Marco M. Garavaglia

Beside his clinical interest, Dr. Garavaglia has a passion for teaching to undergraduates and residents and in 2013 he received the Art Dunn Undergraduate Student Award at the Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto. 

Dr. Garavaglia is working on few Creative Professional Activity projects in neuroanesthesia including the development of a new device to provide a real-time cerebral blood flow monitoring during brain surgery and another to assess the depth of anesthesia during surgery. He has been appointed as a Project Investigator at Li Ka Shing Institute, Toronto

Research Synopsis

Dr. Garavaglia has a research interest in neuroanesthesia, awake craniotomy and difficult airway management. He has successfully published an anesthetic approach for awake craniotomy in high-risk patients on the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, presented in national and international meeting and recently highlighted in a feature article in the national newspaper “The Globe and Mail”, which also brought highly favorable attention to our work as anesthesiologists. 

Recent Publications

1. Garavaglia MM, Das S, Hare GM. Selective Right Lower Lobe Isolation to Control CO2 in a Patient With Raised ICP Undergoing Craniotomy. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2015 Jul;27(3):270-1.
2. Morrison M, Tam F, Garavaglia MM, Golestanirad L, Hare GMT, Cusimano MD, Schweizer T, Das S, Graham S. A Novel Tablet Computer Platform for Advanced Language Mapping During Awake Craniotomy Procedures. Journal  of Neurosurgery. 2015 Jun. In Press.
3. Vorobeichik L, Hare GMT, McLachlan P, Zirkle M, Garavaglia MM. Airway Management of Incidental Vallecular Cysts in Adults. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 2015 Jun. In Press.
4. Garavaglia MM, Das S, Cusimano MD, Crescini C, Mazer CD, Hare GM, Rigamonti A. Anesthetic approach to high-risk patients and prolonged awake craniotomy using dexmedetomidine and scalp block. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2014 Jul;26(3):226-33. 2014;26(3):226-233.
5. Garavaglia MM, Hare GM, Cusimano MD. Local Anesthetic Toxicity During Awake Craniotomy. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2013 Jul; 25(3): 355-6 
6. Garavaglia MM, Mak T, Cusimano MD, Rigamonti A, Crescini C, McCredie V, Romaschin A, Baker AJ, Hare GM. Body Mass Index as a Risk Factor for Increased Serum Lactate During Craniotomy. Minerva Anestesiologica. 2013 Oct;79(10):1132-9

Appointments

Honours and Awards

2012 - 33rd Annual Shields Research Day, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto

2013 - 8th Annual St. Michael’s Education Achievement day for Physicians