Alexander Reskallah, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant 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, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, 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
| 2019 | National Board of Echocardiography, Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography |
| 2018 | American Board of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine |
| 2018 | American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2021
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Resident Rotation Site Director, Department of Critical Care Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Medical Co-Director, Department of Transplant Surgical Intensive Care, Memorial Hermann Hospital - TMC, Houston, TX, 2019 - 2021
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee, 2023 - Present
Voting Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, 2022 - Present
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
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
- Wilder IW, Reskallah A, Pivalizza CM, Bynon JS, Pivalizza EG. Refractory thrombocytopenia during liver transplantation requiring splenectomy. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 36(1):96-98, 2023. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36578624.
- Mubashir T, Arif AA, Ernest P, Maroufy V, Chaudhry R, Balogh J, Suen C, Reskallah A, Williams GW. In Response. Anesth Analg 133(4):e50-e51, 2021. PMID: 34524995.
- 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.
- Williams GW, Berg NK, Reskallah A, Yuan X, Eltzschig HK. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Anesthesiology 134(2):270-282, 2021. PMID: 33016981.
Abstracts
- Shrestha LA, Lumsden S, Shrestha L, Zavala A, Reskallah A, Morcous SJ, Kurian J, Kwater AP. Parasternal Intercostal Plane Blocks as Rescue for Extubation Following Chemotherapy-Induced Anaphylaxis and Cardiac Arrest. American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA) Annual Meeting 2023, 2023.
- Wrobleski I, Pivalizza EG, Reskallah A, Bynon J. Severe Thrombocytopenia During A Liver Transplant With No Measurable Clot Strength on Thromboelastography. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting 2021, 2021.
- Kwater A, Hernandez N, De Haan JB, Reskallah A, Shoham D. Thoracic Erector Spinae Plane Block For Liver Transplant In Setting Of Acute Coagulopathy. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting 2020, 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. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting 2019, 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, 2018.
Book Chapters
- Reskallah A, Artime C. Does the Airway Examination Predict Difficult Airway Management?. In: Evidence-Based Practice of Anesthesiology. 4th Edition. Elsevier: Philadelphia, PA, 126-137, 2022.