Alec Hendon, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Voluntary Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Voluntary Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2018 | St. George's University School of Medicine, True Blue, GD, MD |
| 2014 | CUNY The City College of New York, New York, New York, US, Post-Baccalaureate in Pre-Medical Studies |
| 2009 | Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, US, BM in Music Performance |
Postgraduate Training
| 2022-2023 | Clinical Fellowship, Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
| 2018-2022 | Clinical Residency, Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2023 | Texas Medical Board License |
| 2023 | American Board of Anesthesiology |
| 2023 | NBE Critical Care Echocardiography |
| 2018 | ECFMG |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Co-director, pulmonary and critical care fellowship airway rotation, Department of Anesthesiology & PeriOper Med, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2025 - Present
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Institutional Code Blue Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - Present
Member, Perioperative Pain Management Algorithm, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - 2025
Member, Institutional Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2021 | Power of Professionalism Award, Baylor College of Medicine |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2024. Airway Management Techniques and Devices. Invited. Annual Anesthesia Technician and Technologist Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2025. POCUS Workshop. Invited. Texas Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2025. Advanced TTE and POCUS. Invited. Annual Mechanical Circulatory Support Symposium. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Point of Care Ultrasound Workshop. Invited. American Society of Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Medicine. Houston, TX, US.
- 2024. Point of Care Ultrasound and Hemodynamic Monitoring Workshop. Invited. Texas Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2024. Advanced CCE and POCUS Workshop. Invited. Mechanical Circulatory Support Symposium. Houston, TX, US.
National Presentations
- 2026. Roc'd by Anaphylaxis, Saved by Sugammadex. Poster. Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2025. Central Nervous System Vasculitis as a Cause for Delayed Emergence After General Anesthesia. Poster. Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress. Orlando, Florida, US.
International Presentations
- 2026. Hemodynamic Monitoring in Complex Oncologic Surgery, Results Beyond the Operating Room. Invited. Joint Symposium on Oncologic Anesthesia of the MD Anderson Cancer Center and Chile. Santiago, CL.
- 2026. POCUS Views. Invited. Joint Symposium on Oncologic Anesthesia of the MD Anderson Cancer Center and Chile. Santiago, CL.
Formal Peers
- 2025. FoCUS on POCUS: Resuscitation and Deresuscitation. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. POCUS FoCUS: Lung Ultrasound. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Assessment of Left Ventricular Anatomy and Function. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Assessment of Volume Responsiveness Using Ultrasound. Houston, Texas, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Mai A, Hendon A, Mani J. Roc'd by Anaphylaxis, Saved by Sugammadex. Critical Care Medicine. e-Pub 2025.
- Waits A, Ren L, Ossimetha A, Wegner R, Reskallah A, Hendon A. Central Nervous System Vasculitis as a Cause for Delayed Emergence After General Anesthesia. Critical Care Medicine 53(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Malviya, SA, Deng, Y, Gilani, SO, Hendon, AA, Nikolaidis, MA, Moseley, MS. Management of perioperative anticoagulation in a patient with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome undergoing cardiac surgery. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia 25(2):206-209, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35417972.
- Mosa A, Wright E, Mensah C, Huang H, Hendon A, Kwater AP. Quadratus Lumborum Catheters to the Rescue: Open RPLND for Testicular Cancer. ASRA Annual Meeting.
Other Articles
- Diaz-Gomez, J, Hendon, AA Advanced Perioperative Echocardiography in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Weaning Trial-Off. Texas Heart Institute Journal 50(4), 2023. PMID: 37485838.
Book Chapters
- Hendon, AA, Deng, Y, Nikolaidis, MA. Management of perioperative pain for outpatient bronchoscopy, 281-288, 2021.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified November 17, 2025