Appendix 1. Members of the Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty Group

Angela Bader MD, MPH:Specialty: Anesthesiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Director of Weiner Center for Preoperative Evaluation, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Joshua Beckman MD, MS: Specialty: Cardiology-Vascular Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Director of Cardiovascular Fellowship Program, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Darin Correll MD: Specialty: Anesthesiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Director of Postoperative Pain Management Service, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Philip Faris MD: Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery (Hip & Knee)
St Francis Medical Group, Center for Hip & Knee Surgery, Hartford, CT, USA

Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle MD: Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery (Hip & Knee)
Hospital for Special Surgery, Associate Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

Steven B. Haas MD: Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery (Hip & Knee)
Hospital for Special Surgery, Associate Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Chief of Knee Service at Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA

Paul Heerdt MD, PhD: Specialty: Anesthesiology (General, Cardiac & Cardiothoracic)
New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Professor of Pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medical College, Professor of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

Stephen Incavo MD: Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery (Hip & Knee)
Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA

Raymond Kim MD: Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery (Hip & Knee)
Colorado Joint Replacement, Denver, CO, USA.

Daniel Krauser MD: Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease/Internal Medicine
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell, New York, NY, USA

Jay Lieberman MD: Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery (Hip & Knee)
UConn Health Center, Professor and Chairman of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Director of New England Musculoskeletal Institute, Farmington, CT, USA

Lawrence Levin MD: Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease/Internal Medicine
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell, New York, NY, USA

Carlos Mantilla MD, PhD: Specialty: Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology, Rochester, MN, USA

Madhu Mazumdar PhD, MA, MS: Specialty: Biostatistics

Weill Cornell Medical College, Chief, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, New York, NY, USA

Thomas McCoy MD: Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery (Hip, Knee, & Shoulder)
OrthoCarolina, Charlotte, NC, USA

Stavros Memtsoudis MD, PhD: Specialty: Anesthesiology (Cardiac & Thoracic)

Hospital for Special Surgery, Associate Attending Anesthesiologist, Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

Michael Nurok MBChB, PhD: Specialty: Anesthesiology
Hospital for Special Surgery, Associate Attending Anesthesiologist, New York, NY, USA

Susan M. OdumPhD: Outcomes and Scientific Studies Manager and Health Services
Researcher

OrthoCarolina Research Institute, Charlotte, NC, USA

Michael Parks MD:Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery (Hip & Knee)
Hospital for Special Surgery, Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

Javad Parvizi MD: Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery (Pelvis, Hip & Knee)
Rothman Institute, Director of Clinical Research, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Lazaros Poultsides MD, MS, PhD: Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
Hospital for Special Surgery, Niarchos Foundation International Fellowship, New York, NY, USA

Mohammad R. Rasouli MD: Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Research Fellow, Rothman Institute, at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Linda Russell MD: Specialty: Rheumatology
Hospital for Special Surgery, Assistant Attending Physician, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

Thomas P. Sculco MD: Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery (Hip, Knee, & Arthritis)
Hospital for Special Surgery, Surgeon-in-Chief, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

Rafael Sierra MD: Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
Mayo Clinic, Associate Professor of Orthopedics, Rochester, MN, USA

Gerald Smetana MD: Specialty: Internal Medicine
Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

Bryan Springer MD: Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery (Hip & Knee)
OrthoCarolina, Charlotte, NC, USA

Ottokar Stundner MD: Specialty: Anesthesiology
Anesthesia Research Fellow, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA

Michael K. Urban MD, PhD: Specialty: Anesthesiology (Cardiac & Regional)
Hospital for Special Surgeries, Attending Anesthesiologist, Director of Post Anesthesia Care Unit and Step Down Unit, Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

Aaron Waxman MD, PhD: Specialty: Internal Medicine/Pulmonary Disease
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Director of Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, Boston, MA, USA

Christopher L.Wu MD: Specialty: Anesthesiology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Associate Professor, Chief of the Division of Obstetric & Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain, Board of Directors: American Society of Regional Anesthesia, Baltimore, MD, USA

Steering Committee:

Stavros G. Memtsoudis MD, PhD (Chair), Thomas P. Sculco MD, Mary Hargett, Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle MD, Linda A. Russell MD, Michael Parks MD, Michael Nurok MBChB, PhD

White paper authors:

Stavros G. Memtsoudis MD, PhD, Javad Parvizi MD, PhD, Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle MD, Linda A. RussellMD, Michael Nurok MBChB, PhD, Brian Springer MD, Rafael Sierra MD, Angela Bader MD, Darrin Correll MD, Philip Faris MD, Susan Odum PhD, Raymond Kim MD

Moderators:

Javad Parvizi MD, PhD, Carlos Mantilla MD, PhD, Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle MD, Linda A. Russell MD, Michael Nurok MBChB, PhD

Statement writing group:

Stavros G. Memtsoudis MD, PhD (Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine), Mary Hargett (Education), Javad Parvizi MD, PhD (Orthopaedic Surgery), Linda A. Russell MD (Perioperative Medicine), Ottokar Stundner MD (Anesthesiology), William L. Cats-Baril (Information and Decision Sciences), Thomas P. Sculco MD (Orthopaedic Surgery)