4172 Cardiovascular Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Available to mentor
Ross Blank, MD earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed his anesthesia residency and critical care fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. He joined the Michigan Medicine Department of Anesthesiology as faculty in 2008 and is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor. His clinical and educational interests focus on respiratory physiology, respiratory failure, and mechanical ventilation. He serves as the Co-Director of the 5D Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Director of Thoracic Anesthesia, and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology Clinical Practice Committee. During the COVID surge of 2020, Dr. Blank co-directed the Respiratory Infectious Containment Unit (RICU) which quickly assembled a multidisciplinary team to provide care for critically ill COVID patients in a 50-bed intensive care unit.
https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/anesthesiology
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FellowMassachusetts General Hospital, Anesthesia Critical Care, 2008
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ResidentMassachusetts General Hospital, Anesthesia, 2007
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InternBrigham and Women's Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2004
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MDHarvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, 2003
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ABHarvard University, Cambridge, 1997
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Center MemberSamuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center
Mechanical ventilation, respiratory physiology, respiratory failure, ICU sedation, thoracic anesthesia, COVID
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Ebadi-Tehrani MM, Smith ED, Chang AC, Ailawadi G, Blank R, Palardy M, Mathis MR. J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 2023 Apr; 36 (4): 438 - 440.Journal ArticleTransesophageal Echocardiography for Cardiac Surgery Patients With Prior Esophagectomies: Insights From a 15-Year Institutional Experience.
DOI:10.1016/j.echo.2022.12.020 PMID: 36592873 -
Costa DK, Wright NC, Hashem O, Posa AM, Juno J, Brown S, Blank R, McSparron JI. Aust Crit Care, 2023 Jan; 36 (1): 99 - 107.Journal ArticleTeam dynamics in a COVID-19 intensive care unit: A qualitative study.
DOI:10.1016/j.aucc.2022.11.001 PMID: 36460589 -
Costa DK, Wright NC, Hashem O, Posa AM, Juno J, Brown S, Blank R, McSparron JI. Aust Crit Care, 2023 Jan; 36 (1): 99 - 107.Journal ArticleTeam dynamics in a COVID-19 intensive care unit: A qualitative study.
DOI:10.1016/j.aucc.2022.11.001 PMID: 36460589 -
Mahajan AP, Gao RW, Schechtman SA, Blank R, Chinn SB, Wakeam E. JTCVS Tech, 2022 Dec; 16: 169 - 171.Journal ArticleNeotracheal reconstruction with autologous forearm free flap for long-segment tracheal reconstruction: A case report.
DOI:10.1016/j.xjtc.2022.10.005 PMID: 36510528 -
Standiford TC, Farlow JL, Brenner MJ, Blank R, Rajajee V, Baldwin NR, Chinn SB, Cusac JA, De Cardenas J, Malloy KM, McDonough KL, Napolitano LM, Sjoding MW, Stoneman EK, Washer LL, Park PK. Am J Crit Care, 2022 Nov 1; 31 (6): 452 - 460.Journal ArticleCOVID-19 Transmission to Health Care Personnel During Tracheostomy Under a Multidisciplinary Safety Protocol.
DOI:10.4037/ajcc2022538 PMID: 35953441 -
Park JV, Williams AM, Scott JW, Blank R, Reddy RM. Trauma Case Rep, 2022 Aug; 40: 100660Journal ArticleManagement of a traumatic avulsion of the right upper lobe bronchus.
DOI:10.1016/j.tcr.2022.100660 PMID: 35665195 -
Rajajee V, Fung CM-C, Seagly KS, Park PK, Raghavendran K, Machado-Aranda DA, Scott JW, Delano MJ, Abou El Ela ASAA, Haft JW, Williamson CA, McSparron JI, Blank R, Napolitano LM. Crit Care Explor, 2021 Sep; 3 (9): e0537Journal ArticleOne-Year Functional, Cognitive, and Psychological Outcomes Following the Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Prospective Study.
DOI:10.1097/CCE.0000000000000537 PMID: 34589715 -
Farlow JL, Park PK, Sjoding MW, Kay SG, Blank R, Malloy KM, Washer L, Napolitano LM, Rajajee V, Brenner MJ, Chinn SB, De Cardenas J. J Thorac Dis, 2021 Jul; 13 (7): 4137 - 4145.Journal ArticleTracheostomy for COVID-19 respiratory failure: timing, ventilatory characteristics, and outcomes.
DOI:10.21037/jtd-21-10 PMID: 34422343
