Barbra Bryce Speer, DO, M. Jurs.
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate 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
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2021 | Texas A&M University - School of Law, Ft. Worth, TX, USA, M. Jurs, Master of Jurisprudence - Health Law |
| 2005 | Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Downers Grove, IL, USA, DO, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine |
| 2001 | Northern Illinois University, Downers Grove, IL, USA, BS, Biology - Cellular Development and Physiology |
Postgraduate Training
| 2006-2009 | Clinical Residency, Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX |
| 2005-2006 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX |
Board Certifications
| 2010 | American Board of Anesthesiology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
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, 2012 - 2018
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Rotation Program Coordinator, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2020
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Liaison, Enhanced Recovery Pathway, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2019
Lead Anesthesiologist, Enhanced Recovery Program after Colorectal Surgery, Houston, TX, 2013 - Present
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Anesthesia Clinical Development Award Committee, 2017 - 2022
Divisional Representative - Member, PRS Faculty Compensation and Benefit Advisory Committee, 2017 - 2019
Divisional Representative - Member, PRS Clinical Revenue Cycle Committee, 2015 - 2017
Member, Department of Anesthesiology Policy and Procedures Committee, 2015 - Present
Military or Other Governmental Service
Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, 2011 - 2012
Lieutenant, United States Navy, 2005 - 2011
Ensign, United States Navy, 2001 - 2005
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Newhook TE, Prakash LR, Soliz J, Hancher-Hodges S, Speer B, Wilks JA, Bruno ML, Dewhurst WL, Arvide EM, Maxwell JE, Ikoma N, Kim MP, Lee JE, Katz MHG, Tzeng CD. Perioperative blood transfusions and survival in resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients given multimodality therapy. J Surg Oncol 124(8):1381-1389, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34398988.
- Newhook TE, Soliz JM, Prakash LR, Hancher-Hodges S, Speer B, Wilks JA, Ikoma N, Kim MP, Lee JE, Katz MHG, Tzeng CD. Impact of Intraoperative Dexamethasone on Surgical and Oncologic Outcomes in Patients with Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 28(3):1563-1569, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32803553.
- Newhook TE, Dewhurst WL, Vreeland TJ, Wang X, Soliz J, Speer B, Hancher-Hodges S, Feng C, Bruno ML, Kim MP, Aloia TA, Vauthey JN, Lee JE, Katz MHG, Tzeng CD. Inpatient Opioid Use after Pancreatectomy: Opportunities for Reducing Initial Opioid Exposure in Cancer Surgery Patients. Ann Surg Oncol 26(26):3428-3435, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31243665.
- Bednarski BK, Nickerson TP, You YN, Messick CA, Speer B, Gottumukkala V, Manandhar M, Weldon M, Dean EM, Qiao W, Wang X, Chang GJ. Accelerated enhanced Recovery following Minimally Invasive colorectal cancer surgery (RecoverMI):. Br J Surg 106(10):1311-1318, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31216065.
- Cata JP, Corrales G, Speer B, Owusu-Agyemang P. Postoperative acute pain challenges in patients with cancer. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 33(3):361-371, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31785721.
- Marcus RK, Lillemoe HA, Rice DC, Mena G, Bednarski BK, Speer B, Ramirez PT, Lasala JD, Navai N, Williams WH, Kim BJ, Voss RK, Gottumukkala VN, Aloia TA. Determining the Safety and Efficacy of Enhanced Recovery Protocols in Major Oncologic Surgery: An Institutional NSQIP Analysis. Ann Surg Oncol 26(3):782-790, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30627879.
- Owusu-Agyemang P, Cata JP, Kapoor R, Speer B, Bellard B, Feng L, Gottumukkala V. Patterns and predictors of outpatient opioid use after cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. Int J Hyperthermia 36(1):1058-1064, 2019. PMID: 31646916.
- Denbo JW, Bruno M, Dewhurst W, Kim MP, Tzeng CW, Aloia TA, Soliz J, Speer B, Lee JE, Katz MHG. Risk-stratified clinical pathways reduce the duration of hospitalization and costs of perioperative care following pancreatectomy. Surgery 164(3):424-431, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29807648.
- French K, Speer B, Guzman AB, Andrabi T, Sharma M, Recinos I, Shook KR, Incalcaterra JR, Frenzel JC, Feeley TW. Use of New EHR Improves Efficiency and Decreases Cost: Evaluation in a Perioperative Anesthesia Assessment Center (PAAC) Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC). New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst. e-Pub 2018.
- Soliz JM, Lipski I, Hancher-Hodges S, Speer B, Popat K. Subcostal Transverse Abdominus Plane Block for Acute Pain Management: A Review. Anesth Pain Med 7(5):e12923, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29696110.
