Anesthesiology
Joseph Previte, MD, FAAP
Title
Director of Anesthesia Information and Communication Services
Appointment
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesia and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email
joseph.previte@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-4428
Fax
513-636-7337
Bio
Joseph Previte, MD, FAAP, performs all types of pediatric anesthesia, except cardiac, and is also part of the Fetal Anesthesia Care Team, Spine Surgery Care Team and Bariatric Team. Dr. Previte is particularly interested in information technology in the health care setting and manages and directs several IT projects in the Anesthesia department. He is currently directing the development and implementation of Centricity, a perioperative-wide (from the preoperative evaluation through the postoperative note) computerized documentation system tailored for the anesthetic care of the pediatric patient. This system will be integrated with a perioperative-wide documentation system for the operating room nurses, for which he is a consultant - and all the critical care areas of the hospital.
Credentials
MD: West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, 1989.
Internship: Internal Medicine, West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, WV, 1990.
Residency: Anesthesiology, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1993.
Fellowship: Pediatric General and Cardiac Anesthesia, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 1993.
Certification: Anesthesiology, 1995.
Publications, Most Recent
Wu, J.Z.; Previte, J.P.; Adler, E.; Myers, T.; Ball, J.; Gunter, J.B.: Spontaneous ignition, explosion and fire with sevoflurane and barium hydroxide lime.Anesthesiology, August 2004; 101(2): 534-7; comment 276-8.
Previte, J.P.: Information and communication system implementation in anesthesia.Int. Anesthesiol Clin, 2006; 44(1): 179-97.
Meyer, M.; Previte, J.P.: Aspiration Pneumonitis in Children. Complications in Anesthesia 2nd Edition, J. Atlee, ed., W.B. Saunders Co.
Robinson, M.; Previte, J.P.: Complications of EXIT Procedure.Complications in Anesthesia 2nd Edition, J. Atlee, ed., W.B. Saunders Co.
Professional Organization Memberships
Teaching
All Cincinnati Children's Anesthesia faculty do anesthesia clinical teaching on an ongoing basis. The faculty are assigned daily in the operating room with a wide variety of anesthesia rotators.
Special Interests
- Fetal surgery anesthesia
- Liver transplan anesthesia
- Spine and Neuro-surgery
- Medical information system management
Presentations, Most Recent
Previte, J.P.; Samuels, P.; Robinson, M.: Lecture and Workshop on the Difficult Pediatric Airway. Presented at Ohio Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting; 2004; Cincinnati, OH.
Previte, J.P.; Overly, C.; Price, T.: Information Systems: What are we up to? Presented at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
