Jessica K. Brown, MD, FASA, FAACD, CMQ
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
FY 2026 Director Anesthesia and critical Care Simulation, Anesthesiology & PeriOper Med, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Division Emergency and Accreditation Preparedness Officer, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, HOUSTON, TX
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2000 | The University of Texas health Science Center, Houston, Texas, US, MD |
| 1996 | The University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, US, BA in Biology |
Postgraduate Training
| 2023-2023 | Certification, Point of Care Ultrasound; Focused cardiac Ultrasound, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 2023-2023 | Certification, Simulation Instructor Course, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California |
| 2004-2005 | Clinical Fellowship, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston |
| 2001-2004 | Clinical Residency, Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
| 2000-2001 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2023 | DEA |
| 2022 | The American Board of Medical Quality |
| 2008 | National Board of Echocardiography, Advanced Perioperative Trans-esophageal Echocardiography |
| 2005 | American Board of Anesthesiology |
| 2004 | Texas Medical Board |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College at Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2007 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kentucky, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2005 - 2019
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
ACB Anesthesiology Section Chief, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2022 - Present
Anesthesia Medical Director of the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, HOUSTON, TX, 2021 - Present
Anesthesiology Co-lead ERAS Breast Oncologic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2021 - 2022
Assistant Clinical Director of Anesthesia, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2021 - Present
Assistant Anesthesia Medical Director for PACU, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 2020 - 2021
Anesthesiology Lead: Enhanced Recovery after Cardiac Surgery, The Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2019
Anesthesiology Lead: Enhanced Recovery after Thoracic Surgery, The Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2013 - 2019
Assistant Clinical Director of Anesthesia: Operating Room Board Runner, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2012 - 2019
Other Professional Positions
Member Design and Development committee for Clinical Services Building: Anesthesia Department, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Fellow of the Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors, Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors, N/A, 2021 - Present
Subject Matter Expert, Enhanced Recovery after Cardiac Surgery Society, Houston, TX, 2018 - Present
Member Advisory Board, Children at Risk New American Children, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2020
Vice President Education, Texas Lyme Disease Association, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2018
Member board of Directors, UNITED2CURE Children Foundation, Houston, TX, 2013 - Present
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Appointee, Workplace Violence Prevention Partnership Council, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - Present
Appointee, Reach Executive Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - Present
Faculty Focus Group Member, Hospital Medicine Department Chair Search, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022 - 2024
Appointee, UT MD Anderson Faculty Senate Appointment, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - 2023
Committee Member, UT MD Anderson Institutional PPE Core Team Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Committee Member, UT MD Anderson Institutional Committee: Malignant Hyperthermia Workgroup, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present
Member, Critical Emergency Response in the Operating Room, Houston Methodist Hospital, 2018 - 2019
Alternate Co-Chair, Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Education Subcommittee, Houston Methodist Hospital, 2018 - 2019
Member, Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Education Subcommittee, Houston Methodist Hospital, 2016 - 2019
Member, Fondren Brown Operating Room Subcommittee, Houston Methodist Hospital, 2007 - 2019
Member, Multiple Organ Transplant Care MPI, Improvement Subcommittee, Houston Methodist Hospital, 2006 - 2007
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Appointee, Professional Development Committee, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, 2021 - Present
Appointee, Practice Management Committee, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, 2021 - Present
Appointee, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesia Committee, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2020 - 2022
Subject Matter Expert, Committee for Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery, Enhanced Recovery after Cardiac Surgery Society (ERACS), 2018 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2023 | Faculty Excellence Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2019 | Awesome Job Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2019 | Awesome Job Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 1996 - 2000 | Basic Science and Clerkship Honors, The University of TX Health Science Center |
| 1996 | Magna Cum Laude, B.A. Biology, University of St. Thomas |
| 1995 - 1996 | Bishop J. E. McCarthy Scholarship for Academic Excellence |
| 1995 - 1996 | Phi Sigma Tau National Philosophy Scholastic Honor Society |
| 1993 - 1996 | Aquinas Honor Society of Academic Honors, University of St. Thomas |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2023. Fire in the Operating Room. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. 2022 Culture of Safety Survey Grand Rounds Discussion. Invited. Anesthesiology Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2019. Preoperative Assessment and management of Aortic Stenosis in the Setting of Noncardiac Surgery. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2004. Grand Rounds Review and Management of Pacemakers and Automatic Internal Cardiac Defibrillators. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, TX, US.
