
Faculty Biography
Compassionate Care While You Sleep
Roy Sheinbaum, M.D.
Education and Post-Graduate Training:
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
M.D., University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Rotating Internship, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Anesthesia Residency, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Professional Experience:
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
CVT Director Fellowship Program, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
Professional Organizations:
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
- Society of Critical Medicine
- Texas Society of Anesthesiologists
Awards
Dean H. Morrow Award, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Golden Apple Award, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Houston, Texas
Outstanding Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas
Research Grants
Sheinbaum R, Carter J, Safi HJ, Ignacio C, Reyna R: Renal protection in TAAA surgery. – Elan Pharmaceuticals, $7,500
Sheinbaum R, Safi HJ, Ignacio C: A Phase III Trial of Oxygent in ANH in Patients Undergoing CABG. Abbott Pharmaceuticals, $160,000.
Sheinbaum R, Ignacio C, Gottshalk L: A Phase III Trial of Hemosol in Patients Undergoing CABG. Hemosol Inc., $160,000.
Ignacio C, Sheinbaum R, Gottshalk L, Safi HJ: Effects of Zoniporide on Perioperative Cardiac Events in High Risk Subjects Undergoing Noncardiac Vascular Surgery. Pfizer Inc., $120,000.
Presentations
Visiting Professor. Anesthetic Management of TAAA’s; Modern Management for CEA’s. Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, April 2004.
TEE Evaluation of the Aorta, MD Anderson TEE Workshop, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, August 2004.
Visiting Professor. Anesthesia for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, TEE in the OR, Organ Protection During TAAA. Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, June 2005.
Visiting Professor. Chinese Medical Association. Bejing, China, June 2005.
TEE and the Aorta, MD Anderson TEE Workshop, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, August 2005.
Anesthesia for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, February 2006.
TEE advances for the Aorta, MD Anderson Workshop, MD Anderson Cancer, Houston, Texas, August 2006.
Anesthetic Principles for Major Vascular Surgery, (Keynote Lecture to Taiwan delegation of Anesthesiologists), MD
Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, May 2007.
Visiting Professor: Anesthesia and Organ Protection for TAAA, Israel Cardiovascular Surgical Meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel, September 2007.
Visiting Professor: Anesthesia for Ascending Arch Aneurisms, Rabin Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, September 2007.
Selected Publications
- Sheinbaum R, Hammer GB, Benumof JL: Separation of the Two Lungs. Benumof’s Airway Management 2nd Ed, 2007.
- Pivalizza EG, Ekpenyong UU, Sheinbaum R, Warters RD, Estrera AL, Saggi BH, Mieles LA. Very early intraoperative cardiac thromboembolism during liver transplantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 20(2):232-5, 2006. Epub 2006 Feb 8.
- Huynh TT, Miller CC, Estrera AL, Mohamed SG, Hassoun HT, Sheinbaum R, Porat EE, Safi HJ. Correlations of cerebrospinal fluid pressure with hemodynamic parameters during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Ann Vasc Surg 19(5):619-24, 2005.
- Estrera AL, Garami Z, Miller CC, Sheinbaum R, Huynh TT, Porat EE, Allen BS, Safi HJ. Cerebral monitoring with transcranial Doppler ultrasonography improves neurologic outcome during repairs of acute type A dissection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 129(2):277-85, 2005.
- Safi HJ, Miller CC, Estrera Al, Huynh TT, Porat EE, Allen BS, Sheinbaum R. Staged repair of extensive aortic aneurisms: long-term experience with elephant trunk technique. Ann Surg 240(4):677-84; Discussion 684-5, 2004.
- Wenker O, Sheinbaum R, Safi HJ, Reyna R, Kapadia A: Cost Comparative Analysis of Aprotinin Use in Patients Undergoing Thoracobdominal Aneurysmectomy. World Congress of Anesthesia, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 2000
- Wenker O, Sheinbaum R, Safi HJ, Reyna R, Kapadia A: Renal Safety of Aprotinin in Patients Undergoing Thoracoabdominal Aneurysmectomy. World Congress of Anesthesia. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 2000
- Sheinbaum R, Safi HJ, Ignacio C, Carter J, Reyna R: Renal Protection and Outcome Variability by Utilization of a DA-1 Agonist (Fenoldopam) in Patients Undergoing Thoracoabdominal Aneurysmectomy. Society of Cardiac Anesthesiologists, Orlando, Florida 2000.
Location & Contact
6431 Fannin Street,
MSB 5.020
Houston, Texas 77030
713.500.6200
713.500.6208 fax
Our Affiliations
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Faculty Biography

- Roy Sheinbaum, M.D.
Associate Professor - Department of Anesthesiology
- University of Texas-Houston Medical School
6431 Fannin Street, MSB 3.020
Houston, Texas 77030 - phone: (713) 500-6253
fax: (713) 500-0000
e-mail: Roy.Sheinbaum@uth.tmc.edu


