Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA 

Dr. Richard Urman is the Jay J. Jacoby Endowed Professor and Health System Chair in the
Department of Anesthesiology at The Ohio State University. Prior to that, he spent 17 years at
the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH)/MGB and Harvard Medical School. He received his
BA from Columbia University, MD from Harvard Medical School, MBA from Harvard Business
School, and completed anesthesiology training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

He is a Certified Physician Executive (from AAPL), has a Certificate in Administration & Finance from
the Harvard Extension School. He also completed Fellowship training in Medical Education and
also in Quality Improvement. Dr. Urman currently serves as SAMBA Secretary and member of
the EC and sits on several SAMBA Committees. He is Associate Editor for Anesthesia &
Analgesia (Ambulatory Section).

Dr. Urman has received significant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
National Science Foundation (NSF), AHRQ, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF),
Foundation for Anesthesia Education & Research (FAER), and the Industry. His researc
interests are focused on acute and chronic pain, pharmacology, informatics/financial modeling,
and patient safety.

He has published over 600 research papers and edited several books, including
“OR Leadership and Perioperative Practice Management”, “Anesthesia Outside the Operating
Room”, “Pocket Anesthesia, ICU and Pain” series, and “Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
(ERAS) – a Complete Guide to Optimizing Outcomes”. Also, he served as the Endowed MorganZinsser Fellow at the Harvard Medical School Academy, received the 2020 Distinguished
Educator in Anesthesiology Award from the ASA and the Society for Education in Anesthesia
(SEA), and served as the BWH Perioperative Medicine Fellowship Director.

He previously served on the FDA Anesthetic & Analgesic Products Advisory Committee, National Quality
Forum, and chaired the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER)
Development Committee