German Barbosa-Hernandez, M.D., a board-certified anesthesiologist, has established his medical practice with OU Physicians. He has also been named an assistant professor of anesthesiology for the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Anesthesiologists specialize in the use of drugs and other means to avert or reduce pain in patients, especially during surgery.
Barbosa-Hernandez has specific experience in regional anesthesia (anesthesia affecting a large part of the body) and anesthesia administration during liver transplantation and cardiothoracic surgery.
He completed a fellowship in anesthesia for liver transplantation at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, and an anesthesia residency at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland. He earned his medical degree in Bogota, Colombia.
With more than 600 doctors, OU Physicians is the state’s largest physician group. The practice encompasses almost every adult and child specialty. Many OU Physicians have expertise in the management of complex conditions that is unavailable anywhere else in the state, region or sometimes even the nation. Some have pioneered surgical procedures or innovations in patient care that are world firsts.
OU Physicians see patients in their offices at the OU Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City and at clinics in Edmond, Midwest City and other cities around Oklahoma. When hospitalization is necessary, they often admit patients to OU Medical Center. Many also care for their patients in other hospitals around the metro area. OU Physicians serve as faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and train the region’s future physicians.