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Jeffrey C. Astbury, MD

  • Specialties:
    Adult Transesophageal Echocardiography
    Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography
    Anesthesiology

About the Provider

BHS Employees - this physician is part of the PHO organization.

Notable Achievements

  • Met virtually with the “Future Women in Medicine Club” about preparing for a medical career, how to excel academically and finding your career path (November 11, 2020).
  • Mentored physicians in Perioperative Echocardiography (1997-present).
  • Initiated and developed the usage of the Jet ventilator for atrial fibrillation ablation procedures (2017).
  • Educated physicians of guiding atrial transseptal puncture (2016-17).
  • Developed Guidelines and Recommendations for Performing Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access (2020).
  • Reviewer for CASE (Cardiovascular Imaging Case Reports). Reviewed four case reports since August 2020: “Cardiac Echinococcosis Associated Other Organ Involvement”, “Successful MitraClip Implantation in a Barlow’s Valve”, “An Abnormal Echocardiographic Connection Complicating Perioperative Planning” and “Traumatic Injury to Both Atrioventricular Valves”.
  • 94-98 percentile in volume units worked as compared to other US anesthesiologists according to GMA data.
  • Member of COVID Management Task Force 2020-21, Butler Memorial Hospital.
  • Created a new optimized central line kit with includes a wire-guided scalpel (GuideBlade, 2021-2022).
  • First Class of physicians certified in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography by the National Board of Echocardiography (NBE) in 1999.
  • 7th anesthesiologist to be named a Fellow in the American Society of Echocardiography in 2004.
  • Double-Board Certified (Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography and Adult Transesophageal Echocardiography).
  • First physician to be certified/recertified five times by the National Board of Echocardiography (2019). PTE exam (1999), Re-PTE exam (2008 and 2019), ASCeXAM (2002) and Re-ASCeXAM (2015).

Additional Certifications

  • Diplomate, Adult Transesophageal Echocardiography, National Board of Echocardiography
  • Diplomate, Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography - National Board of Echocardiography
Board Certifications
  • (APTE) National Board of Echocardiography, Inc
  • ABMS - Anesthesiology
  • National Board of Echocardiography
Education
  • Medical School
  • Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
  • Residency
  • Johns Hopkins Univ Anesthesia & CCM Training Program
  • Fellowship
  • Allegheny General Hospital
Publications
  • Achieving Excellence in Perioperative Echocardiography for Non-Academic Practices
    • Author: Dr. Jeffrey Astbury and Dr. Alina Nicoara

    Published an Article in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography July 2021

  • Technical Communication: Use of a Wire-Guided Scalpel to Facilitate Central Catheter Insertion
    • Author: Dr. Jacob Rauchwerger, Dr. Michael Serle and Dr. Jeffrey C. Astbury

    Published an article in the journal Vascular Specialist International August 2021

  • American Society of Echocardiography for 2021-2022

    Appointed to the Steering Committee for the Council on Perioperative Echocardiography

  • Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Cannulation 2018

    Presenter/Faculty at the American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021

  • Mitral Regurgitation: Understanding Mechanisms and Grading Severity 2019

    Presenter/Faculty at the American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021

  • Case Report: “Massive Lipomatous Hypertrophy”

    Presenter/Faculty at the American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021

  • Presenter/Faculty at the American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 2020

    Presenter/Faculty at the American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021

  • ASE COPE Panel Discussion-Getting Involved in the American Society of Echocardiography 2021

    Presenter/Faculty at the American Society of Echocardiography Scientific Sessions in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021