Critical Care Anesthesiology Fellowship

The Ohio State University Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Welcome, and thank you for your interest in the OSU Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship! Our department opened the first Surgical Intensive Care Unit in 1979. Since that time, critical care has grown into one of the largest divisions in the anesthesiology department. Our faculty care for patients with a wide range of backgrounds and complex medical needs, and serve as leaders throughout the medical center. All of us are committed to providing an exceptional educational experience for our residents and fellows.

In addition to a broad clinical experiences, OSU offers a comprehensive range of didactics, conferences, simulation and other unique learning opportunities. Training emphasizes leadership during multidisciplinary rounds, teaching other trainees, scholarship and quality improvement. Both technical and non-technical skills are emphasized. In addition to the usual ICU procedures, fellows are taught critical care ultrasound, surgical airway skills and how to navigate challenging patient and family interactions. All fellows complete requirements for certification by the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) and prepare for the Critical Care Medicine Certification Exam.

Since OSU is a big place, we encourage our fellows to establish mentoring relationships with faculty to get the most out of their time here.

Please look over the information below, read about some of our faculty and follow us on our Instagram account. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or would like more information.

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Meet Some of Our Faculty and Staff

Michael Lyaker, MD

Associate Professor Anesthesiology
Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Director of SICU Clinical Affairs and Quality

In 2020, Dr. Lyaker was appointed director of the fellowship program. At the hospital, departmental and division levels, he has leadership roles that oversee airway management, code blue response and quality. He helped establish and currently oversees the hospital Difficult Airway Response Team.

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Ravi Tripathi, MD, MBA

Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Division
Associate Chief Information Officer for Wexner Medical Center

Dr. Tripathi has taken us from 4 faculty to a thriving division of 15 intensivists. He’s put a tremendous amount of effort into helping us succeed in areas that we are passionate about. He’s also “recruited” several of us into triathlons. Personally, he has finished several Ironman distance races and this year plans to run a grueling race across the Grand Canyon and back.

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Veena Satyapriya, MD

Associate Professor Anesthesiology
Director, Critical Care Ross Hospital
Co-director OSU ECMO program

Dr. Satyapriya is the former fellowship program director. She has led OSU’s ECMO program, started the ECPR program for out of hospital cardiac arrest and was recently appointed Director of Critical Care at the Ross Heart Hospital. She has helped author many recent articles and guidelines on ECMO management and resuscitation.

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Floria Chae, MD

Assistant Professor Anesthesiology

Dr. Chae is double boarded in pain management and critical care medicine. She oversees medical student education in our Cardiovascular Surgery ICU. Her other interests include transthoracic echo and using simulation to teach ECMO to physicians and nurses.

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