Dr Daniel Kohanchi

Dr. Daniel Kohanchi is a practicing Board Certified Dentist Anesthesiologist who was raised in Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of California Irvine, where he studied biology and obtained his undergraduate degree with honors. He went on to attend dental school at the University of Southern California, where he graduated with high honors. Dr. Kohanchi began his pursuit of training in anesthesiology after discovering that he could combine his dental training with his aptitude for medicine, pharmacology, and physiology. Dr. Kohanchi completed a residency in dental anesthesiology within the top-ranked University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. During his training, Dr. Kohanchi completed rotations in internal medicine, critical care medicine, acute lung disease, cardiology, and pediatric emergency medicine. He also provided anesthesia for a wide variety of surgical procedures and specialties including general surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics, plastic surgery, trauma, orthopedics, thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, vascular surgery, ENT, maxillofacial surgery, dental surgery, and more. One of the greatest advantages to his training was the time spent specifically with dental patients in an office-based setting, where he treated patients of all ages and health statuses. The University of Pittsburgh is home to the Center for Patients with Special Needs, where Dr. Kohanchi treated hundreds of patients who were either turned away by or unable to cooperate with treatment at traditional dental practices and children’s hospitals. Some of the most rewarding work in Dr. Kohanchi’s career involves providing access to care for patients with special needs as well as to children, who are often pre-cooperative or afraid of dental treatment. Dr. Kohanchi is a member of the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists, American Dental Society of Anesthesiology, American Dental Association, California Dental Society of Anesthesiology, and the California Dental Association. He holds certifications in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Basic Life Support (BLS).