David C. Mackey, MD
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Gastroenterology, Hepat,& Nutr, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Professor, Gastroenterology, Hepat,& Nutr, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1979 | University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, US, MD |
| 1975 | Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, US, Biology, BA |
Postgraduate Training
| 1987-1988 | Clinical Fellowship, Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain Management, Virginia Mason Clinic, Seattle, Washington |
| 1985-1987 | Clinical Residency, Anesthesiology, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas |
| 1980-1982 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri |
| 1979-1980 | Clinical Internship, Categorical Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2013 | American Board of Anesthesiology: Certification in Pain Medicine |
| 2008 | American Board of Medical Quality |
| 2007 | Texas Medical Board |
| 2003 | American Board of Anesthesiology: Certification in Pain Medicine |
| 2002 | Arizona State Licensure- Retired |
| 1993 | American Board of Anesthesiology: Certification in Pain Medicine |
| 1990 | Kansas State Licensure- Retired |
| 1990 | FL State License Status Retired |
| 1988 | American Board of Anesthesiology |
| 1982 | Washington State Board Licensure- Retired |
| 1982 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
| 1980 | Missouri State Board License- Retired |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2010
Associate Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 2002 - 2006
Assistant Professor, Mayo Medical School, Jacksonville, FL, 1992 - 2002
Instructor, Mayo Medical School, Jacksonville, FL, 1990 - 1992
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Director of Practice Performance and Metrics, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2007
Chief, Block Room and Acute Pain Service, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 2003 - 2005
Medical Director, Hospital Pain Service, Shands Hospital at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2003 - 2005
Chief, Orthopedic Anesthesia Clinical and Educational Services, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 1999 - 2002
Chief Resident, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, 1986 - 1987
Other Professional Positions
Executive Oversight Committee- Chair, Texas Medical Association, Austin, Texas, 2015 - 2016
Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Texas Surgical Quality Collaborative, Austin, TX, 2012 - 2017
Member, Quality Improvement Oversight Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2008 - 2014
Member, Physician Board of Directors, Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, FL, 1996 - 2002
Florida Pain Commission- Member, Florida Pain Commission, 1994 - 1998
Consultant in Anesthesiology and Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 1993 - 2002
Medical Advisory Committee/Florida Board of Medicine/Florida Agency for Health Care Administration- Member, Florida Board of Medicine, Florida, 1993 - 1997
Major- U.S. Air Force, U.S Air Force, 1991 - 1991
Senior Associate Consultant in Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 1990 - 1993
Assistant Chief, Department of Anesthesiology, Eglin Air Force Base Hospital, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 1988 - 1990
Chief, Anesthesiology Pain Service, Eglin Air Force Base Hospital, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 1988 - 1990
Major- U.S. Air Force, U.S Air Force, 1983 - 1990
Chief, Department of Internal Medicine, Fairchild Air Force Base Hospital, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, 1983 - 1985
Assistant Chief, Department of Internal Medicine, Fairchild Air Force Base Hospital, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, 1982 - 1983
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Mobile Strategy Steering Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2015 - 2018
Member, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Education Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2013 - Present
Member, Clinical Revenue Cycle Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2009 - 2014
Member, Quality Improvement Oversight Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2008 - 2014
Member, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Performance Improvement Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2006 - Present
Member, Fringe Benefits Committee, University of Florida College of Medicine, 2003 - 2006
Member, Cancer Committee, Mayo Clinic, 1994 - 2002
Member, Information Services Committee, Mayo Clinic, 1993 - 1994
Member, Quality Committee, Mayo Clinic, 1991 - 1993
Member, Intensive Care Unit Committee, Eglin Air Force Base Hospital, 1988 - 1990
Chair, Intensive Care Unit Committee, Eglin Air Force Base Hospital, 1983 - 1985
Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Fairchild Air Force Base Hospital, 1983 - 1985
Honors & Awards
| 2004 | Distinguished Service Award, Florida Society of Anesthesiologists |
| 2004 | Meritorious Physician Commitment Award, American Academy of Anesthesiologists Assistants |
| 1997 | Distinguished Service Award, Florida Board of Medicine/Florida Department of Health |
| 1996 | Distinguished Service Award, Florida Cancer Pain Initiative |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2018. The Impact of Procedural Care Delivery on Healthcare System Economics. Conference. Methodist Hospital. Houston, TX, US.
