Dr. Sessler is the Michael Cudahy Professor and Chair of the Department of Outcomes Research at the Cleveland Clinic. He is also Director of the Outcomes Research Consortium: the Consortium is the world's largest clinical anesthesia research group and publishes a full paper every 3 days. He is an editor for Anesthesiology and serves as a reviewer for more than 50 journals. His grants total $50 million. Dr. Sessler has published more than 700 full research papers which have been cited more than 30,000 times making him the world's most published anesthesiologist. His awards include a Fulbright Fellowship and the ASA Excellence in Research prize.