Biographical Sketch
Walter Maurer, MD, is the Section Chief for Ambulatory Anesthesia within the Anesthesiology Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He is board-certified in internal medicine and anesthesiology.
Dr. Maurer received his medical degree from Ohio State University College of Medicine after receiving a bachelor and masters of science in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He did his internal medicine training at Los Angeles County Hospital and his residency at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center.
After practicing internal medicine for six years, Dr. Maurer came to Cleveland Clinic, where he completed an anesthesia residency and then subsequently became a member of the professional staff. His areas of interest are in preoperative evaluation, ambulatory anesthesia and quality improvement.
He has been at Cleveland Clinic for 22 years, having served as President of the Medical Staff and as a member of the Board of Governors. For eight years, he guided the Cleveland Clinic Health System Office of Quality Management through the ever-demanding area of quality improvement.
Dr. Maurer served as President of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia from 2005 to 2006.
Specialty Interests
ambulatory anesthesia, anesthesia for interventional pulmonology, anesthesia for lithotripsy, anesthesia for major abdominal and vascular surgery, anesthesia for orthopedic surgery, anesthesia for patients with difficult airways, anesthesia for urological surgery, anesthesia for vascular surgery, anesthesia recovery, blood conservation, clinical pharmacology, clinical research, computer technology in anesthesia, continuous quality improvement, department of outcomes research and the associated outcomes research consortium, difficult airway, difficult airway management, education, education in anesthesia, education in anesthesiology, ENT, ENT anesthesia, general and ambulatory anesthesia, general and vascular anesthesiology, general anesthesia, genitourinary and gynecologic anesthesia, genitourinary anesthesia, graduate/medical student education, medical technology & innovation, minimally invasive surgery, MIS anesthesthesia, nutrition, office-based anesthesia, operating room management, orthopaedic anesthesia, outcomes research, outpatient anesthesia, patient safety, patient simulation, perioperative anesthesia evaluation, perioperative management, perioperative medicine, physician teaching and training, preoperative assessment, preoperative evaluation, research and teaching clinical anesthesia, esidency training, resident education, resident teaching, urologic surgery, urology & GYN, vascular anesthesia
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 9/16/2008, Dr.
Maurer 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.
Consulting. Dr. Maurer receives fees of $5,000 or more per year as a paid consultant or speaker for the following companies:
MGI Pharma, Inc.
Royalty Payments. Dr. Maurer has the right to receive royalty payments for inventions or discoveries related to the companies shown below:
Prompte, LLC
