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Miguel Angel Fernandez Vaquero PhD, MD

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Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Anesthesiology

image of /images/ORCIDiD_icon16x16.png   https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3202-0474


I am willing to collaborate on research projects.
I am willing to be a peer mentor.
I am willing to mentor a junior faculty member.

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Research Areas of Interest

  • Airway Management
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Ultrasonography

    • Research Experience

  • Airway Management
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Ultrasonography

    • Leadership Positions

  • Editorial Board Member BMC Anesthesiology
  • Vice-Chair Airway Management Section SEDAR (Spanish Society of Anesthesiology and Critical Care)

    • Educational Expertise

  • Airway Management

    • Community Partnerships

  • SEDAR (Spanish Society of Anesthesiology and Critical Care)

    • Publications (20)

  • Airway coach project: development of a machine learning-based model using clinical and ultrasound parameters to support videolaryngoscopy strategy. (Fernández-Vaquero MA, Oyarzun-Silva R, Hernández-Hernández P, Gómez-Ríos MÁ, Petrisor C, Falcetta S, Gomes SH, De Luis-Cabezón N) BMC Anesthesiol 2026 Jun 18;26(1) PMID: 42316024 PMCID: PMC13425934 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105046332611 06/19/2026    
  • What we used, what we saw, what we did: towards a shared language for videolaryngoscopy. (Fernández-Vaquero MÁ, Chaggar RS, Gómez-Ríos MÁ, Cook T) Br J Anaesth 2026 Jul;137(1):1-5 PMID: 42069463 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105037502756 05/03/2026       1 Citation
  • Gastric Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Unexpected Gastrointestinal Dysfunction During ICU Ward Rounds: A Case Report. (Theodosopoulou P, Fernandez-Vaquero MÁ, González-Delgado AD, Vives M) Am J Case Rep 2026 Mar 25;27:e951576 PMID: 41880232 PMCID: PMC13034717 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105034175152 03/25/2026    
  • GLP-1 Agonists: A Hidden challenge for airway management (Fernández-Vaquero MA, Puga-Carrasco CA, Sastre JA) Revista Espanola De Anestesiologia Y Reanimacion January 2026;73(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105024188301 01/01/2026    
  • Full stomach and gastric ultrasound: Debunking some myths. (Sastre JA, Fernández-Vaquero MÁ) J Clin Anesth 2025 Nov;107:111998 PMID: 40935727 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105015359034 09/12/2025    
  • VCISpain: protocol for a prospective multicenter observational study to validate a standardized classification tool for tracheal intubation using videolaryngoscopy. (Fernández-Vaquero MÁ, Charco-Mora P, Sastre-Rincon JA, Gomez-Rios MÁ, Cardenas-Gomez J, Martinez-Hurtado E, Aracil-Escoda N, Vallejo-Tarrat A, Thion-Soriano I, Peral-Sanchez D, Castañeda-Pascual M, Rodriguez Del Rio M, de Luis-Cabezon N, Gonzalez-Garcia J, Acosta-Martinez J, Gonzalez-Santos S, Onrubia-Fuertes X, Martinez-Gonzalez E, Roca de Togores-Lopez A, Gonzalez-Mendibil I, Baños-Maestro A, Mariscal-Flores M, Lluch-Oltra A, Emazabel-Yunta I, Rodriguez-Sanabria DM, Álvarez-Avello JM, Meléndez Salinas DA, Lopez-Correa T, Sanchez-Merchante M, Bermudez-Lopez M, Martinez-Gallego E, Martinez-Segovia MC, Martin-Andres AB, Molero-Diez Y, Garcia-Aroca MA, Tapia-Salinas B, Puig-Bernabe J, Piano A, Hernandez-Fernandez G, Mingote-Lladó A, Garcia-Fernandez J, Mata-Estevez J, Reviriego-Agudo L, Ruiz-Cordoba G, Moya-Moradas J, Marques-Asin FJ, Santacana MV, VCISpain Trial Investigators Group) Braz J Anesthesiol 2025;75(5):844653 PMID: 40553732 PMCID: PMC12275188 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105010147665 06/24/2025       7 Citations
  • Guidelines on strategies for the universal implementation of videolaryngoscopy. (Gómez-Ríos MÁ, Van Zundert AAJ, McNarry AF, Law JA, Higgs A, De Jong A, Jaber S, Karamchandani K, Hansel J, Saracoglu KT, Leach R, Guimaraes HP, Abad-Gurumeta A, Gómez-Ríos D, Michalek P, Berkow LC, Fernández-Vaquero MÁ, Serrano-Moraza A, Gaitini L, Vaida S, Somri M, Gaszyński T, Brewster D, Desai N, Saracoglu A, Tsan SEH, Athanassoglou V, Komasawa N, Garg R, Shamim F, Rajendram R, Gutierrez-Couto U, López T, De Luis-Cabezón N, Flores DT, Garzón JC, Sastre JA, Roca de Togores López A, Meléndez-Salinas D, Fandiño-Orgeira JM, Casans-Frances R, Casalderrey-Rivas M, Romero-García E, Marín-Zaldívar C, Aroca-Tanarro A, Alonso-Correa O, Rodríguez-Martín LJ, Espinosa-Ramírez S, Hagberg CA) Eur J Anaesthesiol 2025 Oct 01;42(10):872-888 PMID: 40534455 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105009300008 06/19/2025       35 Citations
  • Tracheal intubation with videolaryngoscopy: Bridging the language gap (Fernández-Vaquero MA, van Zundert AAJ, Gómez-Ríos MA) Revista Espanola De Anestesiologia Y Reanimacion 1 June 2025;72(6) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85217110534 06/01/2025       3 Citations
