Allen Alexander Holmes, M.D., M.S.E.
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2003 | The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, US, MD |
| 1999 | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US, M.S. in Biomedical Engineering |
| 1997 | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US, BS in Biomedical Engineering/Electrical Engineering |
Postgraduate Training
| 2006-2007 | Chief Residency, Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas |
| 2004-2007 | Clinical Residency, Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas |
| 2003-2004 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2008 | PALS |
| 2008 | BLS |
| 2008 | ACLS |
| 2008 | American Board of Anesthesiology |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2015 - 2023
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2009 - 2015
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2008 - 2009
Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2007 - 2008
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Operating Room Schedule Physician Coordinator, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2008 - 2009
Other Professional Positions
Instructor, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Houston, TX, 2004 - 2009
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Executive Clinical Operations Team (ECOT), 2015 - Present
Representative, Faculty Senate, 2012 - 2015
Vice Chair, Equipment Committee, 2010 - Present
Member, Capital Equipment Committee, 2010 - Present
Member, Patient Care Value Analysis Committee, 2010 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2014 | 2013-2014 Outstanding Abstract Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2005 | Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Scholar, American Society of Anesthesiologists |
| 2004 - 2005 | Outstanding Junior Resident, The University of Texas Medical School |
| 1999 | Medtronic National Scholar |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Regional Presentations
- 2012. Anesthetic Management for Hepatic Resection. Conference. Texas Medical Association. Dallas, TX, US.
National Presentations
- 2013. Rapid Assessment of Hemoglobin Loss in Surgical Suction Canisters. Conference. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2013. Clinical Evaluation of a Novel System for Monitoring Surgical Hemoglobin Loss. Conference. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). San Francisco, CA, US.
International Presentations
- 2015. The Pediatric Difficult Airway. Invited. Yantai, Shandong, China. Shandong, CN.
- 2014. Hepatic Resection: Updates on Anesthetic Management for HPB Surgery. Invited. Fourth Annual Workshop on Hepatobiliopancreatic Surgery (HPB). Managua, NI.
- 2012. Hepatic Resection: Optimizing Anesthetic Management. Invited. Second Annual Workshop on Hepatobiliopancreatic Surgery (HPB) Surgery. Managua, NI.
Formal Peers
- 2015. Visiting Professorship. Invited. Yuhuangding, CN.
- 2014. Visiting Professorship. Invited. Managua, NI.
- 2012. Visiting Professorship. Invited. Managua, NI.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Idowu, O, Ifeanyi-Pillette, IC, Owusu-Agyemang, P, Holmes, AA, Kwater, PA, Jackson, TA, Mena, GE, Lasala, J, Singh Heir, J. The quantra hemostasis analyzer compared to thromboelastography (TEG) in the surgical oncologic population. Journal of surgical oncology 124(5):894-905, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34137038.
- De Bellis, M, Vega, EA, Kawaguchi, Y, Panettieri, E, Velasco, JD, Vreeland, TJ, You, YN, Holmes, AA, Mehran, RJ, Vauthey, JN. Simultaneous Sigmoid Colectomy, Bilobar Liver Resection and Lung Metastasectomy via a Transdiaphragmatic Approach for Stage IV Colonic Adenocarcinoma. Annals of surgical oncology 28(2):863-864, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 32813205.
- Joechle, K, Vega, EA, Okuno, M, Simoneau, E, Ogiso, S, Newhook, TE, Ramirez, DL, Holmes, AA, Soliz, J, Chun, YS, Tzeng, CD, Lee, JE, Vauthey, JN, Conrad, C. Middle Hepatic Vein Roadmap for a Safe Laparoscopic Right Hepatectomy. Annals of surgical oncology 26(1):296, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30465224.
- Odisio, BC, Simoneau, E, Holmes, AA, Conrad, C, Vauthey, JN. Fast-Track Two-Stage Hepatectomy Using a Hybrid Interventional Radiology/Operating Suite as Alternative Option to Associated Liver Partition and Portal Vein Ligation for Staged Hepatectomy Procedure. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 227(2):e5-e10, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29729926.
- Aloia, TA, Kim, BJ, Chun, YS, Cata, JP, Truty, MA, Shi, Q, Holmes, AA, Soliz, J, Popat, KU, Rahlfs, TF, Lee, JE, Wang, XS, Morris, J, Gottumukkala, V, Vauthey, JN. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Postoperative Thoracic Epidural Analgesia Versus Intravenous Patient-controlled Analgesia after Major Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery. Annals of surgery 266(3):545-554, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28746153.
- Owusu-Agyemang, P, Popovich, SM, Zavala, AM, Grosshans, DR, Van Meter, A, Williams, UU, Holmes, AA, Arunkumar, R, Rebello, E, McAleer, MF, Porche, VH, Mahajan, A. A multi-institutional pilot survey of anesthesia practices during proton radiation therapy. Practical radiation oncology 6(3):155-159, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26725965.
