Nicholas Cormier, MD
Anesthesiology
Titles
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
- Associate Director, Residency Program, Anesthesiology
Education & Training
- Head & Neck Anesthesiology FellowshipYale School of Medicine (2025)
- Chief ResidentYale School of Medicine (2024)
- ResidencyYale School of Medicine (2024)
- MDUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School (2020)
- BACollege of the Holy Cross, Biology, Sociology (2015)
Additional Information
Board Certifications
- AB of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology (2025)
Publications
- Cormier N, Fernandez-Robles C, Hyman J. Traditional learning meets adaptive learning: the present and future of education in nonoperating room anesthesia. Current Opinion In Anaesthesiology 2026, 39: 524-530. PMID: 42054158, DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000001662.
- Jegarl A, Martin M, Cormier N, Tanella A, Schafer D, Zhao X, Dawlagala N, Yonn-Brown T, Girod A, Lin H, Ramirez A, Gibson C, Ogilvie J, Hyman J. Superficial Cervical Plexus Block and Quality of Recovery after Thyroidectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Anesthesiology 2026, 145: 918-926. PMID: 42268604, DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000006200.
- Cormier N, Chacko A, Maddula R, Ozturk B, Guzzi J, Szabo C, Kurup V. The Flipped Operating Room: Designing a Flipped Classroom Curriculum to Catalyze Intraoperative Medical Student Education. Journal Of Education In Perioperative Medicine 2026, 28: e769. PMID: 42592581, PMCID: PMC13465614, DOI: 10.46374/volxxviii_issue2_cormier.
- Cormier N, He Z, Lin H, Yanez N, Kurup V. Sense of Belongingness among Anesthesiology Residents: Adapting a Validated Tool to Establish Benchmarks and Identify Outliers. Anesthesiology 2026, 144: 1251-1253. PMID: 41838936, PMCID: PMC13089806, DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000005960.
- Amaya S, Cormier N, Zygart A, Charchaflieh J. Safe airway management in a patient with previous difficult intubations and distrust of the medical system: A case report. JCA Advances 2025, 2: 100175. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcadva.2025.100175.
- Cormier N, Hyman J. Ambulatory Airway Management Safety, Strategy, and Standards in the Outpatient Setting. Anesthesiology Clinics 2025, 44: 85-99. PMID: 41781110, DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2025.10.004.
- Veira J, Manes R, Cormier N. The anesthetic management of a patient with stiff person syndrome undergoing ambulatory endoscopic sinus surgery: A case report. JCA Advances 2025, 2: 100157. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcadva.2025.100157.
- Cormier N, Patel B, Khanna S, Kurup V. Finding Their Place: How Anesthesiology Interns Develop a Sense of Belongingness in a New Community of Practice. Journal Of Education In Perioperative Medicine 2025, 27: e744. PMID: 40488114, PMCID: PMC12142585, DOI: 10.46374/volxxvii_issue2_cormier.
- 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.
- Cormier N, Kinney D, Gaiser R. What Are “Nonphysician Obligations” Anyway? A Survey Study Exploring Their Impact on Anesthesiology Resident Education and Developing a Conceptual Framework. A&A Practice 2025, 19: e01885. PMID: 39745283, DOI: 10.1213/xaa.0000000000001885.
- Cormier N, Buckley R, Rosenblatt W. Integrating the Airway Lead structure into a large healthcare system to appraise the landscape of airway management resources. JCA Advances 2024, 1: 100075. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcadva.2024.100075.
- Cormier N, Hyman J, O’Rourke M. Educating for success: ambulatory anesthesia training. Current Opinion In Anaesthesiology 2024, 37: 624-630. PMID: 39247999, DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000001428.
- Cormier N. Churn Up the Sand. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2024, 139: 895-895. PMID: 38421904, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006699.
- Cormier N, Park J, Kohli N, Hyman J. Selecting laser‐resistant tracheal tubes for awake flexible scope intubation. Anaesthesia Reports 2024, 12: e12300. PMID: 38765553, PMCID: PMC11099760, DOI: 10.1002/anr3.12300.
- Cormier N, Hyman J. Recommendations for successful flexible scope intubation in the anaesthetised patient. Anaesthesia 2023, 78: 1522-1522. PMID: 37656134, DOI: 10.1111/anae.16122.
