Dr. Sheela Pai Cole is a clinical professor of anesthesiology, pain and perioperative medicine and director of grand rounds education at the department of anesthesiology at Stanford University in Palo Alto. Dr. Pai Cole is passionate about educating the next generation of anesthesiology especially in the fields of cardiac anesthesiology, echocardiography, and critical care.
She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Mumbai and moved to the United States to pursue anesthesiology residency at Temple University and went on to complete fellowships in cardiac anesthesiology and critical care at the University of Chicago. She served as assistant and associate professor at Temple University prior to moving to Stanford. Her professional pursuits include being on the board of the Society for Critical Care Anesthesiologists, and a voting member on the medical school admissions committee at Stanford. She is also a member of the writing committee on critical care echocardiography examination with the National Board of Echocardiography, committee member of the Echo Week program committee at the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and has been program chair for several societal annual meetings including American Society of Echocardiography and Society for Critical care anesthesiologists. Her academic interests include imaging for temporary mechanical circulatory support, 3D echo-imaging, acute kidney injury, patient centered communication and physician well-being and burnout. She lives in Redwood City, CA with her husband and rescue puppy Major and enjoys swimming, skiing, hikes, and photography.