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Rachel M Kacmar

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-AN Adult GeneralOperations
Phone720/848-3285
    Other Positions
    TitleAssoc Director-Faculty
    InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
    DepartmentSOM-AN Adult GeneralOperations


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    1. Biel TJ, Wood CL, Kacmar RM. Response to the Comment on "From 'how busy we are' to 'how we are busy': Pragmatic, minute-by-minute analysis of obstetric anesthesia activity, service capacity, and utilization". J Clin Anesth. 2026 Jan; 108:112079. PMID: 41308541.
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    2. Biel TJ, Wood CL, Kacmar RM. From "how busy we are" to "how we are busy": Pragmatic, minute-by-minute analysis of obstetric anesthesia activity, service capacity, and utilization. J Clin Anesth. 2026 01; 108:112054. PMID: 41192384.
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    3. Blacker SN, Chen F, Winecoff D, Antonio BL, Arora H, Hierlmeier BJ, Kacmar RM, Passannante AN, Plunkett AR, Zvara D, Cobb B, Doyal A, Rosenkrans D, Brown KB, Gonzalez MA, Hood C, Pham TT, Lele AV, Hall L, Ali A, Isaak RS. An Exploratory Analysis of ChatGPT Compared to Human Performance With the Anesthesiology Oral Board Examination: Initial Insights and Implications. Anesth Analg. 2025 Jun 01; 140(6):1253-1262. PMID: 39269908.
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    4. Nguyen TB, Weitzel N, Hogan C, Kacmar RM, Williamson KM, Pattee J, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Simmons CG, Faruki AA. Comparing Anesthesia and Surgery Controlled Time for Primary Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Between an Academic Medical Center and a Community Hospital: Retrospective Cohort Study. JMIR Perioper Med. 2024 Feb 26; 7:e45126. PMID: 38407957.
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    5. Simmons CG, Alvey NJ, Kaizer AM, Williamson K, Faruki AA, Kacmar RM, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Weitzel NS. Correction to: Benchmarking of Anesthesia and Surgical Control Times by Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Codes. J Med Syst. 2022 Aug 11; 46(9):60. PMID: 35951122.
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    6. Simmons CG, Alvey NJ, Kaizer AM, Williamson K, Faruki AA, Kacmar RM, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Weitzel NS. Benchmarking of Anesthesia and Surgical Control Times by Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Codes. J Med Syst. 2022 Mar 04; 46(4):19. PMID: 35244783.
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    7. Kacmar RM, Mhyre JM. The Continued Crisis of Maternal Mortality: Is Consolidation of Care the Answer? Anesth Analg. 2020 01; 130(1):49-51. PMID: 31842171.
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    8. Fernandez-Bustamante A, Bartels K, Clavijo C, Scott BK, Kacmar R, Bullard K, Moss AFD, Henderson W, Juarez-Colunga E, Jameson L. Preoperatively Screened Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Associated With Worse Postoperative Outcomes Than Previously Diagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Anesth Analg. 2017 08; 125(2):593-602. PMID: 28682951.
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    9. Riveros-Perez E, Kacmar R. Peripartum Care of the Jehovah's Witness Patient. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2017 06; 60(2):394-404. PMID: 28121643.
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    10. Kacmar RM. Safety interventions on the labor and delivery unit. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2017 Jun; 30(3):287-293. PMID: 28323672.
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    11. Papazian J, Kacmar RM. Obstetric Hemorrhage: Prevention, Recognition, and Treatment. Adv Anesth. 2017; 35(1):65-93. PMID: 29103577.
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    12. Kacmar RM, Davidson BM, Victor M, Bullard K, Melendez J. Using an at-risk salary model to improve throughput in academic medical center operating rooms. J Clin Anesth. 2016 Nov; 34:416-9. PMID: 27687425.
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    13. Richardson S, Kacmar R, Hawkins J, Eltzschig HK, Kleck C, Burger E, Hodges J. Use of continuous fetal heart rate monitoring during discectomy at 24weeks of gestation. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2016 Feb; 25:95-6. PMID: 26597410.
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    14. Yee LM, Kacmar RM, Bolden JR. Basal transethmoidal encephalocele and malignant hypertension in a parturient with a seizure disorder. A case report. J Reprod Med. 2015 Jan-Feb; 60(1-2):55-7. PMID: 25745752.
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    15. Kacmar RM, De Oliveira GS, McCarthy RJ, Wong CA. Status of obstetric anesthesiology fellowship research education in the USA and Canada: a 2013 survey of fellowship program directors. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2015 May; 24(2):193-4. PMID: 25554674.
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    16. Kacmar RM, Mhyre JM, Scavone BM, Fuller AJ, Toledo P. The use of postpartum hemorrhage protocols in United States academic obstetric anesthesia units. Anesth Analg. 2014 Oct; 119(4):906-910. PMID: 25238236.
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    17. Park CS, Bauchat JR, Kacmar R, Milicic B, Johnson KB, Littlewood KE, Murray DJ, Boulet JR. Using simulation to study speaking up and team performance. Anesth Analg. 2013 May; 116(5):1183-1184. PMID: 23606470.
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