Steven H. Hsu, M.D.
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Critical Care Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Associate Professor, Critical Care Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2014 | The University of the State of New York, New York, New York, US, Doctor of Medicine, M.D. Conferral in M.D |
| 2006 | Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, CN, M.B. in Bachelor of Medicine |
| 2001 | University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, US, BS in Biology |
Postgraduate Training
| 2015-2017 | Clinical Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York |
| 2013-2014 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2011-2013 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, New York Downtown Hospital, New York, New York |
| 2007-2007 | Clinical Internship, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize City |
| 2006-2006 | Observership, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize City |
| 2005-2006 | Clinical Internship, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2017 | Texas State Medical License |
| 2017 | ABIM Critical Care Medicine |
| 2014 | ABIM, Internal Medicine |
| 2007 | Licensed General Practitioner- Belize |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Clinical Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2019 - 2023
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University School of Medicine, Bryan, TX, 2018 - 2023
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2023
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2014 - 2015
Medical Officer, Department of Accident and Emergency, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize City, 2008 - 2010
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Chair, Critical Care Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2023 - Present
Alternate Member, Critical Care Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2023 - Present
Executive Director for ICU Rotation, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX, 2020 - 2023
Chief Fellow, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, 2016 - 2017
Other Professional Positions
General Practitioner, Private Practice, Belize City, 2010 - 2011
Medical Officer, General Practice, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize City, 2008 - 2010
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Alternate Member, Credential Committee of the Medical Staff, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2023 - Present
Chair, Staff Education, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2023 - Present
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Medical Staff Quality Measure, Houston Methodist Hospital, 2020 - 2023
Editorial Activities
Reviewer, Journal of the American Heart Association, 2023 - Present
Reviewer, Circulation, 2023 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2023 | Outstanding Faculty in Education, Critical Care Medicine, Texas A&M University |
| 2022 | Outstanding Faculty in Education, Critical Care Medicine, Texas A&M University |
| 2014 | Professionalism, New York Methodist Hospital |
| 2006 | Humanism Award, Tianjin Medical University |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2024. Breaking Bad News 2024. Invited. Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Core Topics. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Ventilator Dyssynchrony. Invited. Advanced Mechanical Ventilation Workshop. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Breaking Bad News. Invited. Pulmonary and Critical Care Core Education. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Influenza. Invited. Health Lecture. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2021. Blood Purification in Sepsis. Invited. Sepsis Symposium 2021: Sepsis Survivorship. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2021. Covid-19 Update and ICU Care. Invited. Virtual APP Grand Round. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2021. Covid-19 in ICU. Invited. Virtual Lecture to Houston Chinese Community. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2020. Update in Covid-19 Management. Invited. Belize City, Belize District, BZ.
Regional Presentations
- 2024. The Other 23 Hours in ICU, Early Mobility. Invited. 6th Annual International Symposium on Advances in Critical Care Medicine (ISAC). Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Critical Care Controversies. Invited. Fifth International Symposium on Advances in Critical Care Medicine. Houston, Texas, US.
National Presentations
- 2018. Rhabdomyolysis. Invited. Infusion Nursing Society Annual Conference. Washington, D.C, District of Columbia, US.
International Presentations
- 2024. Fundamental of Critical Care Support. Visiting. House staff lecture. Belize City, BZ.
- 2024. Identifying Acute Ill Patients and Shock. Visiting. Core Education Series. Belmopan, BZ.
- 2023. Physiology of Tissue Oxygenation. Invited. Intensive and Critical Care Society of Nigeria Annual Symposium. Lagos, NG.
- 2021. Breaking Bad News in Covid-19. Invited. Classic Lecture Series. Taipei, TW.
- 2021. COVID ICU Update. Invited. Virtual Grand Round. Taipei, TW.
- 2020. Update in Covid-19 Management. Invited. Virtual Grand Round. Belize City, BZ.
- 2020. Acute Coronary Syndrome. Invited. Virtual Fundamental of Critical Care Support. Belize City, BZ.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Tseng JY, Hsu SH, Lai HY. A disposable envelope for video-assisted intubating stylet during tracheal intubation in COVID-19 pandemic. J Chin Med Assoc 85(1):136, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34812770.
- Jamaludin FH, Fathil SM, Wong TW, Termizi MS, Hsu SH, Lai HY. Simulation and evaluation of the protective barrier enclosure for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Resusc Plus 8:100180, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34806055.
- Li L, Hsu SH, Wang C, Li B, Sun L, Shi J, Ren Y, Wang J, Zhang X, Liu J. Characteristics of viral pneumonia in non-HIV immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Infect Dis 21(1):767, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34362320.
- Mithani F, Poursheykhi M, Ma B, Smith RG, Hsu SH, Gotur D. New-Onset Seizures in Three COVID-19 Patients: A Case Series. J Clin Neurophysiol 38(2):e5-e10, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33315693.
