BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
NAME: Matuszczak Maria
POSITION TITLE: Professor of Anesthesiology, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia
EDUCATION/TRAINING
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FIELD OF STUDY
Ecole de Médecine, Université de Liège, Belgium M.D. 07/1982 Medicine
Kinderkrankenhaus Koeln, Germany Fellowship 07/1985 Pediatric Anesthesiology
Akademisches Krankenhaus Koeln-Merheim, Germany Residency 09/2087 Anesthesiology
A. Personal Statement
After fellowship/residency I have worked in Cologne (Koeln) Germany for 15 years, the last 3 years as vice
chair of anesthesiology. Moved to Houston in 2001 and have been at UT in the department of anesthesiology since then. I created the pediatric pain service in 2004 and became division chief of pediatric anesthesia in December 2007. In 2009 I established an ACGME accredited pediatric anesthesia fellowship program at UT-Houston. During my entire career my focus has been on pediatric anesthesia, with particular interest in airway management, acute pain medicine, regional anesthesia, and perioperative patient safety. I have been invited to multiple national and international (USA, Europe and Asia) lectures and workshops mostly concerning pediatric regional anesthesia and the pediatric difficult airway.
B. Positions and Honors
Positions and Employment
1998-2001 Vicechair Department of Anesthesiology, akademisches Krankenhaus Koeln, Germany
2001- Attending Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center
and LBJ
2004-2017 Director Pediatric Pain Service
2009-2015 Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Program Director
2007-2023 Division Chief Pediatric Anesthesia, University of Texas, Houston/ Children’s Memorial
Hermann Hospital (stepped down September1st 2023)
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
1987- Member, German Society of Anesthesiologists
1997- Member, American Society of Anesthesiologists (Vice chair of the ASA Abstract Review
Subcommittee on Pediatric Anesthesia 2021/22/23)
1997- Member, American Society of Regional Anesthesia
1998- Member, European Society of Intensive care and Anesthesia (ESIA)
2001- International Anesthesia Research Society
2001- Member, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia,
(Chair of the pediatric difficult airway taskforce,2020-2023)
(PALC member 2010-present)
2001- Member, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (Committee member for patient safety)
2002- Member, Society of Airway Management
2009- Member, European Society of Pediatric Anesthesia
2015- Member, Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (Founding member)
Honors
2002-2003 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
2003-2004 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
2008-2009 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
2013,14,16,19 Voted Houston’s Top Doctors, Houstonia. Peer Review Award
C. Contribution to Science
Fiadjoe JE, Nishisaki A, Jagannathan N, Hunyady AI, Greenberg RS, Reynolds PI,
Matuszczak ME, et al. : Airway management complications in children with difficult tracheal
intubation from the Pediatric Difficult Intubation (PeDI) registry: a prospective cohort analysis.
Lancet Respir Med. 2016 Jan;4(1):37-48 doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00508-1. PMID: 26705976
Burjek NE, Nishisaki A, Fiadjoe JE, Adams HD, Peeples KN, Raman VT, Olomu PN, Kovatsis
PG, Jagannathan N, Hunyady A, Bosenberg A, Tham S, Low D, Hopkins P, Glover C, Olutoye O,
Szmuk P, McCloskey J, Dalesio N, Koka R, Greenberg R, Watkins S, Patel V, Reynolds P,
Matuszczak M, et al; PeDI Collaborative Investigators. Videolaryngoscopy Versus Fiberoptic Intubation through a Supraglottic Airway in Children with Difficult Airway, An Analysis from the Multicenter Pediatric Difficult Intubation Registry.
Anesthesiology. 2017 Sep;127(3):432-440. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000001758. PMID:28650415
Walker, BJ ; et al; Matuszczak,M : Complications in Pediatric Regional Anesthesia: An Analysis of More than 100,000 Blocks from the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network.
Anesthesiology, 2018, Vol.129(4), pp.721-732
Garcia-Marcinkiewicz, AG, Matuszczak,M et al ; PeDI Collaborative; Members of The PeDI Collaborative:. A Retrospective Analysis of Neuromuscular Blocking Drug Use and Ventilation Technique on Complications in the Pediatric Difficult Intubation Registry Using Propensity Score Matching.
Anesth Analg. 2019 Sep 18. DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004393. PMID: 31567318,
Matava C.T, Kovatsis, P.G, Lee Summers J,…, Matuszczak M, et al;Pediatric Airway Management in COVID-19 patients – Consensus Guidelines from the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia’s Pediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative and the Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2020-07,Vol.131(1) p.61-73 DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004872 PMID 32287142
Mansour, A., Biaggi-Ondina, A., Crawford, L., Younas, S., Matuszczak, M., Cameron, S., Warth, R., and Haidar, L.: Perceptions of Regional Anesthesia for Pediatric Supracondylar humerus fractures – a multispecialty survey. J of Orth Experience and Innov July 2, 2021.
Mohammad S., Cameron SD, Griffin E, Jain R, Matuszczak M; Modified Technique for Endobronchial Blocker Placement in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery. Paediatr Anaesth. 2023 Sep;33(9):768-770. doi: 10.1111/pan.14697. Epub 2023 Jun 2.PMID: 37269151
D. Additional Information: Research Support and/or Scholastic Performance
Recent Grant Support
2017/2018 PI. Maria MatuszczakA Phase 4, Open-Label Study of the
Pharmacokinetics and Safety of XARTEMIS® XR (7.5 mg
Oxycodone Hydrochloride/325 mg Acetaminophen) in Postsurgical
Adolescent Subjects (Ages 12 to 17) with Moderate to Severe Acute
Pain. Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals HSC-MS-17-0039 $ 10,000.00
2018 /2019 PI. Maria Matuszczak An Open-Label Single-Dose And
Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multiple-Dose
Study To Evaluate The Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, And
Pharmacokinetics Of Oxymorphone Hydrochloride (HCl) For Acute
Moderate To Severe Postoperative Pain In Pediatric Subjects.
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc HSC-MS-17-0243 $ 110,000.00
2018 / 2019 PI.Maria Matuszczak A Phase 4, Open-Label, Single-Dose, Parallel-
Group Study to Evaluate the Safety of 1 g of Cefazolin in Pediatric
Subjects With a Weight of at Least 25 kg but Less Than 60 kg
Scheduled for Surgery and the Safety of 2 g of Cefazolin in Pediatric
Subjects With a Weight of at Least 60 kg Scheduled for Surgery (HC-
G-H-1601)" B.Brown Medical INC HSC-MS-18-0598 $ 400,000.00
2018 / 2019 PI. Maria Matuszczak A Phase 4 Double-Blinded, Randomized,
Active Comparator- Controlled Clinical Trial to Study the Efficacy,
Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Sugammadex (MK-8616) for
Reversal of Neuromuscular Blockade in Pediatric Participants
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.HSC-MS-18-0815 $ 280,000.00
2019/2020 PI. Maria Matuszczak A Multicenter Study to Evaluate the
Pharmacokinetics and Safety of EXPAREL for Postsurgical
Analgesia in Pediatric Subjects Aged 6 to Less Than 17 Years.
Pacira Bioscience INC. HSC-MS-19-0213 $ 150,000.00
2019 /2023 PI. Maria Matuszczak A Phase 4 Double-Blinded, Randomized,
Active Comparator- Controlled Clinical Trial to Study the Efficacy,
Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Sugammadex (MK-8616-169) for
Reversal of Neuromuscular Blockade in Pediatric Participants
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.HSC-MS-19-0390 $ 366,000.00