- 2006. Grand Rounds: Seizure Following Regional Blockade. Conference. University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology Case Conference. Gainesville, FL, US.
- 2005. Grand Rounds: Labor Analgesia. Conference. University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology. Gainesville, FL, US.
- 2003. Grand Rounds: Laryngeal Mask Airway. Conference. University of Florida Airway Workshop. Gainesville, FL, US.
- 1998. Perioperative Pain Management. Conference. Memorial Hospital West Volusia. DeLand, FL, US.
- 1996. Acute Pain Management and Perioperative Outcome. Conference. Jacksonville Naval Air Station Hospital. Jacksonville, FL, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2025. Be Like Wayne Gretsky: Your Group Should Skate to Where Procedural Care Delivery Is Going to Be, Not to Where it is Now!. Poster. Texas Society of Anesthesiologists 2025 Annual Conference. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2024. The Future of Medicine in 40 Minutes: Patient Care Will Prosper, Everything Else…Not So Much!. Conference. Texas Medical Association: 2024 Business of Medicine Conference. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2024. The Future of Anesthesiology: Only the Paranoid will Survive. Conference. Texas Society of Anesthesiologists 2024 Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2023. The Migration of Surgical/Procedural Care Delivery to Independent Ambulatory Centers: Economic Disaster for Hospitals, Unprecedented Opportunity for Physicians and Patients. Conference. Texas Medical Association- Business of Medicine Conference. Lost Pines, TX, US.
- 2023. The Impending Collapse of U.S. Hospital-Based Health Care Delivery. Conference. Texas Medical Association 2023 Annual Meeting. Fort Worth, TX, US.
- 2022. Medical Practice and the Transition to Retail Health Care Delivery. Conference. Texas Medical Association 2022 Annual Meeting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2018. Enhanced Perioperative Recovery and the Future of Surgical Care. Conference. Texas Medical Association Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2017. Quantum Leaps in Advancing Perioperative Care in Texas: Panel Discussion of Leaders. Conference. Texas Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2017. The Role of Procedural and Surgical Care in Bending the Healthcare Cost Curve. Conference. Texas Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2012. The Future of Perioperative Care: Are Anesthesiologists Preparing for Tomorrow or Living in the Past?. Conference. Texas Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2008. Why Medical Errors Occur. Conference. 2008 Texas Anesthesia Conference for Obstetrics. Houston, TX, US.
- 2000. End-of-Life Issues: Pain and Symptom Management. Conference. Florida Medical Association Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL, US.
- 1996. Current Concepts in Cancer Pain Management. Conference. Florida Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL, US.
- 1996. Acute Pain Management and Perioperative Outcome. Conference. Jacksonville Society of Post Anesthesia Nurses Regional Meeting. Jacksonville, FL, US.
- 1995. The Role of the Anesthesiologist in Cancer Pain Management. Conference. Florida Cancer Pain Initiative Annual Meeting, Program Committee. Tampa, FL, US.
- 1995. Acute Pain Management. Conference. Mayo Regional Visiting Faculty Program, St. Joseph's Hospital. Savannah, GA, US.
- 1995. Cancer Pain and Symptom Management: Contemporary Techniques and Resources, Program Chair. Conference. St. Luke's Hospital Seminar Series. Jacksonville, FL, US.
- 1995. The Importance of the Anesthesiologist in Surgical Outcome. Conference. American Association of Retired Persons. Jacksonville, FL, US.
- 1994. Postoperative Pain Management: Is It Really Worth the Extra Effort in Your Practice?. Conference. Florida Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. St. Petersburg, FL, US.
- 1994. The New Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pain Management: Do They Affect You?. Conference. Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Annual Clinical Reviews. Jacksonville, FL, US.
- 1992. Grand Rounds: Modern Trends in Cancer Pain Management, Beyond the OR: An Anesthesiologist's Approach to the Control of Pain. Conference. Mayo Clinic Jacksonville. Jacksonville, FL, US.
- 1992. Modern Trends in Cancer Pain Management. Conference. Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Annual Clinical Reviews. Jacksonville, FL, US.
- 1992. Modern Trends in Cancer Pain Management. Conference. Jacksonville Society of Post Anesthesia Nurses Regional Meeting. Jacksonville, FL, US.
