2019 Ty Smith Dinner

Under Pressure: Confessions of a Cave Diving Anesthesiologist

Andrew Pitkin, MBBS, MRCP, FRCA

Dr. Andrew Pitkin is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and the Director of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology at University of Florida Health in Gainesville, Florida. He trained in internal medicine and anesthesiology in the United Kingdom before moving to the US in 2007. His professional interests include simulation development and medical education. In his spare time he can often be found in the underwater cave systems in Florida and elsewhere. He is also a director of Karst Underwater Research, a non-profit organization which works with several governmental and environmental organizations to study and document groundwater resources in the state.

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