Patrick A. Upchurch
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Patrick A. Upchurch, MD

Languages spoken: English

  • Specialties

    • Anesthesiology
    • Perioperative Echocardiography
    • Heart Transplant
    • Thoracic Anesthesia
    • Cardiothoracic Anesthesia

    Board Certification

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

  • Board Certification and Academic Information

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

    Education history

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

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Ryan MA, Leu GR, Upchurch PA, Tunkel DE, Walsh JM, Boss E (2021). Systemic Bevacizumab (Avastin) for Juvenile-Onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: A Systematic Review. The Laryngoscope, 131(5), 1138-1146. (Read full publication)
    2. Ryan MA, Russell JO, Schoo DP, Upchurch PA, Walsh J (2020). Transoral Endoscopic Vestibular Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Excision. The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology, 129(12), 1239-1242. (Read full publication)
    3. French JP, Hamilton KL, Quindry JC, Lee Y, Upchurch PA, Powers S (2008). Exercise-induced protection against myocardial apoptosis and necrosis: MnSOD, calcium-handling proteins, and calpain. FASEB journal, 22(8), 2862-71. (Read full publication)
    4. Sun C, Li H, Gao Y, Matsuura T, Upchurch PA, Raizada MK, Sumners (2007). Lack of macrophage migration inhibitory factor regulation is linked to the increased chronotropic action of angiotensin II in SHR neurons. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex., 49(3), 528-34. (Read full publication)
    5. Landrigan CP, Rahman SA, Sullivan JP, Vittinghoff E, Barger LK, Sanderson AL, Wright KP Jr, O'Brien 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 Grou (2020). Effect on Patient Safety of a Resident Physician Schedule without 24-Hour Shifts. The New England journal of medicine, 382(26), 2514-2523. (Read full publication)
    6. Choi PS, Sleeper LA, Lu M, Upchurch P, Baird C, Emani S (2020). Revisiting prosthesis choice in mitral valve replacement in children: Durable alternatives to traditional bioprostheses. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, (Read full publication)
    7. Barger LK, Sullivan JP, Blackwell T, O'Brien 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 Grou (2019). 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 publication)
    8. Blackwell T, Kriesel DR, Vittinghoff E, O'Brien 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 Grou (2019). Design and recruitment of the randomized order safety trial evaluating resident-physician schedules (ROSTERS) study. Contemporary clinical trials, 80, 22-33. (Read full publication)
    9. Budd AN, Kertai MD, Wyler von Ballmoos MC, Raphael J, Ghadimi K, Levy JH, Shore-Lesserson LJ, Mazzeffi MA, Sniecinski RM, Tanaka KA, Bolliger D, Abdalla M, Ural KG, Upchurch PA, Rozental O, Hunter CB, Seibert AR, Klick JC, Carroll D, Lobner K, Hensley N (2026). Management of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Adult Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Joint Consensus Statement by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Anesthesia and analgesia, (Read full publication)

    Review

    1. Ryan MA, Upchurch PA, Senekki-Florent (2020). Neonatal Vocal Fold Paralysis. NeoReviews, 21(5), e308-e322. (Read full publication)
    2. Goeddel LA, Jung YH, Patel P, Upchurch P, Fernando RJ, Ramakrishna (2020). 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. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 34(5), 1348-1365. (Read full publication)