Louis Rauso

Dr. Rauso has been a CRNA for 24 years with a focus on cardiac, neuro, thoracic, and surgical oncology. His doctoral dissertation was, Prevention of Post-operative Cognitive Dysfunction in High-Risk Elderly Patients. He was a previous professor at the University of Southern California (USC) Nurse Anesthesia Program, serving as the Director of the USC simulation program, and a previous adjunct faculty at La Roche University, in both the MSN and DNAP programs. Dr. Rauso also served as the student coordinator at the USC Nurse Anesthesia Program. His is currently the Specialty Clinical Coordinator at UPMC Shadyside, the transcutaneous aortic valve replacement educator and the key investigator and implementation specialist for anesthesia techniques involving hyperthermic chemoperfusion, ERAS, and ERACS.