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.
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.
Jennifer Lucero, MD, PhD
Health Sciences Clinical Instructor
Anesthesia/Perioperative Care
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.
Charles Cauldwell, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care
Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Dr. Charles Caldwell is a pediatric anesthesiologist. He came to UCSF Medical Center from the Children's Hospital of Michigan where he was chairman of the Anesthesia Department. 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. Cauldwell is a clinical professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care at UCSF.
Marla B. Ferschl, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Dr. Marla Ferschl is a pediatric anesthesiologist who treats children requiring sedation or anesthesia for procedures, radiologic studies or surgery. She has a special research interest in preoperative evaluations and quality assurance.
Ferschl earned a medical degree at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed a residency in anesthesiology at UCSF and a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Children's Hospital Boston. She is an assistant clinical professor of anesthesia at the UCSF School of Medicine. Ferschl, who speaks Spanish, is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, International Anesthesia Research Society, California Society of Anesthesiologists and Society for Pediatric Anesthesia.
