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Richard N. Wissler, M.D., Ph.D.

Richard N. Wissler, M.D., Ph.D.

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Contact

Office (585) 275-2141
Fax (585) 244-7271

About Me

Certified Specialties

Anesthesiology - American Board of Anesthesiology

Faculty Appointments

Professor Emeritus - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Residency, Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine. 1987 - 1991

Internship, Internal Medicine, Norwalk Hospital. 1986 - 1987

Residency, Pathology, University of Rochester School of Medicine. 1983 - 1986

Education

MD | Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. 1983

PhD | CORNELL University-The JOHNSON School. Other, Not Listed. 1979

Awards

Outstanding Contribution to Strong Beginnings", award voted by Labor & Delivery nurses at Strong Memorial Hospital 2005

Best Exhibit for Clinical Application ("Transtracheal Oxygenation and Ventilation after Failed Intubation and Mask Ventilation"), 46th Postgraduate Assembly of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists 1992

Certificate of Excellence, 15th Annual Gulf-Atlantic Anesthesia Residents Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana 1989

Thomas F. Cock, M.D. Prize in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University 1983

Holbrook Prize in Biology, Hamilton College 1974

Glass Fellowship in Biology, Hamilton College 1974

Sigma Xi, Hamilton College 1974

Publications

Journal Articles

Measuring Childbirth Outcomes: Reply

Glance, LG; Hasley, S; Glantz, JC; et al.

Anesthesiology. 2020; 132(5): 1282-1283.

Glance, LG; Hasley, S; Glantz, JC; et al.

Measuring Childbirth Outcomes Using Administrative and

Rates of major obstetrical complications vary almost fivefold among US hospitals.

Glance LG, Dick AW, Glantz JC, Wissler RN, Qian F, Marroquin BM, Mukamel DB, Kellermann AL

Health affairs.. 2014 August 33 (8):1330-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

General anesthesia with remifentanil for Cesarean section in a parturient with an acoustic neuroma.

Bédard JM, Richardson MG, Wissler RN

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthe?sie.. 1999 June 46 (6):576-80. Epub 1900 01 01.

Epidural anesthesia in a parturient with a lumboperitoneal shunt.

Bédard JM, Richardson MG, Wissler RN

Anesthesiology.. 1999 February 90 (2):621-3. Epub 1900 01 01.

The effects of needle bevel orientation during epidural catheter insertion in laboring parturients.

Richardson MG, Wissler RN

Anesthesia and analgesia.. 1999 February 88 (2):352-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Intrathecal hypobaric versus hyperbaric bupivacaine with morphine for cesarean section.

Richardson MG, Collins HV, Wissler RN

Anesthesia and analgesia.. 1998 August 87 (2):336-40. Epub 1900 01 01.

Densities of dextrose-free intrathecal local anesthetics, opioids, and combinations measured at 37 degrees C.

Richardson MG, Wissler RN

Anesthesia and analgesia.. 1997 January 84 (1):95-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Maternal posture influences the extent of sensory block produced by intrathecal dextrose-free bupivacaine with fentanyl for labor analgesia.

Richardson MG, Thakur R, Abramowicz JS, Wissler RN

Anesthesia and analgesia.. 1996 December 83 (6):1229-33. Epub 1900 01 01.

Unexpected high spinal block in obstetrics.

Richardson MG, Wissler RN

British journal of anaesthesia.. 1996 December 77 (6):806-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Density of lumbar cerebrospinal fluid in pregnant and nonpregnant humans.

Richardson MG, Wissler RN

Anesthesiology.. 1996 August 85 (2):326-30. Epub 1900 01 01.

High spinal anesthesia after epidural test dose administration in five obstetric patients.

Richardson MG, Lee AC, Wissler RN

Regional anesthesia.. 1996 21 (2):119-23. Epub 1900 01 01.

The esophageal-tracheal Combitube.

Wissler RN

Anesthesiology review. 1993 20 (4):147-52. Epub 1900 01 01.

An approach to spinal or epidural catheters that are difficult to remove.

Gravenstein N, Blackshear RH, Wissler RN

Anesthesiology.. 1991 September 75 (3):544. Epub 1900 01 01.

cAMP accumulation in opioid-sensitive SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells is modified by estradiol and progesterone.

Ratka A, Hochhaus G, Wissler RN, Simpkins JW

Molecular and cellular endocrinology.. 1991 July 78 (3):155-62. Epub 1900 01 01.

Continuous spinal anesthesia microcatheters.

Wissler RN, Bjoraker DG

Anesthesiology review. 1990 17 (3):49-54. Epub 1900 01 01.

Prolactin modulates steroidogenesis by rat granulosa cells: II. Effects on estradiol.

Fortune JE, Wissler RN, Vincent SE

Biology of reproduction.. 1986 August 35 (1):92-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Canine gestation length: variation related to time of mating and fertile life of sperm.

Concannon P, Whaley S, Lein D, Wissler R

American journal of veterinary research.. 1983 October 44 (10):1819-21. Epub 1900 01 01.

Racial differences in the use of epidural analgesia for labor

Glance, LG; Wissler, RN; Glantz, C; Osler, TM; Mukamel, DB; Dick, AW.

Anesthesiology

Books

Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice (2004)

Chapter: Endocrine Disorders

Authors: Wissler, RN

Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis 2004

Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice (1999)

Chapter: Endocrine Disorders

Authors: Wissler, RN

Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis 1999

Obstetric Anesthesia (1999)

Chapter: Neuraxial Analgesia for Labor and Delivery: Techniques

Authors: Wissler, RN; Norris, MC

Publisher: Lippincott, Philadelphia 1999

Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice (1994)

Chapter: Endocrine Disorders

Authors: Wissler, RN

Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis 1994

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