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Jesse T. Hochkeppel, M.D., Curriculum Vitae

Specialty Areas

Interventional Pain Medicine Specialist

Board Certifications

American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology (2017)
American Board of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine (2017)

Licensure

Connecticut, California, New York

 

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:

Fellowship
8/2016 – 7/2017

Division of Pain Medicine
Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Resident
7/2013 – 6/2016

Department of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Internship
7/2012 – 6/2013

Categorical Program
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

 

education:

Medical
8/2008 – 5/2012

Doctor of Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Piscataway, NJ

Graduate
8/2001 – 5/2005

Post Baccalaureate Prehealth Program
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

Undergraduate
8/2001 – 5/2005

B.A. in Sociology (University Honors Program)
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

 HOSPITAL & SURGICAL CENTER AFFILIATIONS:
2017 – Present

Danbury Hospital
Danbury, CT

2017 – Present

New Milford Hospital
New Milford, CT

Present

Western Connecticut Orthopedic Surgical Center (WCOSC)
Danbury, CT

 

Professional Affiliations:

 

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists
  • American Society of Regional Anesthesia
  • New York State Society of Anesthesiologists
  • North American Neuromodulation Society
  • American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
  • American Academy of Pain Medicine

 

Professional Employment:

9/2017 – Present

Private Practice, OrthoConnecticut
(formerly Danbury Orthopedics)
Danbury, CT

 

Honors and Awards:

 
  • Castle Connolly Top Doctor Since: 2024
  • Healthgrades Honor Roll
  • Anesthesiology Resident Educator of the Year at Mount Sinai Hospital, 2015
  • Abdol H. Islami Medical Foundation Scholarship, 2011
  • Boston College Honors Program, 2005
  • Golden Key International Honour Society, 2004
  • National Honor Society, 2001

 

Publications:

Invited Contributions

Goldberg A, Hochkeppel J, Levine A, DeMaria S. Death in High-Fidelity Simulation: A Bioethical Analysis. Computer Based Medical Systems, IEEE 2014; 70: 128-131.

Goldberg A, Heller B, Hochkeppel J, Levine A, DeMaria S. Simulated Mortality- We Can Do More:An Imperative for Educators. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. (In Press)

Book Chapters

Hochkeppel, J and Newmark, J. “Pain Medicine.” The Comprehensive Textbook of Healthcare
Simulation: Anesthesiology Edition. New York: Springer, 2017. (In Edit)

 

PRESENTATIONS:

Presentations at National Meetings

Neurosurgery for a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) in the Prone Position. Annual Bragging Rights Contest, December 2014, 68th Annual Post-Graduate Assembly Meeting, New York, NY

Presentations at International Meetings

Death of the Simulator: Investigating the Benefits and Consequences of a Controversial Learning Tool, Expert Panel, Co-moderators: Levine A, Demaria S, Goldberg A, January 2014. 14th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Francisco, CA

Death in High Fidelity Simulation (HFS): A Bioethical Analysis Co-presenter: Goldberg A. April 2014 Mount Sinai-Oxford Bioethics Consortium Annual Meeting, Oxford, England

Death of the Simulator: Investigating the Benefits and Consequences of a Controversial Learning Tool, Expert Debate, Co-moderators: Levine A, Demaria S, Goldberg A. January 2015 15th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, New Orleans, LA

Intramural Presentation
Poster

Goldberg A, Hochkeppel J, Levine A, DeMaria S. Death in High-Fidelity Simulation: A Bioethical Analysis. Mount Sinai IME Education Research Day, New York, NY, 2014.

National Presentations
Posters

Cohen S, Shah S, Hochkeppel J, Estrada C. Arrow versus B Braun Springwound Closed Tip Epidural Catheter for Epidural Block in Obstetric Patients. 65th Annual Post-Graduate Assembly Meeting, New York, NY, 2011.

Barsoun S, Cohen S, Shah S, Hochkeppel J, Estrada C. Can Electrical Median Nerve Stimulation Further Reduce the Incidence of Nausea and Vomiting during Cesarean Section with Combined Spinal Epidural Treated with Ondansetron and Metoclopramide? 65th Annual Post-Graduate Assembly Meeting, New York, NY, 2011.

Chokra R, Cohen S, Hochkeppel J, Shah S. Can Pain from Propofol Injection be Reduced with Ice Application at the Intravenous Site? 65th Annual Post-Graduate Assembly Meeting, New York, NY, 2011.

Shah S, Cohen S, Casini G, Hochkeppel J. Does Increasing the Concentration of Epidural-PCA Fentanyl for Labor Improve Analgesia without Effect to Neonate? 65th Annual Post-Graduate Assembly Meeting, New York, NY, 2011.

Kaufman M, Cohen S, Casini G, Hochkeppel J. Excessive Cerebral Spinal Fluid Loss via EpiduralNeedle from Spinal Needle Dural Puncture during Combined Spinal Epidural for Cesarean Section. 65th Annual Post-Graduate Assembly Meeting, New York, NY, 2011

Shah S, Cohen S, Casini G, Nelson L, Hochkeppel J. Epidural Fentanyl Induced Pruritis: Self-Administered versus Nurse-Administered Intravenous Naloxone. 65th Annual Post-Graduate Assembly Meeting, New York, NY, 2011.

Cohen S, Casini G, Hochkeppel J, Estrada C. Unexplained Loss of Consciousness by a Patient with Abruptio Placentae. 65th Annual Post-Graduate Assembly Meeting, New York, NY, 2011.

Hochkeppel J, Deiner S. Neurosurgery for a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) in the Prone Position. ASA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2014.

International Presentations
Posters

Hochkeppel J, Goldberg A, Levine A, DeMaria S. Death in High Fidelity Simulation (HFS): A Bioethical Analysis. 14th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Francisco, CA, 2014.

Hochkeppel J, Wetmore D, Samuelson S, DeMaria S, Gordon E, Goldberg A. High Fidelity Simulation of Donation after Cardiac Death: Exploring Educational and Administrative Utility. 15th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, New Orleans, LA, 2015.

Wetmore D, Goldberg A, Hochkeppel J, Levine A, DeMaria S. Learner Attitudes Toward Simulated Death. 15th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, New Orleans, LA, 2015.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS:

2017 – Present

North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS)

  • Education Liaison, Resident & Fellows Executive Committee
  • Education Committee Member

2015

Clinical Administration:
Resident Representative – OB Task Force
Department of Anesthesiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

2009General Administration:

Coordinator, Class of 2013 Orientation
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Piscataway, NJ

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