The Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Department of Anesthesiology
The Department of Pediatrics

Faculty Biography

Compassionate Care While You Sleep


Evan G. Pivalizza, MBChB, FFA

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Education and Post-Graduate Training:

University of Cape Town, South Africa (Graduate Education)

Internship, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

Registrar in Anesthesiology, University of Natal and University of Cape Town, South Africa

Professional Experience:

Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas

Director, Liver Transplantation Anesthesia, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas

Asst. Residency Director & Director of Resident Education, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas

Member, Transfusion Committee, Hermann Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas

Professional Organizations:

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists
    • 2008 Alt. Delegate, Place 19 (TSA representative).
    • 2006 Reg. Spokesperson Training
    • 2005-2007 Membership Committee
    • 2008-2009 Blood Management Committee
  • Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
    • 2001-Present Membership Committee
  • International Anesthesia Research Society
  • International Liver Transplantation Society
  • Texas Society of Anesthesiologists
    • 2003-Present Director, Dist. 7
    • 2007-2008 Alt. Delegate to TMA Interspecialty Committee,
    • 2004-Present Membership Committee
    • 2005-2006, 2008-2009 Education Committee
    • 2007 Chair, Reference Committee, Annual Meeting
  • Society for Education in Anesthesia
  • Texas Medical Association,
    • 2007-2008 Alt. Delegate, Harris County Medical Society to TMA
    • 2008-2009 Delegate, Harris County Medical Society to TMA
    • 2003-2009 Committee on Blood & tissue Usage
  • American Board of Anesthesiology
    • Assistant Examiner

Awards

2005-2008 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas

2003-2005, 2007 Outstanding Clinical Instructor (by Department of Anesthesiology), The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas

Selected Publications

Abstracts

  1. Saggi BH, Mieles LA, Melnikov V, Pivalizza EG, Merhav HJ: Caval anastamosis in liver transplantation: Side-to-side cavo-cavostomy as an alternative approach. Liver Transpl 11:C-38, 2008.
  2. Pivalizza EG, Panni M, Chitty DA: Variations in obstetric nurse evaluations of aspects of anesthesia resident core competencies. Anesthesiology, 2008
  3. Pivalizza EG, Kao LS, Zayac E, Grellhesl D, Gonzalez EA: Initial description of the TEG Split point and Delta time (R-SP) in acute trauma patients. Anesthesiology, 2008.
  4. Pivalizza EG, Eisner C, Abramson S, Sharkey A, Melnikov V, Lam NC: Platelet dysfunction in liver transplant recipients. Anesth Analg 104:S14, 2007.
  5. Pivalizza EG, Gonzalez EA, Kao LS, Graham-Carlson A, Motschall D: Initial investigation of the ThrombelastographTM in acute trauma patients. Anesthesiology 107:A527, 2007.
  6. Szmuk P, Curry B, Smith KJ, Ghelber O, Pivalizza EG: Compliance with NPO Status in pediatric patients: A preliminary audit. Anesthesiology 103:A1351, 2005.Kratschmer R, Pivalizza EG, Koch SM, Wainright DJ, Freet D, Parks DH: Coagulation changes during initial resuscitation in severely burned patients. Anesth Analg 102:S83, 2006.
  7. Pivalizza EG, Hobbs R, Hartwell EA: Education of anesthesia residents in blood compatibility. Anesth Analg 102:S101, 2006.
  8. Gebhard RE, Ghelber O, Warters RD, Pivalizza EG, Szmuk P: Local anesthetic injection-pressure monitoring during nerve blocks with the CompufloR injection pump. Anesthesiology 105:A1136, 2006.
  9. Lam NC, Sciard D, Abramson S, Bogolmony Y, Pivalizza EG: Resident’s training in regional anesthesia. Anesthesiology 105:A163, 2006.
  10. Pivalizza EG: Fenoldopam vs. dopamine in liver transplantation. Anesth Analg 100:SCA100, 2005.
  11. Pivalizza EG, Lappin J, Riha K, Merhav H, Melnikov V, Vogt C, Mieles L: Intraoperative continuous veno-veno dialysis during liver transplantation. Liver Transpl 11:C-10 (#39), 2005.
  12. Pivalizza EG, Merhav J, Lappin J, Saggi B, Gebhard R, Warters R, Abramson S, Banjac I, Mieles L: Introduction of autologous cell salvage for liver transplantation. Liver Transpl 11:C-39 (# 153), 2005.
  13. Pivalizza EG, Ekpenyong U, Warters R, Sheinbaum R, Estrera A, Saggi B, Mieles L. Early Intraoperative thromboembolism during liver transplantation. Liver Transpl 1:C-38 (#150), 2005.
  14. Pivalizza EG. Szmuk P, Jain R, Ellis SR, Eisner D, Rabb MF, Lipski I: Resident education on medical mission trips. J Clin Anesth 17:672-3, 2005.
  15. Curry B, Smith KJ, Eisner CD, Pivalizza EG, Szmuk P: Compliance with NPO status in pediatric patients: Preliminary evaluation. Paediatr Anaesth May 2005.
  16. Warters RD, Szmuk P, Pivalizza EG, Gebhard RE, Ezri T: The role of anesthesiologists in the selection and administration of perioperative antibiotics: A survey of AACD members. Anesthesiology 103:A1245, 2005.
  17. Luehr SL, Pivalizza EG, Warters RD, Lipski I, Katz J: A template for successful anesthesiology resident recruitment. Anesthesiology 101:A1349, 2004
  18. Pivalizza EG, Luehr SL, Szmuk P, Hagberg CA, Gebhard R: Anesthesia Department Quality Assurance Projects and Resident Education. Anesthesiology 101:A1408, 2004.
  19. Pivalizza EG, Luehr SL, Larson SM, Wang SL, Katz J: Anesthesia department chart review, resident education and core competency evaluation. Anesthesiology 101:A1410, 2004.
  20. Lipski I, Pivalizza EG: The ThrombelastographR in patients taking coumadin. Anesthesiology 101:A156, 2004.
  21. Szmuk P, Pivalizza EG, Gebhard R, Sciard D, Warters D: Accuracy of the T-line Tensymotor vs. conventional invasive radial artery tonometry in surgical cases with induced hypotension. Anesthesiology 101:A545, 2004.
  22. Pivalizza EG, Wenzel MP, King FS: Sonoclot analysis in neurosurgical patients. Anesth Analg S173:96, 2003.
  23. Gebhard RE, Pivalizza EG, Cerny JL, Melnikov V, Warters RD: Accuracy of CertofixR central venous catheter placement utilizing ECG-guided positioning with the CertodyneR universal adapter. Anesthesiology 99:A1287, 2003.

