About this site
Quitforsurgery.com is run by a team of anesthesiologists and public health researchers whose goal is to educate both patients and clinicians on the risks of perioperative smoking and how to quit. They have no financial interests in any of the resources included in the site.
David O. Warner, MD
An anesthesiologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, his goal is to improve the health of patients who need surgery and other procedures. He also works with the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCaTS) to train the next generation of researchers who will make discoveries to improve human health.
Margaret Nolan, MD
Dr. Margaret Nolan is a family physician who is currently a preventive medicine faculty at the University of Wisconsin who studies the effects of smoking and smoking cessation efforts.
bret robinson, M.D., B.S.P.H.
Bret completed his anesthesia training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is currently practicing at NYU Langone Health, Tisch Hospital, New York, NY. He created the Quit for Surgery website and the photography appearing on it is his own. His research interests include public health, nutrition and obesity, and perioperative care.