Christian S. Guay
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Christian S. Guay, MD, MS

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Huntsman Cancer Institute - Cancer Hospital South

Salt Lake City
801-581-2121

University of Utah Hospital

SICU/ICU
Salt Lake City
801-581-2121

University of Utah Hospital

Anesthesiology
Salt Lake City
801-581-2121

  • Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Anesthesiology
    American Board of Anesthesiology (Sub: Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology)
    American Board of Anesthesiology (Sub: Critical Care Medicine)
    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)
    American Board of Anesthesiology (Sub: Critical Care Medicine)
    National Board of Echocardiography (Advanced Perioperative TEE)

    Education history

    Fellowship Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Clinical Fellow
    Critical Care Medicine - Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Clinical Fellow
    Residency Anesthesiology - Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Chief Resident
    Anesthesiology - Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Resident
    Professional Medical Medicine - Saba University School of Medicine M.D., M.S.
    Engineering, Neuroscience, Psychology - McGill University B.A.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Aabha Divya, Christian S Guay, Thoralf M Sundt, Jordan P Bloom (2024). Complete Aortomitral Curtain Dehiscence Resulting in Large Pseudoaneurysm 6 Weeks After Aortic Root Replacement. JACC Case Rep, 29(22).
    2. Baum TE, Adam E, Guay CS, Schamberg G, Kazemi M, Heldt T, Brown EN (2024). Dynamic Estimation of Cardiovascular State From Arterial Blood Pressure Recordings. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, PP. (Read full article)
    3. Smith SK, Kafashan M, Rios RL, Brown EN, Landsness EC, Guay CS, Palanca BJA (2024). Daytime dexmedetomidine sedation with closed-loop acoustic stimulation alters slow wave sleep homeostasis in healthy adults. BJA Open, 10, 100276. (Read full article)
    4. Ellenbogen J, Guay CS (2023). Sound sleep in the intensive care unit: source-path-receiver model. Pract Neurol, 22(7), 64-7.
    5. Clephas PRD, Hoeks SE, Singh PM, Guay CS, Trivella M, Klimek M, Heesen M (2023). Prognostic factors for chronic post-surgical pain after lung and pleural surgery: a systematic review with meta-analysis, meta-regression and trial sequential analysis. Anaesthesia, 78(8), 1005-1019. (Read full article)
    6. Guay CS, Bean CD, Kwon O, Brown EN (2023). Recovery From Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Is Associated With Increasing Alpha Power in the Frontal Electroencephalogram During Propofol Sedation: A Case Report. A A Pract, 17(7), e01698. (Read full article)
    7. Guay CS, Hight D, Gupta G, Kafashan M, Luong AH, Avidan MS, Brown EN, Palanca BJA (2023). Breathe-squeeze: pharmacodynamics of a stimulus-free behavioural paradigm to track conscious states during sedation(☆). Br J Anaesth, 130(5), 557-566. (Read full article)
    8. Nourmohammadi A, Swift JR, de Pesters A, Guay CS, Adamo MA, Dalfino JC, Ritaccio AL, Schalk G, Brunner P (2022). Passive functional mapping of receptive language cortex during general anesthesia using electrocorticography. Clin Neurophysiol, 147, 31-44. (Read full article)
    9. Guay CS, Kafashan M, Huels ER, Jiang Y, Beyoglu B, Spencer JW, Geczi K, Apakama G, Ju YS, Wildes TS, Avidan MS, Palanca BJA (2022). Postoperative Delirium Severity and Recovery Correlate With Electroencephalogram Spectral Features. Anesth Analg, 136(1), 140-151. (Read full article)
    10. Kafashan M, Brian Hickman L, Labonte AK, Huels ER, Maybrier H, Guay CS, Subramanian S, Farber NB, Ching S, Hogan RE, Kelz MB, Avidan MS, Mashour GA, Palanca BJA (2022). Quiescence during burst suppression and postictal generalized EEG suppression are distinct patterns of activity. Clin Neurophysiol, 142, 125-132. (Read full article)
