Amr Abouleish

2025

Anesthesia Workforce Supply and Demand Imbalance: Reply

Abouleish, A., Peterson, M. D., Cannesson, M., Akeju, O., Rathmell, J. P. & Cole, D. J., Mar 1 2025, In: Anesthesiology. 142, 3, p. 581-582 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Highlighting Variability in Medicare Payments for Anesthesia Units: Rural Pass-through versus Medicare Anesthesia Conversion Factor

Ensor, C. L., Pregler, J. L., Abouleish, A., Cohen, N. H., Miller, T. R. & Gal, J. S., Jan 1 2025, In: Anesthesiology. 142, 1, p. 238-240 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

Closing the Chasm: Understanding and Addressing the Anesthesia Workforce Supply and Demand Imbalance

Abouleish, A. E., Pomerantz, P., Peterson, M. D., Cannesson, M., Akeju, O., Miller, T. R., Rathmell, J. P. & Cole, D. J., Aug 1 2024, In: Anesthesiology. 141, 2, p. 238-249 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

21 Scopus citations

2023

Balanced Billing Legislation and the Invisible Hand of Adam Smith

Tung, A., Gal, J. & Abouleish, A., Nov 1 2023, In: Anesthesiology. 139, 5, p. 560-562 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

Measuring and Comparing Clinical Productivity of Individual Anesthesiologists

Abouleish, A. E., Whitten, C. W. & Hudson, M. E., Nov 1 2023, In: Anesthesiology. 139, 5, p. 684-696 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Questions about protocol for unsupervised sedation by pediatric residents

Abouleish, A. E., Masel, B. D., Rochkind, J. R. & McQuitty, A. L., Nov 2023, In: Paediatric Anaesthesia. 33, 11, p. 983-984 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

2022

Review of the ASA physical status classification: Comment

Abouleish, A. E., Gal, J., Troianos, C., Merrick, S., Cohen, N. & Stead, S., May 1 2022, In: Anesthesiology. 136, 5, p. 864-865 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Open Access

3 Scopus citations

2021

Burnout in Anesthesiologists: Comment

Abouleish, A. E., Dec 1 2021, In: Anesthesiology. 135, 6, p. 1157 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

The anesthetizing sites supervised to anesthesiologist ratio is an invalid surrogate for group productivity in academic anesthesia departments when used without consideration of the corresponding managerial decisions

Dexter, F., Abouleish, A., Marian, A. A. & Epstein, R. H., Aug 2021, In: Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 71, 110194.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

7 Scopus citations

2020

Industry-wide survey of academic anesthesiology departments provides up-to-date benchmarking data on surgical anesthesia productivity

Abouleish, A. E., Hudson, M. E., Levy, R. S. & Whitten, C. W., Sep 1 2020, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 131, 3, p. 885-892 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

6 Scopus citations

2019

Ankyloglossum Superius Syndrome compromising a neonatal airway: Considerations in congenital oral airway obstructions

Ohlstein, J. F., Padilla, P. L., Garza, R. K., Masel, B. D., Abouleish, A., Pine, H. S. & Szeremeta, W., Feb 2019, In: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 117, p. 167-170 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

Measuring Clinical Productivity of Anesthesiology Groups: Surgical Anesthesia at the Facility Level

Abouleish, A. E., Hudson, M. E. & Whitten, C. W., Feb 1 2019, In: Anesthesiology. 130, 2, p. 336-348 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access

9 Scopus citations

2018

Do pain medicine fellowship programs provide education in practice management? A survey of pain medicine fellowship programs

Przkora, R., Antony, A., McNeil, A., Brenner, G. J., Mesrobian, J., Rosenquist, R. & Abouleish, A. E., Jan 1 2018, In: Pain physician. 21, 1, p. E43-E48

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

10 Scopus citations

Managing Your Anesthesiology Practice for the Future

Abouleish, A. E. & Stead, S. W., Jun 2018, Practice Management: Successfully Guiding Your Group into the Future. Mansur, L., Riemer, B. & McClintock, D. (eds.). 2 ed. W.B. Saunders, Vol. 36. p. xv-xvii

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript

Open Access

2017

Adding Examples to the ASA-Physical Status Classification Improves Correct Assignment to Patients

Hurwitz, E., Simon, M., Vinta, S. R., Zehm, C. F., Shabot, S. M., Minhajuddin, A. & Abouleish, A. E., Apr 1 2017, In: Anesthesiology. 126, 4, p. 614-622 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

217 Scopus citations

2016

Anesthesiologists Are Affiliated with Many Hospitals Only Reporting Anesthesia Claims Using Modifier QZ for Medicare Claims in 2013

Miller, T. R., Abouleish, A. & Halzack, N. M., Apr 1 2016, In: A & A case reports. 6, 7, p. 217-219 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

8 Scopus citations

Patient preference for the pre-anesthesia evaluation: Telephone versus in-office assessment

Lozada, M. J., Nguyen, J. T. C., Abouleish, A., Prough, D. & Przkora, R., Jun 1 2016, In: Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 31, p. 145-148 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

31 Scopus citations

2012

Author-created surrogate time intervals misrepresents actual times

Abouleish, A. E. & Stead, S. W., Aug 2012, In: Anesthesiology. 117, 2, p. 436-437 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

2011

Evidence does not show that pregnancy is a risk factor for latex allergy

Abouleish, A. E., Oct 2011, In: Anesthesiology. 115, 4, p. 902-903 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Neonatal craniosynostosis

Abouleish, A. E., Nov 2011, In: Anesthesiology. 115, 5, p. 1103 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

2010

Case scenario: Emergency reversal of oral anticoagulation

Koutrouvelis, A., Abouleish, A., Indrikovs, A. & Alperin, J., Nov 2010, In: Anesthesiology. 113, 5, p. 1192-1197 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

6 Scopus citations

The struggling resident: Avoiding pygmalion and learned helplessness by using nontechnical performance assessment systems

Abouleish, A. E., May 2010, In: Anesthesiology. 112, 5, p. 1067-1069 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

2009

Economics and costs: A primer for acute pain management specialists

Abouleish, A. E. & Govindaraj, R., Jan 1 2009, Acute Pain Management. Cambridge University Press, p. 623-629 7 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

In reply

Abouleish, A., Feb 2009, In: Anesthesiology. 110, 2, p. 435 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

2008

Increasing operating room throughput: Just buzzwords for this decade?

