Rachel Kacmar, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Recognition & Awards

• 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

Publications

• 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

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA), Member
• Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP), Member
• Society of Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), Member
• Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA), Member
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Member