Undergraduate
Indiana University 

Medical
Indiana University School of Medicine

Residency
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Honors

Nomination for Best Paper.  "Epidural morphine for post partum tubal ligation postoperative analgesia."  SOAP, Fort Meyers, FL, May 2004.

Department

Member, Clinical Competence Committee
Member, Quality Management Committee

Original, Peer-reviewed Research Publications

Marcus RL, Wong CA, Lehor A, McCarthy RJ, Yaghmour E, Yilmaz M: Postoperative Epidural Morphine for Postpartum Tubal Ligation Analgesia. Anesth Analg 2005; 101: 876-881.

Wong CA, Scavone BM, Peaceman AM, McCarthy RJ,  Sullivan JT, Diaz NT, Yaghmour E, , Marcus RL, Sherwani SS, Sproviero MT, Yilmaz M, Patel R, Robles C, Grouper S: The Risk of Cesarean Delivery with Neuraxial Analgesia Given Early versus Late in Labor. N Engl J Med 2005; Volume 352(7):655-665.

Ahmad S, Yilmaz M, Marcus R J, Glisson S, Kinsella A. Impact of Bispectral Index Monitoring on Fast Tracking of Gynecologic Patients undergoing Laparoscopic Surgery. Anesthesiology 2003; 98:849- 852. 

Abstracts

Marcus RL, Wong CA, Lehor A, McCarthy RJ, Patel R, Robles C: Epidural Morphine for Post Partum Tubal Ligation Postoperative Analgesia. Anesthesiology 2004; 100:24A (Oral presentation, Best Paper Competition for Society for Obstetrical Anesthesia and Perinatology 36th Annual Meeting, May 2004)  

Scavone B, McCarthy RJ, Sherwani S, Yaghmour E, Sullivan JT, Marcus RL, Wong CA: The Efficacy of Prophylactic Blood Patch in the Parturient After Dural Puncture With A 17 Gauge Epidural Needle. Anesthesiology 2004; 100:19A

Marcus RL, Ahmad S, Crnkovich N, Glisson S, Gregory T: Noninvasive cardiac output monitoring facilitates Intraoperative fluid management for major gynecologic oncology procedures. Anesth Analg 2003; 96 suppl 2S (Poster Presentation, International Anesthesia Research Society, 77th Clinical and Scientific Congress, March 2003)

Wong CA, Scavone BM, Sullivan JT, Marcus RL, Sherwani SS, Strauss-Hoder TP, Yaghmour EA, Mc McCarthy RJ: Randomized Trial of Neuraxial vs. Systemic Analgesia for Latent Phase Labor: Effect on Incidence of Cesarean Delivery. Anesthesiology 2002; 96 suppl1

Marcus RL, Wong CA, Strauss-Hoder T: Postoperative Pain After “Minor” Surgery (Postpartum Tubal Ligation) Is Not Minor. Anesthesiology 2001; 94:98A (Poster Presentation, Society for Obstetrical Anesthesiology and Perinatology 33rd Annual Meeting, April 2001)