Dr. Adam Striker takes us behind the scenes with Dr. Zachary Deutch, editor of the ASA Monitor’s Ask the Expert column. From what inspired Dr. Deutch to start the column to his favorite take-aways, topics, and plans for the future, this episode sheds light on the specialty’s deep bench of experts and the many important questions in the world of anesthesiology. Recorded February 2022.
Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA, is an associate professor of anesthesiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville. Dr. Deutch serves on the editorial board of the ASA Monitor and is the author of a recurring column, "Ask the Expert." He is a member of several ASA committees, a member of the House of Delegates, and serves on the board of the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists.
Dr. Deutch spent his undergraduate years at Princeton University and attended medical school at George Washington University School of Health Sciences. He did his residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and completed his fellowship in cardiothoracic anesthesia at Mass. General Hospital.
Adam Striker, MD, FASA, is currently Chair of the ASA Committee on Communications and serves as a delegate to the ASA House of Delegates from the state of Missouri. He is the series editor for ASA’s Central Line podcast series. He is a member of Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City and practices at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, where he currently serves as Anesthesiologist-in-Chief. He received his undergraduate degree in engineering from Purdue University and his medical degree from Indiana University. He completed his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Northwestern University.