Mona Sarkiss, MD, PhD
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 1998 | University of Texas, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, USA, PHD, Cancer Biology |
| 1996 | Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, Houston, TX, USA, MD, Medicine |
| 1989 | Cairo University Medical School, Cairo, USA, MB,BCh,, Medicine |
Board Certifications
| 2003 | American Board of Anesthesiology |
Honors & Awards
| 1997 | Young Investigator Award, American Society of Cancer Research |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Grosu HB, Morice RC, Sarkiss M, Bashoura L, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA, Faiz S, Lazarus DR, Casal RF, Ost DE. Safety of Flexible Bronchoscopy, Rigid Bronchoscopy, and Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Patients with Malignant Space-Occupying Brain Lesions. Chest 147(6):1621-8, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25393333.
- Casal RF, Lazarus DR, Kuhl K, Nogueras-González G, Perusich S, Green LK, Ost DE, Sarkiss M, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA, Morice RC, Cornwell L, Austria S, Sharafkanneh A, Rumbaut RE, Grosu H, Kheradmand F. Randomized trial of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration under general anesthesia versus moderate sedation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 191(7):796-803, 2015. PMID: 25574801.
- Vial MR, Sarkiss M, Lazarus DR, Eapen G. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided diagnosis of pulmonary artery tumor embolus. Ann Thorac Surg 99(5):1816-9, 2015. PMID: 25952219.
- Almeida FA, Casal RF, Jimenez CA, Eapen GA, Uzbeck M, Sarkiss M, Rice D, Morice RC, Ost DE. Quality gaps and comparative effectiveness in lung cancer staging: the impact of test sequencing on outcomes. Chest 144(6):1776-82, 2013. PMID: 23703671.
- Casal RF, Sarkiss M, Martinez CH, Ost D, Morice RC, Eapen GA, Jimenez CA. Relevance of Mild Hemoptysis in Patients with Solid Malignancies: Etiology, Evaluation and Long-Term Outcome. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 10(4):342-9, 2013.
- Grosu HB, Jimenez CA, Morice RC, Ost D, Sarkiss MG, Eapen GA. Cryptogenic bronchial stenosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 187(3)(3):327, 2013. PMID: 23378438.
- Sarkiss M, Kennedy M, Riedel B, Norman P, Morice R, Jimenez C, Eapen G. Anesthesia Technique for Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration of Mediastinal Lymph Node. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 21/6(6):892-6, 2007. PMID: 18068076.
- Sarkiss MG, Yusuf SW, Warneke CL, Botz G, Lakkis N, Hirch-Ginsburg C, Champion JC, Swafford J, Shaw AD, Lenihan DJ, Durand JB. Impact of aspirin therapy in cancer patients with thrombocytopenia and acute coronary syndromes. Cancer 109(3):621-7, 2007. PMID: 17167763.
- Sarkiss MG, Daley MD, Norman PH, Coveler LA. Pancuronium added to intravenous regional anesthesia: systemic weakness after prolonged tourniquet inflation time. Can J Anaesth 48(1):102, 2001. PMID: 11212041.
Invited Articles
- Sarkiss M, Casal R, Ost D, Morice R, Eapen G, Jimenez C. Anaesthesia for interventional bronchoscopy. Minerva Pneumologica, 2009.