Edward H. Tsai, MD MBA
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, UT MD Anderson, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2019 | University of Texas Dallas, Richardson, Texas, US, Master of Business Administration -MBA, Concentration in Healthcare Management |
| 2019 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, US, Doctor of Medicine -MD |
| 2014 | Rice University, Houston, Texas, US, B.A in East Asian Studies |
| 2014 | Rice University, Houston, Texas, US, B.A in Biochemistry and Cell Biology |
Postgraduate Training
| 2023-2024 | Fellow Physician, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland |
| 2019-2023 | Resident Physician, Anesthesiology Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2025 | American Board of Anesthesiology |
| 2024 | Texas Medical License |
| 2023 | DEA |
Experience & Service
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Physician Advisor, Utilization Review Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - 2026
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2026. Recent Instrumentation with a Laryngeal Mask Airway as a Source of Benign Increased 18F-FDG Activity on PET/CT Imaging. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Combined Spinal Epidural (CSE) for Geriatric Lower-Extremity Melanoma Surgery: A Case Report. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Remimazolam’s Role in Awake Flexible Scope Intubations: A Case Report. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Ultrasound-Guided Posterior Quadratus Lumborum Block (QLB) With Catheters for Geriatric Open Abdominal Hernia Repair Surgery: A Case Report. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Ultrasound-guided Thoracic Paravertebral Block for Geriatric Oncological Breast Surgery: A Case Report. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Comparison of Anesthesiologist and Surgeon-Performed Abdominal Wall Blocks in Minimally Invasive Surgery. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Prone Sling: System for Detecting and Mitigating Intraoperative Facial Pressure Injury Events. Poster. Catalyst Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Anesthetic Considerations in Geriatric Oncological Patients: An Institutional Case Series. Poster. Catalyst Research Day 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2026. Unexpected Bronchospasm Following Endotracheal Intubation in a Patient Without Known Pulmonary Disease. OnlineOnly. Serenity Courage Wisdom Conference 2026. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Superficial Cervical Plexus Block for Ambulatory Central Venous Catheter Placement in a Patient on Semaglutide. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2025. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Rectus sheath catheters for rescue in recovery room. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2025. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. One Message, Better Practice: Coordinated Efforts that Transformed Liposomal Bupivacaine Use in Perioperative Care. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2025. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Inadvertent administration of Tranexamic Acid (TXA) into the epidural space: a case report. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2025. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Side effects of lymphazurin blue for sentinel lymph node mapping in a pediatric patient. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day 2025. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2019. Improving Team-Based Communication and Care through Handoff Redesign: An Implementation Science Approach. Poster. UTSW Celebration of Excellence. Dallas, Texas, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2026. Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Phantom Limb Syndrome After Below-Knee Amputation. Poster. TSA 2026. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2026. Remimazolam’s Role in Awake Flexible Scope Intubations: A Case Report. Poster. TSA 2026. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2025. Rescue Rectus Sheath Catheters Following Emergent Exploratory Laparotomy for Small Bowel Obstruction. Poster. TSA 2025. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2025. Superficial Cervical Plexus Block for Ambulatory Central Venous Catheter Placement in a Patient on Semaglutide. Poster. TSA 2025. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2025. One Message, Better Practice: Coordinated Efforts that Transformed Liposomal Bupivacaine Use in Perioperative Care. Poster. TSA 2025. San Antonio, Texas, US.
National Presentations
- 2025. Brachial Plexus Block for Lymphovenous Bypass Surgery: A Case report. Poster. 50th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting. Orlando, Florida, US.
- 2025. Assessment of Post Discharge Pain Complaints To Improve Patient Experience: A Quality Improvement Project. Poster. 50th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting. Orlando, Florida, US.
- 2024. Improving Value of a Regional Team Service through Billing Optimization. Invited. American Academy of Pain Medicine. Scottsdale, Arizona, US.
- 2023. Intraoperative PVCs in an Otherwise Healthy Teenager Besides Active Marijuana Use. Poster. SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology 2023. Austin, Texas, US.
- 2022. Pink Urine Propagated by Propofol Infusion. Poster. ASA Annual Meeting 2022. New Orleans, Louisiana, US.
- 2021. Texas Gulf Coast Anesthesia Society (TGCAS) meeting. Poster. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2021. Large Volume Aspiration on Induction in an Appropriately NPO Polytrauma Patient in the Setting of Recent Intraabdominal Surgery. Poster. San Diego, California, US.
