Zuhair Ahmed Siddiqui, MD, MPH
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2015 | University of Texas Medical School at McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, US, Medicine, Doctor |
| 2011 | University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, US, Public Health, Masters |
| 2010 | University of Houston, Houston, Texas, US, Political Science, Bachelors |
Postgraduate Training
| 2019-2020 | Postgraduate Fellow, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas |
| 2016-2019 | Postgraduate Fellow, Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York |
| 2015-2016 | Postgraduate Fellow, Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2020 | The American Board of Anesthesiology Board Certification |
| 2020 | The American Board of Anesthesiology Board Certification |
| 2020 | Physician License |
| 2019 | PALS |
| 2015 | ACLS |
| 2015 | Drug Enforcement Agency |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2020 - 2023
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Committee Member, Anesthesiology & PeriOper Med, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2025 - Present
Faulty Senator, Anesthesiology & PeriOper Med, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2024 - Present
Other Professional Positions
Adjunct Faculty, Anesthesiology, The University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 2024 - Present
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Senator, Faculty Senate, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - Present
Member, Wellness Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2024 | Best Presenter, Euro Anesthesia and Critical Care |
| 2020 | Outstanding Performance in Regional Anesthesia, Baylor College of Medicine |
| 2010 | Committee Award, Photography, University of Houston |
| 2009 - 2010 | Dean's List, University of Houston |
| 2006 - 2009 | Terry Foundation Scholarship, University of Houston |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2025. Roc’d by anaphylaxis, saved by sugammadex. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Giapreza: The Hail Mary of Hypotension. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Anesthetic Management in Pediatric MRI: A Retrospective Review at a Large Oncologic Referral Hospital Center. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2025. Florescin Do'h!-sing in Pediatric Patients?. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. A Career in Medicine. Invited, US.
- 2024. Block Out The Stress, Abdominally. Poster. DACCPM Education and Research Day. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2023. A Guide to Medical School Admissions. Invited, US.
- 2020. A Simple Hernia Repair, Probably. PAFFC PBLD Presentation. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2020. Journal Club: Blinded Edition. PAFFC Presentation. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2020. QI update: piNPOinting the Data. PAFFC QI Presentation. Houston, Texas, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2026. Airway Workshop. Invited, US.
- 2025. Cancer Risks for Immigrant and Refugee Populations. Invited, US.
- 2025. Are You Prepared for Challenging Interactions?. Invited. Texas Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2025. Benefits and Challenges to Parental Presence in the Perioperative Enviroment. Invited. Texas Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, US.
- 2025. Airway Workshop. Visiting. UTMB Transition to Residency, US.
- 2024. Cancer Risks for Immigrant and Refugee Populations. Invited. Refugee Health Symposium. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2024. Airway Workshop (8 hours). Visiting. Galveston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Airway Workshop (8 hours). Visiting. Galveston, Texas, US.
- 2023. Airway Workshop (8 hours). Visiting. Galveston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Airway Workshop (8 hours). Visiting. Galveston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Airway Workshop (8 hours). Visiting. Galveston, Texas, US.
National Presentations
- 2024. Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity. Invited. Seattle, Washington, US.
- 2024. Regional Anesthesiology- Lumbar plexus blocks. Invited. New York, New York, US.
- 2023. Regional Anesthesia Workshop (4 hours). Invited. Seattle, Washington, US.
- 2022. Regional Anesthesia Workshop (4 hours). Invited. Ridgewood, New Jersey, US.
- 2022. Code Blue in MRI. Conference. IARS, US.
- 2022. Regional Anesthesia Workshop (4 hours). Invited. Seattle, Washington, US.
- 2021. Preoperative Evaluation And Lung Isolation Techniques For Thoracic Surgery In The Pediatric Population. Poster. ANESTHESIOLOGY 2021 Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, US.
- 2021. Preventing Phantom Eye Syndrome With Ketamine: A Case Report In A Pediatric Patient With A History Of Tuberous Sclerosis. Poster. ANESTHESIOLOGY 2021 Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, US.
- 2020. Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis: A Captivating Case. Poster. The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Anesthesiology 2020 Meeting. Paradise Island, BS.
International Presentations
- 2025. Management of Aspiration Risk in a Patient with Laryngectomy Undergoing Revision Tracheoesophageal Puncture (TEP). Poster. World Airway Management Meeting. Florence, IT.
- 2025. Code Blue in MRI. Poster. Euro Anesthesiology and Critical Care Congress. Rome, IT.
- 2025. Florescin D'oh-sing in a Pediatric Patient. Poster. ESPA Annual Congress. Berlin, DE.