National Presentations
- 2025. How ASCs Can Approach Big Payer Challenges. Invited. Becker’s 31st Annual Business and Operations of ASCs. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2025. Strategies to Circumvent the Anesthesia Shortage. Poster. Becker’s 31st Annual Business and Operations of ASCs. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2025. Orthopedic Practice Growth for the Next 5 Years. Poster. Becker’s 22nd Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC + The Future of Spine Conference Chicago. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2024. Threats and Opportunities on the Horizon in Spine Surgery. Invited. Becker’s 21st Annual Spine, Orthopedics, and Pain Management ASC Conference. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2023. Consolidation Without Sacrifices: How ASCs Can Expand Market Power Without Losing Autonomy. Invited. Becker’s 29th Annual Business & Operations of ASCs. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2023. Red Flags That Can Break ASC-Hospital Relationships. Invited. Becker’s 29th Annual Business & Operations of ASCs. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2023. Cost Outlook For Orthopedic and Spine Surgery. Invited. Becker's 20 Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2022. Run a Tight Ship: What ASC Operations Look Like at Their Best. Invited. Becker's 28th Annual Business and Operations of ASCs. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2019. Recurrent Errors in Group Management. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2019 Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2019. High Deductible Patient Plans, Consumerism, and the Evolving Role of Patients Becoming Payers. Invited. Becker's 5th Annual Health I.T. and Revenue Cycle Conference. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2019. The Role of IT in Driving Innovation and the Evolving Healthcare Landscape. Invited. Becker's 5th Annual Health I.T. and Revenue Cycle Conference. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2019. Winners and Losers in U.S. Healthcare Reform. Invited. Becker's 10th Annual Hospital Review Conference. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2018. Session Moderator, Perioperative Medicine Poster Session. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologist 2018 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2018. Session Moderator, Perioperative Medicine Poster Session. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologist 2018 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2018. The Impact of Procedural Care Delivery on Healthcare System Economics. Invited. Becker's Healthcare 4th Annual Health I.T. and Revenue Cycle Conference. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2018. Key Health Information Technology Issues Today. Invited. Becker's Hospital Review 9th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2016. Clinical Integration, Population Health, the Perioperative Surgical Home, and The Evolution of Perioperative Care Delivery. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2016. Nothing New Under the Sun. What the Pioneers of Intrathecal Anesthesia Understood About Its Physiologic Actions and Clinical Applications. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2016. Perioperative Management and Leadership Development: Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way!. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2015. The End of Anesthesia As We Know It: The Perioperative Surgical Home, Optimized Perioperative Care, and Global Accountability. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2015 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2015. Recurrent Errors In Anesthesiology Group Management: The Saga Continues. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2015 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2015. Current State and Future Oncological Critical Care. Invited. UTMD Anderson Global Academic Programs GAP 2015 Conference. Houston, TX, US.
- 2014. Successful State Surgical Quality Collaboratives. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2014 Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2013. Michigan and Texas Surgical Quality Collaboratives. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2013 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2013. The Surgical Home Concept in the Era of ACO's and Bundled Payments: How Anesthesiology Must Evolve and Add Value to Healthcare Systems. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2013 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2013. Recurrent Errors in Anesthesiology Group Management. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2013 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2013. The Surgical Home. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Practice Management Conference. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2012. Setting up a quality program in your practice. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference on Practice Management. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2011. State Surgical Quality Initiatives: What They Are and Why You Should Start One in Your State. Invited. The American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting: Anesthesiology 2011. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2011. Resident Research Forum Professor Rounds. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2011 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2011. Recurrent Errors in Anesthesiology Group Management: The "ASA Top 10". Invited. The American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting: Anesthesiology 2011. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2011. National Outcome Registries: Evolution and Value. The Landscape of Registries. Invited. The American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting: Anesthesiology 2011. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2011. Anesthesia Concerns in the Elderly. Invited. America College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Annual Meeting. Boston, MA, US.
- 2010. Recurrent Errors in Anesthesiology Group Management: The "ASA Top 10". Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2010 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2010. The Path to Anesthesiologist Assistant Licensure: How? Why?. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2010 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2010. The Implications of Patient Outcomes Registries for the Practice of Anesthesiology: Where Are We Now, and Where Are We Going?. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2010 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2010. Resident Research Forum Professor Rounds. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2010 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 2009. Recurrent Errors in Anesthesiology Group Management: The "ASA Top 10". Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2009 Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2009. The Implications of Patient Outcomes Registries for the Practice of Anesthesiology: Where Are We Now, and Where Are We Going?. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2009 Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2009. Resident Research Forum Professor Rounds. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2009 Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2009. The Critical Impact of National Surgical Quality Databases: From Public Health Policy to Bedside. Invited. American College of Medical Quality Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA, US.
