Overview
The Preoperative Assessment, Communication and Education Center provides access to perioperative services where medical staff evaluate and optimize patients for surgery.
A complete preoperative assessment may include:
- A patient history and physical exam
- Laboratory testing, as needed
- An electrocardiogram, echocardiogram or chest radiograph, as needed
- Collection of documentation from outside facilities
Senior anesthesiology residents spend four weeks and junior residents spend one week in PACE, directly supported by anesthesiology faculty, learning the principles of cost-effective, evidence-based preoperative evaluation.
Appointments are held Monday through Friday, between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. at three Richmond area locations. Visits typically last 45 minutes.
Contact Us
VCU PACE Center Office Address and Contact Information
PHONE NUMBERS:
(804) 828-4396 (Front Desk)
(804) 828-3453 (Appointments)
(804) 828-0463 (Fax)
MAILING ADDRESS:
Box 980148
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0148
Locations
Downtown
Gateway Building, 1st Floor
1200 East Marshall Street
(804) 828-4396
(804) 828-0463 (fax)
NOW Center
11958 W. Broad Street
Second Floor, Buttermilk Trail
Henrico, VA 23233
(804) 364-6619
Stony Point
9109 Stony Point Drive
Second Floor, Pauley Heart
Richmond, VA 23235
(804) 998-1253
Anesthesiologists
![Olga Suarez-Winowiski, M.D., MSc HSA](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/Suarez-Winowiski_Olga_5527.jpg)
Olga Suarez-Winowiski, M.D., MSc HSA
Associate Professor, Medical director of PACE, Director of Global Anesthesia Program
![Olga Suarez-Winowiski, M.D., MSc HSA](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/Suarez-Winowiski_Olga_5527.jpg)
Olga Suarez-Winowiski, M.D., MSc HSA
Associate Professor, Medical director of PACE, Director of Global Anesthesia Program
Department of Anesthesiology
![Lynne Gehr, M.D.](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/suits/Gehr_Lynne_sr_5x7.jpg)
Lynne Gehr, M.D.
Assistant Professor
![Lynne Gehr, M.D.](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/suits/Gehr_Lynne_sr_5x7.jpg)
Lynne Gehr, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor; Director of Medical Student Clerkship
Graduate: M.D. (West Virginia Univ, Morgantown, WVA)
Residency: Anesthesiology (SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY); Pediatrics (VCU Medical Center)
Fellowship: Critical Care (Univ of VA, Charlottesville, VA); Pediatric Anesthesia (Univ of Pittsburg Medical Center, Pittsburg, PA)
Interests: Pediatric Anesthesia
Email: lynne.gehr@vcuhealth.org
![Dwayne McClerklin, M.D.](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/suits/DwayneMcClerklin,MD.jpg)
Dwayne McClerklin, M.D.
Assistant Professor
![Dwayne McClerklin, M.D.](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/suits/DwayneMcClerklin,MD.jpg)
Dwayne McClerklin, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
Fax: 804-828-8300
![Sergio Navarrete, D.O.](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/Navarrete_Sergio_5x7.jpg)
Sergio Navarrete, D.O.
Assistant Professor
![Sergio Navarrete, D.O.](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/Navarrete_Sergio_5x7.jpg)
Sergio Navarrete, D.O.
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
Fax: 804-828-8300
![Jessica Potter, M.D.](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/Potter_Jessica_4x6.jpg)
Jessica Potter, M.D.
Assistant Professor
![Jessica Potter, M.D.](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/Potter_Jessica_4x6.jpg)
Jessica Potter, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Undergraduate: B.S. University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Graduate: M.D. The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, PA
Residency: Anesthesiology (Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine)
Interests: General Anesthesia
Email: Jessica.potter@vcuhealth.org
![Victor Saxena, M.D.](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/default.jpg)
Victor Saxena, M.D.
Assistant Professor
![Victor Saxena, M.D.](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/default.jpg)
Victor Saxena, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology
Fax: 804-828-8300
Email: Victor.Saxena@VCUHealth.org
Advanced Practitioners
Karol Harshaw-Ellis, DNP, GNP, A/ACNP-BC
Program Manager
Karol Harshaw-Ellis, DNP, GNP, A/ACNP-BC
Program Manager
PACE Clinic- Department of Anesthesiology
Jennifer Alvis, MSN, FNP-BC
Jennifer Alvis, MSN, FNP-BC
PACE Clinic-Department of Anesthesiology
![Mary Baldecchi, MS, AGNP-C](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/suits/Baldecchi.jpg)
Mary Baldecchi, MS, AGNP-C
![Mary Baldecchi, MS, AGNP-C](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/suits/Baldecchi.jpg)
Mary Baldecchi, MS, AGNP-C
PACE Clinic-Department of Anesthesiology
Email: Mary.Baldecchi@VCUHealth.org
Emma Breu, MMS, PA-C
Sarah Budrovic, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Sarah Budrovic, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
PACE Clinic-Department of Anesthesiology
Email: Sarah.Budrovic@VCUHealth.org
Taylor Lewis, MSM, MMS, PA-C
Taylor Lewis, MSM, MMS, PA-C
Pace Clinic-Department of Anesthesiology
Email: Taylor.Lewis1@VCUHealth.org
![Brittany Luth, MSN, FNP-BC](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/BrittanyLuth,FNP.jpg)
Brittany Luth, MSN, FNP-BC
![Brittany Luth, MSN, FNP-BC](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/BrittanyLuth,FNP.jpg)
Brittany Luth, MSN, FNP-BC
PACE Clinic-Department of Anesthesiology
Email: Brittany.Luth@VCUHealth.org
Kari Melendez, MSN, FNP-BC
Kari Melendez, MSN, FNP-BC
PACE Clinic-Department of Anesthesiology
Email: Kari.Melendez@VCUHealth.org
Logan Mills, MSN, FNP
![Page Muthusubramanian, MSN, FNP-BC](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/default.jpg)
Page Muthusubramanian, MSN, FNP-BC
![Page Muthusubramanian, MSN, FNP-BC](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/default.jpg)
Page Muthusubramanian, MSN, FNP-BC
PACE Clinic-Department of Anesthesiology
![Lauren New, MSN, FNP-C](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/default.jpg)
Lauren New, MSN, FNP-C
![Lauren New, MSN, FNP-C](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/default.jpg)
![Emily Nunn, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/suits/Nunn.jpg)
Emily Nunn, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
![Emily Nunn, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/suits/Nunn.jpg)
Emily Nunn, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
PACE Clinic-Department of Anesthesiology
Email: Emily.Nunn@VCUHealth.org
![Melissa Palentino, MSN, FNP](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/default.jpg)
Melissa Palentino, MSN, FNP
![Melissa Palentino, MSN, FNP](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/default.jpg)
Melissa Palentino, MSN, FNP
PACE Clinic-Department of Anesthesiology
![Brynn Weimorts MSN, FNP-BC,CNRN](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/default.jpg)
Brynn Weimorts MSN, FNP-BC,CNRN
![Brynn Weimorts MSN, FNP-BC,CNRN](/media/anesthesiology-dev/content-assets/images/anesthesiology-headshots/headshots/default.jpg)
Brynn Weimorts MSN, FNP-BC,CNRN
PACE Clinic-Department of Anesthesiology
Email: Brynn.Walls@vcuhealth.org