Yale Anesthesiology
Yale New Haven Hospital
20 York Street, Ste SPOR, 3rd floor
New Haven, CT 06510
- Yale AnesthesiologyYale New Haven Hospital20 York Street, Ste SPOR, 3rd floorNew Haven, CT 06510
Wanda Popescu, MD
Anesthesiology
Patient type treated
Adult
Accepting new patients
Yes
Referral required
Not Applicable
Board Certified in
Anesthesiology and Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography
Titles
- Professor of Anesthesiology
- Director, Thoracic and Vascular Anesthesia Division
Education & Training
- FellowYale University School of Medicine (2004)
- ResidentYale-New Haven Hospital (2002)
- InternLincoln Medicine and Mental Health Center (1999)
- InternEmergency Hospital-Bucharest (1997)
- MDCarol Davila University of Medicine (1996)
Languages Spoken
- English
- Français (French)
- Română (Romanian)
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Board Certifications
- National Board of Echocardiography, Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (2015)
- AB of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology (2004, recertified: 2015)
Professional Service
- Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia (2015 - Present): Editorial Board member
- National Board of Echocardiography (2009 - Present): Advance Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Examination Writing Committee
Publications
- Kertai M, Makkad B, Bollen B, Grocott H, Kachulis B, Boisen M, Raphael J, Perry T, Liu H, Grant M, Gutsche J, Popescu W, Hensley N, Mazzeffi M, Sniecinski R, Teeter E, Pal N, Ngai J, Mittnacht A, Augoustides Y, Ibekwe S, Martin A, Rhee A, Walden R, Glas K, Shaw A, Shore-Lesserson L. Development and Publication of Clinical Practice Parameters, Reviews, and Meta-analyses: A Report From the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Presidential Task Force. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2024, 138: 878-892. PMID: 37788388, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006619.
- Makkad B, Heinke T, Sheriffdeen R, Khatib D, Brodt J, Meng M, Grant M, Kachulis B, Popescu W, Wu C, Bollen B. In Response. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2023, 137: e52-e53. PMID: 37973139, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006708.
- Members W, Isselbacher E, Preventza O, Black J, Augoustides J, Beck A, Bolen M, Braverman A, Bray B, Brown-Zimmerman M, Chen E, Collins T, DeAnda A, Fanola C, Girardi L, Hicks C, Hui D, Jones W, Kalahasti V, Kim K, Milewicz D, Oderich G, Ogbechie L, Promes S, Ross E, Schermerhorn M, Times S, Tseng E, Wang G, Woo Y, Members P, Faxon D, Upchurch G, Aday A, Azizzadeh A, Boisen M, Hawkins B, Kramer C, Luc J, MacGillivray T, Malaisrie S, Osteen K, Patel H, Patel P, Popescu W, Rodriguez E, Sorber R, Tsao P, Volgman A, Members A, Beckman J, Otto C, O'Gara P, Armbruster A, Birtcher K, de las Fuentes L, Deswal A, Dixon D, Gorenek B, Haynes N, Hernandez A, Joglar J, Jones W, Mark D, Mukherjee D, Palaniappan L, Piano M, Rab T, Spatz E, Tamis-Holland J. 2022 ACC/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and management of aortic disease A report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2023, 166: e182-e331. PMID: 37389507, PMCID: PMC10784847, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.04.023.
- Makkad B, Heinke T, Sheriffdeen R, Khatib D, Brodt J, Meng M, Grant M, Kachulis B, Popescu W, Wu C, Bollen B. Practice Advisory for Preoperative and Intraoperative Pain Management of Cardiac Surgical Patients: Part 2. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2023, 137: 26-47. PMID: 37326862, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006506.
- Makkad B, Heinke T, Sheriffdeen R, Khatib D, Brodt J, Meng M, Grant M, Kachulis B, Popescu W, Wu C, Bollen B. Practice Advisory for Preoperative and Intraoperative Pain Management of Thoracic Surgical Patients: Part 1. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2023, 137: 2-25. PMID: 37079466, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006441.
- Udelsman B, Credaroli E, Notarianni A, Elefteriades J, Boffa D, Popescu W. Off-Pump Methacrylate Cement Pulmonary Embolectomy. Annals Of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports 2023, 1: 49-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.atssr.2022.09.001.
