Adriana Dana Oprea, MD
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Director, Endocrine Anesthesia
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Director, Endocrine Anesthesia
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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.
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Anesthesiology
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
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- All Institutions
- Anesthesiology
- Perioperative & Adult Anesthesiology
- Yale New Haven Health System
- Yale Ventures
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)
- Residency
- Yale New Haven Hospital
Board Certifications
Anesthesiology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Anesthesiology
- Original Certification Date
- 2011
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ORCID
0000-0003-3369-382X
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Claudia Fernandez Robles, MD
James Dziura, MPH, PhD
Zyad James Carr, MD
Frans Wackers, MD, PhD
Jinlei Li, MD, PhD
Wanda Popescu, MD
Perioperative Care
Preoperative Care
Publications
2026
Preoperative Evaluation, Optimization, and Prehabilitation for Patients With Cancer
Oprea A, Gerlach R, Sweitzer B. Preoperative Evaluation, Optimization, and Prehabilitation for Patients With Cancer. International Anesthesiology Clinics 2026, 64: 1-10. PMID: 41733346, DOI: 10.1097/aia.0000000000000510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPerioperative management of patients taking glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists: implementation of complex fasting recommendations. Response to Br J Anaesth 2025; 136: 375-6
Hepner D, Oprea A, Sweitzer B, GLP-1 S. Perioperative management of patients taking glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists: implementation of complex fasting recommendations. Response to Br J Anaesth 2025; 136: 375-6. British Journal Of Anaesthesia 2026, 136: 1002-1004. PMID: 41577608, DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.12.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA restrictive fasting regimen is not necessary in patients taking glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists. Response to Br J Anaesth 2025; 135: 1816–8
Oprea A, Hepner D, Sweitzer B. A restrictive fasting regimen is not necessary in patients taking glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists. Response to Br J Anaesth 2025; 135: 1816–8. British Journal Of Anaesthesia 2026, 136: 769-771. PMID: 41491545, DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.11.022.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Procedural sedation in high-risk patients
Robles C, Oprea A. Procedural sedation in high-risk patients. Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology 2025, 39: 245-254. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2025.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPerioperative Management of Antihyperglycemic Medications
Borochov N, Joseph S, Oprea A. Perioperative Management of Antihyperglycemic Medications. ASA Monitor 2025, 89: 14-15. DOI: 10.1097/01.asm.0001125660.25965.a1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricPerioperative Management of Patients Taking GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
Oprea A, Borochov N, Hepner D, Sweitzer B. Perioperative Management of Patients Taking GLP-1 Receptor Agonists. ASA Monitor 2025, 89: 15-18. DOI: 10.1097/01.asm.0001125664.22893.9f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricPerioperative management of patients taking glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists: Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI) multidisciplinary consensus statement
Oprea A, Ostapenko L, Sweitzer B, Selzer A, Irizarry-Alvarado J, Hurtado Andrade M, Mendez C, Kelley K, Stewart E, Fernandez Robles C, Chadha R, Camilleri M, Mathur R, Umpierrez G, Hepner D. Perioperative management of patients taking glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists: Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI) multidisciplinary consensus statement. British Journal Of Anaesthesia 2025, 135: 48-78. PMID: 40379536, PMCID: PMC12597468, DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.04.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsGlucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonistsPeptide 1 receptor agonistsPerioperative management of patientsMultidisciplinary consensus statementManagement of patientsSociety for Perioperative AssessmentPerioperative managementPerioperative assessmentConsensus statementPreoperative fasting timeMedical managementAgonistsModified Delphi processPatientsSystematic reviewPREOPERATIVE GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED POSTOPERATIVE CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES
Choi U, Oprea A, Sweitzer B, Connors J, Hepner D. PREOPERATIVE GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED POSTOPERATIVE CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2025, 85: 517. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(25)01001-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPerioperative Anticoagulation: Considerations Impacting Outcomes
Kumar M, Oprea A. Perioperative Anticoagulation: Considerations Impacting Outcomes. International Anesthesiology Clinics 2025, 63: 44-53. PMID: 40065649, DOI: 10.1097/aia.0000000000000474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchControversies in Perioperative Medication Management
Cummings K, Keshock M, Oprea A. Controversies in Perioperative Medication Management. International Anesthesiology Clinics 2025, 63: 35-43. PMID: 39831629, DOI: 10.1097/aia.0000000000000470.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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