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Our Team of Experts Anesthesiologists

The anesthesiologist will meet with you before surgery to discuss your medical history and previous anesthetic history. He will administer anesthesia during your surgery and monitor you and your baby throughout the surgical procedure. After the operation, he will be responsible for your pain management.

For further information regarding anesthesiology please refer to the Department of Anesthesia website.

Mark A. Rosen, MD

Director, Obstetrical Anesthesia

Anesthesia Residency Training Program

Specialties: Anesthesiology (board certified)

Interests: Surgery anesthesia during pregnancy, fetal anesthesia and monitoring

Dr. Mark Rosen is Professor and Vice Chairman of Anesthesia, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Director of Obstetrical Anesthesia and Director of the Anesthesia Residency Training Program at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Rosen graduated magna cum laude from the University of California Davis in both Zoology and Genetics, and magna cum laude from the UCSF School of Medicine. Dr. Rosen completed training in anesthesia and fellowship training in obstetrical anesthesia at UCSF (board certified), and has been a faculty member at UCSF since 1981.

Dr. Rosen restricts his practice primarily to anesthesia care for the pregnant patient, including anesthesia for obstetrics, surgery during pregnancy and for fetal surgery. Dr. Rosen has worked closely with Dr. Michael Harrison for the past eighteen years, both in the laboratory and in clinical care of fetal surgery patients. Dr. Rosen is available for consultation regarding anesthesia for fetal surgery through the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center.

Charles Cauldwell, MD, PHD

Division Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology

Specialties: Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia, Fetal Anesthesia

Dr. Charles Cauldwell is chief of the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology.  He has been a member of the Fetal Treatment Center anesthesia team since 1990. He returned to UCSF from the Children's Hospital of Michigan where he was chairman of the Anesthesia Department and Director of Fetal Anesthesia. He is a member of the Fetal Treatment Center and delivers anesthesia for fetal surgery. He trained in pediatrics in Seattle and Vancouver, Canada, anesthesia at UCSF and pediatric anesthesia at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is board certified in both pediatrics and anesthesiology.

Medical School: UCSF 1981
Residencies: Univ. of British Columbia, Pediatrics 1985; UCSF, Anesthesiology 1989
Fellowships: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care  1990
Certifications: Pediatrics, Anesthesiology

Errol Lobo, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Anesthesia

Specialties: Obstetrical anesthesia, anesthesia for vascular surgery

Interests: Calcium signaling pathways, endothelin, vascular autoregulation

Dr. Errol Lobo is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at UCSF. He received his undergraduate education at the University of San Francisco and his Doctorate in Medicine at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. Dr. Lobo also holds a Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Lobo is a former University of California President's Fellow and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellow.

Dr. Lobo has been part of the Fetal Treatment Center Team headed by Dr. Michael Harrison for the past two and a half years. Dr. Lobo's anesthesia practice is focused primarily on obstetrical anesthesia and on anesthesia for vascular surgery.

Dr. Lobo's research interests include the regulation of calcium signaling pathways in cells stimulated by proteins that cause blood vessels to constrict. The protein he is primarily interested in is endothelin. Endothelin is thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of hypertension. In the fetus, endothelin is intimately involved in renal development.

Mark Rollins, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Anesthesia

Specialties: Obstetrical anesthesia

Dr. Rollins investigates means of improving oxygen delivery both to acute wounds (e.g., maintaining normothermia and administering 100 percent oxygen intraoperatively) and to chronic wounds (e.g., sympathetic blockade, local warming and hyperbaric oxygen therapy). This involves studies in animal models, human volunteers, and patients, along with developing better oxygen measuring techniques.