Gausan Bajracharya, MD
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & PeriOper Med, Anesthesiology & PeriOper Med, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2012 | Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Western Region, NP, Medicine, MBBS |
Postgraduate Training
| 2016-2022 | Postgraduate Fellow, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 2015-2015 | Postgraduate Fellow- Observer, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2013-2015 | Postgraduate Fellow- Medical Officer studying for USMLE, Clinical Health Care Center Pvt Ltd, Kathmandu, Central Region |
| 2012-2013 | Medical Officer, Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Central Region |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2023 | American Board of Anesthesiology License |
| 2022 | Ohio Medical Board License |
| null | DEA License |
| null | Physician License |
Experience & Service
Editorial Activities
Manuscript Reviewer, PloS one, 2020 - Present
Associate Editor- Editorial Board Member, BMC Anesthesiology, 2020 - 2025
Manuscript Reviewer, BCM Anesthesiology, 2020 - 2025
Honors & Awards
| 2026 - Present | Educator of the Month- Head and Neck, UT MD Anderson |
| 2021 | FAER Scholar, Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research |
| 2020 | Top 10% Basic Exam, American Board of Anesthesiology |
| 2018 | Fellow of the year- Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2026. TSA Airway Workshop 2026. Poster. Texas Society of Anesthesiologists. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2025. Anterior Mediastinal Mass – Is that a Problem?. Invited. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2024. A Paradigm Shift on Reperfusion Syndromes during Liver Transplant. Invited. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2024. Delayed Emergence – Perioperative Stroke. Invited. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2024. Flexible bronchoscopy. Poster. Flexible bronchoscopy workshop Anesthesiology Residency. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2024. Obstetric Hemorrhage and Massive Transfusion Protocol. Invited. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2023. High-flow Oxygen Use. Invited. Ohio Society of Anesthesiologist Annual update 2023. Columbus, Ohio, US.
- 2023. Novel use of high flow nasal canula for interventional suction embolectomy. Invited. Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2023. Advanced Airway – Basics of Bronchoscopy Boot Camp for Interventional Pulmonary Fellows. Invited. Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2023. Pan-reactive antibody Panel with Daratumumab. Invited. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2021. The effect of the “Double Hit” postoperative lowest hemoglobin and postoperative hypotension on Postoperative Outcomes: POISE-2 post-hoc analysis. Poster. Resident & Fellow Research Day. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2018. Neuraxial Anesthesia Reduces Post-Operative Venous Thromboembolism in Non-cardiac Surgery. Invited. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2018. The Role of Continuous Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring During Non-cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Invited. Cleveland Clinic Seminar. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2017. Acute Postoperative Pain is Associated with Myocardial Injury Oral Presentation (Top 4 best abstracts). Poster. A Retrospective Analysis, Resident & Fellow Research Day. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2017. Comparison of Postoperative Mortality and Readmission Rates between Neuraxial and General Anesthesia in Non-Cardiac Surgery. Poster. A Retrospective Analysis, Resident & Fellow Research Day. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2019. Does Post-operative Regional Analgesia Reduce Surgical Site Infections After Colorectal Surgery?. Poster. Midwestern Anesthesia Residents Conference. Detroit, Michigan, US.
- 2019. Ultrasound for Proximal Humeral Intraosseous Vascular Access: A Novel Approach. Poster. Midwestern Anesthesia Residents Conference. Detroit, Michigan, US.
- 2019. Age Does Not Influence Relationships Between Intra-Operative Hypotension And Acute Kidney And Myocardial Injury After Non-Cardiac Surgery. Poster. Midwestern Anesthesia Residents Conference. Detroit, Michigan, US.
National Presentations
- 2024. Application of Electromagnetic Navigation to the flexible Video Intubation. Poster. American Society of Anesthesiologist Scientific and Educational Exhibit. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US.
- 2023. Novel use of high flow nasal canula for interventional suction embolectomy. Invited. ASA Annual Meeting 2023. San Francisco, California, US.
- 2023. Daratumumab Interferes with Red Blood Cell Antibody Screen Panel. Poster. ASA Annual meeting 2023. San Francisco, California, US.
- 2023. Monitored Anesthesia Care in Carnitine Deficiency: Navigating Contraindications to Propofol. Invited. ASA Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California, US.
- 2022. Hydroxocobalamin for Refractory Hypotension during Live Donor Liver Transplant Surgery in the Setting of Porto-pulmonary Hypertension. Mentored Resident for Medically Challenging Case. Poster. ASA Annual Meeting 2022. Los Angeles, California, US.
- 2021. Anesthetic management of a patient with Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis. Medically Challenging Case. Poster. American Society of Anesthesiologist annual meeting 2021. San Diego, California, US.
