Jessica K Brown, MD, FASA, FAACD, CMQ
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Division Emergency and Accreditation Preparedness Officer, Department of Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, HOUSTON, TX
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2000 | The University of Texas health Science Center, Houston, Texas, US, MD |
| 1996 | The University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, US, BA in Biology |
Postgraduate Training
| 2023-2023 | Certification, Point of Care Ultrasound; Focused cardiac Ultrasound, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 2023-2023 | Certification, Simulation Instructor Course, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California |
| 2004-2005 | Clinical Fellowship, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston |
| 2001-2004 | Clinical Residency, Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
| 2000-2001 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas |
Board Certifications
| 2022 | The American Board of Medical Quality |
| 2008 | National Board of Echocardiography, Advanced Perioperative Trans-esophageal Echocardiography |
| 2005 | American Board of Anesthesiology |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College at Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2007 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kentucky, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2005 - 2019
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
ACB Anesthesiology Section Chief, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2022 - Present
Anesthesia Medical Director of the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, HOUSTON, TX, 2021 - Present
Anesthesiology Co-lead ERAS Breast Oncologic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2021 - 2022
Assistant Clinical Director of Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2021 - Present
Assistant Anesthesia Medical Director for PACU, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 2020 - 2021
Anesthesiology Lead: Enhanced Recovery after Cardiac Surgery, The Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2019
Anesthesiology Lead: Enhanced Recovery after Thoracic Surgery, The Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2013 - 2019
Assistant Clinical Director of Anesthesia: Operating Room Board Runner, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2012 - 2019
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Member Design and Development committee for Clinical Services Building: Anesthesia Department, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2023 - Present
Fellow of the Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors, Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors, N/A, 2021 - Present
Subject Matter Expert, Enhanced Recovery after Cardiac Surgery Society, Houston, TX, 2018 - Present
Member Advisory Board, Children at Risk New American Children, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2020
Vice President Education, Texas Lyme Disease Association, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2018
Member board of Directors, UNITED2CURE Children Foundation, Houston, TX, 2013 - Present
Institutional Committee Activities
Appointee, Workplace Violence Prevention Partnership Council, 2024 - Present
Appointee, Reach Executive Committee, 2022 - Present
Faculty Focus Group Member, Hospital Medicine Department Chair Search, 2022 - 2024
Appointee, Professional Development Committee, 2021 - Present
Appointee, Practice Management Committee, 2021 - Present
Appointee, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesia Committee, 2020 - 2022
Appointee, UT MD Anderson Faculty Senate Appointment, 2020 - 2023
Committee Member, UT MD Anderson Institutional PPE Core Team Committee, 2020 - Present
Committee Member, UT MD Anderson Institutional Committee: Malignant Hyperthermia Workgroup, 2020 - Present
Member, Critical Emergency Response in the Operating Room, 2018 - 2019
Alternate Co-Chair, Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Education Subcommittee, 2018 - 2019
Subject Matter Expert, Committee for Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery, 2018 - Present
Member, Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Education Subcommittee, 2016 - 2019
Member, Fondren Brown Operating Room Subcommittee, 2007 - 2019
Member, Multiple Organ Transplant Care MPI, Improvement Subcommittee, 2006 - 2007
Honors & Awards
| Aquinas Honor Society of Academic Honors, University of St. Thomas | |
| Phi Sigma Tau National Philosophy Scholastic Honor Society | |
| Bishop J. E. McCarthy Scholarship for Academic Excellence | |
| Basic Science and Clerkship Honors, The University of TX Health Science Center | |
| Magna Cum Laude, B.A. Biology, University of St. Thomas | |
| Awesome Job Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center | |
| Awesome Job Award, MD Anderson Cancer Center | |
| Faculty Excellence Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Huang H, Lai E, Bhavsar S, Miller B, Chung J, Phillips B, Feng L, Soliz JM, Brown J. Comparison of Intraoperative Fentanyl Usage and Waste After Transition from 100-μg Vials to 50-μg Preloaded Syringes: A Single-Center Retrospective Study. Int J Anesth Clin Med 12(2):109-115, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39665116.
