Biographical Sketch
John E. Tetzlaff, MD, is Vice-Chair of the Anesthesiology Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He is also Director of the F.G. Estafanous Center for Anesthesiology Education and Program Director for the Anesthesiology residency programs. Dr. Tetzlaff is full Professor of Anesthesiology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Tetzlaff graduated from St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1979. Residency training in anesthesiology was at the Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va., achieving board certification in 1986.
Dr. Tetzlaff is active in all aspects of education, including undergraduate, residency and continuing medical education. He has numerous publications, including two books and the usual mix of chapters, manuscripts and abstracts. His research interests are in regional anesthesia, orthopedic anesthesia, local anesthetic pharmacology, assessment of competency and anesthesiology education. He serves as a reviewer or editorial board member for seven journals. He is Chair of the Lerner College of Medicine Medical Student Promotion and Review Committee and is Director of Clinical Assessment for the college.
Specialty Interests
acute postoperative pain management, anesthesia for major abdominal and vascular surgery, anesthesia for orthopedic surgery, anesthesia recovery,
education, education in anesthesia, education in anesthesiology, general and ambulatory anesthesia, general and vascular anesthesiology,
general anesthesia, graduate/medical student education, malignant hyperthermia, orthopaedic anesthesia, perioperative anesthesia evaluation
perioperative management, perioperative medicine, physician teaching and training, preoperative assessment, preoperative evaluation, regional anesthesia, regional anesthesia and research, regional anesthesiology, residency training, resident education, resident teaching
Industry Relationships
Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists may collaborate
with the pharmaceutical or medical device industries
to help develop medical breakthroughs or provide
medical education about recent trends. The
collaborations are reviewed as part of the Cleveland
Clinic’s procedures. The Cleveland Clinic publicly
discloses payments to its physicians and scientists
for speaking and consulting of
$5,000 or more per year, and any equity, royalties,
and fiduciary relationships in companies with which
they collaborate. In publicly disclosing this
information, the Cleveland Clinic tries to provide
information as accurately as possible about its
doctors’ connections with industry and those of their
immediate family members. As of 8/1/2008, Dr.
Tetzlaff has reported the financial relationships
with the companies listed below. Patients should feel
free to contact their doctor about any of the
relationships and how the relationships are overseen
by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about the
Cleveland Clinic’s policies on collaborations with
industry and innovation management, go to
our Integrity in Innovation page.
Royalty Payments. Dr. Tetzlaff has the right to receive royalty payments for inventions or discoveries related to the companies shown below:
Prompte, LLC
Whittmanhart
