Nick Dalesio, MD, MPH
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Nick Dalesio
Professional Titles
- Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Clinical Operations
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Dr. Nicholas Michael Dalesio is an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is pediatric anesthesiology.
Dr. Dalesio received his undergraduate degree in cell biology/molecular genetics from the University of Maryland. He earned his medical degree from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and completed his anesthesiology residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Dalesio performed a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia before joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins.
In addition to pediatric anesthesiology, Dr. Dalesio has a special interest in sleep-disordered breathing and obstructive sleep apnea in children, difficult airway management in children and craniofacial reconstructive surgery in children.
He is a member of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesiology, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Board of Anesthesiology and the Maryland Society of Anesthesiology.
Centers and Institutes
Clinical Trial Keywords
Sleep apnea, obstructive; Tonsillectomy; Obesity; Biomarkers, pharmacological
Clinical Trials Summary
Predicting Risk Factors in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Undergoing Adenotonsillectomy Surgery
Additional Academic Titles
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Research Interests
Imaging techniques of the pediatric airway, Pre-operative predictors of peri-operative respiratory complications in children with sleep-disordered breathing and obstructive sleep apnea, The effects of anesthesiology and pharmacology on upper airway physiology
Lab Website
Nicholas Dalesio Lab
- Research in the Nicholas Dalesio Lab is currently examining pre-surgical predictors of post-surgical respiratory complications in children with obstructive sleep apnea and sleep-disordered breathing; the impact of anesthesia and pharmacological agents on upper airway physiology; and techniques for pediatric airway imaging.
Research Summary
Dr. Nicholas Michael Dalesio is currently pursuing research projects focused on pre-operative predictors of peri-operative respiratory complications in children with sleep-disordered breathing and obstructive sleep apnea; the effects of anesthesiology and pharmacology on upper airway physiology; and imaging techniques for the pediatric airway.
Selected Publications
- Fiadjoe JE, Gurnaney H, Dalesio N, Sussman E, Zhao H, Zhang X, Stricker PA. “A prospective randomized equivalence trial of the GlideScope Cobalt® video laryngoscope to traditional direct laryngoscopy in neonates and infants.” Anesthesiology. 2012 Mar;116(3):622-8. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318246ea4d.
- Duane TM, Dechert T, Dalesio N, Wolfe LG, Aboutanos MB, Malhotra AK, Ivatury RR. “Is blood sugar the next lactate?” Am Surg. 2006 Jul;72(7):613-7; discussion 617-8.
- Gaydos CA, Theodore M, Dalesio N, Wood BJ, Quinn TC. “Comparison of three nucleic acid amplification tests for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in urine specimens.” J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Jul;42(7):3041-5.
- Dalesio N, Marsiglia V, Quinn A, Quinn TC, Gaydos CA. “Performance of the MagNA pure LC robot for extraction of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae DNA from urine and swab specimens.” J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Jul;42(7):3300-2.
Memberships
- American Board of Anesthesiology
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Maryland Society of Anesthesiology
- Society of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Graduate School, MPH, 2019Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Fellowship, Pediatric Anesthesiology, 2011Yale New Haven Health
Residency, Anesthesiology, 2010Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2006Board Certifications
Pediatric Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology, 2015Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology, 2011Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)