Joseph Anthony Colao, MD
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
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolMedical School
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolResidency
- Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineResidency
- NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical CenterFellowship
Spoken languages
English
English
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
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Colao is a Penn Medicine provider.
Qualifications and experience
- Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology, 2023
- Anesthesiology, 2023
- American Board of Anesthesiology ADVANCED Examination Committee, National
- American Society of Anesthesiology, National
- Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiology, Local
- Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, International
All conditions and treatments
Research
Publications
Bhatt H.V., Fritz A.V, Feinman J.W., Subramani S., Malhotra A.K, Townsley M.M., Weiner M.M., Sharma A., Simons K., Shapiro A.B., Teixeira M.T., Waldron N.H., Nunes S., Colao J., Sacks S.M., Hanada S., Martin A.K., Ramakrishna H. The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights from 2026 , Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: 2026
Colao J., Augoustides J.G. Advances in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection – expanding the roles of goal-directed echocardiographic imaging throughout the perioperative period , Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 39(11): 2025,2907-2909
Patel S.J., Notarianni A.P., Waldron N.H., Tsai A., Roberts M.L., Sacks S.M., Colao J.A., Kinney D.A., Montealegre-Gallegos M., Liang H., Rama A., Ristovic V., Pulton D.A., Feinman J.W. The Year in Graduate Medical Education: Selected Highlights from 2024 , Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 39(9): 2025,2265-2273
Chen C., Colao J., Salna M., Kane E. Persistent Mitral Regurgitation in a Young Patient after Mitral Valve Repair: How to Avoid a Mechanical Valve , Presented at: Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 2023 Annual Meeting.: 2023
Maldari N., Colao J., Baddigam R., Chen M., Fung E., Kalra J., Takeda K., Mulaikal T., Mittel A. Inter-rater Agreement Assessment in a Retrospective Cohort Study on Dobutamine versus Milrinone Use in Cardiac Surgery , Presented at: Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting 2023.: 2023
Colao J., Baddigam R., Chen M., Maldari N., Fung E., Kalra J., Takeda K., Mulaikal T., Mittel A. Initial Determination of Inter-rater Agreement in a Retrospective Cohort Study on Dobutamine versus Milrinone Use in Cardiac Surgery , Presented at: Association of University Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting 2023.: 2023
Hensley N.B., Colao J., Zorrilla-Vaca A., Nanavati J., Lawton J.S., Raphael J., Mazzeffi M.A., Wierschke C., Kostibas M.P., Cho B.C., Frank S.M., Grant M.C. Ultrafiltration in cardiac surgery: Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis , Perfusion: 2023
Goeddel L.A., Colao J., Choi C., Stulak J., Ramakrishna H. Comparison of Outcomes Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With Arterial Versus Venous Conduits , Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 36(2): 2022,599-607
Colao J., Tran T. Take My Breath Away: Evaluation and Management of Symptomatic Phrenic Nerve Paralysis After Interscalene Block in the Postoperative Setting , Presented at: Anesthesiology 2020 Annual Meeting.: 2020
Colao J., Tran T. How Low Can You Go? Anesthetic Risk Management of Severe Refractory Hypotension During Series of Ambulatory Retina Surgeries , Presented at: Anesthesiology 2020 Annual Meeting.: 2020