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Caroline Thomas

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentAnesthesia and Critical Care
AddressChicago IL 60637
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-5528-4755 Additional info
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    Caroline Thomas is an academic anesthesiologist who specializes in obstetric anesthesiology. Her areas of research include the evaluation of heart function during labor, racial disparities in the provision of obstetric anesthesia care, and anesthesia-related medical education topics.

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    Northwestern University, ChicagoFellowship2022 Obstetric Anesthesiology
    University of Chicago, ChicagoResidency2021 Anesthesiology
    Stanford University, Palo AltoResidency2018Pediatrics
    University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, ChicagoMD2015Medical School
    University of Michigan, Ann ArborBS2015Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Sciences

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    1. Lu SF, McCarthy RJ, Toledo P, Thomas CL, Gaston IN, Samworth AG, Ripchik PE, Troughton MB, Lopez CE, Kruse JH, Banayan JM. Effect of metoclopramide on gastric volume and nausea and vomiting in fasted patients undergoing elective cesarean delivery: a randomized clinical equivalence trial. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2025 Nov; 64:104754. PMID: 40882347.
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    2. Thomas CL, Montes M, Malik T, Sandeep Ram B, Smith CL, Scavone BM, Cole NM. A Case Report of Fluoroscopically Guided Epidural Catheter Placement in a Parturient with History of Tethered Cord, Super-Morbid Obesity, and Risk for Difficult Airway. A A Pract. 2024 Apr 01; 18(4):e01777. PMID: 38587314.
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    3. Thomas CL, Lange EMS, Banayan JM, Zhu Y, Liao C, Peralta FM, Grobman WA, Scavone BM, Toledo P. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Receipt of General Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 01 02; 7(1):e2350825. PMID: 38194235; PMCID: PMC10777252.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Thomas C, Tobes D, Trela K, Montes M, Cuppini C, Petty K, Saini G, Perdigao J, Song T, Dalton A, Tung A. A Case Report of Percutaneous Right Ventricular Assist Device Utilization After Cesarean Delivery in a Patient With Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. A A Pract. 2023 Nov 01; 17(11):e01728. PMID: 37975893.
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    5. Thomas C, Neumann KE, Smith C, Dominguez JE, Traynor A, Farber MK, Zakowski M, McCarthy RJ, Peralta FM. A survey of United States obstetric anesthesiologists' perceived value of obstetric anesthesiology fellowship. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2023 11; 56:103930. PMID: 37804553.
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    6. Stombaugh DK, Thomas C, Dalton A, Chaney MA, Nunnally ME, Berends AMA, Kerstens MN. Pheochromocytoma Resection in a Patient With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Thrombocytopenia. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 11; 35(11):3423-3433. PMID: 33931343.
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    7. Thomas CL, Cuceu M, Tak HJ, Nikolic M, Jain S, Christou T, Yoon JD. Predictors of Empathic Compassion: Do Spirituality, Religion, and Calling Matter? South Med J. 2019 06; 112(6):320-324. PMID: 31158886.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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