Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology is a subdivision of the medical practice of anesthesiology for the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative care of adult and pediatric patients who undergoes cardiothoracic surgery and related invasive procedures. It deals with the anesthesia aspects of care related to surgical cases such as open heart surgery, lung surgery and other operations of the human chest. These aspects include perioperative care with expert manipulation of patient cardiopulmonary physiology through precise and advanced application of pharmacology, resuscitative techniques, critical care medicine, and invasive procedures. This also includes management of the cardiopulmonary bypass (heart-lung) machine, which most cardiac procedures require intra-operatively while the heart undergoes surgical correction