- 2004. Case Report of Intractable Insomnia in a Patient with Spinal Cord Stimulator. Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2003. Perioperative Management of Pheochromocytoma. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2002. Deep Venous Thrombosis in the Intensive Care Unit. Critical Care Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2023. Minimizing Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting. Invited. Advances in Critical care. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2019. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Benefits, Pitfalls and Implementation. Conference. Texas Society of Anesthesiologists. Lost Pines, TX, US.
- 2019. Update on Enhanced Recovery Techniques (ERAS). TSA-TSATT Conference. Lost Pines, Texas, US.
- 2004. Case Report of Intractable Insomnia in a Patient with Spinal Cord Stimulator. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, US.
National Presentations
- 2022. Comparing Pain Between Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery versus Open Thoracotomy in an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Program for Lobectomies: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis. Conference. RAMSES 10th Annual Symposium. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2019. Emergency Off-Pump Thrombectomy During Radical Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Cancer: The Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography. Conference. New York State Society of Anesthesiologists. New York, NY, US.
International Presentations
- 2025. Pushing the Limits: Expanding BMI Thresholds for Ambulatory Surgery Does Not Increase Case Volume and May Compromise Safety. Poster. 12th Annual Robotic Assisted & Microsurgical & Endoscopic Society Conference (RAMSES) 2025. Kagoshima, JP.
- 2024. Investigation of Da Vinci Surgical Systems in Prophylactic Nipple Sparing Mastectomy Procedures: Standardizing Operating Room Set Up for Efficiency and Patient Safety. Poster. 12th Annual Robotic Assisted Microsurgical & Endoscopic Society (RAMSES). Singapore, US.
- 2024. Prevention and Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in the Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Setting. Invited. Grand Rounds. Barranquilla, CO.
- 2023. Anesthetic Considerations for Robotic-Assisted Bilateral Nipple Sparing Mastectomy. Invited. 11th Annual Robotic Assisted Microsurgical & Endoscopic Society (RAMSES). Istanbul, TR.
- 2021. The Use of Bilateral Erector Spinae Catheters in Oncologic Abdominal Sarcoma Surgery”. Conference. 17th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists. Prague, CZ.
- 2016. Thromboelastogram Use and Interpretation. Invited. Grand Rounds. Barranquilla, CO.
- 2012. 3D Image Acquisition and Quantification of MV disease and left ventricular systolic function. Invited. Philips. Buenos Aires, AR.
Formal Peers
- 2024. Management of a Code in the Operating Room in Prone Position through Simulation. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Yearly Review: Diagnosis and Management of Malignant Hyperthermia. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Recognition and Treatment of Malignant Hyperthermia for Post Anesthesia Care Unit Nurses: Simulation. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Cardiac Rhythm Interpretation and Management Workshop. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. "PREP Talks" Emergency Preparedness. Houston, Texas, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Huang H, Lai E, Bhavsar S, Miller B, Chung J, Phillips B, Feng L, Soliz JM, Brown J. Comparison of Intraoperative Fentanyl Usage and Waste After Transition from 100-μg Vials to 50-μg Preloaded Syringes: A Single-Center Retrospective Study. Int J Anesth Clin Med 12(2):109-115, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39665116.
- Zorrilla-Vaca A, Cata JP, Brown JK, Mehran RJ, Rice D, Mena GE. Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy Does Not Have an Impact on Renal Outcomes in an Enhanced Recovery Program. Ann Thorac Surg 114(6):2059-2065, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35452665.
- Zorrilla-Vaca A, Rice D, Brown JK, Antonoff M, Sepesi B, Hofstetter W, Swisher S, Walsh G, Vaporciyan A, Mehran R, Hagberg C, Mena GE. Sustained reduction of discharge opioid prescriptions in an enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery program: A multilevel generalized linear mode. Surgery 171:504-510, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34740455.
- Kim MP, Chan EY, Meisenbach LM, Dumitru R, Brown JK, Masud FN. Enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery reduces discharge on highly dependent narcotics. J Thorac Dis 10(2):984-990, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29607171.
- Burton AW, Fukshansky M, Brown JK, Hassenbusch SJ. Refractory Insomnia in a Patient with Spinal Cord Stimulator Lead Migration. Neuromodulation 7(2):242-245, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 22151332.
Review Articles
- Arora RC, Brown JK, Chatterjee S, Gan TJ, Singh G, Tong MZ, Consortium PI. Perioperative management of the vulnerable and failing right ventricle. Perioperative Medicine 13(40), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38750602.
