Mi Wang, MD
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 & 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
| 2007 | Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, US, Master of Science in Anesthesia |
| 2005 | Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, US, Master of Medicine in Anatomy |
| 2001 | Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, CN, Master of Medicine in Neurobiology |
| 1998 | Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, CN, Bachelor of Medicine in Clinical Medicine |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of General Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2021 - 2024
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of General Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2016 - 2021
Anesthesiologist Assistant Clinical Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, 2007 - 2012
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, ASA Committee on Physician Well-Being, 2023 - Present
Member, ASA Abstract Review Subcommittee, 2023 - Present
Member, ASA Committee on AA Education and Practice, 2022 - Present
Chair, Wellness Committee, 2022 - 2023
Peer Supporter, Emerge Stronger - Supporting caregivers experiencing 2nd victim phenomena, 2022 - Present
Resident Representative, Quality Improvement Committee, 2015 - 2016
Honors & Awards
| Cleveland Clinic Caregiver Appreciation Award | |
| 1st place OSA meeting | |
| Teaching Award demonstrates passion for teaching | |
| Giorgio Zanettin Award Colleague of the Year, Anesthesiology Institute |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Ruetzler K, Rivas E, Cohen B, Mosteller L, Martin A, Keebler A, Maheshwari K, Steckner K, Wang M, Praveen C, Khanna S, Makarova N, Sessler DI, Turan A. McGrath Video Laryngoscope Versus Macintosh Direct Laryngoscopy for Intubation of Morbidly Obese Patients: A Randomized Trial. Anesth Analg 131(2):586-593, 2020. PMID: 32175948.
- Wang M, Singh A, Qureshi H, Leone A, Mascha EJ, Sessler DI. Optimal Depth for Nasopharyngeal Temperature Probe Positioning. Anesth Analg 122(5):1434-8, 2016. PMID: 26974019.
- Wang M, Qanungo S, Crow MT, Watanabe M, Nieminen AL. Apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain (ARC) is expressed in cancer cells and localizes to nuclei. FEBS Lett 579(11):2411-5, 2005. PMID: 15848180.
- Qanungo S, Wang M, Nieminen AL. N-Acetyl-L-cysteine enhances apoptosis through inhibition of nuclear factor-kappaB in hypoxic murine embryonic fibroblasts. J Biol Chem 279(48):50455-64, 2004. PMID: 15375156.
Other Articles
- Galway, U, Zura, A, Wang, M, Deeby, M, Riter, Q, Li, T, Ruetzler, K Anesthetic considerations for rigid bronchoscopy. Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care 43:38-45, 2022. PMID: None.
- Galway, U, Khatib, R, Zura, A, Khanna, S, Wang, M, Thida, F, Ruetzler, K Awake fiberoptic intubation. Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care 41:50-60, 2021. PMID: None.
- Wang M, Saasouh W, Botsford T, Keebler A, Zura A, Benninger MS, Avitsian R Postoperative Stridor and Acute Respiratory Failure After Parkinson Disease Deep Brain Stimulator Placement: Case Report and Review of Literature. World Neurosurg 111(None):22-25, 2018. PMID: 29229347.
- Wang M, Mathur P, Abdelmalak B Airway Topicalization Atomizer Parts Break Off in Patient’s Airway. APSF Newsletter None(74):None, 2018. PMID: None.
Editorials
- Wang, M, Argalious, M. Laryngeal Mask Airway-SupremeTM (LMAS) in elective non-cardiac surgery. Minerva Anestesiologica 87(5):502-504, 2021. PMID: 33853275.
Books (edited and written)
- Wang M, Argalious M. Smith and Aitkenhead’s Textbook of Anaesthesia. Ed(s) 7th. None, 2020.
Selected Presentations & Talks
National Presentations
- 2023. Why I love what I do as an Anesthesiologist. None. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2022. Current Thinking in Emergency Surgical Airways. None. Naples, Florida, US.
- 2022. What you see is not always what you get. None. Grand Rounds. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2022. What I learned from the airway and beyond – 2nd victim and Emerge Stronger. None. Grand Rounds. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2021. The Practical Approaches to Management of Unexpected Difficult Airway. None. Bethesda, Maryland, US.
- 2021. THAM Extravasation. None. Grand Rounds. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2021. The Practical Approaches to Management of Unexpected Difficult Airway. None. Portsmouth, Virginia, US.
- 2019. Seamless Fiberoptic Intubation. None. Grand Rounds. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2019. The Vortex approach to the management of the unanticipated difficult airway. None. Columbus, Ohio, US.
- 2019. Local Anesthetics. None. Comprehensive Anesthesiology Review Conference. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2018. More Adventures in ENT. None. Grand Rounds. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2018. Basics of Bronchoscopy Boot Camp (multidisciplinary critical care fellows). None. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2017. When Breath Becomes Air. None. Grand Rounds. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2017. Elective Jet Ventilation. None. Comprehensive Anesthesiology Review Conference. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
- 2017. Airway in Oral Board Exam. None. Grand Rounds. Cleveland, Ohio, US.
International Presentations
- 2022. “Second victim and Burnout.”. None. New Generation Anesthesiology Virtual Platform, US.
- 2019. CICO Upon an Apparent Routine Induction – What Went Wrong?. Poster. Amsterdam, NL.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified February 11, 2025