Gavin Ovsak, MD
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology & PeriOper Med, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2020 | Harvard Medical School, US, Medicine, Doctorate |
| 2020 | Harvard Business School, US, Business Administration, Masters |
| 2015 | Duke University, US, Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Majoring in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science |
Postgraduate Training
| 2020-2024 | Anesthesiology Resident, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts |
Experience & Service
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Technology Transfer Intern, Mayo Clinic Ventures, 2015 - 2014
Software Engineering Intern, Google, Mountain View, California, 2015 - 2015
Software Engineering Intern, Google, Kirkland, Washington, 2013 - 2013
Engineering Intern, Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011 - 2011
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, House Staff Quality and Safety Committee, 2021 - 2024
Resident Director, Digital Education and Technology, 2021 - 2024
Honors & Awards
| 2022 | Patient Safety Award, ASRA Pain Medicine Conference |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Achu-Lopes, R, Tsen, LC, Ovsak, GG, Raheel, NA, Farber, MK, Maeda, A. Upper back, neck, and shoulder pain during labor epidural analgesia. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 60, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39255553.
- Datar, Y, Cuddy, SA, Ovsak, GG, Giblin, GT, Maurer, MS, Ruberg, FL, Arnaout, R, Dorbala, S. Myocardial Texture Analysis of Echocardiograms in Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 37(5):570-573, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38395112.
- Cuddy SA, Datar Y, Ovsak G, Saith S, Murphy SP, Bay CP, Haddad M, Lilleness B, Muralidhar V, Pipilas A, Vuong J, Guardino E, Maurer MS, Ruberg FL, Falk RH, Dorbala S.. Optimal Echocardiographic Parameters to Improve the Diagnostic Yield of Tc-99m-Bone Avid Tracer Cardiac Scintigraphy for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging 15(11):E014645, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36378779.
- Henglin M, Claggett BL, Antonelli J, Alotaibi M, Magalang GA, Watrous JD, Lagerborg, KA, Ovsak G, Musso G, Demler OV, Vasan RS, Larson MG, Jain M, Cheng S. Quantitative Comparison of Statistical Methods for Analyzing Human Metabolomics Data. Metabolites 12(6), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35736452.
Other Articles
- Yeap BY, De Rienzo A, Gill RR, Oster ME, Dao MN, Dao NT, Levy RD, Vermilya K, Gustafson CE, Ovsak G, Richards WG, Bueno R Mesothelioma Risk Score: A New Prognostic Pretreatment, Clinical-Molecular Algorithm for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, 2021. PMID: 34242791.
- Fallah PN, Ovsak GG, Kasper J, Riviello R, Nezerwa Y, Wispelwey B, Osman NY, Kumar A Longitudinal Case-Based Global Health Curriculum for the Medical Student Clerkship Year, 2020. PMID: 33324748.
- Ovsak G, Antonelli J, Claggett BL, Henglin M, Kim A, Kim N, Deng K, Rao K, Tyagi O, Watrous JD, Lagerborg KA, Hushcha PV, Demler OV, Mora S, Niiranen TJ, Pereira AC, Jain M, Cheng S Statistical Workflow for Feature Selection in Human Metabolomics Data, 2019. PMID: 31336989.
Selected Presentations & Talks
Regional Presentations
- 2019. Modernizing the Surgical Case Log: Boston Children’s Hospital Healthcare Professionals’ Education Poster Presentation. Poster. Boston Children’s Hospital. Boston, Massachusetts, US.
National Presentations
- 2022. Choosing the Right Block: A New Web-Based Tool for Physicians Worldwide. Poster. ASRA Pain Medicine Conference. Orlando, Florida, US.
International Presentations
- 2018. Bayesian Analytics (BA) to Identify Relationships Between Cancer Treatment Regimens, Patient Comorbidities, and Specific Toxicity Risk: ToxScreen Care Demonstration Project. Poster. 2018 MASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting. Vienna, AT.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified March 19, 2025