Frederick J. Balzer, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Gibbon Building Suite 8330
111 S. 11th St
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Clinical Assistant Professor

Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ - 2004

Anesthesia Residency, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ - 2010

NIH-NRSA Fellowship in Human Gene Therapy, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA - 2007

Internship: Internal Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital SI, NY Medical College, Valhalla, NY - 2005

Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology, 2012

Identification of drugs for off label use as non-opioid analgesics or opioid sparing adjuncts.
Identification of therapeutic synergies between anesthetic agents combined at sub-anesthetic concentrations.
Validating our anesthetic cocktail “KeLidoFol” in DNR/DNI patients requiring surgical anesthesia with an unprotected airway.
Improving techniques for Enhanced (Smooth, Rapid, Safe) Emergence from General Anesthesia.
Improving techniques to prevent Pulmonary Aspiration at time of Extubation.
Preserving Mitochondrial Function as a hedge against Refractory Shock (Vasoplegia) and to prevent Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Solid Organ Transplantation.
Perioperative Management of Implanted Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices.
Perioperative Management of “Hemostatic Competence” in patients with (therapeutic or pathologic) coagulation defects presenting for surgery.