- 2009. Perioperative Outcomes Registries. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference on Practice Management. Phoenix, AZ, US.
- 2009. Does An Acute Perioperative Pain Service Have Any Practical Value?. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference on Practice Management. Phoenix, AZ, US.
- 2008. How Do I Bring Anesthesiologists Assistants Into My Practice?. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2008 Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2008. Perioperative Patient Data Registries: What ASA Members Need to Know and Why?. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2008 Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2008. Resident Research Forum Professor Rounds. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2008 Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2008. Six Sigma and Quality Management. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Practice Management Meeting. Tampa, FL, US.
- 2007. Why Medical Errors Occur. Invited. Society for Airway Management Annual Meeting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2007. Obtaining Institutional Support for Your Practice. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Practice Management Meeting. Phoenix, AZ, US.
- 2006. The Academic Pain Practice: Can It Survive?. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2006. My Hospital Has Just Issued an RFP for Anesthesia Services! Now What?. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2006. Management of Academic Anesthesiology Practices. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference on Practice Management. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2005. Employing CRNA's. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference on Practice Management. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2004. Academic Anesthesiology Training Programs: Should You Secede From the Medical School to Better Meet Your Academic and Clinical Missions? (Panel). Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2001. Setting Up a Pain Medicine Practice: Pitfalls and Solutions. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2001. Describing Death in America (Workshop). Invited. Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC, US.
- 2000. Ankle/Popliteal Blocks. Invited. American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2000. Office Surgery: Significance, Problems, and Pitfalls. Invited. Topics in Anesthesia and Anesthesia Equipment. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2000. Office Surgery-Lessons to be Learned from the Florida Experience. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Office Based Surgery Training Program. Miami, FL, US.
- 1999. Femoral/Sciatic/Obturator Nerve Blocks. Invited. American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA, US.
- 1999. Office-Based Anesthesia Initiatives. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Washington Legislative Conference. Washington, DC, DC, US.
- 1998. State of Florida Controlled Substances Prescription Regulatory Environment. Invited. Prescription Monitoring Programs and Pain Management. Madison, WI, US.
- 1998. Pain Control in Cancer Patients. Invited. Mayo Advances in Clinical Anesthesiology. Amelia Island, FL, US.
- 1997. Implications of a National Pain Management Outcome Database. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 1997. The History of Spinal Drug Delivery. Invited. Spinal Drug Delivery 1997: Anatomy, Kinetics, and Toxicology. Del Mar, CA, US.
- 1996. Outcome Measures in Pain Management-1996: A Political Point of View. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 1996. State Pain Commissions. Invited. Alliance of State Cancer Pain Initiatives 7th Annual Meeting. Austin, TX, US.
- 1996. Brachial Plexus Block-Techniques Below the Clavicle. Invited. American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 1996. Brachial Plexus Block-Techniques Below the Clavicle. Invited. American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, US.
- 1996. Dealing with Low Back Pain-Medical and Legal Challenges. Invited. Mayo Advances in Clinical Anesthesiology. Amelia Island, FL, US.
- 1996. Management of Pain in the Patient with Cancer. Invited. Mayo Clinic Sixth Annual Topics in Anesthesiology. Scottsdale, AZ, US.
- 1995. Gaston Labat and Regional Anesthesia. Invited. Anesthesia History Association Annual Spring Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA, US.
- 1994. Phantom Pain: Anesthesia Evaluation and Management, The Lower Extremity Amputee: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Invited. Mayo Clinic. Rochester, MN, US.
International Presentations
- 2014. What is Quality?. Invited. Conference on Quality Registers. Stockholm, SE.
- 2001. Ankle/Popliteal Blocks. Invited. American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting. Vancouver, CA.
- 1998. Spinal Opioid Administration: Why Did It Take So Long For This Clinical Technique to Emerge?. Invited. Anesthesia History Association Annual Spring Meeting. Toronto, CA.
Formal Peers
- 2024. Grand Rounds: Only the Paranoid will Survive: The Economic Impact of Consumer Forces in Medical Education. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Grand Rounds: Implications of the Migration of Surgical/Procedural Care to Ambulatory Centers. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2022. Grand Rounds: Medical Practice and the Transition to Retail Health Care Delivery. Visiting. Galveston, TX, US.