- Ellauzi H, Arora H, Elefteriades J, Zaffar M, Ellauzi R, Popescu W. Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage for Prevention of Spinal Cord Ischemia in Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Surgery—Pros and Cons. Aorta 2022, 10: 290-297. PMID: 36539146, PMCID: PMC9767776, DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1757792.
- Teeter E, Afonso A, Popescu W. Chapter 53 Enhanced Recovery After Thoracic Surgery. 2022, 766-774. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-71301-6.00053-6.
- Fereydooni A, O'Meara T, Popescu W, Dardik A, Chaar C. Neuraxial Anesthesia for Hybrid Lower Extremity Revascularization Is Associated With Reduced Perioperative Morbidity. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2019, 70: e48-e50. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.06.075.
- Tran D, Popescu W. Lung Isolation in Patients with Difficult Airways. 2019, 323-336. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00859-8_18.
- Batchelor TJP, Rasburn NJ, Abdelnour-Berchtold E, Brunelli A, Cerfolio RJ, Gonzalez M, Ljungqvist O, Petersen RH, Popescu WM, Slinger PD, Naidu B. Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS). European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2018, 55: 91-115. PMID: 30304509, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy301.
- Qiu R, Perrino AC, Zurich H, Sukumar N, Dai F, Popescu W. Effect of preoperative gabapentin and acetaminophen on opioid consumption in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a retrospective study. Romanian Journal Of Anaesthesia And Intensive Care 2018, 25: 43-48. PMID: 29756062, PMCID: PMC5931182, DOI: 10.21454/rjaic.7518.251.gab.
- Oprea AD, Popescu WM. Perioperative management of antiplatelet therapy. British Journal Of Anaesthesia 2013, 111: i3-i17. PMID: 24335397, DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet402.
- Oprea AD, Popescu WM. ADP-Receptor Inhibitors in the Perioperative Period: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2013, 27: 779-795. PMID: 23648080, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.11.014.
- Assaad S, Popescu W, Perrino A. Fluid management in thoracic surgery. Current Opinion In Anaesthesiology 2013, 26: 31-39. PMID: 23262471, DOI: 10.1097/aco.0b013e32835c5cf5.
- Popescu WM, Bell R, Duffy AJ, Katz KH, Perrino AC. A Pilot Study of Patients With Clinically Severe Obesity Undergoing Laparoscopic Surgery: Evidence for Impaired Cardiac Performance. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2011, 25: 943-949. PMID: 21232976, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2010.11.012.
- Popescu W. Heart Transplant, Adult. 2011, 460. DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4377-1720-4.00404-0.
- Raza S, Popescu W, Jovin I. Perioperative stent thrombosis. Interventional Cardiology 2010, 2: 821-828. DOI: 10.2217/ica.10.84.
- Popescu W. CHAPTER 6 Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies. 2008, 103-124. DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4160-3998-3.10006-5.
- Popescu W, Schwartz J. Perioperative Considerations for the Morbidly Obese Patient. Advances In Anesthesia 2007, 25: 59-77. DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2007.07.004.
- Popescu W. Ghost-Boostering Phantom Gradients. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2006, 102: 654. DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000190796.05346.ad.
- Popescu W, McCloskey G, Barash P, Elefteriades J. Epi-aortic Ultrasound for Cannulating the True Lumen of a Thoracic Dissection — A Case Report. International Journal Of Angiology 2005, 14: 258-259. DOI: 10.1007/s00547-005-2049-3.
- Popescu W, McCloskey G, Barash P, Elefteriades J. Epi-aortic ultrasound for cannulating the true lumen of a thoracic dissection — A case report. International Journal Of Angiology 2005, 258-259. DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1276515.
- Esposito CJ, Popescu WM, Rinder HM, Schwartz JJ, Smith BR, Rinder CS. Increased leukocyte-platelet adhesion in patients with graft occlusion after peripheral vascular surgery. Thrombosis And Haemostasis 2003, 90: 1128-1134. PMID: 14652647, DOI: 10.1160/th03-04-0226.
- Popescu W, Esposito C, Rinder C. Diabetes Mellitus Is a Risk Factor for Increased Platelet Activation in Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease. Anesthesiology 2002, 96: a156. DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200209002-00156.
