Biography Dr. Choukalas is an academic anesthesiologist and intensive care physician. He is Co-PI on a study investigating the role of sleep, activity, and physical therapy in post-operative delirium and cognitive dysfunction, consults for medical device marketers, leads process improvement/systems redesign efforts using lean methodologies, and thinks and writes about the larger world of healthcare structure and policy, including a book chapter on occupational exposures in anesthesia practice for Miller's Anesthesia, the pre-eminent text in the field. His undergraduate and graduate degrees are in psychology from Gustavus Adolphus College and Iowa State University, respectively, and he graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School. He completed residency training in anesthesiology at the University of Chicago, and fellowship training in critical care medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is board-certified in anesthesiology and critical care medicine, and is an active clinician in both specialties. Role Staff Physician Category Clinical Publications Does adding muscle relaxant make post-operative pain better? a narrative review of the literature from US and European studies. Verdiner R, Khurmi N, Choukalas C, Erickson C, Poterack K The Impact of Surgery duration and Surgery End Time on Postoperative Sleep in Older Adults. Tran D, Tang C, Tabatabai S, Pleasants D, Choukalas C, Min J, Do Q, Sands L, Lee K, Leung JM The Problem of Daily Imaging in the Intensive Care Unit: When You Care So Much It Hurts. Choukalas CG, Vu TG COVID-Activated Emergency Scaling of Anesthesiology Responsibilities Intensive Care Unit. Verdiner RE, Choukalas CG, Siddiqui S, Stahl DL, Galvagno SM, Jabaley CS, Bartz RR, Lane-Fall M, Goff KL, Sreedharan R, Bennett S, Williams GW, Khanna AK Miller's Anesthesia (M Gropper, Ed.) Choukalas, CG, Michelow, M, Fitzsimmons, M Miller's Anesthesia, 8th Edition (R. Miller, Ed) Choukalas, CG, Nicholau, D Goal Directed Fluid Resuscitation: A Review of Hemodynamic, Metabolic, and Monitoring Based Goals. Jeffrey A. Katz, Christopher G. Choukalas Fluid resuscitation: A review of hemodynamic, metabolic, and monitoring-based goals Katz, JA, Choukalas, CG. Intervention- versus physiology-based risk assessment scores for predicting cardiac arrest: a pilot study Choukalas CG, Kellman S, Keese ML, Loor, M, Vasington, M, O’Connor, MF, Edelson, DP. 377. Karen Hirsch, Christopher Choukalas, Vineeta Singh The 5-Minute Anesthesia Consult. N. Singh-Radcliff and A. Gupta (Eds.) Stechert, MM. Choukalas, CG. Goal-Directed Fluid Resuscitation. Christopher G. Choukalas Goal-Directed Fluid Resuscitation: Strategies for the Intensive Care Unit Choukalas, CG Mask ventilation, hypocapnia, and seizure duration in electroconvulsive therapy. Choukalas CG, Walter J, Glick D, O'Connor MF, Tung A, Dinwiddie SH, Nunnally ME Clinical Reviews in Anesthesia (F Moya, Ed.) Choukalas, CG, Liu, LL.
