Meet the Doctor

Dr. Alann Solina
Dr. Solina presently serves as Professor, Vice Chairman, and Chief of the Division of
Cardiac Anesthesia. Dr. Solina joined the faculty at RWJMS in 1991 after completing an
Internal Medicine residency at St. Josephs Medical Center, an Anesthesia residency at
Beth Israel Medical Center in N.Y., and a cardiac anesthesia fellowship at Pennsylvania
State University at Hershey Medical Center. The first cardiac anesthesia team was
formed under his leadership in 1995. He also developed the RWJMS Cardiac Anesthesia
Fellowship Program at that time. Under his leadership, the Cardiac Anesthesia team has
developed and significantly participated in many important initiatives and programs
including; the utilization of inhaled nitric oxide to treat refractory pulmonary
hypertension (first program in N.J.), Fast Track Cardiac Anesthesia (first program in
N.J.), anesthesia management for heart transplantation, robotic surgery, and minimally
invasive valve surgery with percutaneously placed venous drainage and cardioplegia
catheters (first in N.J.). The cardiac anesthesia fellowship program at RWJMS was the
first in N.J. to be certified by the ACGME.