Zana Borovcanin

Zana Borovcanin, M.D., M.Sc. is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Chief of the Division of General Anesthesiology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York. Originally from Sarajevo, Bosnia, Dr. Borovcanin graduated from the University of Sarajevo Medical School in 1984. She obtained her Masters of Science in Clinical Immunology from University of Zagreb, Croatia in 1990. She completed her anesthesiology residency training at State University of New York at Buffalo in 2001.

Dr. Borovcanin has been a faculty member in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry since 2004. She is the Founding Director of the Advanced Airway Management Program for the Department of Anesthesiology. This program, which was developed and implemented in 2007, involves a rotation in advanced airway techniques for senior residents, and a semiannual Difficult Airway Workshop. She also serves as the Director of the Advanced Airway Management Track of the annual University of Rochester Anesthesia Symposium. Dr. Borovcanin is the recipient of the Best Teacher Award for Teaching Excellence in Anesthesiology at the University of Rochester.

Dr. Borovcanin’s clinical interests and expertise include advanced airway management of the patients undergoing head and neck procedures, otolaryngologic, maxillofacial and orthognathic surgical procedures. Her medical education interests include a multidisciplinary approach to education and outcome research in difficult airway management. She has authored articles in clinical research in video laryngoscopy and education in advanced airway management.