- 2021. The Effect of the “Double Hit” Postoperative Lowest Hemoglobin and Postoperative Hypotension on Postoperative Outcomes: POISE-2 Post-hoc Analysis. Poster. FAER/eSAS a Day for New Researchers Session, US.
- 2020. New Onset Pericardial Effusion Post Liver Transplant: A Diagnostic Conundrum. Poster. Virtual. Virtual, US.
- 2019. Severe Bronchospasm Possibly Related to Sugammadex,. Poster. American Society of Anesthesiologists. Orlando, Florida, US.
- 2018. The Role of Continuous Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring During Non-cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists. San Francisco, California, US.
- 2018. Ultrasound for Proximal Humeral Intraosseus Vascular Access: A Novel Approach. Invited. 27th Annual Journal Symposium: Point-of-care Ultrasound in Perioperative, Critical Care and Pain Medicine. San Francisco, California, US.
- 2017. Comparison of Non-Invasive Finger Cuff and Oscillometric Blood Pressure Measurements During Non-Cardiac Surgery. Poster. American Society of Anesthesiologists. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2017. Interactions Between Age and Intra-Operative Hypotension on Acute Kidney and Myocardial Injury After Non-Cardiac Surgery. Poster. American Society of Anesthesiologists. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
- 2017. Neuraxial Anesthesia Reduces Post-Operative Venous Thromboembolism in Non-cardiac Surgery. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists. Boston, US.
- 2017. Comparison of Postoperative Mortality and Readmission Rates between Neuraxial and General Anesthesia in NonCardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis. Invited. American Society of Anesthesiologists. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Rössler, J, Kopac, O, Marquez Roa, L, Bajracharya, GR, Wang, L, Ruetzler, K, Turan, A. Associations of Intraoperative Hypotension and Perioperative Blood Pressure with Delirium after Noncardiac Surgery. Anesthesiology 143(3):559-569, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40384076.
- Neuman, M, Feng, R, Ellenberg, S, Sieber, FE, Sessler, DI, Magaziner, J, Elkassabany, N, Schwenk, ES, Dillane, D, Marcantonio, ER, Menio, D, Ayad, SS, Hassan, M, Stone, T, Papp, S, Donegan, D, Marshall, M, Jaffe, JD, Luke, C, Sharma, B, Azim, S, Hymes, R, Chin, KJ, Sheppard, R, Perlman, B, Sappenfield, J, Hauck, E, Hoeft, MA, Tierney, A, Gaskins, LJ, Horan, AD, Brown, T, Dattilo, J, Carson, JL, Looke, T, Bent, S, Franco-Mora, A, Hedrick, P, Newbern, M, Tadros, R, Pealer, K, Marcantonio, ER, Vlassakov, K, Buckley, C, Gavin, L, Gorbatov, S, Gosnell, J, Steen, T, Vafai, A, Bajracharya, GR. Pain, Analgesic Use, and Patient Satisfaction With Spinal Versus General Anesthesia for Hip Fracture Surgery. Annals of internal medicine 176(1):952-960, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36645897.
- Bajracharya, GR, Esa, WS, Mao, G, Leung, S, Cohen, B, Maheswari, K, Kessler, H, Gorgun, E, Sessler, DI, Turan, A. Regional analgesia and surgical site infections after colorectal surgery. Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology (English Edition) 73(1):10-15, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 35803369.
Web Publications
- Bajracharya G, Andrew Zura, Elyad Ekrami, Nicholas Zura, Kamal Maheshwari. Application of electromagnetic navigation to flexible video intubation, 2026.
- Bajracharya G, Julian Rössler, Orkun Kopac, Leonardo Marquez Roa, Lu Wang, Kurt Ruetzler, Alparslan Turan. Perioperative Hypotension and Delirium: Reply, 2026.
- Bajracharya G, Anthony E Divito, Matthew Sharobeem, Basem B Abdelmalak. Suzetrigine: A novel nonopioid systemic analgesic, 2026.
- Bajracharya G, Emily A Vail, Rui Feng, Frederick Sieber, Jeffrey L Carson, Susan S Ellenberg, Jay Magaziner, Derek Dillane, Edward R Marcantonio, Daniel I Sessler, Sabry Ayad, Trevor Stone, Steven Papp, Derek Donegan, Samir Mehta, Eric S Schwenk, Mitchell Marshall, J Douglas Jaffe, Charles Luke, Balram Sharma, Syed Azim, Robert Hymes, Ki-Jinn Chin, Richard Sheppard, Barry Perlman, Joshua Sappenfield, Ellen Hauck, Ann Tierney, Annamarie D Horan, Mark D Neuman, EGAIN (Regional versus General Anesthesia for Promoting Independence after Hip Fracture) Investigators. Long-term Outcomes with Spinal versus General Anesthesia for Hip Fracture Surgery: A Randomized Trial, 2024.
