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Michael Guertin, MD, MBA, CPE, FASA —Outstanding Healthcare Professional

Powell, OH — Michael Guertin, MD, MBA, CPE, FASA, is being recognized by Continental Who’s Who as an Outstanding Healthcare Professional and in acknowledgment of his work at Ohio State University.

Michael Guertin is a Professor and Chief Perioperative Medical Director at Ohio State University, where he has dedicated more than thirty years educating generations of physicians. Dr. Guertin chose the medical field after recovering from a hockey injury in high school and by his mother’s influence who was a nurse anesthetist at the time.

Dr. Guertin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry in 1984, graduating Magna Cum Laude and a Medical Degree in 1988, both from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, MI. He then completed an internship and a residency training program at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, becoming a Chief Resident in 1992. In 2015, Dr. Guertin completed a Master of Business Administration degree at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.

He began his career as an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the Ohio State University Medical Center in 1992, three years later earning the Teacher of the Year Award in his department. Dr. Guertin was a Partner at Premier Anesthesiologists, Ohio Surgery Center from 1998-2013 and was the Medical Director and a Board of Directors member from 2009-2013.

Dr. Guertin has been the Director of the Faculty Leadership Institute at Ohio State University College of Medicine for the past three years, becoming its Chief Perioperative Medical Director in 2021.

Dr. Guertin does speaking engagements discussing primarily anesthesiology, among other medical topics. He recently established the “A Day Away” nonprofit organization, dedicated to hosting fun events (like sports games) for critically ill patients and their families, as a way to create wonderful memories.

Dr. Guertin’s hobbies include golfing, biking, and working out.

For more information, visit https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/.

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