Patrick A. Upchurch
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Patrick A. Upchurch, MD

Languages spoken: English

  • Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Anesthesiology
    American Board of Anesthesiology (Sub: Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology)
    National Board of Echocardiography (Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography)
    National Board of Echocardiography (Advanced Perioperative TEE)

  • Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Anesthesiology -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Anesthesiology
    American Board of Anesthesiology (Sub: Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology)
    National Board of Echocardiography (Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography)
    National Board of Echocardiography (Advanced Perioperative TEE)

    Education history

    Fellowship Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia - Emory University Hospital Fellow
    Residency Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine - Johns Hopkins Hospital Resident
    Fellowship Surgical Critical Care - Boston Children’s Hospital Fellow
    Residency Surgery - Duke University Medical Center Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Virginia School of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Applied Physiology and Kinesiology - University of Florida B.S.
    Undergraduate Food Science and Human Nutrition - University of Florida B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Ryan MA, Leu GR, Upchurch PA, Tunkel DE, Walsh JM, Boss EF (2020). Systemic Bevacizumab (Avastin) for Juvenile-Onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: A Systematic Review. Laryngoscope, 131(5), 1138-1146. (Read full article)
    2. Ryan MA, Russell JO, Schoo DP, Upchurch PA, Walsh JM (2020). Transoral Endoscopic Vestibular Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Excision. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 129(12), 1239-1242. (Read full article)
    3. Landrigan CP, Rahman SA, Sullivan JP, Vittinghoff E, Barger LK, Sanderson AL, Wright KP Jr, OBrien CS, Qadri S, St Hilaire MA, Halbower AC, Segar JL, McGuire JK, Vitiello MV, de la Iglesia HO, Poynter SE, Yu PL, Zee PC, Lockley SW, Stone KL, Czeisler CA, ROSTERS Study Group (2020). Effect on Patient Safety of a Resident Physician Schedule without 24-Hour Shifts. N Engl J Med, 382(26), 2514-2523. (Read full article)
    4. Choi PS, Sleeper LA, Lu M, Upchurch P, Baird C, Emani SM (2020). Revisiting prosthesis choice in mitral valve replacement in children: Durable alternatives to traditional bioprostheses. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. (Read full article)
    5. Barger LK, Sullivan JP, Blackwell T, OBrien CS, St Hilaire MA, Rahman SA, Phillips AJK, Qadri S, Wright KP, Segar JL, McGuire JK, Vitiello MV, de la Iglesia HO, Poynter SE, Yu PL, Zee P, Sanderson AL, Halbower AC, Lockley SW, Landrigan CP, Stone KL, Czeisler CA, ROSTERS Study Group (2018). Effects on resident work hours, sleep duration, and work experience in a randomized order safety trial evaluating resident-physician schedules (ROSTERS). Sleep, 42(8). (Read full article)
    6. Blackwell T, Kriesel DR, Vittinghoff E, OBrien CS, Sullivan JP, Viyaran NC, Rahman SA, Lockley SW, Barger LK, Halbower AC, Poynter SE, Wright KP Jr, Yu PL, Zee PC, Landrigan CP, Czeisler CA, Stone KL, ROSTERS Study Group (2019). Design and recruitment of the randomized order safety trial evaluating resident-physician schedules (ROSTERS) study. Contemp Clin Trials, 80, 22-33. (Read full article)
    7. French JP, Hamilton KL, Quindry JC, Lee Y, Upchurch PA, Powers SK (2008). Exercise-induced protection against myocardial apoptosis and necrosis: MnSOD, calcium-handling proteins, and calpain. FASEB J, 22(8), 2862-71. (Read full article)
    8. Sun C, Li H, Gao Y, Matsuura T, Upchurch PA, Raizada MK, Sumners C (2007). Lack of macrophage migration inhibitory factor regulation is linked to the increased chronotropic action of angiotensin II in SHR neurons. Hypertension, 49(3), 528-34. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Goeddel LA, Jung YH, Patel P, Upchurch P, Fernando RJ, Ramakrishna H (2019). Analysis of the 2018 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Guidelines for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Implications for the Cardiovascular Anesthesiologist. [Review]. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 34(5), 1348-1365. (Read full article)
    2. Ryan MA, Upchurch PA, Senekki-Florent P (2020). Neonatal Vocal Fold Paralysis. [Review]. Neoreviews, 21(5), e308-e322. (Read full article)