Dr. Alina Grigore MD

Expert Publications

• Pro: epiaortic scanning is routinely necessary for cardiac surgery.
• Con: Magnesium should not be administered to all coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass.
• Anesthetic management of a patient with a brain tumor for cardiac surgery.
• Pro: It is safe to proceed with thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery after encountering a bloody tap during cerebrospinal fluid catheter placement.
• Contained ascending aortic rupture disguised as a right atrial mass.
• A core review of temperature regimens and neuroprotection during cardiopulmonary bypass: does rewarming rate matter?
• Ventricular assist devices today and tomorrow.
• Development, current status, and anesthetic management of the implanted artificial heart.
• Anesthetic management of patients undergoing aortic valve bypass (apicoaortic conduit) surgery.
• Pro: hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass should be used routinely.
• Pulmonary hypertension in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: pathophysiology, perioperative management, and outcomes.
• Anesthesia for tracheal reconstruction and transplantation.
• Perioperative management of adult surgical patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support.
• Anesthetic management of robotically assisted totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery (TECAB).
• Pro: Robotic surgery is the preferred technique for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Media Releases

Dr. Grigore graduated with her Medical Degree from The Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania. Upon relocating to the United States, she completed her residency in Anesthesiology at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, and underwent a two-year fellowship in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia at Duke University, where she obtained a Master’s Degree in Health Sciences and Clinical Research in her second year. She is a highly trained and qualified cardiac anesthesiologist with a vast expertise in all facets of her work. Dr. Grigore has extensive experience with intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic, open heart surgery, aortic surgery, heart and lung transplant and ventricular assist devices. Dr. Grigore is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology, National Board of Echocardiography, and has earned the coveted title of Fellow of American Heart Association, and Fellow American Society of Echocardiography. Dr. Grigore has been in practice for over 20 years and is currently serving patients in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Grigore maintains professional memberships with the American Society of Anesthesiology, the Association of University Anesthesiologists, the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, the American Society of Echocardiography, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Physicians Executives. Anesthesiology is the practice of medicine dedicated to the relief of pain and total care of the surgical patient before, during and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine and pain medicine. A pain management specialist evaluates, diagnoses, and treats all different types of pain. Pain is a wide spectrum of disorders including acute pain, chronic pain and cancer pain and sometimes a combination of these. Pain can also arise for many different reasons such as surgery, injury, nerve damage, and metabolic problems such as diabetes. Occasionally, pain can even be the problem all by itself, without any obvious cause at all.

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