- Tseng JY, Hsu SH, Lai HY. Disposable protective barrier enclosure prevent aerosol contamination during aerosol-generating procedures. J Chin Med Assoc 84(1):119-120, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33323686.
- Li L, Hsu SH, Gu X, Jiang S, Shang L, Sun G, Sun L, Zhang L, Wang C, Ren Y, Wang J, Pan J, Liu J, Bin C. Aetiology and prognostic risk factors of mortality in patients with pneumonia receiving glucocorticoids alone or glucocorticoids and other immunosuppressants: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open 10(10):e037419, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33109645.
- Lai HY, Cheng ML, Hsu SH. Protective barrier enclosure during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. J Chin Med Assoc 83(10):972, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32796322.
- Hsu SH, Lai HY, Zabaneh F, Masud FN. Aerosol containment box to the rescue: extra protection for the front line. Emerg Med J 37(7):400-401, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32527948.
- Hsu SH, Campbell C, Weeks AK, Herklotz M, Kostelecky N, Pastores SM, Halpern NA, Voigt LP. A pilot survey of ventilated cancer patients' perspectives and recollections of early mobility in the intensive care unit. Support Care Cancer 28(2):747-753, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31144173.
- Galinko LB, Hsu SH, Gauran C, Fingerhood ML, Pastores SM, Halpern NA, Chawla S. A Basic Therapy Gone Awry. Am J Crit Care 26(6):491-494, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29092872.
- Guo, H, Fang, B, Liao, L, Zhao, Z, Liu, J, Chen, H, Hsu, SH, Cui, Q, Zhao, C. Hemangioblastic characteristics of fetal bone marrow-derived Flk1+CD31-CD34- cells. Experimental Hematology 31(7):650-658, 2003. e-Pub 2003. PMID: 12842710.
Review Articles
- Dhala A, Gotur D, Hsu SH, Uppalapati A, Hernandez M, Alegria J, Masud F. A Year of Critical Care: The Changing Face of the ICU During COVID-19. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 17(5):31-42, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 35855452.
Professional Educational Materials
- Hsu SH. Clinical skill and operations: video series. People’s Medical Publishing House.
Abstracts
- GONZALEZ PY, FELIX R, ANTONY P, STEVEN H HSU. Devastating leukemia ravaging arterial and venous thrombosis: complications of acute myeloid leukemia. Chest, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Padhye A, Hsu SH, Ordonez A, Gotur D. RALE score as a prognostication tool for patients with COVID-19 on ECMO. Chest, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Rao N, Tsai-Ngueyn G, Delmas T, Hsu SH. THE USE OF FUNDAMENTAL CRITICAL CARE SUPPORT IN MEDICAL EDUCATION: AN ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE. Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Padhye A, Rao N, Gotur D, Tuazon D, Ordonez A, Hsu SH. CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 ON EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION THERAPY: EXAMINING THE THREE SURGES. Chest, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Padhye A, Gotur D, Tuazon D, Zainab A, Suarez E, Masud F, MacGillivray T, Hsu S. Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Obese COVID-19 Patients. American Thoracic Society, 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Kasparian S, Gotur D, Hsu SH, Zimmerman JL. Reperfusion Injury with Resolving Saddle Pulmonary Embolism. American Thoracic Society, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Clarkson T, Katta S, Hsu SH. A RARE CULPRIT OF LACTIC ACIDOSIS IN THE ICU. Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Hsu S, Voigt L, Weeks A, Campbell C, Herklotz M, Kostelecky N, Pastores S, Halpern N. ICU DELIRIUM ADVERSELY IMPACTS EARLY MOBILIZATION IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED CANCER PATIENTS. Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2016. e-Pub 2016.
- Hsu S, Voigt L, Campbell C, Herklotz M, Weeks A, Kostelecky N, Pastores S, Halpern N. EXPERIENCE AND SATISFACTION WITH EARLY MOBILITY IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED CANCER PATIENTS. Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
- Hsu SH, Rajmane RC. Making a case to not exclude therapeutic hypothermia in in-hospital cardiac arrest despite concomitant sepsis. American Thoracic Society, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Hsu SH, Dominguez E, Rajmane R. Time to Rethink Sepsis as a Contraindication to Post Cardiac Arrest Therapeutic Hypothermia? A Retrospective Analysis of Outcomes of PCATH With and Without Ensuing Sepsis. Chest, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
- Hsu SH, Rajmane RC. Conflict Between Medical And Surgical Guideline Recommendation For Prophylactic Inferior Vena Cava Filter In Setting Of Intracranial Cranial Hemorrhage: A Retrospective Analysis Of Device Placement In This Population. American Thoracic Society, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
Book Chapters
- Suresh R, Logue RJ, Gotur DB, Hsu SH. COVID-19: A health-care worker’s perspective. In: COVID-19 Pandemic. Elsevier, 2022.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified July 22, 2026