Edward H. Tsai, MD MBA
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, UT MD Anderson, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2019 | University of Texas Dallas, Richardson, Texas, US, Master of Business Administration -MBA, Concentration in Healthcare Management |
| 2019 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, US, Doctor of Medicine -MD |
| 2014 | Rice University, Houston, Texas, US, B.A in East Asian Studies |
| 2014 | Rice University, Houston, Texas, US, B.A in Biochemistry and Cell Biology |
Postgraduate Training
| 2023-2024 | Fellow Physician, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland |
| 2019-2023 | Resident Physician, Anesthesiology Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2025 | American Board of Anesthesiology |
| 2024 | Texas Medical License |
| 2023 | DEA |
Experience & Service
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Physician Advisor, Utilization Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - 2026
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2026. Recent Instrumentation with a Laryngeal Mask Airway as a Source of Benign Increased 18F-FDG Activity on PET/CT Imaging. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Combined Spinal Epidural (CSE) for Geriatric Lower-Extremity Melanoma Surgery: A Case Report. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Remimazolam’s Role in Awake Flexible Scope Intubations: A Case Report. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Ultrasound-Guided Posterior Quadratus Lumborum Block (QLB) With Catheters for Geriatric Open Abdominal Hernia Repair Surgery: A Case Report. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Ultrasound-guided Thoracic Paravertebral Block for Geriatric Oncological Breast Surgery: A Case Report. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Comparison of Anesthesiologist and Surgeon-Performed Abdominal Wall Blocks in Minimally Invasive Surgery. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Prone Sling: System for Detecting and Mitigating Intraoperative Facial Pressure Injury Events. Poster. Catalyst Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Anesthetic Considerations in Geriatric Oncological Patients: An Institutional Case Series. Poster. Catalyst Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Unexpected Bronchospasm Following Endotracheal Intubation in a Patient Without Known Pulmonary Disease. OnlineOnly. Serenity Courage Wisdom Conference 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Superficial Cervical Plexus Block for Ambulatory Central Venous Catheter Placement in a Patient on Semaglutide. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2025. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Rectus sheath catheters for rescue in recovery room. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2025. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. One Message, Better Practice: Coordinated Efforts that Transformed Liposomal Bupivacaine Use in Perioperative Care. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2025. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Inadvertent administration of Tranexamic Acid (TXA) into the epidural space: a case report. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2025. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Side effects of lymphazurin blue for sentinel lymph node mapping in a pediatric patient. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2025. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2019. Improving Team-Based Communication and Care through Handoff Redesign: An Implementation Science Approach. Poster. UTSW Celebration of Excellence. Dallas, Texas, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2026. Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Phantom Limb Syndrome After Below-Knee Amputation. Poster. TSA 2026. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2026. Remimazolam’s Role in Awake Flexible Scope Intubations: A Case Report. Poster. TSA 2026. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2026. Regional Anesthesia Ultrasound Workshop. Invited. TSA 2026. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2026. PBLD: Considerations for a Supraclavicular Nerve Block in the Presence of a Peripheral Nerve Stimulator. Panelist. TSA 2026. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2025. Superficial Cervical Plexus Block for Ambulatory Central Venous Catheter Placement in a Patient on Semaglutide. Poster. TSA 2025. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2025. One Message, Better Practice: Coordinated Efforts that Transformed Liposomal Bupivacaine Use in Perioperative Care. Poster. TSA 2025. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2025. Rescue Rectus Sheath Catheters Following Emergent Exploratory Laparotomy for Small Bowel Obstruction. Poster. TSA 2025. San Antonio, Texas, US.
National Presentations
- 2026. Epidural Catheter-Associated Meningitis Mimicking Post-Dural Puncture Headache After Oncologic Orthopedic Surgery. Poster. ASA Annual Meeting 2026. San Diego, California, US.
- 2026. When Routine Becomes Misleading: LMA-Associated Airway Inflammation Causing False-Positive 18F-FDG PET/CT Uptake. Poster. ASA Annual Meeting 2026. San Diego, California, US.
- 2026. Anterior Quadratus Lumborum Catheters for Oncologic Abdominal Wall Resection and Flap Reconstruction. Poster. 51st Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona, US.
