Rhashedah A. Ekeoduru, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Email: Rhashedah.A.Ekeoduru@uth.tmc.edu
Phone: 703-500-6200
Biography
Dr. Rhashedah Ekeoduru is a graduate of Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. There she was encouraged to think critically and to prioritize scholastic progress in the field of medicine. Dr. Ekeoduru’s educational philosophy is to help student learners and junior faculty develop these same skills. She takes pride in being a successful educator and mentor for the UTHealth community of learners since 2013. Dr. Ekeoduru has been successful in this mission to date, being a recipient of several teaching awards and having been an invited speaker locally, regionally, nationally and internationally greater than twenty times.
Dr. Ekeoduru’s areas of interest are Biomedical Ethics, Pediatric Trauma, and Complex Pediatric Airway Management. She provides high-caliber, interactive operating-room based instruction and encourages students to develop critical problem-solving skills.
Dr. Ekeoduru is a resourceful and dedicated educator who has served as the medical director of the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Master of Science in Anesthesia Program, Houston location for six years. Dr. Ekeoduru has a wealth of experience with curriculum development. She was a content creator for the National Anesthesia Toolbox learning database, she revitalized the pediatric anesthesiology fellowship curriculum at UTHealth, and has been instrumental in developing the curriculum for the inaugural UTHealth Master of Science in Anesthesia Program.
Education
- Grinnell College
Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry, 1999-2003 - Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine, 2004-2008 - Case Western University Hospitals of Cleveland
Preliminary Medicine Internship, 2008-2009 - Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Anesthesiology Residency Program, 2009-2010 - UT Southwestern School of Medicine
Anesthesiology Residency Program, 2010-2012 - USC, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship, 2012-2013
Publications
Abstracts
1. Ekeoduru R and Khan S. Traumatic Complete Tracheal Resection: Multi-disciplinary Approach to Manage an Impending Catastrophe. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2015.
2. Ekeoduru R, Schakett B, and William G. Unanticipated Reintubation Fol-lowing Wound Dehiscence Repair in a Gravid Patient taking High-Dose Clindamycin. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2015.
3. Ekeoduru R and Nesrsta E. Challenging Airway Secondary to Cutaneous Extension of Group B Strep Causing Obstructing Bullae in a 33-week Neo-nate. Society of Pediatric Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2016.
4. Ekeoduru R and Nesrsta, E. Cutaneous Extension of Group B Strep Causing Obstructing Bullae and Airway Compromise in a 33-week Neo-nate. International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting, 2016.
5. Ekeoduru R and Nesrsta E. Cervical Posterior Spinal Fusion in a 7-year-old Polytrauma Patient with a Pelvic External Fixation Device and Severe Pulmonary Contusions. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meet-ing, 2016.
6. Ekeoduru R, Owolabi A and Tariq S. Catastrophe During Routine PICC Line Placement: Iatrogenic Pericardial Tamponade in 5-month-old Infant. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2016.
7. Ekeoduru R and Long A. Mission Trip with Limited Resources: Difficult iv Access Necessitating the Use of an Arterial Line for Anesthetic Manage-ment in a 10-month-old Undergoing Myelocystocele Repair. American So-ciety of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2016.
8. Ekeoduru R, Ajazi H and Graham-Carlson A. Sudden Respiratory Dis-tress in PACU in a 3-year-old Following Closure of a Tracheocutaneous Fistula. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2016.
9. Ekeoduru R, Tariq S, Akaluso C and Khan S. Successful Anesthetic Man-agement of an Infant with Antley Bixler Syndrome Presenting for Cranial Reconstruction. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2017.
10. Khan S, Ekeoduru R, Wadhwa N and Tariq S. Ethical Dilemma in an Un-stable Patient with Non-survivable Traumatic Brain Injury Presenting for an Emergent Exploratory Laparotomy. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2017.
11. Tariq S, Ekeoduru, R, Khan S and Wadhwa N. Successful Use of an Air-q LMA for an Unanticipated Difficult Intubation in an Infant with Desbuquois Syndrome. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2017.
12. Anderson K, Bartz-Kurycki M, Matuszczak M and Ekeoduru, R. Thinking Outside the (Check)Box: Evaluating Sustainable Surgical Safety Checklist Performance. American Pediatric Surgical Association Annual Meeting, 2018.
13. Chu M, Ekeoduru, R, Roy, S. Airway Management in Infant with Acute Respiratory Distress from Cystic Lymphadenitis. Pediatric Society of Anes-thesiology Annual Meeting, March 2018.
14. Ekeoduru R and White, D. Infant on ECMO Presenting for Endovascular Embolization for Newly Diagnoses Vein of Galen Malformation. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2018.
15. Ekeoduru R and Akuloso, C. Challenging Airway: Anesthetic Manage-ment of Pediatric Patient with Complete Bronchial Obstruction Secondary to Malignancy. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2018.
16. Khan S, Ekeoduru R, Tariq S, Wadhwa N. Successful Airway Manage-ment Strategy in a Neonate with Nagar Syndrome – What a Bliss? Ameri-can Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2018.
17. Ekeoduru R, Senior, L, Simon E, Pednekar G, and Dean S. Just Another Routine Cochlear Implant? Suspected Jervell and Lange-nielsen Syn-drome in A Toddler with Recurrent QT Prolongation. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2019.
18. Ekeoduru R, Brollier L, Clark N, Hall J, and Hall T. Airway Management in a Pediatric Patient with Rare Pleuropulmonary Blastoma (PBB) Presenting with Multiple Bilateral Large Pulmonary Lesions. American Society of An-esthesiology Annual Meeting, 2019.