- Holmes AA, Konig G, Ting V, Philip B, Puzio T, Satish S, Waters JH. Clinical Evaluation of a Novel System for Monitoring Surgical Hemoglobin Loss. Anesth Analg 119(3):588-594, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24797122.
- Konig G, Holmes AA, Garcia R, Mendoza JM, Javidroozi M, Satish S, Waters JH. In Vitro Evaluation of a Novel System for Monitoring Surgical Hemoglobin Loss. Anesth Analg 119(3):595-600, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24806138.
- Abramson, SI, Holmes, AA, Hagberg, C. Awake insertion of the bonfils retromolar intubation fiberscope™ in five patients with anticipated difficult airways. Anesthesia and analgesia 106(4):1215-1217, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18349195.
- Holmes, AA, Scollan, DF, Winslow, RL. Direct histological validation of diffusion tensor MRI in formaldehyde- fixed myocardium. Magnetic resonance in medicine 44(1):157-161, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 10893534.
- Winslow, RL, Scollan, DF, Holmes, AA, Yung, CK, Zhang, J, Jafri, MS. Electrophysiological modeling of cardiac ventricular function. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering 2(2000):119-155, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11701509.
- Scollan, DF, Holmes, AA, Zhang, J, Winslow, RL. Reconstruction of cardiac ventricular geometry and fiber orientation using magnetic resonance imaging. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 28(8):934-944, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11144678.
- Scollan DF, Holmes AA, Zhang J, Winslow RL. Reconstruction of Cardiac Ventricular Geometry and Fiber Orientation Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 28(8):938-944, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 147303.
- Winslow RL, Scollan DF, Holmes AA, Yung CK, Zhang J, Jafri MS. Electrophysiological modeling of cardiac ventricular function: From cell and organ. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering 2:119-155, 2000. e-Pub 2000. PMID: 11701509.
- Reeder, SB, Holmes, AA, McVeigh, ER, Forder, JR. Simultaneous noninvasive determination of regional myocardial perfusion and oxygen content in rabbits. Radiology 212(3):739-747, 1999. e-Pub 1999. PMID: 10478241.
- Scollan, DF, Holmes, AA, Winslow, RL, Forder, JR. Histological validation of myocardial microstructure obtained from diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology 275(6 44-6):H2308-H2318, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9843833.
- Hsu, EW, Xue, R, Holmes, AA, Forder, JR. Delayed reduction of tissue water diffusion after myocardial ischemia. American Journal of Physiology 275(2 PART 2):H697-H702, 1998. e-Pub 1998. PMID: 9683460.
- Reeder, SB, Holmes, AA, McVeigh, ER, Forder, JR. Simultaneous non-invasive determination of regional myocardial perfusion and oxygen content. FASEB Journal 11(3):A268, 1997. e-Pub 1997.
Professional Educational Materials
- Holmes AA. Anesthesia for Hepatic Resection. MD Anderson Cancer Anesthesia Fellowship, 2011.
Abstracts
- Popovitch SM, al E. An International Pilot Survey of Anesthesia Practices during Proton Radiotherapy. Pediatric Sedation Outside of the Operating Room Course, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Holmes AA, al E. Clinical Evaluation of a Novel System for Monitoring Surgical Hemoglobin Loss. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Holmes AA, al E. Rapid Assessment of Hemoglobin Loss in Surgical Suction Canisters. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Soliz JM, Gebhardt R, Owusu P, Lim J, Holmes A, Gottumukkala V. . Postoperative Coagulation Abnormalities after Hepatic Resection in Patients Receiving Epidural Analgesia. New York State Society of Anesthesiologists 68th Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology (PGA), 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Soliz JM, Gebhardt R, Owusu P, Lim J, Holmes A, Gottumukkala V. Epidural Removal Delays and Coagulopathy Correction After Hepatic Resection, Global Conference on Perioperative Medicine: Care of the Elderly and the Cancer Patient, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Rebello ER, Hernandez M, Holmes AA. Improving a Medical Education Relic: Using the Healthcare Matrix to Modernize Morbidity and Mortality Conference. New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, 64th Postgraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Rebello ER, Hernandez M, Holmes AA. Healthcare Matrix for Morbidity and Mortality Conference: Anesthesia Provider Preference, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia and Academy of Medicine. Singapore Tripartite Congress, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Rebello ER, Hernandez M, Holmes AA. Healthcare Matrix for Morbidity and Mortality Conference: Anesthesia Provider Preference. The American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
Book Chapters
- Holmes AA. Gastrectomy. In: 5-Minute Anesthesia Consult. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2012.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified June 10, 2025