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Natalie Silverton
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Natalie Silverton, MD

Languages spoken: English

Specialties

  • Anesthesiology

Board Certification

American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
National Board of Echocardiography (Advanced Perioperative TEE)
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Canada

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Anesthesiology -Professor (Clinical)
Board Certification
American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
National Board of Echocardiography (Advanced Perioperative TEE)
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Canada

Education history

Undergraduate Biology - Brown University B.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - University of Utah M.D.
Residency Emergency Medicine - University of Utah Resident
Residency Anesthesiology - University of Utah Resident
Chief Resident Anesthesiology - University of Utah Chief Resident
Fellowship Echocardiography - University of Utah Fellow
Fellowship Cardiothoracic Anesthesia - University of Toronto Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Ramezani A, Silverton N, Kuck (2025). Improving urinary oxygen monitoring with a transit time algorithm: enhancing AKI detection in cardiac surgery. Journal of clinical monitoring and computing,
  2. Silverton NA, Hoareau GL, Kuck (2025). Cardiopulmonary Bypass and the Kidney: New Evidence for Old Foes. Anesthesiology, 142(6), 985-988.
  3. Silverton NA, Lofgren LR, Kuck K, Stoddard GJ, Johnson R, Ramezani A, Hoareau G (2024). Near-infrared spectroscopy for kidney oxygen monitoring in a porcine model of hemorrhagic shock, hemodilution, and REBOA. Scientific reports, 14(1), 2646.
  4. Alpenglow JK, Bunsawat K, Francisco MA, Broxterman RM, Craig JC, Iacovelli JJ, Weavil JC, Harrison JD, Morgan DE, Silverton NA, Reese VR, Ma CL, Ryan JJ, Wray D (2024). ¿-Adrenergic regulation of skeletal muscle blood flow during exercise in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. The Journal of physiology, 602(14), 3401-3422.
  5. Parry SR, Silverton NA, Hall IE, Stoddard GJ, Lofgren L, Kuck (2023). Intraoperative Urine Oxygen in Cardiac Surgery and 12-Month Outcomes. Kidney360, 4(1), 92-97.
  6. Lofgren L, Silverton N, Kuck (2023). Combining Machine Learning and Urine Oximetry: Towards an Intraoperative AKI Risk Prediction Algorithm. Journal of clinical medicine, 12(17),
  7. Moreno Garijo J, Gadotti G, Amador Y, Fan CS, Silverton N, Ralph-Edwards A, Meineri (2023). Quantitative Assessment of Three-Dimensional Aorto-Mitral Angle in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Annals of thoracic surgery short reports, 2(1), 136-140.
  8. Lofgren LR, Silverton NA, Kuck K, Hall I (2022). The impact of urine flow on urine oxygen partial pressure monitoring during cardiac surgery. Journal of clinical monitoring and computing,
  9. Lofgren LR, Hoareau GL, Kuck K, Silverton N (2022). Noninvasive and Invasive Renal Hypoxia Monitoring in a Porcine Model of Hemorrhagic Shock. Journal of visualized experiments, (188),
  10. Silverton NA, Hall IE, Melendez NP, Harris B, Harley JS, Parry SR, Lofgren LR, Stoddard GJ, Hoareau GL, Kuck (2021). Intraoperative Urinary Biomarkers and Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 35(6), 1691-1700.
  11. Moreno Garijo J, Amador Y, Fan CS, Silverton N, Ralph-Edwards A, Woo A, Mashari A, Meineri (2021). Association Between Three-Dimensional Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Area and Gradients After Myectomy in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 35(6), 1654-1662.
  12. Silverton NA, Lofgren LR, Hall IE, Stoddard GJ, Melendez NP, Van Tienderen M, Shumway S, Stringer BJ, Kang WS, Lybbert C, Kuck (2021). Noninvasive Urine Oxygen Monitoring and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery. Anesthesiology, 135(3), 406-418.
  13. Silverton NA, Lee JP, Morrissey CK, Tanner C, Zimmerman (2020). Regional Versus Global Measurements of Right Ventricular Strain Performed in the Operating Room With Transesophageal Echocardiography. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 34(1), 48-57.
  14. Silverton NA, Tanner C, Jacobson C, Montzingo C, Van Tienderen M, Zimmerman (2020). Subjective Evaluation of Right Ventricular Function with Transesophageal Echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 33(6), 771-772.
  15. Silverton NA, Lee JP, Morrissey CK, Tanner C, Zimmerman (2019). A Comparison of Left- and Right-Sided Strain Software for the Assessment of Intraoperative Right Ventricular Function. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 33(6), 1507-1515.
  16. Silverton NA, Patel R, Zimmerman J, Ma J, Stoddard G, Selzman CH, Morrissey C (2018). Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography and Right Ventricular Failure After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 32(5), 2096-2103.
  17. Djaiani G, Silverton N, Fedorko L, Carroll J, Styra R, Rao V, Katznelson R (2016). Dexmedetomidine versus Propofol Sedation Reduces Delirium after Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesthesiology, 124(2), 362-8.
  18. Silverton NA, Youngquist ST, Mallin MP, Bledsoe JR, Barton ED, Schroeder ED, Bledsoe AD, Axelrod D (2012). GlideScope versus flexible fiber optic for awake upright laryngoscopy. Annals of emergency medicine, 59(3), 159-64.
  19. Silverton NA, Youngquist ST, Mallin MP, Bledsoe JR, Barton ED, Schroeder ED, Bledsoe AD, Axelrod D (2012). GlideScope versus flexible fiber optic for awake upright laryngoscopy. Annals of emergency medicine, 59(3), 159-64.
  20. Silverton NA, McIntosh SE, Kim H (2009). Risk assessment in winter backcountry travel. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 20(3), 269-74.
  21. Silverton NA, McIntosh SE, Kim H (2009). Risk assessment in winter backcountry travel. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 20(3), 269-74.
  22. Silverton NA, McIntosh SE, Kim H (2007). Avalanche safety practices in Utah. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 18(4), 264-70.
  23. Silverton NA, McIntosh SE, Kim H (2007). Avalanche safety practices in Utah. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 18(4), 264-70.
  24. Imperial J, Silverton N, Olivera BM, Bandyopadhyay P, Sporning A, Ferber M, er a (2007). Using chemistry to reconstruct evolution: ON the origins of fish-hunting in venomous cone snails. Proceeding of the American Philosophical Society. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 151(151), 185-2000.
  25. Gregerson CS, Silverton NA, Carrier D (1998). External work and potential for elastic storage at the limb joints of running dogs. The Journal of experimental biology, 201(Pt 23), 3197-210.
  26. Carrier DR, Gregerson CS, Silverton N (1998). Dynamic gearing in running dogs. The Journal of experimental biology, 201(Pt 23), 3185-95.
  27. Gregersen CS, Silverton NA, Carrier D (1998). External work and potential for elastic storage at the limb joints of running dogs. The Journal of experimental biology, 201(Pt 23), 3197-210.
  28. Carrier DR, Gregersen CS, Silverton N (1998). Dynamic gearing in running dogs. The Journal of experimental biology, 201(Pt 23), 3185-95.

