Natalie Silverton
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Natalie Silverton, MD

Languages spoken: English

  • Specialties

    • Anesthesiology

    Board Certification

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

  • Board Certification and Academic Information

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

    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. 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. (Read full publication)
    2. 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.
    3. 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. (Read full publication)
    4. 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. (Read full publication)
    5. 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. (Read full publication)
    6. 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. (Read full publication)
    7. 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. (Read full publication)
    8. 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. (Read full publication)
    9. 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. (Read full publication)
    10. 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.
    11. Carrier DR, Gregerson CS, Silverton N (1998). Dynamic gearing in running dogs. The Journal of experimental biology, 201(Pt 23), 3185-95.
    12. 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. (Read full publication)
    13. Carrier DR, Gregersen CS, Silverton N (1998). Dynamic gearing in running dogs. The Journal of experimental biology, 201(Pt 23), 3185-95. (Read full publication)
    14. Silverton NA, McIntosh SE, Kim H (2009). Risk assessment in winter backcountry travel. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 20(3), 269-74.
    15. Silverton NA, McIntosh SE, Kim H (2007). Avalanche safety practices in Utah. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 18(4), 264-70.
    16. Silverton NA, McIntosh SE, Kim H (2009). Risk assessment in winter backcountry travel. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 20(3), 269-74. (Read full publication)
    17. Silverton NA, McIntosh SE, Kim H (2007). Avalanche safety practices in Utah. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 18(4), 264-70. (Read full publication)
    18. 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.
    19. 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. (Read full publication)
    20. 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, (Read full publication)
    21. 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. (Read full publication)
    22. 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), (Read full publication)
    23. 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), (Read full publication)
    24. 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. (Read full publication)
    25. 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. (Read full publication)
    26. 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. (Read full publication)
    27. 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, (Read full publication)
    28. Silverton NA, Hoareau GL, Kuck (2025). Cardiopulmonary Bypass and the Kidney: New Evidence for Old Foes. Anesthesiology, 142(6), 985-988. (Read full publication)

    Review

    1. 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. (Read full publication)
    2. 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. (Read full publication)
    3. 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. (Read full publication)
    4. 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. (Read full publication)
    5. 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. (Read full publication)

    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. 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. (Read full publication)
    2. 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. (Read full publication)
    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. (Read full publication)

    Editorial

    1. 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. (Read full publication)
    2. 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. (Read full publication)
    3. Zimmerman J, Morrissey C, Silverton (2018). Strain for Relaxation in the Operating Room?. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 32(3), 1305-1307. (Read full publication)

    Letter

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