David L. Reich (born February 7, 1960) is an American academic
anesthesiologist, who has been President & Chief Operating Officer of
The Mount Sinai Hospital, and President of Mount Sinai Queens (both part of the
Mount Sinai Health System in New York City), since October 2013.
Reich is the Horace W. Goldsmith Professor of Anesthesiology at the
Mount Sinai Medical Center, and from 2004 to 2014 he served as the Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology. In 2011, he received the Physician of the Year Award from Mount Sinai's nurses and nursing leadership. In 2011–12, he served as President of The Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Board. In 2014, he received the Jacobi Medallion from the Mount Sinai Alumni Association.
Reich was among the first to demonstrate the utility of
electronic medical records for large-scale retrospective investigations demonstrating the association of intraoperative
hemodynamic abnormalities with adverse postoperative outcomes.
Reich has published over 35 book chapters, 30 invited articles or editorials, and over 130
peer-reviewed
Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer revie ...
articles. He is associate editor of ''Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia'' (
Elsevier
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), which is in its seventh edition, and was formerly Editor-in-Chief of ''Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: The Journal of Perioperative Medicine''. Reich is editor of the text ''Monitoring in Anesthesia and Perioperative Care'' (
Cambridge University Press
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Cambr ...
) and co-editor of the text ''Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: A Companion to Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia'' (Elsevier), which are in their first editions.
Biography
Early years and education
Reich was born and grew up in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...
, where he attended
Central High School ('77).
[Judy Siegel-Itzkovich (September 28, 2014)]
"When the Jews congregated at Mount Sinai; Rated #16 among US medical centers, NYC’s Mount Sinai Hospital has expanded beyond its original Jewish roots,"
''The Jerusalem Post''.["David Reich: Queens Plays Role In Healthcare’s Future,"](_blank)
''Queens Tribune''. His parents, who live in
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and were married for 60 years as of 2017, are Mary Lou Reich, a schoolteacher, and Pace Reich, an attorney who is a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania Law School and whose practice focuses on bankruptcy, corporate law, and commercial litigation.
["Weddings/Celebrations; Keith Marran Jr., David Reich,"]
''The New York Times'', November 24, 2002. He has two siblings who are attorneys.
He graduated from
Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science degree with highest distinction in 1980.
Reich studied for two months as a medical student in 1980 in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
, Israel, at the
Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
He graduated from
Jefferson Medical College (Five-Year Penn State-Jefferson Cooperative Program in Medicine) in 1982, becoming a doctor at 22 years of age.
He completed two years of
general surgery
General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the t ...
residency at
Harbor–UCLA Medical Center in
Torrance, California.
He considered becoming a surgeon, but decided to focus on
anesthesiology.
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Reich arrived at
The Mount Sinai Hospital in 1984.
There, he completed an anesthesiology residency and a
fellowship in
cardiothoracic
Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease), lungs (lung disease), and other pleural or mediastinal struct ...
anesthesia
Anesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes. It may include some or all of analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), paralysis (muscle relaxation), a ...
in 1987.
He was appointed co-director of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia in 1990.
[David L. Reich (2011)]
''Monitoring in Anesthesia and Perioperative Care,''
Cambridge University Press. Reich was named Professor of Anesthesiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in 2004, and is the Horace W. Goldsmith Professor of Anesthesiology.
["David Reich, MD, Named Interim President Of The Mount Sinai Hospital,"]
Press Release - Digital Journal, January 8, 2013. He served as the Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center from 2004 to 2014.
[ In 2011, he received the Physician of the Year Award from Mount Sinai's nurses and nursing leadership.] In 2011–12, he served as President of The Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Board.
October 8, 2013. In 2014, he received the Jacobi Medallion from the Mount Sinai Alumni Association; it is the highest honor bestowed by the association.
Reich was named Interim President of The Mount Sinai Hospital in January 2013. In October of the same year he was named President & Chief Operating Officer of The Mount Sinai Hospital, and President of Mount Sinai Queens (both part of the Mount Sinai Health System).[Bloomberg New]
"Bloomberg profile of David L. Reich,"
page accessed May 3, 2015.
Reich announced in March 2020 that the hospital was converting its lobbies into extra patient rooms to "meet the growing volume of patients" with coronavirus.
Research, academia, and publishing
Reich was among the first to demonstrate the utility of electronic medical records for large-scale retrospective investigations demonstrating the association of intraoperative hemodynamic abnormalities with adverse postoperative outcomes.
His areas of research interest in anesthesiology include medical informatics, cardiac
The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon di ...
anesthesia, hemodynamic monitoring, outcome effects of intraoperative hemodynamics, deep hypothermic
Hypothermia is defined as a body core temperature below in humans. Symptoms depend on the temperature. In mild hypothermia, there is shivering and mental confusion. In moderate hypothermia, shivering stops and confusion increases. In severe ...
circulatory arrest
Cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. It is a medical emergency that, without immediate medical intervention, will result in sudden cardiac death within minutes. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and poss ...
, neurocognitive outcome following thoracic aortic
The aorta ( ) is the main and largest artery in the human body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart and extending down to the abdomen, where it splits into two smaller arteries (the common iliac arteries). The aorta distributes ox ...
surgery, and practice management.
Reich is associate editor of ''Kaplan’s Cardiac Anesthesia'' (Elsevier
Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as '' The Lancet'', '' Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, '' Trends'', ...
), which is in its seventh edition, and was formerly Editor-in-Chief of ''Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: The Journal of Perioperative Medicine''. He is editor of the text ''Monitoring in Anesthesia and Perioperative Care'' (Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press in the world. It is also the King's Printer.
Cambr ...
) and co-editor of the text ''Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: A Companion to Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia'' (Elsevier), which are in their first editions.
Additional positions
*U.S. Content Director for the International Organization for Terminology in Anesthesia (IOTA) of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation.
*Former Co-Chair of Blood Filtration Committee, American Association of Medical Instrumentation
*Member, Board of Directors, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
Personal
Reich is Jewish. On November 24, 2002, ''The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'' reported the commitment ceremony
A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. Most wedding ceremonies involve an exchange of marriage vo ...
of Reich to Keith Loren Marran, stating that: "Keith Loren Marran Jr. and Dr. David Louis Reich are to celebrate their partnership today with a commitment ceremony at the Bloom Ballroom in Manhattan. Judge Paul G. Feinman
Paul George Feinman
''New York Times'' (December 1, 2013). (January ...
of New York City Civil Court in Manhattan will officiate."[
]
Writings
Reich has published over 35 book chapters, 30 invited articles or editorials, and over 130 peer-reviewed
Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer revie ...
articles.">"David L. Reich: Executive Profile & Biography,"
Bloomberg.
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References
External links
The Mount Sinai Hospital homepage
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai homepage
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
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1960 births
American medical academics
American anesthesiologists
Gay academics
Living people
Central High School (Philadelphia) alumni
Pennsylvania State University alumni
Jefferson Medical College alumni
Physicians from Philadelphia
20th-century American physicians
21st-century American physicians
21st-century LGBT people
Shaare Zedek Medical Center