    11. Gruenbaum SE, Guay CS, Gruenbaum BF, Konkayev A, Falegnami A, Qeva E, Prabhakar H, Nunes RR, Santoro A, Garcia DP, Quiones-Hinojosa A, Bilotta F (2021). Perioperative Glycemia Management in Patients Undergoing Craniotomy for Brain Tumor Resection: A Global Survey of Neuroanesthesiologists' Perceptions and Practices. World Neurosurg, 155, e548-e563. (Read full article)
    12. Clephas PRD, Hoeks SE, Trivella M, Guay CS, Singh PM, Klimek M, Heesen M (2021). Prognostic factors for chronic post-surgical pain after lung or pleural surgery: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 11(6), e051554. (Read full article)
    13. Guay CS, Khebir M, Shiva Shahiri T, Szilagyi A, Cole EE, Simoneau G, Badawy M (2021). Evaluation of automated microvascular flow analysis software AVA 4: a validation study. Intensive Care Med Exp, 9(1), 15. (Read full article)
    14. Hickman LB, Kafashan M, Labonte AK, Chan CW, Huels ER, Guay CS, Guan MJ, Ching S, Lenze EJ, Farber NB, Avidan MS, Hogan RE, Palanca BJA (2021). Postictal generalized electroencephalographic suppression following electroconvulsive therapy: Temporal characteristics and impact of anesthetic regimen. Clin Neurophysiol, 132(4), 977-983. (Read full article)
    15. Guay CS, Labonte AK, Montana MC, Landsness EC, Lucey BP, Kafashan M, Haroutounian S, Avidan MS, Brown EN, Palanca BJA (2021). Closed-Loop Acoustic Stimulation During Sedation with Dexmedetomidine (CLASS-D): Protocol for a Within-Subject, Crossover, Controlled, Interventional Trial with Healthy Volunteers. Nat Sci Sleep, 13, 303-313. (Read full article)
    16. Li KM, Baddigam R, Bethel M, Guay CS, Song Z, Sullivan S, Gregory SH (2021). Anesthetic considerations for transcatheter mitral and aortic valve procedures: An introduction and overview of current literature. Curr Anesthesiol Rep, 11(3), 284-91.
    17. Smith SK, Nguyen T, Labonte AK, Kafashan M, Hyche O, Guay CS, Wilson E, Chan CW, Luong A, Hickman LB, Fritz BA, Emmert D, Graetz TJ, Melby SJ, Lucey BP, Ju YS, Wildes TS, Avidan MS, Palanca BJA (2020). Protocol for the Prognosticating Delirium Recovery Outcomes Using Wakefulness and Sleep Electroencephalography (P-DROWS-E) study: a prospective observational study of delirium in elderly cardiac surgical patients. BMJ Open, 10(12), e044295. (Read full article)
    18. Fogarty AE, Guay CS, Simoneau G, Colorado BS, Segal GR, Werner JK Jr, Ellenbogen JM (2019). Head Motion Predicts Transient Loss of Consciousness in Human Head Trauma: A Case-Control Study of Mixed Martial Artists. Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 98(10), 859-865. (Read full article)
    19. Guay CS, Plourde G (2018). Handgrip dynamometry for continuous assessment of volitional control during induction of anesthesia: a prospective observational study. Can J Anaesth, 66(1), 48-56. (Read full article)
    20. Guay CS, Schanker BD (2018). Neural Correlates of Pure Experience, Anesthesia and Meditation States. American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience, 9(2), 115-7.
    21. Guay CS, Schanker BD (2017). Brain-Computer Interfaces and Interactive Capacity in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness. American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience, 8(3), 141-2.
    22. Guay CS, Ellenbogen JM (2017). Emergency Sleep Medicine. Semin Neurol, 37(4), 471-480. (Read full article)

    Book Chapter

    1. Gruenbaum SE, Guay CS, Siller SS, Bilotta F (2019). Endocrine Management in the Neurosurgical Patient. In Prabhakar H, Ali Z (Eds.), Textbook of Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care Volume II - Neurocritical Care (pp. 205-16). Singapore: Springer.

    Editorial

    1. Palanca BJA, Guay CS (2020). Associations between delirium and electroencephalographic markers: Notes from the field. Clin Neurophysiol, 132(1), 210-211. (Read full article)
    2. Guay CS, Avidan MS (2020). No Brain Is an Island. Anesth Analg, 130(6), 1568-1571. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Kafashan MM, Hyche O, Nguyen T, Smith SK, Guay CS, Wilson E, Labonte AK, Guan MJ, Lucey BP, Ju YS, Palanca BJA (2021). Perioperative sleep in geriatric cardiac surgical patients: a feasibility study using a wireless wearable device. [Letter to the editor]. Br J Anaesth, 126(6), e205-e208. (Read full article)