- Zorrilla-Vaca A, Cata JP, Brown JK, Mehran RJ, Rice D, Mena GE. Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy Does Not Have an Impact on Renal Outcomes in an Enhanced Recovery Program. Ann Thorac Surg 114(6):2059-2065, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35452665.
- Zorrilla-Vaca A, Rice D, Brown JK, Antonoff M, Sepesi B, Hofstetter W, Swisher S, Walsh G, Vaporciyan A, Mehran R, Hagberg C, Mena GE. Sustained reduction of discharge opioid prescriptions in an enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery program: A multilevel generalized linear mode. Surgery 171(None):504-510, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34740455.
- Kim MP, Chan EY, Meisenbach LM, Dumitru R, Brown JK, Masud FN. Enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery reduces discharge on highly dependent narcotics. J Thorac Dis 10(2):984-990, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29607171.
Manuals, Teaching Aids, Other Teaching Publications
- Brown JK, Tsai J, Vu C, Puthenparampil E, Templonuevo M, Huang J. IV Infiltration Discharge Instructions: Patient Education. None, 2023.
- Brown J, Tsai J, Vu C, Puthenparampil E, Templonuevo M, Huang J. Corneal Abrasion Discharge Instructions: Patient Education. None, 2022.
- Yarbroiugh R, Brown JK. The Postoperative Management of Vascular Lumbar Catheters. None, 2018.
Other Articles
- Arora RC, Brown JK, Chatterjee S, Gan TJ, Singh G, Tong MZ, Consortium PI Perioperative management of the vulnerable and failing right ventricle. Perioperative Medicine 13(40):None, 2024. PMID: 38750602.
- Ibekwe S, Deschamps J, Grocott M, Liang Y, Shaw A, Perry T, Collaborators PI Perioperative Quality Inititative (POQI) consensus statement on perioperative assessment of right ventricular function. Perioperative Medicine 12(66):None, 2023. PMID: 38066632.
- Michael C Grant MD, a MSE, CRNA b DC, Tong J Gan MD, MHS, c MBA, Michael W Manning MD, d P, ChB d TEMM, Jessica L Brodt MBBSAndrew D Shaw MB, Daniel Engelman MD, Michael Mythen MD, Nicole R Guinn MD, Solomon Aronson MD, Jonathon Schwartz MD, Rakesh C Arora MD, PhD, Vicky Morton-Bailey DNP, C Scott Brudney MB, Elliott Bennett-Guerrero MD, V Seenu Reddy MD, Lou Guzzi MD, Jessica Brown MD, Cheryl Crisafi MSN, RN Pain management and opioid stewardship in adult cardiac surgery: Joint consensus report of the PeriOperative Quality Initiative and the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 166(6):1695-1706, 2023. PMID: 36868931.
- Brown JK, Shaw AD, Mythen MG, Guzzi L, Reddy VS, Crisafi C, Engelman DT, Initiative PQ, Cardiac Workgroup TERAS Adult Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Joint Consensus Report. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 37(9):1579-1590, 2023. PMID: 37355415.
- Guinn NR, Schwartz J, Arora RC, Morton-Bailey V, Aronson S, Brudney CS, Bennett-Guerrero E, Initiative PQ, Society Investigators TERAS Perioperative Quality Initiative and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery-Cardiac Society Consensus Statement on the Management of Preoperative Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Adult Cardiac Surgery Patients. Anesthesia & Analgesia 135(3):532-544, 2022. PMID: 35977363.
- Shaw AD, Guinn NR, Brown JK, Arora RC, Lobdell KW, Grant MC, Gan TJ, Engelman DT, Initiative PQ, Surgery–Cardiac investigators ERA Controversies in Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery. Perioper Med (Lond) 11(19):19, 2022. PMID: 35477446.
- Brown JK, Singh K, Dumitru R, Chan E, Kim MP The Benefits of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Programs and Their Application in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Methodist DeBakey Cardiovasc J 14(2):77-88, 2018. PMID: 29977464.
