A Profile of One of Our Physicians

MARK BUONO, MD, Ph.D., Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology
This physician is American and proudly served with the United States Air Force for 12 years. He was trained at our nation's finest Ivy league schools. He also holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemical Engineering from a prominent Food Science and Chemical Engineering School in the Midwest. He is Board Certified.

OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Board Certified, American Board of Anesthesiologists, April 1999
Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, FWBMC, 2003- present
Master Instructor and Ninth Degree Black Belt in Vadha Kempo Karate.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Locum Tenens Cardiac Anesthesiologist, 2004- present
Kansas Heart Hospital
Wichita, Kansas

Locum Tenens Cardiac Anesthesiologist, 2003
Dubois Regional Medical Center
Dubois, Pennsylvania

Cardiac Anesthesiologist, 2002-2003
St Mary Medical Center
Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047

Staff Anesthesiologist, 2000-2002
96th Air Base Wing
Air Force Material Command
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida 32542

Staff Anesthesiologist, 1998–2000
55th Medical Group
Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska

Chief Anesthesia Resident, 1995-1998
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Research Food Technologist, 1990
The Food Research Center, The Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, Michigan

Adjunct Instructor: Microbiology & Food Science, 1989-1990
Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, Michigan

Project Leader, New Product Development, 1990
The Kellogg Company, Battle Creek Michigan

Instructor, Food Science Seminar Presented to Co-Op Farmers in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1989

Senior Packaging Technologist, 1988-1989
The Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, Michigan

Doctoral National Needs Research Fellow, 1985-1988

HONORS & AWARDS:

Meritorious Service Award, USAF, 2001
Air Force Achievement Medal, 2001
Robert B. Sweet Award for Excellence in Anesthesia, 1994
Sigma Xi, National Research Honorary Society
Phi Tau Sigma, Food Science Honorary Society
Omega Chi Epsilon, Chemical Engineering Honorary Society
Distinguished Leadership Award, American Cancer Society, 1990
Excellence Exemplified USDA National Research Council, 1988

EDUCATION:

Doctor of Medicine, 1994
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Doctor of Philosophy,
Food Science/Chemical Engineering, 1988
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Dissertation: "A Chemical Engineering, Microbiological and Sensory Study of Yogurt Made From Soy milk"

Master of Science,
Chemical Engineering, 1985
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Thesis: 'Measurement of Biomass Concentration Using
Microwave Oven and Analysis of Data For Estimation of Specific Rates"

Bachelor of Science,
Chemical Engineering cum laude, 1983
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Thesis: "Analysis of Copolymers For Anaerobic Extractive Fermentation"

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

American Society of Anesthesiologists
International Anesthesia Research Society
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:

Mark Buono, Cardiac Anesthesiology, presentation at Hospital Corporation of America Clinical Cardiovascular Management Network, Jacksonville, Florida, October 17, 2004

Mark Buono, “ The Physiology of Normal Pregnancy”, CME lecture
Series presented for the Institute of Post Graduate Anesthesia, Key
West, Florida; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2000 – 2001.

Mark Buono, “Labor and Delivery Anesthesia and Analgesia”, CME lecture
Series presented for the Institute of Post Graduate Anesthesia, Key
West, Florida; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2000 – 2001.

Mark Buono, “Toxemia of Pregnancy”, CME lecture Series presented for the
Institute of Post Graduate Anesthesia, Key West, Florida; Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2000 – 2001.

Mark Buono, “Anesthetizing the Parturient”, CME lecture
Series presented for the Institute of Post Graduate Anesthesia, Key
West, Florida; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2000 – 2001.

Mark Buono, “ Regional Anesthesia and the First, Second and Third Stages of
Labor”, CME lecture Series presented for the Institute of Post Graduate
Anesthesia, Key West, Florida; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Las Vegas, Nevada,
2000 – 2001.

