
Dr. Silvia Perez Protto, MD, MS
Anesthesiologist | Critical Care Medicine
9500 Euclid Av T34 Cleveland OH, 44195About
Silvia Perez-Protto, MD, MS is an Anesthesiologist-Critical Care physician originally from Uruguay, South America. She worked as an intensivist transplant coordinator in Uruguay, conducting more than 100 organ donation interviews and organ donor management.
Currently she practices at the Cleveland Clinic Surgical Intensive Care Unit. She is also the director of the Center for End of Life care at the Office of Patient Experience. The center is aimed to standardize the Advance Care Planning and End of Life care with the specific objectives to respect patients’ preferences, improve family experience and foster caregiver resilience. She is the co-author of Death Over Dinner - Healthcare Edition. She is also faculty at the Center for Excellence in Healthcare Communication teaching communication skills to physicians and middle care providers.
She is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine and the president of the Ohio Chapter of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Board Certification
American Board of Anesthesiology
Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology)
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Faculty Titles & Positions
- End of Life Center, Medical Director Cleveland Clinic 2016 - Present
Professional Memberships
- SCCM, ASA
Areas of research
Organ Donation and Transplantation
End of Life Care
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