Overview
Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Dr. Guinn attended Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY, where she graduated with AOA honors. She then completed her anesthesiology residency and fellowship in cardiothoracic anesthesia at Duke University Medical Center, staying on as faculty after completing her training. Dr. Guinn served as the Medical Director of the Center for Blood Conservation at Duke University Medical Center from 2013-2022, working with patients who decline transfusion to receive safe care and improved outcomes, and developing an institutional Preoperative Anemia Clinic to diagnose and treat anemia in operative patients at risk for transfusion. She is known nationally for her expertise in management of patients “When Blood is Not an Option” and for preoperative optimization of anemia in surgical patients and is the current Chair for the ASA Committee on Patient Blood Management. Dr. Guinn is also involved with the American Board of Anesthesiology, serving as an OSCE Committee member and APPLIED examiner for board certification in the anesthesiology. She is the current Interim Division Chief of neuro-anesthesiology, otolaryngology and offsite anesthesia at Duke University.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Anesthesiology
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2024 - Present
Anesthesiology, Neuroanesthesia,
Anesthesiology
Chief, Division of Neuro Anesthesiology
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2023 - Present
Anesthesiology, Neuroanesthesia,
Anesthesiology
Recent Publications
Procedure-Specific Preoperative Blood Ordering Practices in 25 North American Hospitals.
Journal Article A A Pract · March 1, 2025 Full text Link to item CitePractice Advisory on the Implementation of Preoperative Anemia Management: The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and the Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management.
Journal Article Anesth Analg · November 22, 2024 Preoperative anemia is common and associated with worse outcomes in cardiac surgery including acute kidney injury, red blood cell transfusion, cardiovascular complications, stroke, infection, and death. Patient blood management programs, which include dedi ... Full text Link to item CiteReturn on Investment of Preoperative Anemia Management Programs in Cardiac Surgery: An Advisory From the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Clinical Practice Improvement Committee With Endorsement by the Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management.
Journal Article Anesth Analg · November 7, 2024 Despite multiple recent guidelines recommending the diagnosis and treatment of anemia before elective cardiac surgery, few institutions have formal programs or methods in place to accomplish this. A major limitation is the perceived financial shortfall and ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ·
2003
M.D.