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CURRICULUM VITAE

Amber Zdanovec MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
9200 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
2006 - 2010 BA, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
2010 - 2014 MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/2014 - 06/30/2018 Resident, Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019 Fellow, Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, 660 S Euclid Ave, Campus Box 8054, Saint Louis, MO 63110
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020 Fellow, Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Washington University in St Louis, 660 S Euclid, Campus Box 8054, Saint Louis, MO 63110

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/2020 - Present Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/01/2024 - Present Associate Program Director - Anesthesiology Residency, Anesthesiology, MCW

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
07/01/2020 - Present Anesthesiologist and Intensivist, Anesthesiology, Cardiac Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Froedtert Hospital, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226
08/07/2020 - Present Anesthesiologist and Intensivist, Anesthesiology, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, 5000 W National Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53295

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
Anesthesiology
05/09/2019
12/31/2029
Critical Care Medicine
10/12/2019
12/31/2029
Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography
09/05/2022
12/31/2030
Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology
12/02/2023
12/31/2033
   
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists
American Society of Anesthesiologists
American Society of Echocardiography
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Zdanovec AK, Life-Threatening Emergencies in the Non-cardiac Surgical Setting Snap Talk - Abdominal Compartment Syndrome - Anesthesia Implications, American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 10/22/2024
 
Regional
Zdanovec AK, Co-lead in Point of Care Ultrasound Workshop, Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, 09/06/2024
 
Local
Amber Zdanovec, M. Tracey Zundel, A Lung Transplant Gone Wrong, Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, MCW, 02/10/2021
Zdanovec AK, Zundel MT, A Simple CABG, Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, MCW, 11/09/2022
Zdanovec AK, Zundel MT, Another Simple CABG, Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, MCW, 09/13/2023
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Resident and Fellow Education
01/19/2021 TEE PBLD Lecture
03/09/2021 TEE PBLD Lecture
03/16/2021 Management of Organ Donation
04/06/2021 Management of the Patient with Thermal Injury/Burns
04/14/2021 Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellows TEE Lecture - Ultrasound Physics
05/19/2021 Critical Care Medicine Fellows Lecture Series - Anticoagulation, Reversal, and MTP
05/25/2021 TEE PBLD Lecture
12/01/2021 TEE PBLD Lecture
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Pagel PS, Zdanovec AK, Laden NS, Almassi GH. Progressive Dyspnea in a Man With Recently Treated Presumed Endocarditis: The Usual Onset of Valvular Incompetence or More Complex Pathology? J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Jun;32(3):1525-1528.
2. Knebel SM, Elrick MM, Bowles EA, Zdanovec AK, Stephenson AH, Ellsworth ML, Sprague RS. Synergistic effects of prostacyclin analogs and phosphodiesterase inhibitors on cyclic adenosine 3',5' monophosphate accumulation and adenosine 3'5' triphosphate release from human erythrocytes. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2013 Sep;238(9):1069-74.
3. Pagel PS, De Vry DJ, Lopez BE, Zdanovec AK, Price BN, Encarnación CO, Kryniak MP, Almassi GH. A Highly Mobile Mass in the Anterior Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Immediately Beneath a Heavily Calcified, Stenotic Aortic Valve: Vegetation, Thrombus, or Neoplasm? J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Dec;29(6):1740-2.
4. Zdanovec A. Capsule commentary on Agarwal et al., Healthcare Expenditures Associated with Depression among Individuals with Osteoarthritis: Post-Regression Linear Decomposition Approach. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Dec;30(12):1851. PMCID: PMC4636585
 
Abstracts
1. Hang D, Schmitt MC, Gonzalez LS, Zdanovec A, Pagel PS. Left Atrial Appendage Confusion: A Mobile Echodensity in a Patient With Endocarditis. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Aug;36(8 Pt A):2829-2832.
2. Hang D, Pagryzinski AR, Zdanovec A, Gonzalez LS, Pagel PS. Dilated Coronary Sinus: The Usual Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava or a Less Common Etiology? J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Jul;36(7):2240-2243.
3. Donato BB, Seadler BD, Mohammed BW, Zdanovec A, Ubert HA, Durham LA 3rd. Heartmate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device Bend Relief Disconnection Causing Laceration of the Outflow Graft. ASAIO J. 2025 May 01;71(5):e77-e80.
4. Zdanovec A, Hang D, Pagryzinski AR, Zundel MT, Tawil JN, Pagel PS. A Rare Cause of Severe Biventricular Dyssynchrony During Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19 Respiratory Failure. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Aug;36(8 Pt A):2833-2838. PMCID: PMC8970624