Stephen M. Eskaros

Biography

Stephen M. Eskaros, M.D., is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of California, Irvine. Board certified in both anesthesiology and critical care medicine, Eskaros maintains concurrent clinical positions as an intensivist and anesthesiologist at multiple institutions, including the Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, and Providence St. Jude Medical Center. His clinical practice encompasses critical care management of medical and surgical intensive care units, including cardiothoracic and neurosurgical patients, as well as intraoperative anesthetic management and regional anesthesia.

Eskaros co-founded the Intensivist Program and Department of Critical Care Medicine at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital in March 2011, where he coordinated multidisciplinary critical care for a 25-bed medical and surgical intensive care unit. His experience includes providing telemedicine services for surgical, medical, and cardiac ICUs across multiple VA facilities. He completed his fellowship in critical care medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center and his anesthesiology residency at the State University of New York, Buffalo.

Eskaros has contributed to several medical textbooks, including chapters on respiratory monitoring in Miller's Anesthesia and morphine-6-glucuronide in Essence of Analgesia and Analgesics. He received his medical doctorate from Loma Linda University School of Medicine and his Bachelor of Science in Biology, magna cum laude, from the University of California, Irvine.

Education

• M.D., Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 2003
• B.S. in Biology, University of California, Irvine, 1999

Distinctions

• Magna Cum Laude, University of California, Irvine, 1999