Biography I am an Anesthesiologist and Intensivist in the Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care at the University of California, San Francisco. I care for complex patients in the operating rooms and the Medical, Surgical, and Neurological Intensive Care Units at UCSF. I also have interests in medical education, mentorship, and research. I am the Program Director for the Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) fellowship program at UCSF. I this role, I interface with critical care fellows from anesthesiology, emergency medicine, pulmonology, neurology, and surgery. I truly value playing a role in the professional development of these outstanding upcoming intensivists! My current research efforts are focused on identifying and improving the specific challenges faced by women in academic anesthesiology. In the past, I've focused on improving perioperative care for the older surgical patient at risk of perioperative complications. In addition, I am engaged in academic and committee work for a number of national organizations including the American Board of Anesthesiologists, Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Role Faculty Location UCSF at Mission Bay UCSF at Mount Zion UCSF at Parnassus Category Clinical Specialties Critical Care Medicine Education 2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of CaliforniaFellowship, 2014 - Critical Care Medicine, University of California San FranciscoResidency, 2013 - Anesthesia, University of California San FranciscoM.D., 2009 - , University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Publications Development of a machine learning-derived model to predict unplanned ICU admissions after major non-cardiac surgery. Chiu C, Braehler MR, Donovan AL, Butte AJ, Pirracchio R, Bishara AM BMC anesthesiology . Jul 17, 2025 Brain Health Screening in Older Surgical Patients: A Multicenter, Retrospective, Observational Analysis and Survey. Abess AT, Shah NJ, Whitlock EL, Schroeck H, Ron D, Rozek SB, Martinez-Camblor P, Donovan AL, Schenning KJ, Deiner SG, MPOG Collaborators Anesthesia and analgesia . May 16, 2025 Comparing Machine Learning to Regression Methods for Mortality Prediction Using Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record Clinical Data. Jing B, Boscardin WJ, Deardorff WJ, Jeon SY, Lee AK, Donovan AL, Lee SJ Medical care . Mar 30, 2022 Postoperative delirium prediction using machine learning models and preoperative electronic health record data. Bishara A, Chiu C, Whitlock EL, Douglas VC, Lee S, Butte AJ, Leung JM, Donovan AL BMC anesthesiology . Jan 3, 2022 An Implementation-Effectiveness Study of a Perioperative Delirium Prevention Initiative for Older Adults. Donovan AL, Braehler MR, Robinowitz DL, Lazar AA, Finlayson E, Rogers S, Douglas VC, Whitlock EL, Anesthesia Resident Quality Improvement Committee Anesthesia and analgesia . Dec 1, 2020 Derivation, Validation, Sustained Performance, and Clinical Impact of an Electronic Medical Record-Based Perioperative Delirium Risk Stratification Tool. Whitlock EL, Braehler MR, Kaplan JA, Finlayson E, Rogers SE, Douglas V, Donovan AL Anesthesia and analgesia . Dec 1, 2020 Postoperative delirium: why, what, and how to confront it at your institution. Curtis MS, Forman NA, Donovan AL, Whitlock EL Current opinion in anaesthesiology . Oct 1, 2020 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a Preterm Pregnant Patient With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Blauvelt CA, Chiu C, Donovan AL, Prahl M, Shimotake TK, George RB, Schwartz BS, Farooqi NA, Ali SS, Cassidy A, Gonzalez JM, Gaw SL Obstetrics and gynecology . Jul 1, 2020 Geriatric Physiology and the Frailty Syndrome. Khan KT, Hemati K, Donovan AL Anesthesiology clinics . Jun 18, 2019 Intraoperative dexmedetomidine to prevent postoperative delirium: in search of the magic bullet. Donovan AL, Whitlock EL Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie . Jan 28, 2019 Interprofessional Care and Teamwork in the ICU. Donovan AL, Aldrich JM, Gross AK, Barchas DM, Thornton KC, Schell-Chaple HM, Gropper MA, Lipshutz AKM, University of California, San Francisco Critical Care Innovations Group Critical Care Medicine . Jun 1, 2018 Current Anesthesiology Reports Donovan AL, Shimabukuro D Protocol-based management of early severe sepsis and septic shock . Dec 1, 2015 Protocol-Based Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock. Anne L. Donovan, David Shimabukuro Current Anesthesiology Reports . Dec 1, 2015 Current Reviews in Clinical Anesthesia Donovan AL, Gropper MA Mechanical ventilation: What every anesthesia provider should know . Jul 1, 2015 ICU Director Donovan AL, Haight M. When the critically ill patient requires surgery: A review of perioperative considerations for the surgical patient with ALI/ARDS . Nov 1, 2012 When the Critically Ill Patient Requires Surgery: A Review of Perioperative Considerations for the Surgical Patient With ALI/ARDS. Anne L. Donovan, Matthew Haight ICU Director . Nov 1, 2012 Blood pressure management in stroke. Donovan AL, Flexman AM, Gelb AW Current opinion in anaesthesiology . Oct 1, 2012 Anesthetic management of patients with acute stroke. Flexman AM, Donovan AL, Gelb AW Anesthesiology clinics . Jun 23, 2012 Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future-Niels Bohr. Donovan AL, Gropper MA Critical Care Medicine . Aug 1, 2011 Capillary electrophoresis is a sensitive monitor of the hairpin-random coil transition in DNA oligomers. Stellwagen E, Renze A, Stellwagen NC Analytical biochemistry . Mar 13, 2007
