MEET OUR FACULTY:
Board Stiff Live® is a private enterprise of board certified, sub-specialty trained, practicing academic anesthesiologists dedicated to one mission, providing an effective board preparation experience to our clients.
Christopher Gallagher started the whole ball rolling when studying for his own oral boards. Why was it so onerous? Why did people fall apart quaking in their wing tips? Why ask why? The point was that the real crux of the situation is that people were not used to talking out loud and defending their points. They had never taken an oral board exam in their lives and this was about to be the first (and most anxiety ridden) experience. Well the answer was quite clear. With the Board Stiff series of books on taking the oral boards, Chris made the opaque clear, the rivers part, and the sun shine. But what no book can do is make you practice with someone who can correct, guide, and critique you ... so Board Stiff the review series begat Board Stiff Live® for the Oral Boards.
But why stop there? Why not offer weekend sessions for the written boards? Why do fools fall in love? The answer is as clear as the federal budget; we apply our highly personalized style to helping clients parse through written questions to find out what in the heck the board is actually asking.
And now our founding fathers…or fondling fathers…or fabulous fathers (for you Will and Grace fans)
Chris Gallagher, MD is a board certified, fellowship trained cardiac anesthesiologist. He is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he is also the Director of Simulation Training. He is a linguist, comedian, and prolific writer of many topics including the much heralded Board Stiff series (Board Stiff, Board Stiff Too, Board Stiff TEE, and Anesthesia Unplugged). He has served as Residency Director and Director of Oral Board Preparation at the University of Miami.
R. Lebron Cooper, MD is a board certified, fellowship trained cardiac anesthesiologist. He is Vice-Chairman for Clinical Operations and Director of Operative Services at the prestigious Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. He is a prolific writer and presenter of countless papers and abstracts (especially when the meetings are in great places!) He is ECHO certified and has served as Director of CVT fellowship, and Director of Medication Safety and Quality Assurance.
Richard Silverman, MD is a board certified neuro-anesthesiolgist and critical care medicine specialist. He can be found polishing Dr's. Gallagher’s and Cooper’s cars and frequently running their errands. In his spare time he is an Assistant Professor of Clinical and Critical Care Anesthesia, Director of Airway Training, and Medical Director for Nurse Anesthesia at the University of Miami. Dr. Silverman is a contributor to Dr. Gallagher’s Books (when ordered to do so). He formerly served as Director for Resident Training at the Debakey Cardiothoracic ICU, Baylor College of Medicine and attending Intensivist at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.About Our Teaching Faculty:
Our faculty consists of board certified academic anesthesiologists with a complete range of sub-specialty training. Why all academic faculty?…besides the fact they all need a little extra money? These are the people that teach professionally. Every day they pimp, question, lecture, write books and articles; this is their territory. Why so many sub-specialists? Because a cardiac anesthesiologist may not know the risks of uterine exteriorization or a neuro-anesthesiologist may not now how to calculate the flow velocity from a TEE and so on and so on….