- 2025. Perioperative Management of Curative Pediatric Hemipelvectomy for Ewing’s Sarcoma. Poster. ESPA Annual Congress. Berlin, DE.
- 2024. Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis: A CapTIVAting Case. Poster. Euro Anesthesiology and Critical Care Congress. London, GB.
- 2024. Block Out the Stress. Poster. ESPA Annual Congress. Athens, GR.
- 2024. Local Anesthetic Toxicity. Invited. Regional Anesthesia Series. Lahore, PK.
- 2024. Truncal Blocks 2. Invited. Regional Anesthesia Series. Lahore, PK.
- 2024. Truncal Blocks 1. Invited. Regional Anesthesia Series. Lahore, PK.
- 2024. Lower Extremity Blocks. Invited. Regional Anesthesia Series. Lahore, PK.
- 2024. Upper Extremity Blocks. Invited. Regional Anesthesia Series. Lahore, PK.
- 2024. Pediatric Regional Anesthesiology Workshop. Visiting. Lahore, PK.
- 2023. Regional Anesthesia Lecture (2 hours). Invited. Lahore Children's Hospital. Lahore, PK.
Formal Peers
- 2024. Pulmonary Embolism Thrombectomy Perioperative Considerations. Houston, Texas, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Barry C, Siddiqui Z. Giapreza: The Hail Mary of Hypotension. A&A Practice. e-Pub 2026.
- Takayama, Snyder R, Siddiqui Z, Lyu H, Mensah C, Landry P, Ikoma N. Association between Intraoperative Hypothermia and Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula. Annals of Surgical Oncology 32(13):9979-9987, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40935892.
- Mani J, Strang A, Faruki A, Siddiqui Z, Mena G. Severe Anaphylaxis From Remimazolam in a Mastocytosis Cancer Patient: A Case Report. Cureus 16(9):e69079, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39391444.
- Siddiqui Z, Chandrakantan A, Hills E, Nguyen C, Adler A. Incidence of Difficult Laryngoscopy in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 35(12):3659-3664, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34353715.
- Zheng X, Siddiqui Z, Meng M. Check the Blood Pressure!: An Educational Tool for Anesthesiology Trainees Converting Epidural Labor Analgesia to Cesarean Delivery Anesthesia. A A Pract 14(6), 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32132359.
- Hafeez Rehman, Salma Khuwaja, Zuhair Siddiqui, Karen Chronister. Assessing the accuracy of self-reporting HIV testing behaviour in Houston/Harris County, Texas. HIV & AIDS Review 18(1):50-56, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Siddiqui Z. Vitamin D Deficiency in an Alopecia Referral Clinic During a 3-Month Period: The Need to Pursue Systemic Screening. Skinmed 15(5), 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29139360.
- Vlad C Sandulache, Laura J Vandelaar, Siddiqui Z, Mark E Zafereo. Salvage total laryngectomy after external-beam radiotherapy: A 20-year experience. Head Neck 38(S1):E1962-E1968, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26879395.
- Siddiqui Z. Cancellations and patient access to physicians: ZocDoc and the evolution of e-medicine. Dermatol Online J 19(4), 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24021373.
Abstracts
- Siddiqui Z. Early Onset Preeclampsia at 23 Weeks in a Teenager with a History of TBI, Drug Use, and Scoliosis. Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP).
- Siddiqui Z. Restrictive Cardiopulmonary Management. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).
- Siddiqui Z, Raker R. Perioperative Management of a Bladder Paraganglioma. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).
- Siddiqui Z, Ko R. Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis: A Captivating Case. Society for Pediatric Anesthesia.
- Siddiqui Z. Preoperative Evaluation And Lung Isolation Techniques For Thoracic Surgery In The Pediatric Population. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).
- Siddiqui Z. Incidence of difficult laryngoscopy in adult congenital heart disease patients. ASA.
- Siddiqui Z. Preventing Phantom Eye Syndrome With Ketamine: A Case Report In A Pediatric Patient With A History Of Tuberous Sclerosis. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).
- Michael Tulio, Siddiqui Z. Code Blue in MRI. IARS.
- Siddiqui Z. Access and Adoption of COVID-19 Information By Recent Afghan Refugees. APHA.
Book Chapters
- Siddiqui A, Shegog R, Siddiqui Z. Culture of Health – Advancing Together. In: Innovations in Arts and Health. University of Houston Libraries, 2024.
Web Publications
- Yiyi Liu, Lauren Lobaugh, Siddiqui Z. Let Them Drink, 2021.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified July 22, 2026