Dr. Daniel Ira Sessler, MD

Daniel Sessler, MD, attended medical school at Columbia University, and subsequently completed pediatric and anesthesia residencies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is currently Chair of the Department of Outcomes Research at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Sessler's administrative work includes two stints as Acting Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Louisville. He was also Vice Dean and Associate Vice President for Health Affairs at the University of Louisville, giving him responsibility for research throughout the Health Sciences Campus. During his five years at the University of Louisville, National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing each more than tripled. The Outcomes Research group, which Dr. Sessler founded, is a collaboration of more than 100 investigators in ten countries. Outcomes Research is currently involved in more than a hundred studies, including half-a-dozen large, multicenter out