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

Faculty Biography

Compassionate Care While You Sleep


Mary F. Rabb, M.D.

Professor, Pediatric Anesthesia

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Education and Post-Graduate Training

  • B. S., Biochemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Internship, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston,  Affiliated Hospitals, Houston, Texas
  • Residency, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Affiliated Hospitals, Houston, Texas, Texas Heart Institute – Cardiovascular, Texas Children’s Hospital – Pediatric, M.D. Anderson Hospital – Thoracic, The University of Texas Health Medical School for Pain at Hermann Hospital
  • Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Chief Resident, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Professional Experience

  • Director, Academic Education, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, 2010-Present
  • Director, Residency Training Program, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, 2005-2010
  • Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, 2010-Present
  • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, 2002-2010
  • Director of Pediatric Anesthesia, Memorial Hermann Hospital, 2002-2007
  • Clinical Conference Program Director, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, 1999-2000
  • Assistant Director Residency Training Program, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, 1996- 2000
  • Attending Anesthesiologist, Memorial City Hospital, Houston, Texas, 6/95-6/96
  • Co-Administrative Director Hermann Hospital, Operating Room, 1996-2000
  • Attending Anesthesiologist, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospitals, Houston, 1992-Present
  • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, 1992-2002

Certification

  • American Board of Anesthesiology, 1995    

Professional Organizations

  • American Society of Anesthesiologists
  • Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
  • International Anesthesia Research Society
  • Harris County Medical Society
  • Texas Medical Association               
  • Texas Gulf Coast Anesthesia Society
  • Texas Society of Anesthesiologists
    • 1999 Alternate District Seven Delegate

Honors and Awards

  • Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, 2006
  • Outstanding Clinical Instructor Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, 1995
  • Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, 1993-1999

Research Grants

  • 2000, Co- PI, :An open evaluation of safety and clinical utility of E-TRANSÒ (fentanyl) for the management of post-operative pain in children and adolescents.” ALZA Corp. $187,731.00
  • 1998 PI, “A Randomized Study of Ultiva Versus Halothane in Neonates and Infants Undergoing Surgery for Pyloric Stenosis.”  Glaxo Wellcome $38,850.00.

Invited Presentations

  • LMA and the Difficult Pediatric Airway, Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital, Pediatric EMS Airway Training. Houston, TX. April 2008.
  • LMA and the Difficult Pediatric Airway, Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital, Pediatric EMS Airway Training. Houston, TX March, 2007.
  • Adult and Pediatric Fiberoptic Intubation, Pierre-Robin in the OR, and PAX/COBRA/Laryngeal Tube (Skill Station), 5th Biennial Difficult Airway Management: Tips From The Experts, Steamboat Grand Resort, Steamboat Springs, CO.  March 18-21, 2004.
  • Little Kids Not So Little Problems, 4th Biennial Difficult Airway Management: Tips from the Experts, North Lake Tahoe, Squaw Valley, CA. February, 2002.

