Dr. Sessler attended medical school at Columbia University, and subsequently completed pediatric and anesthesia residencies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published a book on therapeutic hypothermia and more than 875 full research papers including two-dozen in the New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet. More than 120 of his papers were accompanied by editorials, and more than two-dozen were cover articles for major anesthesia journals since 2010. His papers have been cited more than 55,000 times in peer-reviewed articles — making him the world’s most published and cited anesthesiologist. He is among the top 0.02% of cited scientists in any field. Dr. Sessler founded and directs the Outcomes Research Consortium. The Consortium is the world’s largest anesthesia research group, and publishes a full paper every 2.5 days.