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Adriana Dana Oprea, MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
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Director, Endocrine Anesthesia

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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Director, Endocrine Anesthesia

Biography

Dr. Adriana Dana Oprea is dual board certification, both in internal medicine and in anesthesiology. She received her medical degree from Carol Davila University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania in 1998. Following her Internal Medicine residency at Norwalk Hospital, she completed a residency in Anesthesiology at Yale New Haven Hospital Her area of academic and clinical interest is preoperative optimization, especially for patients with endocrine and hematologic disorders.

She serves on multiple American Society of Anesthesiologists committees on Perioperative Medicine, and is the chair of Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI) Guidelines and Annual Planning Meeting committees.

She lectures nationally and internationally on Perioperative Medicine topics (notably on preoperative optimization of patients with diabetes and on oral anticoagulation). She led the development of several SPAQI consensus statements on perioperative medication management and on patients wearing diabetes technology and she authored numerous publications on Perioperative Medicine topics. Dr Oprea is Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, section on Perioperative Medicine.


Appointments

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Education & Training

Resident in Anesthesiology
Yale-New Haven Hospital (2010)
Resident in Internal Medicine
Norwalk Hospital (2003)
MD
Carol Davila University of Medicine (1998)
BS
Mihai Viteazul National College (1992)

Board Certifications

  • Anesthesiology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Anesthesiology
    Original Certification Date
    2011
  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Latest Certification Date
    2015
    Original Certification Date
    2003

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Endocrine System; Perioperative Care; Preoperative Care

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Adriana Dana Oprea's published research.

Publications

2024

2022

2021

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