Prof. Daniel Sessler

Biography

Dr. Sessler is the Founder and Director of the Outcomes Research Consortium, the world’s largest clinical anesthesia research group, and is currently the Michael Cudahy Professor and Chair of the Department of Outcomes Research at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Sessler attended medical school at Columbia University, and subsequently completed pediatric and anesthesia residencies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He later served as a Professor at the University of California in San Francisco and as Vice-dean for Research at the University of Louisville. Dr. Sessler is an editor for Anesthesiology and serves as a reviewer for more than 50 journals. He has published a book on therapeutic hypothermia and more than 650 full research papers including ten in the New England Journal of Medicine. His papers have been cited more than 25,000 times, and 80 were accompanied by editorials. Dr. Sessler founded and directs the Outcomes Research Consortium, a group that publishes a full paper every four days. He also serves as a director of the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER). Among his awards is a Fulbright Fellowship and the American Society of Anesthesiology Excellence in Research prize.

Research Interest

Pharmaceutical Sciences