Mark Buono, “Evaluation of Cardiac Patients for Non Cardiac Surgery”, CME lecture series presented for the Institute for Post Graduate Education, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas; Key West, Florida; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 1999 – 2000.

Mark Buono, “ Evaluation of Valvular Heart Disease Patients for Non Cardiac Surgery”, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas; Key West, Florida; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 1999 – 2000.

Mark Buono, “Anticoagulation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass”, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas; Key West, Florida; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 1999 – 2000.

Mark Buono, “The Hypertensive Patient: Clonidine and Fenoldopam”, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas; Key West, Florida; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 199 – 2000.

Mark A. Buono, Larry E. Erickson, Daniel Y.C. Fung and Ike Jeon, "The Making of Yogurt From Soymilk. Part I:Experimental", Journal of Food Engineerin2 & Preservation, 14, 135, 1990.

Mark A. Buono, Larry E. Erickson and Daniel Y.C. Fung, "The Making of Yogurt
From Soymilk. Part ll:Fermentation by Lactic Acid Bacteria", Journal of Food
Engineering & Preservation, 1-4, 179, 1990.

M.A. Buono, C. Setser, L.E. Erickson and D. Y.C. Fung, "Soymilk Yogurt: Sensory & Chemical Measurement", Journal of Food Science, 55, No.2, 528, 1990.

Mark A. Buono, Larry E. Erickson and Daniel Y.C. Fung, 'A Review of Yogurt Practices & Methods Applied to Soymilk", CRC Press, (in press).

M.A. Buono, C. Setser, L.E. Erickson and Daniel Y.C. Fung, " Soymilk Yogurt:
Sensory & Chemical Measurement, Paper Presented at the National IFT Meeting in Chicago, Illinois,

Mark A. Buono, Fathomed Niroomand, Daniel Y.C. Fung and Larry E. Erickson,
'Destruction of Indigenous Bacillus In Soymilk By Heat", Journal of Food
Protection, 59, 825, 1989.

M.A. Buono, L.E. Erickson,"MakingYogurt From Soymilk", poster presented at the 1988 Agricultural Experiment Station Annual Meeting, Manhattan, Kansas.

D.Y.C. Fung, M.A. Buono, L.E. Erickson and M.D. Oner,"Mixed Culture Interactions in Anaerobic Fermentations", In L.E. Erickson and D.Y.C. Fung (Editors), Anaerobic Fermentation, Marcel Dekker Publisher, New York, 1988.

Mark Anthony Buono, "Yogurt From Soymilk", poster presented at Symposium Honoring U.S.D.A. Food & Agriculture Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellows, Washington, D.C., 1988.

L.E. Erickson, M.A. Buono, J.P. McDonald and A. Gupta,"Utilization of Mass
Spectrophotometry in Biochemical Engineering Research", poster presented at the
Biochemical Engineering Seventh Engineering Foundation Conference, Santa Barber, California 1988.

Mark Anthony Buono,"Yogurt From Soymilk", paper presented at the 1988 American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, National Meeting, Wichita, Kansas.

Mark Buono, Larry Erickson and S. S. Yang, "Comparison of Two Methods of
Selecting Smoothing Spline Functions for Estimation of Specific Rates in
Fermentations", Chemical Engineering Communications special issue dedicated to Arthur E. Humphrey, 45, 145, 1986.

Mark Buono and Larry Erickson, 'Rapid Measurement of Candida utilis Dry Weight Using a Microwave Oven,"Journal of Food Protection, 48, No. 11, 958, 1985.

Mark Buono and John Schulp,"The Influence of the Cellular Surface and the Size of the Absorbing Particle on Adhesion to a Eucaryotic Cell", paper presented at the 1985 American Institute of Chemical Engineers, National Convention, Chicago, Illinois.

Mark Buono and Janice Phillips,"The Use of Imbibitive Copolymers in Extractive
Fermentation", presented at the Thirty-Fourth Annual Middle Atlantic Student
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Conclave, Lehigh University, 1983.