- Price BA, Bednarski BK, You YN, Manandhar M, Dean EM, Alawadi ZM, Speer B, Gottumukkala V, Weldon M, Massey RL, Wang X, Qiao W, Chang GJ. Accelerated enhanced Recovery following Minimally Invasive colorectal cancer surgery (Recover MI): a study protocol for a novel randomized controlled trial. BMJ Open 7(7):e015960, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28729319.
- Soliz J, Hancher-Hodges S, Speer B, Lipski I, Su J, Chiang J, Popat K. A retrospective review comparing epidural analgesia to transverse abdominis plane block with liposomal bupivacaine for intra-abdominal cancer surgery. Anesthesia & Analgesia 124(5):1048-1051, 2017.
Abstracts
- Hagan K, Williams U, Speer B, Pascal O, Thakar D, Moon T, Bui T, Cerny J, Zheng G, Grasu R, Arunkumar R, Soliz J.. Non-Clinical Time Distribution within an Academic Anesthesiology Department. 2018 New York State Society of Anesthesiologists - Post Graduate Assembly, 2018.
- Lasala J, Speer B, Mena G. Severe Venous Gas Embolism During Laparoscopic Gynecologic Oncologic Surgery. 2018 New York State Society of Anesthesiologists - Post Graduate Assembly, 2018.
- French K, Popovich S, Speer B, Recinos I , Andrabi T.. Advance electronic screening of patients with cancer leveraging a new EHR to increase efficiency of care delivery, driving clinical care pathways in a perioperative anesthesia assessment center (PAAC), at a comprehensive cancer center. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2018. PMID: doi: 10.1200/JCO.2018.36.30_suppl.308.
- French K, Andrabi T, Popovich S, Speer B, Recinos I.. Advanced electronic screening of patients with cancer leveraging a new EHR to increase efficiency of care delivery, driving clinical care pathways in a perioperative anesthesia assessment center (PAAC), at a comprehensive cancer center. 2018 ASCO Quality Care Symposium, 2018.
- Bednarski B, Manandhar M, Nickerson P, Messick C, You N, Speer B, Gottumukkala V, Chang G.. Accelerated enhanced recovery following minimally invasive colorectal cancer surgery (Recover MI): results of a prospective randomized controlled. 2018 American Society for Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting, 2018.
- French K, Andrabi T, Speer B, Popovich S, Ruiz J, Rahlfs T. STOP-Bang questionnaire used in pre-operative assessment of surgical oncology patients to assess risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA):Does higher risk of OSA affect incidence of oxygen desaturation and postoperative recovery time. 2018 Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists 65th Annual Meeting, 2018.
- Katy E French, Tayab Andrabi, Shannon Popovich, Speer, B, Sunil Sahai. The Evolution of Perioperative Care at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center: Collaboration efforts between the Departments of General Internal Medicine and Anesthesia to form an integrated practice unit (IPU) in the perioperative experience. 2018 Perioperative Medicine Summit, 2018.
- Hancher-Hodges S, Zavala A, Tsai J, Speer B, McPherson K, Hussein R, Almatour O, J Soliz.. Successful Management of a Post Dural Puncture Headache in a Jehovas Witness Patient with Cosyntropin. 2017 New York Society of Anesthesiologists - 71st Post Graduate Assembly, 2017.
- Speer B, Tsai J, Van Meter A, Vachhani S, Moon-Calderon T, Keyhani M, Owusu-Agyemang P, Gottumukkala V.. A Case Report: RA thrombus in a patient for breast surgery. 2017 New York Society of Anesthesiologists - 71st Post Graduate Assembly, 2017.
- Correa A, Hancher-Hodges S, Popovich S, Speer B. A Case Report: Topical Amitriptiline 2%/Lidocaine 1%/Ketamine 5% (compounded) cream for acute postoperative neuropathic pain following external hemipelvectomy. 2017 ASRA 16th Annual Pain Meeting, 2017.
- Speer B, Popovich S, Hancher-Hodges S, Popat K, French K. A Case Report: Lidocaine toxicity following tumescent administration for fat grafting treated with intravenous lipid emulsion 20% in PACU. 2017 American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 16th Annual Pain Meeting, 2017.
- Speer B, French K, De Haan JB, Popovich S. A Case Report: Bilateral, Continuous Quadratus Lumborum Catheters as a Rescue Intervention for Abdominal Pain after Failed Thoracic Epidural. 2017 American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 16th Annual Pain Meeting, 2017.
