Evan G. Pivalizza, MD

Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Past-President Texas Society of Anesthesiologists
Board of Trustees, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Email:  [email protected]
Phone:  713-500-6251

Educational Philosophy
As a full-time clinician-educator, my dual roles are focused on providing excellent perioperative care at our level 1 trauma center along with enthusiastic education and mentoring of clinical medical students, residents and fellows.

Areas of Expertise & Interests
My specific clinical interests are in blood management, visco-elastic coagulation assessment, liver and kidney transplant surgery, neuro and spine surgery, orthopedic surgery, bariatric surgery and of course, acutely injured trauma patients.

Past and Current Educational Activities:
I am active in clinical research with interests in management and monitoring of coagulation, transfusion and serve on the editorial boards of two prominent anesthesiology and transplantation journals.

I am dedicated to organized medicine and its actions to preserve and protect our future as physicians. I serve as past president of the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, a Texas delegate and member of committees for our national body (American Society of Anesthesiologists) as well as on committees and as a delegate from Harris County Medical Society to the Texas Medical Association.

These activities are in context of my annual commitment to patients in Guatemala with a Faith in Practice surgical mission team where I have been able to invite anesthesia faculty colleagues, fellows and senior residents.

Little known fact: Huge USA rugby and Aston Villa fan.

Education and Training
MBChB
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Internship (Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Genecology)
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Registrar in Anesthesiology
University of Natal and University of Cape Town, South Africa
F. F. A.
South Africa

Honors & Awards
I have been fortunate to have received numerous teaching accolades within the department and school, culminating in the AME as well as the UT System Kenneth Shine academy of Health Science Educators and a Regents Outstanding Teaching Award. In my chosen clinical discipline, hands-on and face-to-face daily education in clinical scenarios is my true passion and gift. I am a senior applied exam examiner for our certification body, the American Board of Anesthesiology.