- 2026. PENG Catheter for Staged Total Hip Arthroplasty Revision – A Case Report. Poster. 51st Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona, US.
- 2026. Chest Wall Blocks as Anesthetic Adjuncts in Oncologic Surgery for High-Risk Patients. Poster. 51st Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona, US.
- 2026. Comprehensive Surgical Block for Axillary Tumor Resection in High-Risk Elderly Patient. Poster. 51st Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona, US.
- 2026. Opioid-Sparing Postoperative Analgesia Using Bilateral Quadratus Lumborum Catheters. Poster. 51st Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona, US.
- 2026. Regional Anesthesia as Primary Anesthetic for Lower Extremity Skin Grafting in a High-Risk Surgical Patient. Poster. 51st Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona, US.
- 2025. Inadvertent administration of Tranexamic Acid (TXA) into the epidural space: a case report. Poster. ASA Annual Meeting 2025. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2025. Brachial Plexus Block for Lymphovenous Bypass Surgery: A Case report. Poster. 50th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting. Orlando, Florida, US.
- 2025. Erector Spinae Plane Block Catheter for Respiratory Rescue Following Open Nephrectomy. Poster. 50th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting. Orlando, Florida, US.
- 2025. External Oblique Intercostal Block in Ostomy Patients: Case Reports. Poster. 50th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting. Orlando, Florida, US.
- 2025. Assessment of Post Discharge Pain Complaints To Improve Patient Experience: A Quality Improvement Project. Poster. 50th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting. Orlando, Florida, US.
- 2024. Improving Value of a Regional Team Service through Billing Optimization. Invited. American Academy of Pain Medicine. Scottsdale, Arizona, US.
- 2023. Intraoperative PVCs in an Otherwise Healthy Teenager Besides Active Marijuana Use. Poster. SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology 2023. Austin, Texas, US.
- 2022. Pink Urine Propagated by Propofol Infusion. Poster. ASA Annual Meeting 2022. New Orleans, Louisiana, US.
- 2021. Improving Perioperative Understanding and Compliance of Blood Bank Utilization at a Level 1 Trauma Center. Poster. Virtual Conference.
- 2021. Improving Perioperative Understanding and Compliance of Blood Bank Utilization at a Level 1 Trauma Center. Poster. ASA Annual Meeting 2021. San Diego, California, US.
- 2021. Large Volume Aspiration on Induction in an Appropriately NPO Polytrauma Patient in the Setting of Recent Intraabdominal Surgery. Poster. ASA Annual Meeting 2021. San Diego, California, US.
- 2021. Preoperative Optimization and Intraoperative Contingency Considerations for Thyroidectomy in Severe Graves’ Disease. Poster. ASA Annual Meeting 2021. San Diego, California, US.
- 2021. Anesthetic Considerations for Pericardial Window in Patient with Large Anterior Mediastinal Mass and Cardiac Tamponade. Poster. SCA 2021 Annual Meeting: Virtual.
- 2021. Anesthetic Challenges in Acute Cardiogenic Shock Secondary to Prosthetic Mitral Valve Dehiscence from Infective Endocarditis. Poster. SCA 2021 Annual Meeting: Virtual.
- 2020. Cardiac Arrest during Endobronchial Ultrasound due to Hypoxemia from a Blood Clot. Poster. ASA Annual Meeting 2020: Virtual.
International Presentations
- 2026. Combined Regional Blockade as Primary Anesthetic for Axillary Tumor Resection in High-Risk Oncologic Patients. Poster. 43rd Annual ESRA Congress. Lisbon, PT.
- 2026. When light becomes a liability: anesthetic implications of photofrin-induced photosensitivity in pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Poster. Euroanesthesia 2026. Rotterdam, NL.
- 2026. Airway Workshop: Lung Isolation Techniques. Invited. MDACC and Chile Cancer Anesthesia Symposium. Santiago, CL.
- 2026. The Role of Perioperative Acute Pain Services. Invited. MDACC and Chile Cancer Anesthesia Symposium. Santiago, CL.
- 2026. Regional Anesthesia Workshop. Invited. MDACC and Chile Cancer Anesthesia Symposium. Santiago, CL.
- 2026. Remimazolam for Procedural Sedation in the Setting of an Interventricular Septum Mass. Poster. Whistler Anesthesiology Summit 2026. Vancouver, CA.