- 2021. Preoperative Optimization and Intraoperative Contingency Considerations for Thyroidectomy in Severe Graves’ Disease. Poster. ASA Annual Meeting 2021. San Diego, California, US.
- 2021. Improving Perioperative Understanding and Compliance of Blood Bank Utilization at a Level 1 Trauma Center. Poster. ASA Annual Meeting 2021. San Diego, California, US.
- 2021. Anesthetic Challenges in Acute Cardiogenic Shock Secondary to Prosthetic Mitral Valve Dehiscence from Infective Endocarditis. Poster. Presented as part of fellow and resident complex cases session at SCA 2021 Annual Meeting; virtual, US.
- 2021. Anesthetic Considerations for Pericardial Window in Patient with Large Anterior Mediastinal Mass and Cardiac Tamponade. Poster. Presented as part of fellow and resident complex cases session at SCA 2021 Annual Meeting, US.
- 2020. Cardiac Arrest during Endobronchial Ultrasound due to Hypoxemia from a Blood Clot. Poster. ASA Annual Meeting 2020, US.
International Presentations
- 2026. The Role of Perioperative Acute Pain Services. Invited. MDACC and Chile Cancer Anesthesia Symposium. Santiago, CL.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Tsai, EH, Gan, TJ. TRPV1 Receptor Modulators. CNS Drugs 40(4):523-534, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41722000.
- Takayama, M, Snyder, RA, Lyu, H, Mensah, CB, Prakash, L, Landry, JP, Tsai, EH, Siddiqui, ZA, Maxwell, JE, Kim, M, Tzeng, CD, Lee, JE, Katz, MH, Ikoma, N. Association Between Intraoperative Hypothermia and Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula. Annals of surgical oncology 32(13):9979-9987, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40935892.
- Takayama, M, Snyder, RA, Lyu, H, Mensah, CB, Prakash, L, Landry, JP, Tsai, EH, Siddiqui, ZA, Maxwell, JE, Kim, M, Tzeng, CD, Lee, JE, Katz, MH, Ikoma, N. Association Between Intraoperative Hypothermia and Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula: Visual Abstract. Annals of surgical oncology 32(13):10056, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41085798.
- Nunez-Rodriguez, E, Mishima, R, Martinez, F, Aveni-Strafile, P, Zheng, G, Hicklen, RS, Tsai, EH, Cata, JP. Stellate ganglion block for preventing postoperative arrhythmias. BMJ open 15(9), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40983576.
- Best G, Tsai E, Deng Y, Ibekwe S. Continuous Superficial Parasternal Intercostal Plane Catheters for Poststernotomy Pain Control. A and A Case Reports 18(5):E01785, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38727098.
- Geoffrion TR, Lynch IP, Hsu W, Phelps E, Minhajuddin A, Tsai E, Timmons A, Greilich PE. An Implementation Science Approach to Handoff Redesign in a Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31706873.
Review Articles
- Nunez-Rodriguez, E, Mishima, R, Martinez, F, Aveni-Strafile, P, Zheng, G, Hicklen, RS, Tsai, EH, Cata, JP. Stellate ganglion block for preventing perioperative arrhythmias. British journal of anaesthesia 136(2):495-506, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41407651.
- Tsai, EH, Nunez-Rodriguez, E, Cata, JP. Stellate ganglion block in perioperative practice. British journal of anaesthesia 136(1):179-196, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41027820.
- Owolabi, A, Tsai, EH. Anesthetic considerations in cancer care. Current opinion in anaesthesiology 38(3):287-293, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40084514.
Other Articles
- Tsai, EH, Nguyen, E, Awad, AA, Ruiz, JR Tracheostomy Tube Pilot Balloon Spring as an Unrecognized Source of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Metallic Artifact. Anesthesiology 143(4):1028-1029, 2025. PMID: 40923825.
Abstracts
- Tsai E. The shift to climate change mitigation. Journal of Healthcare Risk Management:39: 36-41, 2019.
Book Chapters
- Tsai E, Ortega V, Stapleton C, Duffy C, Duplisea J. Perioperative Management of the Genitourinary Oncologic Patient Undergoing Partial/Radical Nephrectomy. In: Oncologic Critical Care, Second Edition. 2. Springer Nature, 2026.
Letters to the Editor
- Tsai, EH, Huang, H, Lai, E, Wang, M, Ruiz, JR. Sitting position, face-to-face rapid sequence intubation with the Airtraq™ video laryngoscope for cancer patients with higher aspiration risk. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 106, 2025.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified September 01, 2026