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
Faculty
Catherine Cooper, M.D.
Associate Professor
Catherine Cooper, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Undergraduate: B.A. Psychology, University of North Carolina
Graduate: M.D., University of North Carolina
Residency: Anesthesiology, University of Virginia
Interests: Transplant, Vascular, Preoperative Evaluation, Safety & Quality Assurance
Maliha Nowrouz, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Maliha Nowrouz, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Undergraduate: B.S. Business Information Technology (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA)
Graduate: M.D. (Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA)
Residency: Anesthesiology (VCU)
Fellowship: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine (VCU)
Interests: Regional, resident education, ERAS
Email: maliha.nowrouz@vcuhealth.org
Olga Suarez-Winowiski, M.D.
Assistant Professor, PACE Medical Director
Olga Suarez-Winowiski, M.D.
Assistant Professor, PACE Medical Director
Department of Anesthesiology
Medical Director of PACE Clinic, Director of Global Anesthesia Program
Undergraduate: B.S. Biology (Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico)
Graduate: M.D. (Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexico)
Perinatal Anesthesia Fellowship, INPER Mexico
Graduate: MSc Health Services Administration (University of Detroit Mercy, Michigan)
Residency: Anesthesiology (VCU Medical Center)
Interests: Perioperative Medicine. ERAS and prehabilitation. Complex maternal cases. Global anesthesia education
Marie Sankaran-Raval, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Marie Sankaran-Raval, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Undergraduate: B.A., International Relations, (Brown University)
Graduate: M.D., (Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University)
Internship: Internal Medicine ( Brown Medical School)
Residency: Anesthesiology (Boston University School of Medicine)
Fellowship: Pediatric Anesthesiology (Harvard University, Children’s Hospital Boston)
Interests: Pediatric Anesthesia
Lynne Gehr, M.D.
Assistant Professor
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
Jessica Potter, M.D.
Assistant Professor
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
W. Paul Murphy, M.D.
Associate Professor
W. Paul Murphy, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Director of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Undergraduate: B.S. (University of Maryland, MD)
Graduate: M.D. (Wake Forest University School of Medicine, NC)
Residency: Anesthesiology (North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, NC)
Interests: Quality Improvement, International Anesthesia Care, Ultrasound/ TEE, and Medical Technology
Advanced Level Providers
Kathleen Allen, NP
Kathleen Allen, NP
Department of Anesthesiology
Scottie Bowie, CRNA
Scottie Bowie, CRNA
Department of Anesthesiology
Elias D’Alessio, NP
Elias D’Alessio, NP
Department of Anesthesiology
Christina Foster, NP
Christina Foster, NP
Department of Anesthesiology
Ann Ripley, NP
Ann Ripley, NP
Department of Anesthesiology
Julie Varnier, PA
Julie Varnier, PA
Department of Anesthesiology