Selected Publications

  1. Rabb MF:  Pulmonary edema and depressed cardiac function after intranasal phenylephrine 1% spray in a child. Presented at the SPA/AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology Meeting, San Antonio, TX 2010.
  2. Sridhar S, Rabb M, Wadhwa N, Khalil S:  Challenging Case:  Airway management with an airtraq optical laryngoscope in a patient with cervical spine injury, in a minerva brace and limited mouth opening.  Anesthesiology A608, October 2010.
  3. Rabb MF, Eype SM, Jain R, Matuszczak M:  Management of the difficult pediatric airway with the Truview EVO2.  Anesthesiology, October 2010.
  4. Szmuk P, Ghelber O, Matuszczak M, Rabb MF, Ezri T, Sessler DI: A prospective, randomized comparison of cobra perilaryngeal airway and laryngeal mask airway unique in pediatric patients. Anesth Analg 107(5):1523-30, 2008.
  5. Khalil SN, Maposa D, Ghelber O, Rabb MF, Matuszczak M, Ganesan BA, Khalili Tabrizi H, Chuang AZ: Caffeine in children with obstructive sleep apnea. Middle East J Anesthesiol 19(4): 885-900, 2008.
  6. Rabb MF, Szmuk P, Chapter: “The Difficult Pediatric Airway.” in Benumof’s Airway Management, Hagberg CA.  2nd Edition. 2007.
  7. Szmuk P, Rabb MF, Curry B, Smith KL, Lantin-Hermoso MR, Ezri T: Anaesthetic management of thoracopagus twins with complex cyanotic heart disease for cardiac assessment: special considerations related to ventilation and cross-circulation. Br J Anaesth 96(3):341-5, 2006.
  8. Khalil S, Lingadevaran H,Bolos M, Rabb M, Matuszczak M, Maposa D, Chuang A. Caudal regional anesthesia , ropivacaine concentration, postoperative analgesia and infants. Anesth Analg 102(2):305-9, 2006.
  9. Ghelber O, Szmuk P, Gebhard R, Rabb M F, Hagberg C:  Compuflo® improves identification of the epidural space by inexperienced operators in a simulator model.  Anesth Analg 102:S154, 2006.
  10. Szmuk P, Matuszczak M, Carlson RF, Warters David R, Rabb MF, Ezri T: Use of Cobra PLA for airway management in a neonate with Desbuquois syndrome. Case report and anesthetic implications. Paediatr Anaesth 15(7):602-5, 2005.
  11. Szmuk P, Matuszczak M, Ghelber O, Rabb MF, Maposa D, Sessler DI. CobraPLA vs. disposable LMA in pediatric patients: a preliminary comparative study. Anesth Analg 100:S-320, 2005.
  12. Cote CJ, Cohen IT, Suresh S, Rabb M, Rose JB, Weldon BC, Davis PJ, Bikhazi GB, Karl HW, Hummer KA, Hannallah RS, Khoo KC, Collins P:  A comparison of three doses of commercially prepared oral midazolam syrup in children. Anesth Analg 94:37-43, 2002.
  13. Davis PJ, Galinkin J, McGowan FX, Lynn AM, Yaster MF, Rabb MF, Krane EJ, Kurth CD, Blum RH, Maxwell L, Orr R, Szmuk P, Hechtman D, Edwards S, Henson LG: A randomized multicenter study of remifentanil compared with halothane in neonates and infants undergoing pyloromyotomy. i. emergence and recovery profiles. Anesth Analg 93:1380-4, 2001.
  14. Szmuk P, Rabb M, Baumgartner JE, Bery JM, Sessler AM, Sessler DI:  Body morphology and the speed of cutaneous rewarming.  Anesthesiology, 95:18-21, 2001.
  15. Galinkin JL, Kurth DCD, Alexis RA, Davis PJ, Hechtman D, Blum R, McGowan, Maxwell L, Yaster M, Krane R, Wellis V, Orr R, Lynn A, Rabb M, Szmuk P, Henson LG:  The effect of remifentanil and halothane on postoperative breathing in neonates and infants undergoing pyloric stenosis repair.  Pediatric Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, February, 2000.
  16. Blum R, Galinkin JL, Hechtman D, Maxwell L, Szmuk P, Henson LG, Wallis V, Orr R, Lynn A, Rabb M, Yaster M, Kurth CD, Krane E, McGowan FX, Davis PJ:  The safety and efficacy of remifentanil as compared to halothane in neonates undergoing surgery for pyloric stenosis.  Pediatric Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, February, 2000.

 

Faculty Biography

Mary F. Rabb, M.D.
  • Mary F. Rabb, M.D.
    Professor, Director, Academic Education
  • Department of Anesthesiology
  • The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
    6431 Fannin Street, MSB 3.020
    Houston, Texas 77030
  • phone: (713) 500-6253
    e-mail: Mary.F.Rabb@uth.tmc.edu