19. Ekeoduru R, Chen A, Cameron S, Ben Salka S, Jain R, and Matuszczak M. Is the Risk of Epidural for Postoperative Pain Control Too High? Use of a Tunneled Transversus Abdominis Plane Catheter for Post-Operative Pain Control in an Infant with Bleeding Diathesis. American Society of An-esthesiology Annual Meeting, 2019.
20. Ekeoduru R, Olawin A, Kerr K, and Steed A. Pediatric Patient with Rare Shaheen Syndrome Presenting with Hematemesis and Rapidly Progress-ing Anemia. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2019.
21. Ekeoduru R and Martins A. Airway and Ventilation Management for 4-Year-Old with Massive Intrathoracic Mass. World Airway Management Meeting, 2019.
22. Ekeoduru R, Oliver T, and Wadhwa N. Intussusception in a 12-year old?: Complicated Anesthetic Management Due to Abnormal Cancer Presenta-tion. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2021.
23. Ekeoduru R and Heffner K. 7-year old with Difficult Intubation Secondary to High-arched Palate and Severe Subglottic Stenosis. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2021.
24. Ekeoduru R and White E. Bad Cold: One-year old Requires Sternotomy after URI Leads to Neck and Mediastinal Infection. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2021.
25. Ekeoduru R and Wall V. 3-year old Presenting for Roux-en-Y Gastric By-pass found to have Obstructing Distal Tracheal Granulomas. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting, 2021.
26. Heffner K and Ekeoduru R. 14-year old with Mitochondrial Disease and Severe Kyphosis Presenting for T2-T12 Posterior Spinal Fusion. American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting 2022.
27. Oliver T and Ekeoduru R. Difficult Management of Child with Leigh-Syndrome Presenting for Neuromuscular Scoliosis Repair. American So-ciety of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting 2022.
Refereed Original Articles in Journals
1. Lunstroth R and Ekeoduru R. Reframing the Patient’s Best Interest”: The Burden of the Caregiver. Am J Bioeth. 2018 Jan;18(1):67-69. PMID: 29313790
2. Ekeoduru, R. How Should Trainees’ Influences on Postoperative Out-comes Be Disclosed? AMA J Ethics. 2020 Apr 1;22(4):E267-275. PMID: 32345418
3. Greives M, Moffitt J, Nguyen P, Cepeda A, and Ekeoduru R. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol for Primary Cleft Palate Repair: Improving Transition of Care. J Craniofascial Surg. 2021 Jan-Feb 01;32(1):e72-76. PMID 32897976.
4. Younan M, Westerman K, Archarya B, Wu J, Ekeoduru R, Chiquet B. Factors Associated with Prolonged Exposure to General Anesthesia During Dental Rehabilitation Under General Anesthesia in Patients Under Age Three Years. Pediatr Dent 2022 July 15;44(4):269-277. PMID 35999676
5. Pivalizza E, Ekeoduru R, et al. Characteristics of Academic Anesthesiol-ogists Elected to an Institutional Academy of Master Educators. Teaching in Clinics 2022 Vol 1 (1). https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/j_tic/vol1/iss1/2/
6. Ekeoduru, RA. Anesthetic Complications in Children Undergoing Mehta Spine Casting: A Case Series. AA Pract. 2023 May 18;17(5):e01685. PMID: 37204301
Invited Articles in Journals
1. Norell SL and Ekeoduru R. Preventing Physician Burnout by Providing Support During Crisis. ASA Monitor. 2019; 83(9):58-59.
2. Ekeoduru R. Airway and Ventilation Management for 4-Year-Old with Massive Intrathoracic Mass. Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. February 2020, Vol.30, pp.e71.
3. Matuszczak M, Roy S, Ekeoduru R, et al. Tonsillar bleed audit: to RSI or not to RSI. Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. February 2020, Vol 30, pp.e186.
4. Sween L, Ekeoduru R and Mann D. Ethics and Pitfalls of Vaccine Man-dates. ASA Monitor. February 2022; 86:24-25.
https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000820408.65886.28
5. Ekeoduru R, Hadler R, and Park B. Preserving Equity of Access in Times of Economic Stress. ASA Monitor. April 2023;87:8-10.
Book Chapters
1. Ekeoduru RA, Doerr H: Physics of Anesthesia Machine Breathing Sys-tems. Basic Anesthesiology Examination Review, Williams GW, Williams ER eds. Oxford University Press, 2016. pp. 41-50.
Handbooks
Ekeoduru R. Pediatric Neurotoxicity. Ethics Handbook: An Educational Resource for the Practice of Anesthesiology. ASA Committee on Ethics. Updated August 2, 20222. Pages 243-249 https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/governance-and-committees/asa-committees/committee-on-ethics
Case reports
1. Ekeoduru RA, Greives MR, Nesrsta EA. Challenging Airway Secondary to Purpura Fulminans with Face and Neck Bullae in a Premature Infant: A Case Report. AA Case Rep 8(4): 70-71, 2017. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000426. PMID: 28195860
2. Ekeoduru RA, Aijazi HM, Graham-Carlson AD. A Behavioral Disturbance Causing Sudden Respiratory Distress in a 3-Year Old After Tracheocuta-neous Fistula Closure. A Case Rep 9(1): 13-15, 2017. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000512. PMID: 28410258
3. Khan SA, Ekeoduru RA, Tariq S. Traumatic Tracheobronchial Laceration Causing Complete Tracheal Resection: Challenges of Anesthetic Man-agement. AA Practice. 2018 Aug 15;11(4):109-111. PMID: 29634532