- JA Correa, Shannon Hancher-Hodges, Shannon Popovich, Speer B. Topical Amitriptiline 2%/Lidocaine 1%/Ketamine 5% (compounded) cream for Acute Postoperative Neuropathic Pain following External Hemipelvectomy. 2017 American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 16th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting, 2017.
- Lydon K, Tsai J, Zavala M, Soliz J, Popat K, Speer B, Lipski I, Hancher S. Post dural puncture headache in a pediatric patient successfully treated with ACTH. 2017 American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, 2017.
- Speer B, Lasala J, Hancher-Hodges S, Popovich S, Tsai J, Hagberg C.. Case Report: Intraoral Sarcomatoid Carcinoma. 2017 Society for Airway Management 20th Annual Meeting, 2017.
- Lydon K, Tsai J, Zavala M, Soliz J, Popat K, Speer B, Lipski I, Hancher S. Post dural puncture headache in a pediatric patient successfully treated with ACTH. 2017 European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology, 2017.
- Lydon K, Tsai J, Zavala M, Soliz J, Popat K, Speer B, Lipski I, Hancher S. Post dural puncture headache in a pediatric patient successfully treated with ACTH. 2017 UT MD Anderson Summer Student Abstract Presentations, 2017.
- Lasala JD, Mena GE, Rodriguez-Restrepo A, Iniesta MD, Corzo C, Meyer LA, Salvo G, Munsell MF, Speer B, Cata JP, Ifeanyi I, Lu KK, Ramirez P. Implementation of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Program in Gynecologic Surgery: An Anesthesiologist in Opioid Sparing Analgesia. 2017 World Congress of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery, 2017.
- Speer B, Tsai JY, Van Meter A, Vachhani S, Zavala A, Williams U, Moon T, Keyhani M, Owusu-Agyemang P, Gottumukkala V, Rozner MA. Right Atrial Thrombus. 2017 Annual Global Academic Programs Conference, 2017.
- Soliz J, Hancher-Hodges S, Speer B, Lipski I, Su J, Chiang J, Popat K. A retrospective review comparing epidural analgesia to transverse abdominis plane block with liposomal bupivacaine for intra-abdominal cancer surgery. 2017 International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting and International Science Symposium, 2017.
- Lasala JD, Mena GE, Rodriguez-Restrepo A, Iniest MD, Corzo C, Meyer LA, Salvo G, Munsell MF, Speer B, Cata JP, Ifeanyi I, Lu KK, Ramirez P. Implementation of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Program in Gynecologic Surgery: The role of the Anesthesiologist in Opioid Sparing Analgesia. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN:e9, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Speer B, Hancher-Hodges S, Soliz J, Holmes A. Sugammadex and Muscular Dystrophy - Not so Fast!. 2016 New York State Society of Anesthesiologists - 70th Post Graduate Assembly, 2016.
- Hancher-Hodges S, Soliz J, Wilks J, Popat K, Speer B, Lipski I. A Post Dural Posture Case - More than just Pain?. 2016 New York State Society of Anesthesiologists - 70th Post Graduate Assembly, 2016.
- Hancher-Hodges S, Soliz JM, Speer B, Popat K, Lasala J. Vauthey JN, Aloia TA, Conrad C, Feng L. Gottumukkala V. Prognostic factors for increased length of stay after hepatic cancer surgery. 2015 New York State Society of Anesthesiologists - 69th Post Graduate Assembly, 2015.
- Lasala J, Cain K, Meyer L, Ramirez P, Mena G, Earles T, Gottumukkala V, Kwater P, Hancher-Hodges S, Speer B, Munsell M, Singh J, Nick A. Decreased Intra-Operative Opioid Consumption following Enhanced Recovery after Gynecologic Surgery. 2015 World Congress of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery and Perioperative Medicine Annual Meeting, 2015.
- Mena G, Rodriguez-Restrepo A, Lasala J, Speer B, Vachhani S, Tsai J. The Effects of Lateral Positioning and One Lung Ventilation on Stroke Volume Variation using Pulse Contour Analysis and their pivotal role for precise fluid management using Goal Directed Therapy in Enhanced Recovery After Thoracic Surgery (ERATS): A Prospective Study. 2015 European Society of Anesthesia Annual Meeting, 2015.
- Hancher-Hodges S, Soliz J, Speer B, Hernandez M, Gottumukkala V. The Routine use of Central Venous Pressure Monitoring and its effect on intraoperative blood loss during hepatic resection. 2014 American Society of Anesthesiologists Anuual Meeting, 2014.
Book Chapters
- Speer B, Gottumukkala V. Perioperative Care of the Elderly Patient. In: Geriatric Anesthesiology, 3rd Edition. 3rd. Springer, 425-432, 2017.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified August 23, 2023