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Charles E. Galaviz

Charles E. Galaviz, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

University of Utah Hospital

Anesthesiology
801-581-6393
  • My areas of clinical expertise are in the delivery of general anesthesia, sedation techniques, and regional anesthesia for a wide variety of clinical conditions and surgeries. In addition to delivering anesthesia for a wide variety of surgical cases I have two areas of specific expertise. I am the head of liver transplant anesthesia, and have served in this capacity since the start of the liver transplant program at the University of Utah in December 2005. I am also the director of anesthesia services for the recently opened University of Utah South Jordan Operating Room, and have served in this position since the opening of the surgical center for cases in January 2012.

    Specialties

    • Anesthesiology

    Board Certification

    American Board of Anesthesiology
  • My areas of clinical expertise are in the delivery of general anesthesia, sedation techniques, and regional anesthesia for a wide variety of clinical conditions and surgeries. In addition to delivering anesthesia for a wide variety of surgical cases I have two areas of specific expertise. I am the head of liver transplant anesthesia, and have served in this capacity since the start of the liver transplant program at the University of Utah in December 2005. I am also the director of anesthesia services for the recently opened University of Utah South Jordan Operating Room, and have served in this position since the opening of the surgical center for cases in January 2012.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Anesthesiology -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Anesthesiology

    Education history

    Residency Anesthesiology - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Resident
    Anesthesiology - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Iowa M.D.
    Biological Sciences - University of California - Irvine B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Metcalf RA, Goodfellow J, Cail K, Blaylock R, Kawamoto K, Enniss T, Galaviz C, Lim M, Reddy S, Sharma V, Wanner N (2021). Electronic clinical decision support: Evidence that default settings influence end-user behavior. Transfusion, 61(3), 669-670.
    2. Metcalf RA, White SK, Potter S, Barney R, Hunter C, White M, Enniss T, Galaviz C, Reddy S, Wanner N, Schmidt RL, Blaylock R (2019). The association of inpatient blood utilization and diagnosis-related group weight: implications for risk-adjusted benchmarking. Transfusion, 59(7), 2316-2323.
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