Joanna A Kountanis, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Program Associate
Anesthesiology and Assistant Medical Director
Anesthesiology
Medical School
University of Michigan Medical School
Department of Anesthesiology
1500 East Medical Center Drive SPC 5278, L3622 University Hospital South
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5278
Department of Anesthesiology
1500 East Medical Center Drive SPC 5278, L3622 University Hospital South
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5278
Available to mentor
Joanna A Kountanis, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
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Qualifications
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MDWayne State Medical School, 540 East Canfield Street, Detroit, MI, MI, 48201, United States
2000 - 2004
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BSUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, MI, United States
1996 - 2000
Center Memberships
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Center MemberEisenberg Family Depression Center
Recent Publications
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Singh S, Klumpner TT, Rajala B, Li J, Servin M, Schumacher R, Carver A, Pancaro C, Barrios N, Yuan Y, Mentz G, Kountanis JA. Bja Open, 2026 Mar 1; 17:Journal ArticleAssociation of the dose of maternal general anaesthesia during Caesarean delivery with 5-minute Apgar scores: a retrospective single centre cohort study
DOI:10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100534 -
Maxwell S, Rajala B, Schechtman , Kountanis J, Singh S, Klumpner T, Cassidy R, Zisblatt L, Healy D, Engoren M, Cooke J, Pancaro C. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, 2025 Aug 21; 45 (3): 177 - 178.Journal ArticleDevelopment of the Obstetric Unanticipated Difficult Video-laryngoscopy Algorithm Through a Quality Improvement Randomized Open-label In Situ Simulation Study
DOI:10.1097/01.aoa.0001125608.91276.c0 -
Klumpner TT, Arnolds DE, Kountanis JA, Colquhoun DA, Tremper KK. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2025 Aug 1; 146 (2): e53 - e54.Journal ArticlePregnancy-Related Mortality in California Due to Obstetric Hemorrhage
DOI:10.1097/AOG.0000000000005982 -
Kountanis JA, Muzik M, Mentz G, Zhao X, Vlisides PE. Frontiers of Women’s Health, 2024 Jan 11;Journal ArticleGlucocorticoids after birth trauma and the associated risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder: a non-randomized open-label pilot trial
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Kountanis JA, Vogel TM. Anesth Analg, 2024 Dec 1; 139 (6): 1156 - 1158.Journal ArticleUnveiling the Anesthesiologist's Impact on Childbirth-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
DOI:10.1213/ANE.0000000000006991 PMID: 39718977 -
Maxwell S, Rajala B, Schechtman SA, Kountanis JA, Singh S, Klumpner TT, Cassidy R, Zisblatt L, Healy DW, Engoren M, Cooke JM, Pancaro C. Int J Obstet Anesth, 2024 Nov; 60: 104245Journal ArticleDevelopment of the obstetric unanticipated difficult video-laryngoscopy algorithm through a quality improvement randomized open-label in situ simulation study.
DOI:10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104245 PMID: 39236438 -
Maxwell S, Rajala B, Schechtman SA, Kountanis JA, Singh S, Servin M, Klumpner TT, Cassidy R, Zisblatt L, Healy DW, Engoren M, Cooke JM, Pancaro C. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia, 2024 Jan 10; 60: 104245 - 104245.Journal ArticleDevelopment of the unanticipated obstetric difficult videolaryngoscopy algorithm through a prospective randomized open-label in situ simulation study
DOI:10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104245 -
2023 Dec 13;PresentationSOAP: When Things Don't Go Well on the Obstetric Floor - Navigating Difficult Clinical Scenarios and Complications
Featured News & Stories
Department News
Joanna Kountanis, MD, named A&A Practice section editor
Joanna Kountanis, MD, was named A&A Practice section editor
Department News
Fourteen faculty promotions announced
The University of Michigan Regents approved 14 Department of Anesthesiology faculty promotions during their May 2023 meeting. Promotions will go into effect September 1.
Department News
Joanna Kountanis, M.D., serves as an inaugural research scout
The program, funded through the U-M Medical School Office of Research, provides funding for researchers to invest in the bold, novel ideas of others.