Departments and Programs
Locations
Yale Anesthesiology
Yale New Haven Hospital
20 York Street, Ste SPOR, 3rd floor
New Haven, CT 06510
- Yale AnesthesiologyYale New Haven Hospital20 York Street, Ste SPOR, 3rd floorNew Haven, CT 06510
Titles
- Professor of Anesthesiology
- Director, Thoracic and Vascular Anesthesia Division
Education & Training
- FellowYale University School of Medicine (2004)
- ResidentYale-New Haven Hospital (2002)
- InternLincoln Medicine and Mental Health Center (1999)
- InternEmergency Hospital-Bucharest (1997)
- MDCarol Davila University of Medicine (1996)
Languages Spoken
- English
- Français (French)
- Română (Romanian)
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
Board Certifications
- National Board of Echocardiography, Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (2015)
- AB of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology (2004, recertified: 2015)
Professional Service
- Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia (2015 - Present): Editorial Board member
- National Board of Echocardiography (2009 - Present): Advance Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Examination Writing Committee
Publications
- Kertai M, Makkad B, Bollen B, Grocott H, Kachulis B, Boisen M, Raphael J, Perry T, Liu H, Grant M, Gutsche J, Popescu W, Hensley N, Mazzeffi M, Sniecinski R, Teeter E, Pal N, Ngai J, Mittnacht A, Augoustides Y, Ibekwe S, Martin A, Rhee A, Walden R, Glas K, Shaw A, Shore-Lesserson L. Development and Publication of Clinical Practice Parameters, Reviews, and Meta-analyses: A Report From the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Presidential Task Force. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2024, 138: 878-892. PMID: 37788388, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006619.
- Makkad B, Heinke T, Sheriffdeen R, Khatib D, Brodt J, Meng M, Grant M, Kachulis B, Popescu W, Wu C, Bollen B. In Response. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2023, 137: e52-e53. PMID: 37973139, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006708.
- Members W, Isselbacher E, Preventza O, Black J, Augoustides J, Beck A, Bolen M, Braverman A, Bray B, Brown-Zimmerman M, Chen E, Collins T, DeAnda A, Fanola C, Girardi L, Hicks C, Hui D, Jones W, Kalahasti V, Kim K, Milewicz D, Oderich G, Ogbechie L, Promes S, Ross E, Schermerhorn M, Times S, Tseng E, Wang G, Woo Y, Members P, Faxon D, Upchurch G, Aday A, Azizzadeh A, Boisen M, Hawkins B, Kramer C, Luc J, MacGillivray T, Malaisrie S, Osteen K, Patel H, Patel P, Popescu W, Rodriguez E, Sorber R, Tsao P, Volgman A, Members A, Beckman J, Otto C, O'Gara P, Armbruster A, Birtcher K, de las Fuentes L, Deswal A, Dixon D, Gorenek B, Haynes N, Hernandez A, Joglar J, Jones W, Mark D, Mukherjee D, Palaniappan L, Piano M, Rab T, Spatz E, Tamis-Holland J. 2022 ACC/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and management of aortic disease A report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2023, 166: e182-e331. PMID: 37389507, PMCID: PMC10784847, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.04.023.
- Makkad B, Heinke T, Sheriffdeen R, Khatib D, Brodt J, Meng M, Grant M, Kachulis B, Popescu W, Wu C, Bollen B. Practice Advisory for Preoperative and Intraoperative Pain Management of Cardiac Surgical Patients: Part 2. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2023, 137: 26-47. PMID: 37326862, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006506.
- Makkad B, Heinke T, Sheriffdeen R, Khatib D, Brodt J, Meng M, Grant M, Kachulis B, Popescu W, Wu C, Bollen B. Practice Advisory for Preoperative and Intraoperative Pain Management of Thoracic Surgical Patients: Part 1. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2023, 137: 2-25. PMID: 37079466, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006441.
- Udelsman B, Credaroli E, Notarianni A, Elefteriades J, Boffa D, Popescu W. Off-Pump Methacrylate Cement Pulmonary Embolectomy. Annals Of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports 2023, 1: 49-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.atssr.2022.09.001.
- Ellauzi H, Arora H, Elefteriades J, Zaffar M, Ellauzi R, Popescu W. Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage for Prevention of Spinal Cord Ischemia in Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Surgery—Pros and Cons. Aorta 2022, 10: 290-297. PMID: 36539146, PMCID: PMC9767776, DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1757792.
- Teeter E, Afonso A, Popescu W. Chapter 53 Enhanced Recovery After Thoracic Surgery. 2022, 766-774. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-71301-6.00053-6.
