Dr. Jay R. Shayevitz M.D.

Expert Publications

• Deep sedation with propofol for children undergoing ambulatory magnetic resonance imaging of the brain: experience from a pediatric intensive care unit.
• Halothane and isoflurane increase pulmonary artery endothelial cell sensitivity
• Mepacrine attenuates pulmonary vasoreactivity in rabbits.
• Volatile anesthetic modulation of lung injury and outcome in a murine model of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
• Halothane-oxidant interactions in the ex vivo perfused rabbit lung. Fluid conductance and eicosanoid production.
• Age-related differences in heparin sensitivity and heparin-protamine interactions in cardiac surgery patients.
• The activated coagulation time: suitability for monitoring heparin effect and neutralization during pediatric cardiac surgery.
• The FLACC: a behavioral scale for scoring postoperative pain in young children.
• The relationship between extracorporeal circuit prime, albumin, and postoperative weight gain in children.

Media Releases

Dr. Shayevitz graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor in 1978, giving him over four decades of experience in his field. Dr. Shayevitz then completed an internship and residency with the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and Babies Hospital in New York. Wanting to further his experience he completed his fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He also holds a Master of Science Degree in Biostatistics and Clinical Research Design from the University of Michigan. Dr. Shayevitz is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesiology, and he is also certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. He has been awarded as a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is known for his expertise in a pediatric anesthesia, and he also practices in the fields of acute pain management for patients of all ages, critical care medicine, ambulatory anesthesia and hospice and palliative medicine. He currently practices with the Montefiore Medical Center Anesthesia and is an Associate Professor with the Department of Anesthesiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Anesthesiology is the practice of medicine dedicated to the relief of pain and total care of the surgical patient before, during and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine and pain medicine. A pain management specialist evaluates, diagnoses, and treats all different types of pain. Pain is a wide spectrum of disorders including acute pain, chronic pain and cancer pain and sometimes a combination of these. Pain can also arise for many different reasons such as surgery, injury, nerve damage, and metabolic problems such as diabetes. Occasionally, pain can even be the problem all by itself, without any obvious cause at all.

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