Departments and Programs
Titles
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
- Associate Director, Residency Program, Anesthesiology
Education & Training
- Head & Neck Anesthesiology FellowshipYale School of Medicine (2025)
- Chief ResidentYale School of Medicine (2024)
- ResidencyYale School of Medicine (2024)
- MDUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School (2020)
- BACollege of the Holy Cross, Biology, Sociology (2015)
Additional Information
Board Certifications
- AB of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology (2025)
Publications
- Cormier N, Fernandez-Robles C, Hyman J. Traditional learning meets adaptive learning: the present and future of education in nonoperating room anesthesia. Current Opinion In Anaesthesiology 2026, 39: 524-530. PMID: 42054158, DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000001662.
- Jegarl A, Martin M, Cormier N, Tanella A, Schafer D, Zhao X, Dawlagala N, Yonn-Brown T, Girod A, Lin H, Ramirez A, Gibson C, Ogilvie J, Hyman J. Superficial Cervical Plexus Block and Quality of Recovery after Thyroidectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Anesthesiology 2026, 145: 918-926. PMID: 42268604, DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000006200.
- Cormier N, Chacko A, Maddula R, Ozturk B, Guzzi J, Szabo C, Kurup V. The Flipped Operating Room: Designing a Flipped Classroom Curriculum to Catalyze Intraoperative Medical Student Education. Journal Of Education In Perioperative Medicine 2026, 28: e769. PMID: 42592581, PMCID: PMC13465614, DOI: 10.46374/volxxviii_issue2_cormier.
- Cormier N, He Z, Lin H, Yanez N, Kurup V. Sense of Belongingness among Anesthesiology Residents: Adapting a Validated Tool to Establish Benchmarks and Identify Outliers. Anesthesiology 2026, 144: 1251-1253. PMID: 41838936, PMCID: PMC13089806, DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000005960.
- Amaya S, Cormier N, Zygart A, Charchaflieh J. Safe airway management in a patient with previous difficult intubations and distrust of the medical system: A case report. JCA Advances 2025, 2: 100175. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcadva.2025.100175.
- Cormier N, Hyman J. Ambulatory Airway Management Safety, Strategy, and Standards in the Outpatient Setting. Anesthesiology Clinics 2025, 44: 85-99. PMID: 41781110, DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2025.10.004.
- Veira J, Manes R, Cormier N. The anesthetic management of a patient with stiff person syndrome undergoing ambulatory endoscopic sinus surgery: A case report. JCA Advances 2025, 2: 100157. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcadva.2025.100157.
- Cormier N, Patel B, Khanna S, Kurup V. Finding Their Place: How Anesthesiology Interns Develop a Sense of Belongingness in a New Community of Practice. Journal Of Education In Perioperative Medicine 2025, 27: e744. PMID: 40488114, PMCID: PMC12142585, DOI: 10.46374/volxxvii_issue2_cormier.
- 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.
- Cormier N, Kinney D, Gaiser R. What Are “Nonphysician Obligations” Anyway? A Survey Study Exploring Their Impact on Anesthesiology Resident Education and Developing a Conceptual Framework. A&A Practice 2025, 19: e01885. PMID: 39745283, DOI: 10.1213/xaa.0000000000001885.
- Cormier N, Buckley R, Rosenblatt W. Integrating the Airway Lead structure into a large healthcare system to appraise the landscape of airway management resources. JCA Advances 2024, 1: 100075. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcadva.2024.100075.
- Cormier N, Hyman J, O’Rourke M. Educating for success: ambulatory anesthesia training. Current Opinion In Anaesthesiology 2024, 37: 624-630. PMID: 39247999, DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000001428.
- Cormier N. Churn Up the Sand. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2024, 139: 895-895. PMID: 38421904, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006699.
- Cormier N, Park J, Kohli N, Hyman J. Selecting laser‐resistant tracheal tubes for awake flexible scope intubation. Anaesthesia Reports 2024, 12: e12300. PMID: 38765553, PMCID: PMC11099760, DOI: 10.1002/anr3.12300.
- Cormier N, Hyman J. Recommendations for successful flexible scope intubation in the anaesthetised patient. Anaesthesia 2023, 78: 1522-1522. PMID: 37656134, DOI: 10.1111/anae.16122.
Departments and Programs