- 2022. Grand Rounds: The Growth of Retail Health Care Delivery, Where Access, Value, and Price Transparency Are the Keys To Medical Practice Success. Visiting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2010. Journal Club: Managing Yourself. Visiting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2010. Grand Rounds: What is Medical Quality? It's Not What You Think!. Visiting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2009. Grand Rounds: What is quality? (Hint: It's Not What You Think!). Houston, Texas, US.
- 2006. Grand Rounds: The Promise of Acute Pain and Symptom Management: A Promise Unfulfilled. Houston, Texas, US.
- 1997. Grand Rounds: Anesthesiology: Acute Post Operative Pain Management. Visiting. Rochester, MN, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 1997 - 1998 |
| Title: | Pain Management Education Outreach Project |
| Funding Source: | Jesse Ball du Pont Foundation and St. Luke's Hospital |
| Role: | Co-I |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Mackey DC. Can we finally conquer the problem of medical quality? The systems-based opportunities of data registries and medical teamwork. Anesthesiology 117(2):225-6, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22576143.
- Vila H, Soto R, Cantor A, Mackey D. A comparative outcomes analysis of procedures performed in physicians' offices and ambulatory surgery centers. Arch Surg 138:991-995, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Ott MC, Meschia JF, Mackey DC, Brodersen MP, Burger C, Echols JD, Fenton DS. Cerebral embolization presenting as delayed, severe obtundation in the postanesthesia care unit after total hip arthroplasty. Mayo Clin Proc 75(11):1209-1213, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11075754.
- Mulroy MF, Neal JM, Mackey DC, Harrington BE. 2-Chloroprocaine and bupivacaine are unreliable indicators of intravascular injection in the premedicated patient. Reg Anesth Pain Med 23(1):9-13, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9552772.
- Liu SS, Carpenter RL, Mackey DC, Thirlby RC, Rupp SM, Shine TS, Feinglass NG, Metzger PP, Fulmer JT, Smith SL. Effects of perioperative analgesic technique on rate of recovery after colon surgery. Anesthesiology 83(4):757-765, 1995. e-Pub 1995. PMID: 7574055.
- Thompson RC, Mackey DC, Lane GE, Blackshear JL, Shine TS, Ebener MK, Safford RE. Improved detection of silent cardiac ischemia with a 12-lead portable microprocessor-driven real-time electrocardiographic monitor. Mayo Clin Proc 70(5):434-44, 1995. e-Pub 1995. PMID: 7731252.
- Kopacz DJ, Carpenter RL, Mackey DC. Effect of ropivacaine on cutaneous capillary blood flow in pigs. Anesthesiology 71(1):69-74, 1989. e-Pub 1989. PMID: 2751142.
- Mackey DC, Carpenter RL, Thompson GE, Brown DL, Bodily MN. Bradycardia and asystole during spinal anesthesia: a report of three cases without morbidity. Anesthesiology 70(5):866-68, 1989. e-Pub 1989. PMID: 2655502.
- Carpenter RL, Kopacz DJ, Mackey DC. Accuracy of laser Doppler capillary flow measurements for predicting blood loss from skin incisions in pigs. Anesth Analg 68(3):308-11, 1989. e-Pub 1989. PMID: 2645809.
Invited Articles
- Mackey DC, Grossman AR. Narcotic prescription for pain management in Florida: The physician and the law. J FL Med Assoc 83:673-674, 1996. e-Pub 1996.
Review Articles
- Brown DL, Mackey DC. Management of postoperative pain: influence of anesthetic and analgesic choice. Mayo Clin Proc 68(8):768-777, 1993. e-Pub 1993. PMID: 8392654.
Professional Educational Materials
- Mackey DC, Schweitzer MP. The Future Of Surgical Care In The U.S.: The Relationship of the State Surgical Quality Collaborative Movement to the Optimized Perioperative Care Concept and to the Perioperative Surgical Home, 2014.
- Byrd J, Johnstone RE, Mackey DC, Rosinia F. Making quality pay for anesthesiology groups, 2009.
- Mackey D. Who moved my ether? Are the current stresses of academic anesthesiology due to the changing practice environment, or to a failure to adequately respond to environmental change?, 2005.
- Mackey D. Anesthesiologist assistants: A new direction for the anesthesia care team begins to accelerate (finally!), 2003.
- Mackey DC. Dress for the rest (letter), 2001.
