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Steven M. Frank

Steven M. Frank MD

Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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Dr. Steven M. Frank is an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is anesthesia for vascular, thoracic and transplant surgery, and he is an expert in blood conservation methods.

Dr. Frank serves as chief of the Division of Adult Anesthesiology. He also serves as medical director for the Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program and director of the Interdisciplinary Blood Management Program and of Perioperative Blood Management Services at Johns Hopkins.He received his undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, where he also earned his medical degree. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and performed a fellowship in vascular, thoracic and transplant anesthesiology, also at Johns Hopkins.

Dr. Frank’s research is focused on methods to improve blood utilization and methods to avoid blood transfusion for those patients who wish not to receive blood or blood products. His recent research and publications focus on blood conservation and bloodless medicine and surgery.
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