Work

Westchester Medical Center

Valhalla, NY

Anesthesiology Attending: Pediatric Anesthesiology September 2014 - January 2017

Education

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

Instructor/Fellow: Pediatric Anesthesiology August 2013 – July 2014

Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Lubbock, TX

Residency: Anesthesiology, Categorical Position August 2009 – July 2013

Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Lubbock, TX

Residency: Anesthesiology, Categorical Position August 2009 – July 2013

Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Lubbock, TX

Degree: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) May 2009

Houston Baptist University

Houston, TX

Degree: B.S., Biology Degree: B.A., Spanish May 2004

Honors Awards

Residency

15ᵗʰ WFSA World Congress of Anaesthesiologists, USA Delegate, 2012
TSA Anesthesia Day at the Capitol, TTUHSC Representative, 2011

Medical School

TTUHSC Student Government Association Community Service Chair, 2006 – 2007
TTUHSC – School of Medicine Pediatrics Club Treasurer, 2006 – 2007

Research ​&

Publications &

Presentations

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Wasnick, John. Chairman and Program Director, Department of Anesthesiology

Contributor, Clinical​ ​Anesthesiology.​ ​Fifth​ ​Edition.​ Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill. 2013.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Dr. Bettina Schmitz, Department of Anesthesiology

Lubbock, TX 2011 - 2013

Co-investigator, An​ ​open-label,​ ​non-randomized,​ ​multicenter,​ ​ascending​ ​dose​ ​by​ ​age,​ ​single​ ​and​ ​multiple-dose evaluation​ ​of​ ​the​ ​effectiveness,​ ​safety,​ ​and​ ​tolerability​ ​of​ ​oral​ ​liquid​ ​oxymorphone​ ​HCl​ ​immediate-release oral​ ​liquid​ ​for​ ​acute​ ​postoperative​ ​pain​ ​in​ ​pediatric​ ​subjects.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso

Dr. Ahmed Badr, Department of Anesthesiology

El Paso, TX Fall 2008

Co-author, Intravenous​ ​administration​ ​of​ ​Proton​ ​Pump​ ​Inhibitor​ ​vs​ ​H2​ ​blockers​ ​in​ ​GI​ ​prophylaxis​ ​in​ ​the preoperative​ ​period.

Peña,​ ​C.,​ ​Martinez, L, Hickman, J.: Traumatic​ ​Laryngotracheal​ ​Separation.​ ​PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology. New York, New York. December, 2013.

Peña,​ ​C.,​ ​Farag, A.: Pulmonary​ ​and​ ​Portal​ ​Hypertension​ ​in​ ​a​ ​Neonate​ ​with​ ​Gastroschisis.​ ​PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology. New York, New York. December, 2012.

Peña,​ ​C.​, Wang H., Vogt-Harenkamp C.: Retrospective​ ​Analysis​ ​of​ ​Cricothrotomies​ ​Performed​ ​in​ ​a​ ​Level​ ​1 Trauma​ ​Center​ ​Over​ ​a​ ​Ten​ ​Year​ ​Period.​ ​International Anesthesia Research Society, Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. May, 2012.

Walter, C., Peña,​ ​C.,​ ​Chaudhuri, K., Wasnick, J.: Management​ ​of​ ​a​ ​Patient​ ​with​ ​Impaled​ ​Fence​ ​Post​ ​Through Left​ ​Side​ ​of​ ​Chest.​ ​International Anesthesia Research Society, Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. May, 2012.

Peña,​ ​C.​, Chaudhuri, K.: A​ ​Neonate​ ​with​ ​Pierre​ ​Robin​ ​Sequence​ ​and​ ​Stickler​ ​Syndrome.​ WCA Medically Challenging Cases. World Congress of Anaesthesiologists, Meeting. Buenos Aires, Argentina. March, 2012.

Peña,​ ​C.​, Yazdani S., Schmitz B., Marks R.: Airway​ ​Management​ ​in​ ​a​ ​Patient​ ​with​ ​Incidentally​ ​Discovered Bilateral​ ​Vocal​ ​Cord​ ​Polyps​. ASA Medically Challenging Cases. American Society of Anesthesiologists, Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. October, 2011.

Peña,​ ​C.​, Wasnick, J.: Traumatic​ ​Cricoid​ ​Cartilage​ ​Fracture.​ International Anesthesia Research Society, Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC, Canada. May, 2011. Anesth Analg; 2011; 112. S-100.