Dr. Heitz James Heitz, MD

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Gibbons Bldg., Ste. 8270
111 S. 11th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 955-6161
(215) 923-5507 (fax)

Medical School
University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1989

Internship
Pennsylvania Hospital

Residency
Pennsylvania Hospital
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania (HUP)

Board Certification
Anesthesiology
Internal Medicine

Hospital Appointment
Medical Director, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit

University Appointment
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Residency Program/Education

Research and Clinical Interests
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Publications

Most recent Peer-reviewed Publications

  1. Acute pain management in the postanesthesia care unit.
  2. Oculocardiac reflex elicited during debridement of an empty orbit
  3. Making the personal statement more personal
  4. Risk of latex allergy from pharmaceutical vial closures
  5. In reply
  6. Use of a tracheoscopic ventilation tube for endotracheal intubation in the difficult airway
  7. Challenges in acute pain management
  8. The complexities of tracheal intubation with direct laryngoscopy and alternative intubation devices
  9. The design and implementation of an automated system for logging clinical experiences using an anesthesia information management system
  10. An evidence-based approach to medication preparation for the surgical patient at risk for latex allergy: Is it time to stop being stopper poppers?
  11. New and emerging analgesics and analgesic technologies for acute pain management
  12. Takotsubo Syndrome and the Cardiac Surgery Patient
  13. Neuraxial anesthesia and anticoagulants
  14. Asymmetric postoperative visual loss after spine surgery in the lateral decubitus position
  15. Inopportune breakage of an endotracheal tube T-connector [8]
  16. Etiology of postoperative visual loss not always as obvious as it appears to be [13]
  17. Tracheal intubation with the GlidesSope® videolaryngoscope, using a "J" shaped endotracheal tube [4]
  18. The use of a gum elastic bougie in combination with a videolaryngoscope [6]
  19. The evolving role of spinal agents in acute pain
  20. Neuraxial anesthesia and anticoagulants

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