- Ibekwe S, Deschamps J, Grocott M, Liang Y, Shaw A, Perry T, Collaborators PI. Perioperative Quality Inititative (POQI) consensus statement on perioperative assessment of right ventricular function. Perioperative Medicine 12(66), 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38066632.
- Michael C Grant MD, a MSE, CRNA b DC, Tong J Gan MD, MHS, c MBA, Michael W Manning MD, d P, ChB d TEMM, Jessica L Brodt MBBSAndrew D Shaw MB, Daniel Engelman MD, Michael Mythen MD, Nicole R Guinn MD, Solomon Aronson MD, Jonathon Schwartz MD, Rakesh C Arora MD, PhD, Vicky Morton-Bailey DNP, C Scott Brudney MB, Elliott Bennett-Guerrero MD, V Seenu Reddy MD, Lou Guzzi MD, Jessica Brown MD, Cheryl Crisafi MSN, RN. Pain management and opioid stewardship in adult cardiac surgery: Joint consensus report of the PeriOperative Quality Initiative and the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 166(6):1695-1706, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36868931.
- Brown JK, Shaw AD, Mythen MG, Guzzi L, Reddy VS, Crisafi C, Engelman DT, Initiative PQ, Cardiac Workgroup TERAS. Adult Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Joint Consensus Report. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 37(9):1579-1590, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37355415.
- Guinn NR, Schwartz J, Arora RC, Morton-Bailey V, Aronson S, Brudney CS, Bennett-Guerrero E, Initiative PQ, Society Investigators TERAS. Perioperative Quality Initiative and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery-Cardiac Society Consensus Statement on the Management of Preoperative Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Adult Cardiac Surgery Patients. Anesthesia & Analgesia 135(3):532-544, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35977363.
- Shaw AD, Guinn NR, Brown JK, Arora RC, Lobdell KW, Grant MC, Gan TJ, Engelman DT, Initiative PQ, Surgery–Cardiac investigators ERA. Controversies in Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery. Perioper Med (Lond) 11(19):19, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35477446.
- Brown JK, Singh K, Dumitru R, Chan E, Kim MP. The Benefits of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Programs and Their Application in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Methodist DeBakey Cardiovasc J 14(2):77-88, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29977464.
Professional Educational Materials
- Brown JK, Tsai J, Vu C, Puthenparampil E, Templonuevo M, Huang J. IV Infiltration Discharge Instructions: Patient Education, 2023.
- Brown J, Tsai J, Vu C, Puthenparampil E, Templonuevo M, Huang J. Corneal Abrasion Discharge Instructions: Patient Education, 2022.
- Yarbroiugh R, Brown JK. The Postoperative Management of Vascular Lumbar Catheters, 2018.
Abstracts
- Javier Lasala MD, Semhar Ghebremicheal MD, Yury Potylchansky MD, Jessica Brown MD, Antoinette Van Meter MD, Shital Vachhani MD, Katherine Hagan MD, Uduak Williams MD, Sydney Pham MD, Shaker Morcous MD, Alexander Reskallah MD, CRNA BP, CRNA GM, Jose M Soliz MD. COST AND PERSONNEL SAVINGS IN A 23-HOUR SURGICAL CENTER: PHYSICIAN ANESTHESIOLOGIST VS. CERTIFIED NURSE ANESTHETIST BACKUP 2ND CALL SYSTEM. Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors 2024 AACD Summit. e-Pub 2024.
- Javier Lasala MD, Semhar Ghebremicheal MD, Yury Potylchansky MD, Jessica Brown MD, Antoinette Van Meter MD, Shital Vachhani MD, Katherine Hagan MD, Uduak Williams MD, Sydney Pham MD, Shaker Morcous MD, Alexander Reskallah MD, CRNA BP, CRNA GM, Jose M Soliz MD. OPTMIZING ANESTHESIOLOGY DEPARTMENT EFFICIENCY: A CASE FOR REDUCING CERTIFIED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA) OVERTIME. Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors 2024 AACD Summit. e-Pub 2024.
- Bhavsar S, DO, MS, Soliz J, MD, Miller B, PharmD, Phillips B, CRNA, DNP, MBA, Brown J, MD, Chung J, MHA. Comparison of Intraoperative Fentanyl Usage and Waste After Transition from 100mcg Vial to 50mcg Pre-Loaded Syringe: A Single-Center Observational Study. World Congress of Anesthesiology, Singapore 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Mena G, Brown J, Lasala J, Lim J. Overview: Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS). RAMSES: 11th Annual Symposium, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Brown J, Mena G, Lasala J, Ghebremichael S, Hwang R. Anesthetic Considerations for Robotic-Assisted Bilateral Nipple Sparing Mastectomy. RAMSES 11th Annual Symposium. e-Pub 2023.
