Guy WEINBERG
Faculty
Dr. Weinberg trained in internal medicine and medical genetics before converting to anesthesiology (a wise move). He had also spent time in biochemistry laboratories at UCSF and the NIH before leaving research forever (he thought) vowing never to do another experiment. After nearly fifteen years of clinical practice, an ‘outlier’ event brought him back to the laboratory to answer how carnitine deficiency could lead to severe local anesthetic sensitivity that nearly cost a patient her life. In trying to model this event, Dr. Weinberg identified the benefit of lipid emulsion infusion in treating local anesthetic systemic toxicity. Returning reluctantly to the laboratory, albeit with some measure of success, Dr. Weinberg was lucky enough to preserve 50% of his professional time for the operating room until 2022 when he retired from both the lab and clinical care. His wife Mary and three children claim he manages to stay very busy. He was recognized for his contributions to advancing the safety of regional anesthesia by the European Society of Regional Anesthesia's Carl Koller Award (2019) and by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine's Distinguished Service Award (2011) and Gaston Labat Award (2020). He gave the Severinghaus Lecture in Translational Medicine at the 2022 ASA Annual meeting.
Sessions
15:30 - 16:25
ESRA SESSION
Science Pearls
Chicago, USA
- Introduction. Guy WEINBERG (USA)
10:30 - 11:20
ASK THE EXPERT
LAST and pediatrics
Torino, Italy
- Last time I saw LAST. Guy WEINBERG (USA)
