perceptions of Use of Names, Recognition of Roles, and Teamwork After Labeling Surgical Caps.
Becky J Wong, Aussama K Nassar, Michelle Earley, Ling Chen, Teresa Roman-Micek, Samuel H Wald, Tait D Shanafelt, Sara N Goldhaber-Fiebert> ;JAMA Network Open. 2023 Nov 1
6 citations
Single Institution's Plastic Surgery Case Trends and Considerations in the Midst of COVID-19.
Irene T Ma, Pooja Yesantharao, James Chang, Mary T Hawn, Samuel Wald, Gordon K Lee, Rahim Nazerali, Dayani, F.> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2022 Jan 1
8 citations
COVID-19 Preoperative Assessment and Testing: From Surge to Recovery.
Amy C. Lu, Clifford A. Schmiesing, Megan Mahoney, Lisa J. Cianfichi, Amy K. Semple, Dominique Watt, Stephen P. Fischer, Samuel H. Wald> ;Annals of Surgery. 2020 Sep 1
4 citations
COVID-19: Common Critical and Practical Questions.
Amy C. Lu, Sunita G Sastry, Becky J. Wong, Aaron Deng, Samuel H. Wald, Ronald G. Pearl, Ban C. H. Tsui> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2020 Aug 1
Resuscitation on collapsed healthcare worker while taking care of suspected or confirmed COVID patient: Questions and Answers
Amy C. Lu, Becky J. Wong, Sunita G Sastry, Samuel H. Wald, Ronald G. Pearl, Ban C. H. Tsui> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2020 Jul 16
9 citations
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Transmission from Community Contacts in Healthcare Workers.
Laura A. Graham, Yvonne Maldonado, Lucy S. Tompkins, Samuel H. Wald, Amanda Chawla, Mary T. Hawn> ;Annals of Surgery. 2020 Jun 2
64 citations
Framework for prioritizing head and neck surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic
Michael C. Topf, Jared A. Shenson, F. Christopher Holsinger, Samuel H. Wald, Lisa J. Cianfichi, Eben L. Rosenthal, John B. Sunwoo> ;Head & Neck. 2020 Jun 1
4 citations
Determination of Length of Time for "Postaerosol Pause" for Patients Under Investigation or Positive for COVID-19.
Samuel H. Wald, Rudolph Arthofer, Amy K. Semple, Avi Bhorik, Amy C. Lu> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2020 Apr 27
N95 Respirator Alternatives and Conservation Strategies.
Becky J. Wong, Amy C. Lu, Branden D. Tarlow, Lucy S. Tompkins, Amanda Chawla, Ronald G. Pearl, Samuel H. Wald> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2020 Jan 1
10 citations
Overlapping Surgery: A Case Study in Operating Room Throughput and Efficiency.
Amanda J. Morris, Joseph A. Sanford, Edward J. Damrose, Samuel H. Wald, Bassam Kadry, Alex Macario> ;Anesthesiology Clinics. 2018 Jun 1
2 citations
Commentary: How Should Hospitals Respond to Surgeons' Requests to Schedule Overlapping Surgeries?
Amanda J. Morris, Michelle M. Mello, Joseph A. Sanford, Ryan B Green, Samuel H. Wald, Bassam Kadry, Alex Macario> ;Neurosurgery. 2018 Apr 1
7 citations
Into the Wilderness?: The Growing Importance of Nonoperating Room Anesthesia Care in the United States.
Amy C. Lu, Samuel H. Wald, Eric C. Sun> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2017 Apr 1
3 citations
The use of nitrous oxide as an adjuvant for inhalation inductions with sevoflurane: a pro-con debate.
Richard J. Banchs, Jerrold Lerman, Samuel H. Wald> ;Paediatric Anaesthesia. 2013 Jun 1
Unexpected profound hypotension during sinus surgery.
Cynthia Wang, Christine C. Myo, Kenneth Kuchta, Samuel H. Wald> ;Simulation in Healthcare. 2012 Feb 1
33 citations
Changing Healthcare Providers' Behavior during Pediatric Inductions with an Empirically Based Intervention
Sarah R. Martin, Jill Chorney, Edwin T. Tan, Michelle A. Fortier, Ronald L. Blount, Samuel H. Wald, Nina L. Shapiro, Suzanne Strom, Swati Patel, Zeev N. Kain> ;Anesthesiology. 2011 Jul 1
43 citations
Economic advantages to a distraction decision tree model for management of neonatal upper airway obstruction.
Emil Kohan, Salar Hazany, Jason Roostaeian, Karam A. Allam, Christian Head, Samuel H. Wald, Raj M. Vyas, James P. Bradley> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2010 Nov 1
19 citations
Dexmedetomidine and ketamine for fiberoptic intubation in a child with severe mandibular hypoplasia.
Mohamad Iravani, Samuel H. Wald> ;Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 2008 Sep 1
27 citations
Pediatric video laryngoscope rescue for a difficult neonatal intubation.
Samuel H. Wald, Mary A. Keyes, Adam Brown> ;Paediatric Anaesthesia. 2008 Aug 1
12 citations
Continuous Monitoring of Dynamic Pulmonary Compliance Enables Detection of Endobronchial Intubation in Infants and Children
Aman Mahajan, Nir Hoftman, Angela Hsu, Robert Schroeder, Samuel H. Wald> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2007 Jul 1
5 citations
Scenario and checklist for airway rescue during pediatric sedation.
Michael I. Chen, Alice A. Edler, Samuel H. Wald, Joshua DuBois, Yue Ming Huang> ;Simulation in Healthcare. 2007 Jan 1
39 citations
Experience with the Arndt paediatric bronchial blocker.
Samuel H. Wald, Aman Mahajan, M. B. Kaplan, J.B. Atkinson> ;British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2005 Jan 1
Spinal anesthesia for repair of meningomyelocele in neonates.
Viscomi CM, Abajian JC, Wald SL, Rathmell JP, Wilson JT> ;Anesth. Analg.. 1995-09-01
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