John G. Augoustides, MD
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
- Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Cape Town
- Residency: Livingstone Hospital
- Residency: Groote Schuur Hospital
- Residency: Graduate Hospital
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
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
- 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.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology, 2024
- Anesthesiology, 2009
- Academy of Anesthesiology – active membership, National
- American Heart Association, National
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, National
- American Society of Echocardiography, National
- Association of Cardiac Anesthesiologists, National
- Enhanced Recovery after Cardiac Surgery Society, National
- International Anesthesia Research Society, International
- Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, National
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons, National
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issue from 2023 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Augoustides JG, Weiss SJ, Ochroch AE, Weiner J, Mancini J, Savino JS, Cheung AT Analysis of the Interatrial Septum by Transesophageal Echocardiography in Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients: Anatomic Variants and Correlation with Patent Foramen Ovale , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 19: 2005,146-149
Augoustides JG, Fleisher LA Randomized controlled trials of aprotinin in cardiac surgery: using clinical equipoise to stop the bleeding. (commentary) , Clinical Trials, 2: 2005,14-15
Augoustides JG, Bowe E, Fragneto RA, Herrera E, Jameson L, Petrozza P, Wallace M, Young D Anesthesiology Continuing Education: 2005 Question Booklet (Issue 2A); 2005 Answers, Discussions and Reference List (Issue 2A) , American Society of Anesthesiologists Publications Department, ACE: 2005
Augoustides JC, Hosalkar HH, O'Reardon JP, Kofke WA, Datto CJ Customized anesthetic preservation of ictal threshold in electroconvulsive therapy: Role of adjunctive remifentanil with etomidate , J ECT, 21(2): 2005,128-131
Augoustides JG, Horak J, Ochroch AE, Vernick WJ, Gambone AJ, Weiner J, Pinchasik D, Kowalchuk D, Savino JS, Jobes DR A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Real-Time Needle-Guided Ultrasound for Internal Jugular Venous Cannulation in a Large University Department , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 19: 2005,310-315
Augoustides JG, Watcha S, Rock T, Pochettino A, Jobes D Evaluation of Early Tracheal Extubation in Adults Undergoing Single Lung Transplantation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease , Anesth Analg, 100: 2005,97
Kohl B, Augoustides JG, Giberson S, Bavaria JE, Pochettino A Color Flow Doppler Recognition of Intraoperative Brachiocephalic Malperfusion during Protocol-Based Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection , Anesth Analg, 100: 2005,105
Augoustides JG, Culp K, Ochroch EA, Milas BL Total suppression of cerebral activity by thiopental mimicking propofol infusion syndrome: a fatal common pathway (letter in reply) , Anesth Analg, 100: 2005,1864-1865
Augoustides JG, Ochroch EA Pro: Inhaled Prostaglandin as a Pulmonary Vasodilator Instead of Nitric Oxide , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 19: 2005,400-402