- Burton AW, Fukshansky M, Brown JK, Hassenbusch SJ Refractory Insomnia in a Patient with Spinal Cord Stimulator Lead Migration. Neuromodulation 7(2):242-245, 2004. PMID: 22151332.
Abstracts
- Zorrilla-Vaca A, Feldman H, Antanoff M, Brown JK, Correa A, Mehran R, Rajaram R, Rice D, Vaporciyan A, Mena G. Single Chest Tube Practice Reduces Discharge Opioid Prescriptions Without Increasing Pulmonary Complications after Thoracic Surgery. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 233(5):S261, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: None.
Book Chapters
- Ramirez Manotas MF, Brown JK. Diuretics in Anesthesia. In: Basic Anesthesia Review. None. None, None, 2023.
- Andrzej Kwater MD, Hart Donahue MD, Jessica Brown MD, Gabriel E Mena MD. Perioperative Analgesic Management. In: Principals of Gynecologic Oncology 2nd Edition. 2nd. Elsevier, None.
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2023. Fire in the Operating Room. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. 2022 Culture of Safety Survey Grand Rounds Discussion. Invited. Anesthesiology Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2019. Preoperative Assessment and management of Aortic Stenosis in the Setting of Noncardiac Surgery. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2004. Grand Rounds Review and Management of Pacemakers and Automatic Internal Cardiac Defibrillators. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, TX, US.
- 2004. Case Report of Intractable Insomnia in a Patient with Spinal Cord Stimulator. Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2003. Perioperative Management of Pheochromocytoma. Invited. Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2002. Deep Venous Thrombosis in the Intensive Care Unit. None. Critical Care Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2023. Minimizing Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting. Invited. Advances in Critical care. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2019. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: Benefits, Pitfalls and Implementation. Conference. Texas Society of Anesthesiologists. Lost Pines, TX, US.
- 2019. Update on Enhanced Recovery Techniques (ERAS). None. TSA-TSATT Conference. Lost Pines, Texas, US.
- 2004. Case Report of Intractable Insomnia in a Patient with Spinal Cord Stimulator. Conference. MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, US.
National Presentations
- 2022. Comparing Pain Between Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery versus Open Thoracotomy in an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Program for Lobectomies: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis. Conference. RAMSES 10th Annual Symposium. Orlando, FL, US.
- 2019. Emergency Off-Pump Thrombectomy During Radical Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Cancer: The Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography. Conference. New York State Society of Anesthesiologists. New York, NY, US.
International Presentations
- 2024. Investigation of Da Vinci Surgical Systems in Prophylactic Nipple Sparing Mastectomy Procedures: Standardizing Operating Room Set Up for Efficiency and Patient Safety. Poster. 12th Annual Robotic Assisted Microsurgical & Endoscopic Society (RAMSES). Singapore, US.
- 2024. Prevention and Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in the Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Setting. Invited. Grand Rounds. Barranquilla, CO.
- 2023. Anesthetic Considerations for Robotic-Assisted Bilateral Nipple Sparing Mastectomy. Invited. 11th Annual Robotic Assisted Microsurgical & Endoscopic Society (RAMSES). Istanbul, TR.
- 2021. The Use of Bilateral Erector Spinae Catheters in Oncologic Abdominal Sarcoma Surgery”. Conference. 17th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists. Prague, CZ.
- 2016. Thromboelastogram Use and Interpretation. Invited. Grand Rounds. Barranquilla, CO.
- 2012. 3D Image Acquisition and Quantification of MV disease and left ventricular systolic function. Invited. Philips. Buenos Aires, AR.
Formal Peers
- 2024. Management of a Code in the Operating Room in Prone Position through Simulation. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Yearly Review: Diagnosis and Management of Malignant Hyperthermia. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Recognition and Treatment of Malignant Hyperthermia for Post Anesthesia Care Unit Nurses: Simulation. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Cardiac Rhythm Interpretation and Management Workshop. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. "PREP Talks" Emergency Preparedness. Houston, Texas, US.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified February 17, 2025