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Thomas
McLoughlin, MD
Dr. McLoughlin is the Chairman of
the Department of Anesthesiology and was the first anesthesiologist at
Lehigh Valley Hospital to use intra-operative TEE (Trans-Esophageal
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Dennis Chyung, MD
Dr. Chyung is one of our fine cardiac
anesthesiologists. He was trained at the Hospital of the
University of Pennsylvania.
Dr.
Chyung is an expert at TEE and was quickly recruited to join our team by Dr.
McLoughlin.
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Dr. Juhan Paiste Dr. Paiste
joined the team after previously working at the University of Pittsburgh.
Above, he is shown using the TEE machine, for which he too
is an expert. |

Dr. Aras Ali
Dr. Ali also comes to us from Pittsburgh. Also an expert on
the use of intra-operative TEE. Another great addition to our team. |
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Dr. Daniel Weil
Dr. Weil trained at the University of Pennsylvania and is
another great addition to our team.
Like all of our cardiac anesthesiologists, Dr. Weil is an
expert on the use of TEE and has a lot of experience with minimally invasive
heart surgery. |

Dr. Daniel Weil holding his head!
Here's picture of Dr. Weil
when he finds out that he's been assigned to my room again!
Another 12 hour case with
Ray... oh no!
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Dr. Nanette Schwann
In addition
to her duties as a cardiac anesthesiologist, Dr. Schwann heads up our cardiac
anesthesia clinical research program.
We are fortunate to have 6
full-time dedicated cardiac anesthesiologists with expert skills with the use of
intra-operative TEE (Transesophageal Echocardiogram).
TEE is one of the most important assessment and monitoring
tools that we have in the open heart operating rooms. Our cardiac
anesthesiologists are truly TEE experts! |