- Mackey DC. Measuring pain management outcome: The political point of view, 1997.
- Shine TSJ, Feinglass NG, Mackey DC. Readers stress that specialty must address issue of post-call fatigue compromising clinical responsibilities and possibly causing patient safety concerns (letter), 1996.
Editorials
- Cima RR, Krapohl GL, Mackey DC, Sahai SK. Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Bureaucracy Flattening. The Keys to Optimal Perioperative Care. American Society of Anesthesiologists Monitor 80(4):30-33, 2016.
- Mackey D. Can We Finally Conquer the Problem of Medical Quality?. Anesthesiology 117:225-226, 2012.
Abstracts
- Vila Jr H, Cantor AB, Mackey DC, Soto RG. A Comparative Outcomes Analysis of Procedures Performed in Florida Physician offices and Ambulatory Surgery Centers. Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia 2003 Annual Meeting, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Vila H, Soto R, Miguel R, Mackey D. k2003 Update: Outcomes Analysis of Procedures Performed in Florida Physician Offices and Ambulatory Surgery Centers. Anesthesiology A-1364, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Vila H, Soto R, Cantor A, Mackey D. Florida office surgery and ambulatory surgery center outcomes following implementation of office regulations. Anesth Analg 96:S-4, 2003. e-Pub 2003.
- Mackey D. Mayo Pancreatic Cancer Pain Study Team: The effect of neurolytic celiac plexus block on pain relief, quality of life and survival in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer. 2002 World Congress on Pain, 2002. e-Pub 2002.
Book Chapters
- Mackey, DC. The History of Spinal Drug Delivery, 1-32, 2024.
- Wong GY, Mantilla C, Wilson JL, Mackey DC, Lamer TL. Outcome Studies in Regional Anesthetic Techniques for Cancer Pain, in Raj PP (ed). In: Textbook of Regional Anesthesia. WB Saunders, 989-1008, 2002.
- Mackey DC. The History of Spinal Drug Delivery, in Yaksh TL (ed). In: Spinal Drug Delivery: Anatomy, Kinetics, and Toxicology. CRC Press, 1-41, 1999.
- Carpenter RL, Mackey DC. Local Anesthetics, in Barash PG, Cullen BF, Stoelting RK (eds). In: Clinical Anesthesia, 3rd ed. JP Lippincott, 413-440, 1997.
- Mackey DC. Physiologic effects of regional block, in Brown DL (ed). In: Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia. WB Saunders, 397-422, 1996.
- Mackey DC. Cardiopulmonary Physiology, in Brown DL (ed). In: Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia. WB Saunders, 92-107, 1996.
- Carpenter RL, Mackey DC. Local Anesthetics, in Barash PG, Cullen BF, Stoelting RK (eds). In: Clinical Anesthesia, 2nd ed. JP Lippincott, 509-541, 1992.
- Mackey DC. Local Anesthetics, in Barash PG, Cullen BF, Stoelting RK (eds). In: Clinical Anesthesia. JP Lippincott, 1989.
Books (edited and written)
- Butterworth JF, Mackey DC, Wasnick JD. Morgan & Mikhail's Clinical Anesthesiology. Ed(s) Seventh edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2022.
- Butterworth JF, Mackey DC, Wasnick JD. Morgan & Mikhail’s Case Studies in Anesthesiology. McGraw-Hill Education, 2020.
- Butterworth JF, Mackey DC, Wasnick JD. Morgan & Mikhail's Clinical Anesthesiology. Ed(s) Sixth edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.
- Butterworth JF, Mackey DC, Wasnick JD. Morgan & Mikhail's Clinical Anesthesiology. Ed(s) Fifth edition. McGraw-Hill Medical, 2013.
Letters to the Editor
- Mackey DC, Ebener MK. Patient-controlled analgesia and the acute pain service in the United States: Health Care Financing Administration policy is impeding optimal patient-controlled analgesia management (reply). Anesthesiology 84: 238, 1996.
- Mackey DC, Ebener MK, Hower BL. Patient-controlled analgesia and the acute pain service in the United States: Health Care Financing Administration policy is impeding optimal patient-controlled analgesia management (letter). Anesthesiology 83: 433-434, 1995.
Patents
- Method and Device for Acute Pain Management by Simultaneous Spinal Cord Electrical Stimulation and Drug Infusion. Patent Number: U.S. 5423877.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified July 22, 2026