Faculty Profiles

Clinical Faculty

Manuel R. Castresana, M.D.

Professor

Section Chief, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Section Chief, Critical Care/Surgical ICU Anesthesia

Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy Program, UGA

Joint Appointment, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Joint Appointment, Respiratory Therapy

Joint Appointment, Surgery

mcastresana@mcg.edu

institutional faculty profile

• American Board of Anesthesiology, 1983; recertified 1993, 2005
• ABA Critical Care Medicine, 1986; recertified 2006
• National Board of Echocardiography, 2005

• Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
• Resident and student education

• Ischemia reperfusion injury during cardiac surgery
• Applications of TEE during cardiac surgery.

• 52 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals
• 85 peer-reviewed abstracts

• Clinical Teacher of the Year, Mercer University School of Medicine, 1988
• Certificate of Achievement Award, Recognition of Quality Clinical Education, Medical College of Georgia, 1988
• Award of Recognition, American Academy of Family Physicians, 1988-1993
• Research Citation Award, Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Meeting, 2002 
• Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Macon State College, 2002-2003
• Margaret B. DeVore Residents Choice Award, Medical College of Georgia, 2004, 2008
• Medical Advisor, Georgia Society of Respiratory Care 1999-Present

• M.D., Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, 1975
• Research Fellowship, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, 1976
• European diploma (Spain), Specialist Intensive Medicine, 1979
• Residency, Critical Care Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, 1979
• Residency, Anesthesiology, University Health Center of Pittsburgh, 1982