UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Caroline Thomas, MD
Caroline Thomas, MD
UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Director, High Risk Obstetric Anesthesiology
Specialties
- Anesthesiology
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- About
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- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
Caroline Thomas, MD, is a board-certified anesthesiologist who has specialized training in obstetric anesthesia. Dr. Thomas has expertise in providing care for medically and/or surgically complex obstetrics patients. She delivers pain management and anesthesia services to pregnant women during labor and delivery. She provides a variety of types of pain relief for labor and anesthesia for cesarean deliveries. She is also a team member of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease team and the Cardio-Obstetrics team, which aim to help pregnant patients with cardiovascular disease. Dr. Thomas works closely with obstetricians and midwives to ensure the safety and comfort of both the mother and baby during the labor and delivery process.
Along with her commitment to her clinical practice, Dr. Thomas uses research to improve care for women in labor. She investigates the evaluation of heart function during labor, racial disparities in the provision of obstetric anesthesia care, how the provision of obstetric anesthesia impacts fetal outcomes, and anesthesia-related medical education topics. Her work has been published in several peer-review journals, including JAMA Open Network, Anesthesia & Analgesia Practice and International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesiology.
Along with her commitment to her clinical practice, Dr. Thomas uses research to improve care for women in labor. She investigates the evaluation of heart function during labor, racial disparities in the provision of obstetric anesthesia care, how the provision of obstetric anesthesia impacts fetal outcomes, and anesthesia-related medical education topics. Her work has been published in several peer-review journals, including JAMA Open Network, Anesthesia & Analgesia Practice and International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesiology.
Specialties
UChicago Medicine Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine - Hyde Park5758 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago IL 606371-888-824-0200
Board Certifications
- Anesthesiology
- Pediatrics
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency
- Stanford University Pediatrics Residency; University of Chicago-Anesthesia
Fellowship
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital Department of Anesthesiology
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.