- Brown J, Zorilla-Vaca A, Lasala J, Williams W, Jackson T, Mena G. Robotic-Assisted Esophagectomy versus Open Esophagectomy in an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Program and impact on In-Hospital Opioid Consumption. RAMSES 10th Annual Symposium, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Lim J, Zorrilla-Vaca A, Feldman H, Brown J, Lasala JD, Patel C, Woodard T, Kruse B, Mehran R, Walsh G, Rice D, Vaporciyan A, Mena G. In-Hospital Opioid Use and Opioid Prescriptions at Discharge in Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery versus Open Thoracotomy in an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Program, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Zorrilla-Vaca A, Feldman H, Antanoff M, Brown JK, Correa A, Mehran R, Rajaram R, Rice D, Vaporciyan A, Mena G. Single Chest Tube Practice Reduces Discharge Opioid Prescriptions Without Increasing Pulmonary Complications after Thoracic Surgery. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 233(5):S261, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Brown J, Hancher-Hodges S, Roland C, Zavala A, Lasala J, Donahue H, Mena G, Ramirez M, Popat K. The Use of Bilateral Erector Spinae Catheters in Oncologic Abdominal Sarcoma Surgery”. 17th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Lasala J, Mena G, Brown J, Alejandra L, Iniesta-Donate M, Ramirez P. Effect of anesthesia technique by anesthesiologist on intra-operative and post-operative morphine equivalent daily dose (MEDD) and highest post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) pain score in open gynecologic surgery in an Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) pathway. Euroanaesthesia 2020, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Mena G, Holmes A, Lasala J, Brown P, Idowu O, Brown J, Rahlfs T. Goal-directed Fluid Therapy (GDFT) implementation in Gynecologic Oncologic ERAS: Impact on Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and Value-Based Quality Care, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Kwater P, Zavala A, Dangler L, Brown J, Caplan LA, Owusu-Agyemang P, Chapman CK, Thuy P, Zavala M. Difficult Airway Management Following Glossectomy with Protruding Necrotic Neck Mass. American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Zorrilla-Vaca A, Ensor J, Kwater P, Mirza K, Moon T, Lim J, Ruiz J, Vachhani S, Brown JK, Mena G. Changes of Pulse Contour Measurements and Hemodynamic Variations in Thoracic Surgery under lateral decubitus positioning and one-lung ventilation. AATS International Thoracic Surgical Oncology Summit. e-Pub 2020.
- Mena G, Lim J, Vachhani S, Lasala J, Kwater P, Brown J, Obeidat S. Emergency Off-Pump Pulmonary Thrombectomy During Radical Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Cancer: The Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography. New York Society for Regional Anesthesia, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Lasala J, Brown J, Soliz J, Jackson T, Lim J, Mena G. Innovative Video Laryngoscopy: Performance Evaluation of a Novel System Featuring Hyperangulated and Channeled Blades with Integrated Dual-View Capability. 12th Annual RAMSES Conference.
- Soliz J, Lasala J, Jackson T, Brown J, Lim J, Mena G. Enhancing Postoperative Recovery in DIEP Flap Reconstruction: An Anesthesiologist’s Perspective on Quadratus Lumborum Block Catheters. 12th Annual RAMSES Conference.
- Lim J, Brown J, Melton C, Jackson T, Lasala J, Soliz J, Mena GE. BILATERAL OTORRHAGIA DURING DA VINCI ROBOTIC- ASSISTED PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY. 12th Annual RAMSES Conference.
- Jackson T, Lasala J, Soliz J, Lim J, Brown J, Mena G. Enhanced Airway Management in Robotic Microsurgery: The Role of Continuous Endotracheal Visualization for Safety and Precision. 12th Annual RAMSES Conference.
- Eric Thekkel, Crystal Wright, Jessica Brown, Gabriel Mena. A Literature Review of the Relationship Between Glucagon-Like Peptide -1 Receptor Agonist and the Aspiration of Gastric Contents. MD Anderson Education and Research Day.
Book Chapters
- Ramirez Manotas MF, Brown JK. Diuretics in Anesthesia. In: Basic Anesthesia Review, 2023.
- Andrzej Kwater MD, Hart Donahue MD, Jessica Brown MD, Gabriel E Mena MD. Perioperative Analgesic Management. In: Principals of Gynecologic Oncology 2nd Edition. 2nd. Elsevier.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified July 22, 2026