Ronny Munoz-Acuna, MD
Assistant Professor of AnesthesiologyDownloadHi-Res Photo
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Anesthesiology
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Associate Program Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellowship, Critical Care Anesthesiology
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Yale University
20 York St
New Haven, Connecticut 06510
United States
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Anesthesiology
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Additional Titles
Associate Program Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellowship, Critical Care Anesthesiology
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Yale University
20 York St
New Haven, Connecticut 06510
United States
Appointments
Anesthesiology
Primary
Additional Titles
Associate Program Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellowship, Critical Care Anesthesiology
Contact Info
Yale University
20 York St
New Haven, Connecticut 06510
United States
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Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Associate Program Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellowship, Critical Care Anesthesiology
Appointments
Anesthesiology
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
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- Anesthesiology
- Yale Medicine
- Yale New Haven Health System
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School (2022)
- Fellow
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School (2021)
- Resident
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School (2020)
- Intern
- Metrowest Medical Center/Tufts University (2017)
- Fellow
- Universidad de Costa Rica (2016)
- Resident
- Universidad de Costa Rica (2014)
- BSc
- Universidad de Costa Rica
- MD
- Universidad de Costa Rica (2009)
Board Certifications
Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Anesthesiology
- Original Certification Date
- 2023
Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology)
- Certification Organization
- AB of Anesthesiology
- Original Certification Date
- 2021
Anesthesiology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Anesthesiology
- Original Certification Date
- 2021
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Medical Research Interests
Echocardiography; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; Pulmonary Embolism; Shock; Social Media; Ventilators, Mechanical
ORCID
0000-0003-0477-2377
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Andrew Philip Notarianni, MD, FASE, FASA
Jean Gabriel Charchaflieh, MD, MPH, DrPH
Andres Brenes Bastos, MD
Hossam Tantawy, MD
Nicholas Cormier, MD
Nikhil Chawla, MBBS, MD
27Publications
80Citations
Social Media
Echocardiography
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Publications
2026
Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in High-Risk Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation: Current Evidence, Patient Selection, and Perioperative Management
Munoz-Acuna R, Rady A, Notarianni A, Montealegre-Gallegos M. Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in High-Risk Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation: Current Evidence, Patient Selection, and Perioperative Management. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2026 PMID: 42366132, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2026.06.007.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsPostoperative Dysphagia After Aortic Surgery and Performance of Bedside Swallow Screening: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Farela A, Johnson A, Pigott S, Saleh A, Notarianni A, Tantawy H, Munoz-Acuna R. Postoperative Dysphagia After Aortic Surgery and Performance of Bedside Swallow Screening: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2026 PMID: 42168020, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2026.04.045.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2025
Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury: What’s New in 2025?
Elmadhoun O, Ramanujan K, Wieruszewski P, Almadhoun H, Arboleda A, Munoz-Acuna R, Cheungpasitporn W, Yalamuri S, Ramakrishna H. Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury: What’s New in 2025? Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2025, 40: 1037-1045. PMID: 41207837, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2025.10.013.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCitationsAltmetric"Point-of-care gastric ultrasound for assessing fasting status prior to procedural sedation: A narrative"
Cifuentes J, Munoz-Acuna R, Chawla N. "Point-of-care gastric ultrasound for assessing fasting status prior to procedural sedation: A narrative". Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology 2025, 39: 236-244. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2025.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsProcedural sedation outside the operating room: Challenges, guidelines, and future directions
Bastos A, Munoz-Acuna R, Notarianni A. Procedural sedation outside the operating room: Challenges, guidelines, and future directions. Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology 2025, 39: 215-225. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2025.08.003.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCitationsIn Response
Munoz-Acuna R, Cheng P, Rosenblatt W. In Response. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2025, 141: e63-e64. PMID: 40815629, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000007686.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersBlimey, More Guidelines! A Practical Approach to the Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Regurgitation: The British Society of Echocardiography Guidelines
Montealegre-Gallegos M, Munoz-Acuna R, Notarianni A. Blimey, More Guidelines! A Practical Approach to the Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Regurgitation: The British Society of Echocardiography Guidelines. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2025, 39: 2239-2242. PMID: 40555633, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2025.05.049.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersAltmetricMechanical Circulatory Support Devices
Patel B, Griffee M, Munoz-Acuna R. Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices. Critical Care Clinics 2025, 41: 555-572. PMID: 40484621, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2025.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCricothyroid Membrane Vasculature: An Ultrasonographic Analysis
Munoz-Acuna R, Cormier N, Yonn-Brown T, Cheng P, Rosenblatt W. Cricothyroid Membrane Vasculature: An Ultrasonographic Analysis. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2025, 141: 674-676. PMID: 40131830, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000007498.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricIs There More to POCUS Than the Heart and Lungs in the Parturient-Venous Excess Ultrasound Score?
Munoz-Acuna R, Charchaflieh J, Deshpande R. Is There More to POCUS Than the Heart and Lungs in the Parturient-Venous Excess Ultrasound Score? Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2025, 45: 19-20. DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0001097560.30255.cc.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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