Clinical Focus


  • Pediatric Anesthesia

Academic Appointments


Professional Education


  • Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesia (2013)
  • Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesia (2012)
  • Fellowship: Stanford University Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship (2012) CA
  • Residency: UCSF Anesthesiology Residency (2011) CA
  • Internship: St. Mary's Medical Center (2008) CA
  • Medical Education: University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine (2007) CA

All Publications


  • Absence of pupillary reflex dilation in response to a laryngeal test stimulus may predict safe tracheal extubation in anesthetized children. Paediatric anaesthesia Abelson, D., Larson, M. D. 2024; 34 (10): 1073-1075

    View details for DOI 10.1111/pan.14949

    View details for PubMedID 38922744

  • Laryngospasm notch pressure ('Larson's maneuver') may have a role in laryngospasm management in children: highlighting a so far unproven technique. Paediatric anaesthesia Abelson, D. 2015; 25 (11): 1175-6

    View details for DOI 10.1111/pan.12731

    View details for PubMedID 26426878