  • The relentless pursuit of excellence in airway management (Gómez-Ríos MA, Van Zundert AAJ, Fernández-Vaquero MA) Revista Espanola De Anestesiologia Y Reanimacion April 2025;72(4) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105001272059 04/01/2025    
  • A call for standardised videolaryngoscopy evaluation. (Gómez-Ríos MÁ, Fernández-Vaquero MÁ, Van Zundert AAJ) Eur J Anaesthesiol 2025 Apr 01;42(4):380-381 PMID: 40026187 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-86000178643 03/03/2025       7 Citations
  • Executive Summary of the Spanish Society of Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Pain Therapy (SEDAR), Spanish Society of Emergency and Emergency Medicine (SEMES) and Spanish Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (SEORL-CCC) Guideline for difficult airway management (Gómez-Ríos M, Alfonso Sastre J, Onrubia-Fuertes X, López T, Abad-Gurumeta A, Casans-Frances R, Gómez-Ríos D, Carlos Garzón J, Martínez-Pons V, Casalderrey-Rivas M, Fernández-Vaquero MÁ, Martínez-Hurtado E, Martín-Larrauri R, Reviriego-Agudo L, Gutierrez-Couto U, García-Fernández J, Serrano-Moraza A, Rodríguez Martín LJ, Camacho Leis C, Espinosa Ramírez S, Fandiño Orgeira JM, Vázquez Lima MJ, Mayo-Yáñez M, Parente-Arias P, Sistiaga-Suárez JA, Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Charco-Mora P) Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola 1 November 2024;75(6):382-399 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196091012 11/01/2024       3 Citations
  • Pilot multicenter study to determine the utility of point-of-care ultrasound to predict difficulty of tracheal intubation using videolaryngoscopy with the McGrath™ Mac videolaryngoscope. (Fernández-Vaquero MA, De Luis-Cabezón N, García-Aroca MA, Álvarez-Avello JM, Vives-Santacana M, Greif R, Martinez-Hurtado ED, Ly-Liu D) Front Med (Lausanne) 2024;11:1406676 PMID: 39099593 PMCID: PMC11294227 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85200201481 08/05/2024       14 Citations
  • Spanish Society of Anesthesiology, Reanimation and Pain Therapy (SEDAR) Spanish Society of Emergency and Emergency Medicine (SEMES) and Spanish Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (SEORL-CCC) Guideline for difficult airway management. Part I (Gómez-Ríos M, Sastre JA, Onrubia-Fuertes X, López T, Abad-Gurumeta A, Casans-Francés R, Gómez-Ríos D, Garzón JC, Martínez-Pons V, Casalderrey-Rivas M, Fernández-Vaquero M, Martínez-Hurtado E, Martín-Larrauri R, Reviriego-Agudo L, Gutierrez-Couto U, García-Fernández J, Serrano-Moraza A, Rodríguez Martín LJ, Camacho Leis C, Espinosa Ramírez S, Fandiño Orgeira JM, Vázquez Lima MJ, Mayo-Yáñez M, Parente-Arias P, Sistiaga-Suárez JA, Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Charco-Mora P) Revista Espanola De Anestesiologia Y Reanimacion March 2024;71(3):171-206 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85178136294 03/01/2024       73 Citations
  • A new score for airway assessment using clinical and ultrasound parameters. (De Luis-Cabezón N, Ly-Liu D, Renedo-Corcostegui P, Santaolalla-Montoya F, Zabala-Lopez de Maturana A, Herrero-Herrero JC, Martínez-Hurtado E, De Frutos-Parra R, Bilbao-Gonzalez A, Fernandez-Vaquero MA) Front Med (Lausanne) 2024;11:1334595 PMID: 38420361 PMCID: PMC10899447 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85186184691 02/29/2024       24 Citations
  • Inhalation anesthesia without any intravenous management for pediatric proton beam therapy. (García-Aroca MA, Fernández-de Miguel JM, Franceschi MA, Fernández-Vaquero MA, Meléndez-Salinas DA, Piñero-Merino M, Álvarez-Avello JM) Paediatr Anaesth 2023 Nov;33(11):946-954 PMID: 37526245 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85166569636 08/01/2023       4 Citations
  • Preoperative airway ultrasound assessment in the sniffing position: a prospective observational study. (Fernandez-Vaquero MA, Charco-Mora P, Garcia-Aroca MA, Greif R) Braz J Anesthesiol 2023;73(5):539-547 PMID: 35917848 PMCID: PMC10533964 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85136767557 08/03/2022       22 Citations
  • Next generation in ultrasound imaging to assess upper airway. (Fernandez-Vaquero MÁ, Delgado-Cidranes E, Greif R) Braz J Anesthesiol 2022;72(5):673-675 PMID: 35714713 PMCID: PMC9515680 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85132862642 06/18/2022       3 Citations
  • Seven questions in COVID-19 airway management: 5W2H (Vaquero MÁF, Reviriego-Agudo L, Gómez-Rojo M, Charco-Mora P) Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology English Edition 1 March 2021;71(2):101-102 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125382728 03/01/2021       1 Citation
  • Airway ultrasound: In search of the cricothyoid membrane (Fernández-Vaquero MÁ, Carrillo-Esper R) Revista Mexicana De Anestesiologia 2021;44(2):116-122 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85107275264 01/01/2021    
  • [Review of the post-intubation tracheal stenosis: a case report]. (Fernández Vaquero MA, Bartolomé Cela E, Villegas Fernández FR) Med Intensiva 2009;33(6):301-5 PMID: 19811973 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-70349292545 10/09/2009       7 Citations
    • Last update: 09/14/2026