Alexander Reskallah, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2013 | McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX, USA, MD, Medicine |
| 2009 | Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, BA, Chemistry |
Postgraduate Training
| 2017-2018 | Clinical Fellowship, Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC |
| 2013-2017 | Clinical Residency, Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC |
Board Certifications
| 2018 | American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology |
| 2018 | American Board of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine |
| 2018 | National Board of Echocardiography, Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Medical Co-Director, Department of Transplant Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Memorial Hermann Hospital - TMC, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2021
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Faculty Recruitment and Onboarding Committee, 2020 - 2021
Member, Residency Mentorship Group, 2020 - 2021
Chair, Clinical Care Fellowship Clinical Competency Committee, 2020 - 2021
Member, Scheduling Committee, 2019 - 2021
Member, Residency Recruitment Committee, 2019 - 2021
Member, Neuroanesthesia Pod, 2018 - 2021
Member, Transplant Anesthesia Pod, 2018 - 2021
Honors & Awards
| 2020 | Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award |
| 2020 | Best Attending in Transplant Anesthesia |
| 2019 | Evan G. Pivalizza M.B., Ch.B. Outstanding Clinical Instructor Award |
| 2019 | Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award |
| 2015 | Foundation for Anesthesia Education & Research Resident Scholar |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Mubashir T, Arif AA, Ernest P, Maroufy V, Chaudhry R, Balogh J, Suen C, Reskallah A, Williams GW. Early Versus Late Tracheostomy in Patients With Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Anesth Analg 132(2):384 - 394, 2021. PMID: 33009136.
Invited Articles
- Williams GW, Berg NK, Reskallah A, Yuan X, Eltzschig HK. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Contemporary Management and Novel Approaches during COVID-19. Anesthesiology 134:270 - 282, 2021.
Abstracts
- Kwater A, Hernandez N, De Haan JB, Reskallah A, Shoham D. Thoracic Erector Spinae Plane Block For Liver Transplant In Setting Of Acute Coagulopathy. The Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2020.
- Bahme B, Hall DR, Sridhar S, De Haan JB, Rossmann S, Guzman-Reyes S, Reskallah A, Bynon JS, Zhang X, Pivalizza E. No Early Effect of Old Blood in Liver Transplant. The Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2019.
- Reskallah A, Quinones Q, Jiang Y, Crowley AL, Peethumnongsin E, Bronshteyn Y. Pilot prospective randomized trial comparing methods of teaching point-of-care ultrasound image interpretation skills to medical trainees. Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, 2018.