Undergraduate School

B.A., Ohio State University, Columbus OH 1990

Medical School

M.D., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH 1997

Other School

M.T.M.&H., Uniformed Services University, Bethesda MD 2004

Internship

General Surgery, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland OH 1993-1997

Residency

Anesthesiology, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego CA 2007-2010

Residency

General Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda MD 2003-2005

Fellowship

Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Stanford University Hospitals, Palo Alto CA 2012-2013

Faculty Teaching Award, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, UC Davis, 2020

Asseff D, Sheikh AY, Sze D, Ha R, Hofmann L, van der Starre PJ. Immediate postoperative percutaneous stenting of superior vena cava obstruction following heart transplantation in adult patients with pacemaker leads. J Card Surg. 2014 Sep;29(5):733-6. doi:10.1111/jocs.12387. Epub 2014 Jul 8. PMID:25039539.

Kent ML, Hackworth RJ, Riffenburgh RH, Kaesberg JL, Asseff DC, Lujan E, Corey JM. A comparison of ultrasound-guided and landmark-based approaches to saphenous nerve blockade: a prospective, controlled, blinded, crossover trial. Anesth Analg. 2013 Jul;117(1):265-70. doi:10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182908d5d. Epub 2013 Apr 30. PMID:23632054.

Sliman JA, Metzgar D, Asseff DC, Coon RG, Faix DJ, Lizewski S. Outbreak of acute respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae on board a deployed U.S. navy ship. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Dec;47(12):4121-3. doi:10.1128/JCM.01926-09. Epub 2009 Oct 21. PMID:19846632.

Asseff DC. Anesthesia care in blast injury. Callaway DW, Burstein JL (eds). Operational and Medical Management of Explosive and Blast Incidents, Springer, New York NY. 2020:411-419.