- 2025. Less is More; Awake Tracheostomy For Acute Upper Airway Obstruction Due to Epiglottic Mass. Poster. World Airway Management Meeting (WAMM). Florence, IT.
- 2025. Side effects of isosulfan blue for sentinel lymph node mapping in a pediatric patient. Poster. ESPA Congress 2025. Berlin, DE.
- 2025. Combined paravertebral and pectoserratus plane blocks as the primary anesthetic for a 98-year-old female undergoing right total mastectomy with axillary lymphadenectomy. Poster. 42nd Annual ESRA Congress. Oslo, NO.
- 2025. Cadaveric Evaluation of Local Anesthetic Spread in the Erector Spinae Plane for Abdominal Wall Sensory Blockade in Open Gynecologic Surgery. Poster. 42nd Annual ESRA Congress. Oslo, NO.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Tsai, EH, Gan, TJ. TRPV1 Receptor Modulators. CNS Drugs 40(4):523-534, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41722000.
- Takayama, M, Snyder, RA, Lyu, H, Mensah, CB, Prakash, L, Landry, JP, Tsai, EH, Siddiqui, ZA, Maxwell, JE, Kim, M, Tzeng, CD, Lee, JE, Katz, MH, Ikoma, N. Association Between Intraoperative Hypothermia and Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula. Annals of surgical oncology 32(13):9979-9987, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40935892.
- Takayama, M, Snyder, RA, Lyu, H, Mensah, CB, Prakash, L, Landry, JP, Tsai, EH, Siddiqui, ZA, Maxwell, JE, Kim, M, Tzeng, CD, Lee, JE, Katz, MH, Ikoma, N. Association Between Intraoperative Hypothermia and Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula: Visual Abstract. Annals of surgical oncology 32(13):10056, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41085798.
- Nunez-Rodriguez, E, Mishima, R, Martinez, F, Aveni-Strafile, P, Zheng, G, Hicklen, RS, Tsai, EH, Cata, JP. Stellate ganglion block for preventing postoperative arrhythmias. BMJ open 15(9), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40983576.
- Best G, Tsai E, Deng Y, Ibekwe S. Continuous Superficial Parasternal Intercostal Plane Catheters for Poststernotomy Pain Control. A and A Case Reports 18(5):E01785, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38727098.
- Geoffrion TR, Lynch IP, Hsu W, Phelps E, Minhajuddin A, Tsai E, Timmons A, Greilich PE. An Implementation Science Approach to Handoff Redesign in a Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31706873.
Review Articles
- Nunez-Rodriguez, E, Mishima, R, Martinez, F, Aveni-Strafile, P, Zheng, G, Hicklen, RS, Tsai, EH, Cata, JP. Stellate ganglion block for preventing perioperative arrhythmias. British journal of anaesthesia 136(2):495-506, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41407651.
- Tsai, EH, Nunez-Rodriguez, E, Cata, JP. Stellate ganglion block in perioperative practice. British journal of anaesthesia 136(1):179-196, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41027820.
- Owolabi, A, Tsai, EH. Anesthetic considerations in cancer care. Current opinion in anaesthesiology 38(3):287-293, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40084514.
Other Articles
- Tsai, EH, Nguyen, E, Awad, AA, Ruiz, JR Tracheostomy Tube Pilot Balloon Spring as an Unrecognized Source of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Metallic Artifact. Anesthesiology 143(4):1028-1029, 2025. PMID: 40923825.
- Shilt-Moody N, Tsai E Turning the Tide: The Shift to Climate Change Mitigation. Journal of Healthcare Risk Management:39: 36-41, 2019. PMID: 31087444.
Book Chapters
- Tsai E, Ortega V, Stapleton C, Duffy C, Duplisea J. Perioperative Management of the Genitourinary Oncologic Patient Undergoing Partial/Radical Nephrectomy. In: Oncologic Critical Care, Second Edition. 2. Springer Nature, 2026.
Letters to the Editor
- Tsai, EH, Huang, H, Lai, E, Wang, M, Ruiz, JR. Sitting position, face-to-face rapid sequence intubation with the Airtraq™ video laryngoscope for cancer patients with higher aspiration risk. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 106, 2025.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified October 20, 2026