Drug Errors in Anesthesia

Dr. Alexander Arriaga is an Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Anaesthesiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He holds degrees from Columbia University, Cornell University Medical School, and Master of Public Health and Doctor of Science degrees from Harvard University. He completed his anaesthesiology residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital with Distinction in Research. Dr. Arriaga has over thirty co-authored publications, including a first-author study in the New England Journal of Medicine and three first-author studies in the Annals of Surgery. He serves on the Patient Safety Editorial Board for the American Society of Anesthesiologists. His academic interests focus on crisis management, patient safety, and quality improvement in surgery and anaesthesiology.

Dr. Sarah Palsen is an assistant professor of anesthesiology in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. She is board certified in anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology. She received her medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completed her residency in anesthesiology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and her fellowship in pediatric anesthesia at Boston Children's Hospital. Her academic interests include quality improvement, patient safety, and simulation-based resident education.