Alessandra Ilaria Cardi, MD
She/her
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Spoken languages
English
English
Italiano
Italian
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Capital Blue Cross/Capital Advantage Insurance Company
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Qualifications and experience
- Anesthesiology - Critical Care, 2024
- Anesthesiology, 2022
- Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology, 2014
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, National
- Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists, Local
- Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, International
- Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Konstantinos Alfaras-Melainis MD, MSC, Rohesh J. Fernando MD, FASE, Michael L. Boisen MD, Paul J. Hoffman MD, Daniel J. Rosenkrans MD, Emily Teeter MD, Alessandra I. Cardi MD, Jeremy Laney MD, Aaron Reagan MD, Vidya K. Rao MD, MBA, Michael Anderson MD, Charles B. Luke MD, MBA, FASAM, Sudhakar Subramani MD, MMed, FASE, Travis Schisler MD FRCPC, Peter J. Ritchie MD, Theresa A. Gelzinis MD The Year in Thoracic Anesthesia: Selected Highlights from 2022 , Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: 2023
Alessandra I Cardi, Callie M Drohan, Jonathan Elmer, Clifton W Callaway, Francis X Guyette, Ankur A Doshi, Jon C Rittenberger. The Association of Brainstem and Motor Recovery with Awakening After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. , Resuscitation Plus: 2022
Mentor: Michael Boisen MD FASE Presentation - Rescue TEE Primary Literature Review , Presentation at University of Pittsburgh: 2022
Christopher X. Hong, Edward K. Kim, Alessandra I. Cardi, Heidi S. Harvie. Vaginal Hysterectomy Performed Under General Versus Neuraxial Regional Anesthesia: Comparison of Patient Characteristics and 30-Day Outcomes Using Propensity Score-Matched Cohorts. , Female Pelvic Medicine & reconstructive Surgery, 28(3): 2022,e98-e102
Cardi A, Bhattacharya A, Rock KC. ICU video review as a novel tool to support the Educational, Performance Improvement, and Clinical Care Goals of a Surgical Intensive Care Unit. , Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists: 2022
Mark W. Fegley, Alessandra Cardi, John G. Augoustides, Joseph Sanders, Bryan E. Marchant, Rohesh J. Fernando. Acute Lung Injury associated with Perioperative Amiodarone Therapy – navigating the challenges in diagnosis and management. , Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 36(2): 2022,608-615
Alessandra Ilaria Cardi Presentation - "Six-Month Outcomes after Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery” , NEJM : 2019
Callie Drohan, Alessandra Cardi, Jon Rittenberger, Alexandra Popescu, Clifton Callaway, Maria Baldwin, and Jonathan, Elmer. Effect of sedation on quantitative electroencephalography after cardiac arrest. , Resuscitation, 124: 2018,132-137
Mara Cirone, Marisa Granato, Claudia Zompetta, Enrica Vescarelli, Celeste Rizzello, Alessandra Cardi, Sandro Valia, Guido Antonelli, Cinzia Marchese, Maria Rosaria Torrisi, and Alberto Faggioni. HCV derived from serum of HCV-infected patients induces pro-fibrotic effects in human primary fibroblasts by activating GLI2. , Scientific Reports, 6: 2016,30649
Cardi A, Drohan CM, Elmer J, Callaway CW, Guyette FX, Doshi AA, Rittenberger, JC. The Role of Brainstem and Motor Recovery on Awakening Following Resuscitation After Cardiac Arrest. , Safar Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA,: 2016