Review

  1. Silverton NA, Gebhardt BR, Maslow (2022). The Intraoperative Assessment of Right Ventricular Function During Cardiac Surgery. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 36(10), 3904-3915.
  2. Tandar A, Sharma V, Ibrahim M, Jones T, Morgan D, Montzingo C, Lee J, Birgenheier N, Silverton N, Abraham A, Welt FGP, Glotzbach J (2021). Preventing or Minimizing Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. The Journal of invasive cardiology, 33(1), E32-E39.
  3. Khoche S, Silverton NA, Zimmerman J, Poorsattar S, Kothari P, Haughton R, Maus T (2020). The Year in Perioperative Echocardiography: Selected Highlights From 2019. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 34(8), 2036-2046.
  4. Benson MJ, Silverton N, Morrissey C, Zimmerman (2020). Strain Imaging: An Everyday Tool for the Perioperative Echocardiographer. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 34(10), 2707-2717.
  5. Silverton N, Meineri M (2017). Speckle Tracking Strain of the Right Ventricle: An Emerging Tool for Intraoperative Echocardiography. [Review]. Anesth Analg, 125, (5), 1475-1478.

Book Chapter

  1. Lee J, Silverton N, Zimmerman (2017). 2017 Ultrasound For Vascular Access. Principles and Practice of Anesthesia for Thoracic Surgery.
  2. Kuck K, Silverton N, Cahalan (2017). Cardiac and Hemodynamic Function. Quantitative Hemodynamics.

Case Report

  1. Seiler A, Gnadinger P, Glotzbach J, Silverton N (2020). Transesophageal Echocardiography-Guided Tumor/Thrombus Debulking Using the AngioVac Transcatheter Aspiration Device. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 34(4), 1005-1009.
  2. Bacon B, Silverton N, Katz M, Heath E, Bull DA, Harig J, Tonna J (2019). Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity Induced Cardiac Arrest After Topicalization for Transesophageal Echocardiography and Subsequent Treatment With Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 33(1), 162-165.
  3. Silverton NA, Bull DA, Morrissey C (2017). Excessive Surgical Adhesive Mimicking Aortic Root Abscess: A Case Report. A & A case reports, 9(2), 57-59.

Editorial

  1. Silverton N, Djaiani (2019). Right Ventricular Function and Perioperative Risk Assessment: The Time Has Come to Stop Being Sinister. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 33(5), 1287-1289.
  2. Zimmerman J, Morrissey C, Silverton (2018). Strain for Relaxation in the Operating Room?. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 32(3), 1305-1307.
  3. Silverton N, Meineri M, Djaiani G (2015). The controversy of right ventricular systolic pressure: is it time to abandon the pulmonary artery catheter? Anaesthesia, 70(3), 241-4.

Letter

  1. Silverton NA, Hall IE, Kuck (2022). Urine Oxygen Monitoring in Cardiac Surgery: Reply. Anesthesiology, 136(4), 662-663.