- Fereydooni A, O'Meara T, Popescu W, Dardik A, Chaar C. Neuraxial Anesthesia for Hybrid Lower Extremity Revascularization Is Associated With Reduced Perioperative Morbidity. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2019, 70: e48-e50. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.06.075.
- Tran D, Popescu W. Lung Isolation in Patients with Difficult Airways. 2019, 323-336. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00859-8_18.
- Batchelor TJP, Rasburn NJ, Abdelnour-Berchtold E, Brunelli A, Cerfolio RJ, Gonzalez M, Ljungqvist O, Petersen RH, Popescu WM, Slinger PD, Naidu B. Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS). European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2018, 55: 91-115. PMID: 30304509, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy301.
- Qiu R, Perrino AC, Zurich H, Sukumar N, Dai F, Popescu W. Effect of preoperative gabapentin and acetaminophen on opioid consumption in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a retrospective study. Romanian Journal Of Anaesthesia And Intensive Care 2018, 25: 43-48. PMID: 29756062, PMCID: PMC5931182, DOI: 10.21454/rjaic.7518.251.gab.
- Oprea AD, Popescu WM. Perioperative management of antiplatelet therapy. British Journal Of Anaesthesia 2013, 111: i3-i17. PMID: 24335397, DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet402.
- Oprea AD, Popescu WM. ADP-Receptor Inhibitors in the Perioperative Period: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2013, 27: 779-795. PMID: 23648080, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.11.014.
- Assaad S, Popescu W, Perrino A. Fluid management in thoracic surgery. Current Opinion In Anaesthesiology 2013, 26: 31-39. PMID: 23262471, DOI: 10.1097/aco.0b013e32835c5cf5.
- Popescu WM, Bell R, Duffy AJ, Katz KH, Perrino AC. A Pilot Study of Patients With Clinically Severe Obesity Undergoing Laparoscopic Surgery: Evidence for Impaired Cardiac Performance. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2011, 25: 943-949. PMID: 21232976, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2010.11.012.
- Popescu W. Heart Transplant, Adult. 2011, 460. DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4377-1720-4.00404-0.
- Raza S, Popescu W, Jovin I. Perioperative stent thrombosis. Interventional Cardiology 2010, 2: 821-828. DOI: 10.2217/ica.10.84.
- Popescu W. CHAPTER 6 Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies. 2008, 103-124. DOI: 10.1016/b978-1-4160-3998-3.10006-5.
- Popescu W, Schwartz J. Perioperative Considerations for the Morbidly Obese Patient. Advances In Anesthesia 2007, 25: 59-77. DOI: 10.1016/j.aan.2007.07.004.
- Popescu W. Ghost-Boostering Phantom Gradients. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2006, 102: 654. DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000190796.05346.ad.
- Popescu W, McCloskey G, Barash P, Elefteriades J. Epi-aortic Ultrasound for Cannulating the True Lumen of a Thoracic Dissection — A Case Report. International Journal Of Angiology 2005, 14: 258-259. DOI: 10.1007/s00547-005-2049-3.
- Popescu W, McCloskey G, Barash P, Elefteriades J. Epi-aortic ultrasound for cannulating the true lumen of a thoracic dissection — A case report. International Journal Of Angiology 2005, 258-259. DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1276515.
- Esposito CJ, Popescu WM, Rinder HM, Schwartz JJ, Smith BR, Rinder CS. Increased leukocyte-platelet adhesion in patients with graft occlusion after peripheral vascular surgery. Thrombosis And Haemostasis 2003, 90: 1128-1134. PMID: 14652647, DOI: 10.1160/th03-04-0226.
- Popescu W, Esposito C, Rinder C. Diabetes Mellitus Is a Risk Factor for Increased Platelet Activation in Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease. Anesthesiology 2002, 96: a156. DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200209002-00156.
Departments and Programs
Locations
Yale Anesthesiology
Yale New Haven Hospital
20 York Street, Ste SPOR, 3rd floor
New Haven, CT 06510
- Yale AnesthesiologyYale New Haven Hospital20 York Street, Ste SPOR, 3rd floorNew Haven, CT 06510
Yale Anesthesiology
Yale New Haven Hospital
20 York Street, Ste SPOR, 3rd floor
New Haven, CT 06510
- Yale AnesthesiologyYale New Haven Hospital20 York Street, Ste SPOR, 3rd floorNew Haven, CT 06510