Articles

  1. Pivalizza PJ, Pivalizza EG: Pain assessment tools for children with cognitive impairment. Paediatr Anaesth 2008 [Epub ahead of print].
  2. Szmuk P, Pivalizza EG: T-line. An evaluation of the T-line Tensymeter continuous noninvasive blood pressure device during induced hypotension. Anaesthesia 63:307-12, 2008.
  3. Pivalizza EG, Escobar M: Thrombelastography guided factor VIIa therapy in a surgical patient with severe hemophilia and factor VIII inhibitor. Anesth Analg 107:398-401, 2008
  4. Gebhard R, Warters RD, Pivalizza EG, Szmuk P: The accuracy of electrocardiogram-controlled central line placement. Anesth Analg 104:65-70, 2007.
  5. Pivalizza EG, Warters RD, Ekpenyong UU, Sheinbaum S, Estrera AL, Saggi BH, Mieles LA: Very early intraoperative cardiac thromboembolism during liver transplantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 20:232-5, 2006.
  6. Pivalizza EG: Literature review. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 20:622-4, 2006.
  7. Warters RD, Pivalizza EG, Ezri T: Anesthesiologists and antibiotic selection. Anesth Analg 102:1177-82, 2006.
  8. Pivalizza EG: Perioperative use of the ThrombelastographR in patients with inherited bleeding disorders. J Clin Anesth 15:366-70,2003.
  9. Pivalizza EG: Perioperative use of the ThrombelastographR in patients with inherited bleeding disorders. J Clin Anesth 15:366-70, 2003.
  10. Ezri, T, Szmuk P, Warters RD, Gebhard RE, Pivalizza EG, Katz J: Changes in onset time of rocuronium in patients pretreated with ephedrine and esmolol - the role of cardiac output. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 47: 1067-72; 2003.
  11. Szmuk P, Kee S, Pivalizza EG: Anaesthesia for magnetoencephalography in children with intractable seizures. Paediatr Anaesth 13:811-17, 2003.
  12. Pivalizza EG, Warters RD, Gottschalk LI, Luehr SL, Hartwell EA: Clopidogrel and platelet transfusion in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Anaesthesia 58:603-4, 2003.

Lectures

Liver Transplantation Update, UTMB Galveston, Department of Anesthesiology 2005

What Do We Do with the Jehovah’s Witness Surgical Patient?, Resident Seminar, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting 2006

Thrombelastography, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Anesthesiology 2008

Faculty Biography

Evan G. Pivalizza, MBChB, FFA
  • Evan G. Pivalizza, MBChB, FFA
    Professor, Vice-Chairman
  • Department of Anesthesiology
  • University of Texas-Houston Medical School
    6431 Fannin Street, MSB 3.020
    Houston, Texas 77030
  • phone: (713) 500-6251
    e-mail: Evan.G.Pivalizza@uth.tmc.edu
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