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Zana Cabak-Borovcanin, M.D., M.Sc.

Zana Cabak-Borovcanin, M.D., M.Sc.

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

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Contact

Office (585) 275-2171
Fax (585) 244-7271

About Me

Languages

English, Bosnian, Serbo-Croatian

Certified Specialties

Anesthesiology - American Board of Anesthesiology

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (SMD)

Professor - Department of Emergency Medicine (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Residency, Anesthesiology, State University of New York College at Buffalo. 1998 - 2001

Internship, Internal Medicine, State University of New York College at Buffalo. 1997 - 1998

Fellowship, Allergy & Immunology, University of Zagreb (Croatia). 1986 - 1988

Education

MD | University of Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina). 1984

Awards

First Place Award – Best Abstract and Poster Presentation, Fifth Lawrence Educational Symposium, The Pediatric Multidisciplinary. 2019

Best Abstract Finalist. Innovation in Med Education Category. Educational Innovation in Difficult Airway Management. 2017

Second Place Abstract – Innovative Curriculum Category, Educational Innovation in Difficult Airway Management:. 2016

Top Five Abstracts chosen for Oral Presentation – Innovative Curriculum Category.. 2016

Ronald A. Gabel, M.D., Award for Teaching Excellence in Anesthesiology, Nominated. 2015

Second Place Award – Medically Challenging Cases Category.33rd Annual International Symposium: Clinical Update in Anesthesiology. 2015

"Implementation and Evaluation of URMC Difficult Airway Response Team (DART)" – First Place Award. 2014

Ronald A. Gabel, M.D., Award for Teaching Excellence in Anesthesiology, Nominated. 2013

First Place Award – Poster Presentation Category of New York Academy of Medicine, Section on Anesthesiology,. 2013

Association of American Medical Colleges Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Seminar Attendee,. 2012

Second Place Award – Airway Management Category. Abstract / Power Point Presentation at 2012 Midwest Anesthesia Residents Conf. 2012

Ronald A. Gabel, M.D., Award for Teaching Excellence in Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, Finalist. 2010

Ronald A. Gabel, M.D., Award for Teaching Excellence in Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, Recipient. 2009

Ronald A. Gabel, M.D., Award for Teaching Excellence in Anesthesiology, University of Rochester, Finalist. 2008

Publications

Journal Articles

Perioperative Management of Ehlers-Danlos Type III Syndrome Associated With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia in Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia

Laserna, Andres; Nishtar, Mahd; Vidovich, Courtney; Borovcanin, Zana.

Cureus. 2021; 13(11): e19311.

Evaluating Performance of Difficult Airway Response Team at Academic Center: Four Years in Review.

Borovcanin, Zana; Burr,Andrew; Galton, Christopher.

Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. 2020; 30: e96-e97.

The Pediatric Multidisciplinary Difficult Airway Course - an innovation in airway education.

Borovcanin, Zana; Davis, Michael; Correll, Lynnie.

Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care,. 2020; 30: e148.

Submental endotracheal intubation for complex maxillofacial trauma: an alternative way of sharing the airway.

Borovcanin, Zana; Park, Meghan; Vorrasi, John.

Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care,. 2020; : e147.

Hemodynamic instability and Horner's syndrome following a labour lumbar neuraxial block: A warning sign of a potentially lethal event?

Smith DI, Chiem JL, Burk S, Borovcanin ZC, Tran NH

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.. 2017 June 110 (6):245-248. Epub 01/24/2017.

Design and implementation of an educational program in advanced airway management for anesthesiology residents.

Borovcanin Z, Shapiro JR

Anesthesiology research and practice.. 2012 2012 :737151. Epub 02/28/2012.

Clinical comparison of two stylet angles for orotracheal intubation with the GlideScope video laryngoscope.

Dupanovic M, Isaacson SA, Borovcanin Z, Jain S, Korten S, Karan S, Messing SP

Journal of clinical anesthesia.. 2010 August 22 (5):352-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

Spinal Cord Tumors (2019)

Chapter: Neuro-Anesthesiology Considerations in Spinal Cord Tumors.

Clinical Airway Management: An Illustrated Case-Based Approach (2017)

Chapter: Introducing the Difficult Airway

Encyclopedia of Trauma Care (2015)

Chapter: Anesthesia for Abdominal Major Vascular Injury

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