Peter Francis Dunn, MD

The focus of my clinical practice and teaching has been in the area of applied cardiovascular physiology, primarily in the ICU and on Vascular Anesthesia. In addition, I have been a member of the OB Anesthesia team. Since 2002, the majority of my professional activities have been in administrative roles, both in the department and the hospital, as Clinical Director, DACCPM from 2002 until 2006, Executive Medical Director of the Operating Rooms since 2006, and most recently Executive Vice Chair, DACCPM. In the operating room administration, our team focus has been on operations improvement. We have led several multidisciplinary projects which have involved anesthesiologists, surgeons, nurses and members of the hospital administration with the goal of optimizing patient care, creating safer work environments, and improving efficiency. In addition, our team is leading the design and development of the new perioperative floors in B3C which will open with 29 new Operating Rooms in 2011. Also, we are actively involved in the design and development of the New MGH/NSMC ASC that will open on the Northshore in 2009. Our goals for the future include ongoing research in the area of operations improvement in the perioperative environment and OR administration. The need to train anesthesiologists in perioperative administration is also one of our future goals.