- Bajracharya G, Wael Ali Sakr Esa, Guangmei Mao, Steve Leung, Barak Cohen, Kamal Maheshwari, Hermann P Kessler, Emre Gorgun, Daniel I Sessler, Alparslan Turan. Regional analgesia and surgical site infections after colorectal surgery: a retrospective cohort analysis, 2022.
- Bajracharya G. Pain, Analgesic Use, and Patient Satisfaction With Spinal Versus General Anesthesia for Hip Fracture Surgery : A Randomized Clinical Trial, 2022.
- Bajracharya G, Daniel I Sessler, Lijian Pei, Kai Li, Shusen Cui, Matthew T V Chan, Yuguang Huang, Jingxiang Wu, Xuemei He, Eva Rivas, Carmen K M Lam, PROTECT Investigators. Aggressive intraoperative warming versus routine thermal management during non-cardiac surgery (PROTECT): a multicentre, parallel group, superiority trial, 2022.
- Bajracharya G, Alparslan Turan, Steve Leung, Rovnat Babazade, Theresa Barnes, Yehoshua N Schacham, Guangmei Mao, Nicole Zimmerman, Kurt Ruetzler, Kamal Maheshwari, Wael Ali Sakr Esa, Daniel I Sessler. Acute Postoperative Pain Is Associated With Myocardial Injury After Noncardiac Surgery, 2020.
- Bajracharya G, Sergio Bustamante, Shravan Cheruku, Steve Leung, Guangmai Mao, Asha Singh, Negmeldeen Mamoun. Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Identify Landmarks of the Proximal Humerus: Potential Use for Intraosseous Vascular Access, 2020.
- Bajracharya G, Alparslan Turan, Andra Duncan, Steve Leung, Nika Karimi, Jonathan Fang, Guangmei Mao, Jennifer Hargrave, Marc Gillinov, Carlos Trombetta, Sabry Ayad, Manal Hassan, Andrew Feider, Kimberly Howard-Quijano, Kurt Ruetzler, Daniel I Sessler, DECADE Study Group. Dexmedetomidine for reduction of atrial fibrillation and delirium after cardiac surgery (DECADE): a randomised placebo-controlled trial, 2020.
- Bajracharya G, Kamal Maheshwari, Alparslan Turan, Natalya Makarova, Chao Ma, Wael Ali Sakr Esa, Kurt Ruetzler, Sabri Barsoum, Alan G Kuhel, Michael R Ritchey, Carlos Higuera-Rueda, Tatyana Kopyeva, Luca Stocchi, Hani Essber, Barak Cohen, Iman Suleiman, David Chelnick, Edward J Mascha, Andrea Kurz, Daniel I Sessler. Saline versus Lactated Ringer's Solution: The Saline or Lactated Ringer's (SOLAR) Trial, 2020.
- Bajracharya G, Timothy G Short, Douglas Campbell, Christopher Frampton, Matthew T V Chan, Paul S Myles, Tomás B Corcoran, Daniel I Sessler, Gary H Mills, Juan P Cata, Thomas Painter, Kelly Byrne, Ruquan Han, Mandy H M Chu, Davina J McAllister, Kate Leslie. Anaesthetic depth and complications after major surgery: an international, randomised controlled trial, 2019.
- Bajracharya G, Hesham Elsharkawy, Kariem El Boghdadly, Richard L Drake, Edward R Mariano. Comparing two posterior quadratus lumborum block approaches with low thoracic erector spinae plane block: an anatomic study, 2019.
- Bajracharya G, Yehoshua N Schacham, Barak Cohen, Michael Walters, Nicole Zimmerman, Guangmei Mao, Marianne A Tanios, Daniel I Sessler. Mild Perioperative Hypothermia and Myocardial Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis, 2018.
- Bajracharya G, Kamal Maheshwari, Sandeep Khanna, Natalya Makarova, Quinton Riter, Syed Raza, Jacek Cywinski, Maged Argalious, Andrea Kurz, Daniel I Sessler. A Randomized Trial of Continuous Noninvasive Blood Pressure Monitoring During Noncardiac Surgery, 2018.
- Bajracharya G, Alparsalan Turan, Steve Leung, Merve Y Kara, Guangmei Mao, Thomas Botsford, Kurt Ruetzler, Kamal Maheshwari, Wael Saker Esa, Hesham Elsharkawy, Daniel I Sessler. Association of Neuraxial Anesthesia With Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism After Noncardiac Surgery: A Propensity-Matched Analysis of ACS-NSQIP Database, 2017.
- Bajracharya G, Joshi MR, Bohara TP, Parajuli A. Management of Severe Pancreaticoduodenal Injuries, 2014.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified October 09, 2026