Susan G. Perlman Award, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
(2012)
"Awarded to the senior resident who best exemplifies academic
excellence, special leadership skills and compassion for patients"
H. Steele and Judith Holley Award, Northwestern University, Department of Anesthesiology
(2012)
“Award is presented to the senior resident who best demonstrates
those teaching skills needed to train future anesthesiologists”
Teaching
Assistant Professor
(2013)
School of Medicine,
Anesthesiology
Publications
Simmons CG, Alvey NJ, Kaizer AM, Williamson K, Faruki AA, Kacmar RM, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Weitzel NS. Benchmarking of Anesthesia and Surgical Control Times by Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Codes. J Med Syst. 2022 Mar 4;46(4):19. PubMed PMID: 35244783
Kacmar RM. Commentary on:The Efficacy of High Flow Nasal Oxygenation for Maintaining Maternal Oxygenation During Rapid Sequence Induction in Pregnancy: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2022;42(3):154-155.
Stahl D, Fragneto R, Mahoney B, Kacmar R. Levels of Maternal Care: The Anesthesiologist's Role in Reducing Maternal Mortality. ASA Monitor July 2022, Vol. 86, 34–35.
Ende H, Raymond B, and Kacmar R. Barriers to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use in Obstetric Anesthesia: Results of a 2020 SOAP Patient Safety Committee Survey. SOAP Newsletter 2022; Fall: 7-8.
Kacmar RM, Mhyre JM. The Continued Crisis of Maternal Mortality: Is Consolidation of Care the Answer?. Anesth Analg. 2020 Jan;130(1):49-51. PubMed PMID: 31842171
Fernandez-Bustamante A, Bartels K, Clavijo C, Scott BK, Kacmar R, Bullard K, Moss AFD, Henderson W, Juarez-Colunga E, Jameson L. Preoperatively Screened Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Associated With Worse Postoperative Outcomes Than Previously Diagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Anesth Analg. 2017 Aug;125(2):593-602. PubMed PMID: 28682951
Kacmar RM. Safety interventions on the labor and delivery unit. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2017 Jun;30(3):287-293. PubMed PMID: 28323672
Riveros-Perez E, Kacmar R. Peripartum Care of the Jehovah's Witness Patient. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Jun;60(2):394-404. PubMed PMID: 28121643
Kacmar RM, Davidson BM, Victor M, Bullard K, Melendez J. Using an at-risk salary model to improve throughput in academic medical center operating rooms. J Clin Anesth. 2016 Nov;34:416-9. PubMed PMID: 27687425
Richardson S, Kacmar R, Hawkins J, Eltzschig HK, Kleck C, Burger E, Hodges J. Use of continuous fetal heart rate monitoring during discectomy at 24weeks of gestation. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2016 Feb;25:95-6. PubMed PMID: 26597410
Kacmar RM, De Oliveira GS Jr, McCarthy RJ, Wong CA. Status of obstetric anesthesiology fellowship research education in the USA and Canada: a 2013 survey of fellowship program directors. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2014 Nov 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25554674
Kacmar RM, Mhyre JM, Scavone BM, Fuller AJ, Toledo P. The use of postpartum hemorrhage protocols in United States academic obstetric anesthesia units. Anesth Analg. 2014 Oct;119(4):906-10. PubMed PMID: 25238236
Park CS, Bauchat JR, Kacmar R, Milicic B, Johnson KB, Littlewood KE, Murray DJ, Boulet JR. Using simulation to study speaking up and team performance. Anesth Analg. 2013 May;116(5):1183-4. PubMed PMID: 23606470