Abouleish, A. E., Jul 2008, In: Anesthesiology. 109, 1, p. 3-4 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

6 Scopus citations

Productivity-based compensations versus incentive plans

Abouleish, A. E., Dec 2008, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 107, 6, p. 1765-1767 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

Open Access

12 Scopus citations

2006

Automated anesthesia charge capture and submission: Wave of the future, or bridge to nowhere?

Abouleish, A. E. & Conlay, L., Jul 2006, In: Anesthesiology. 105, 1, p. 5-7 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

Simple method of gastric insufflation for pediatric laparoscopic gastrostomy placement

Abouleish, A. E. & Chung, D. H., Feb 2006, In: Pediatric Surgery International. 22, 2, p. 208 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Unintended consequences? Unanswered questions? [18]

Abouleish, A. E., Prough, D. S. & Lubarsky, D. A., Jun 2006, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 102, 6, p. 1908-1909 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

4 Scopus citations

2005

A rose by any other name [2]

Abouleish, A. E., Cohen, M. & Elkon, D., Sep 2005, In: Paediatric Anaesthesia. 15, 9, p. 794 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Caudal anesthesia for vascular access procedures in two extremely small premature neonates

Abouleish, A. E., Chung, D. H. & Cohen, M., Sep 2005, In: Pediatric Surgery International. 21, 9, p. 749-751 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

7 Scopus citations

Longer surgical durations can lead to significant staffing costs to the anesthesiology department and hospital [2] (multiple letters)

Abouleish, A. E. & Babineau, T. J., Feb 2005, In: Archives of Surgery. 140, 2, p. 212 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

The prevalence and characteristics of incentive plans for clinical productivity among academic anesthesiology programs

Abouleish, A. E., Apfelbaum, J. L., Prough, D. S., Williams, J. P., Roskoph, J. A., Johnston, W. E. & Whitten, C. W., Feb 2005, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 100, 2, p. 493-501 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

35 Scopus citations

2004

Impact of Reducing Turnover Times on Staffing Costs [4]

Dexter, F., Epstein, R. H., Abouleish, A. E., Whitten, C. W. & Lubarsky, D. A., Mar 2004, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 98, 3, p. 872 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Open Access

2 Scopus citations

Increasing the value of time reduces the lost economic opportunity of caring for surgeries of longer-than-average times

Abouleish, A. E., Prough, D. S., Whitten, C. W. & Conlay, L. A., Jun 2004, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 98, 6, p. 1737-1742 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

8 Scopus citations

Influence of the type of anesthesia provider on costs of labor analgesia to the Texas Medicaid Program

Abouleish, A. E., Prough, D. S. & Vadhera, R., Oct 2004, In: Anesthesiology. 101, 4, p. 991-998 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

12 Scopus citations

Intraservice time is not a proxy for operating room time [6] (multiple letters)

Hannenberg, A. A., Cohen, N. A., Abouleish, A., Whitten, C. W. & Prough, D. S., Oct 2004, In: Anesthesiology. 101, 4, p. 1041-1042 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Open Access

Quantifying Net Staffing Costs Due to Longer-than-average Surgical Case Durations

Abouleish, A. E., Dexter, F., Whitten, C. W., Zavaleta, J. R. & Prough, D. S., Feb 2004, In: Anesthesiology. 100, 2, p. 403-412 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

61 Scopus citations

Revenue Gain for Academic Anesthesiology Departments if the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Provide Full Reimbursement to Teaching Physicians [10]

Abouleish, A. E., Prough, D. S., Conlay, L. A. & Whitten, C. W., Mar 2004, In: Anesthesiology. 100, 3, p. 754 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Open Access

2003

Inclusion of turnover time does not influence identification of surgical services that over- and underutilize allocated block time

Abouleish, A. E., Hensley, S. L., Zornow, M. H. & Prough, D. S., Mar 1 2003, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 96, 3, p. 813-818 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

38 Scopus citations

Labor costs incurred by anesthesiology groups because of operating rooms not being allocated and cases not being scheduled to maximize operating room efficiency

Abouleish, A. E., Dexter, F., Epstein, R. H., Lubarsky, D. A., Whitten, C. W. & Prough, D. S., Apr 1 2003, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 96, 4, p. 1109-1113 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

66 Scopus citations

Organizational factors affect comparisons of the clinical productivity of academic anesthesiology departments

Abouleish, A. E., Prough, D. S., Barker, S. J., Whitten, C. W., Uchida, T. & Apfelbaum, J. L., Mar 1 2003, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 96, 3, p. 802-812 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

30 Scopus citations

Problem-based learning in a managed care seminar for all new residents at an academic medical center.

Abouleish, A. E., Golden, A., O'Donell, A. A., Beach, P. S., Calhoun, K. A., Blackwell, T. A., Gallaway, P. J., Teske, L., Wilson, S. M., Koleng, E. M. & Leblanc, A. L., Feb 2003, In: Texas medicine. 99, 2, p. 54-57 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

The effects of surgical case duration and type of surgery on hourly clinical productivity of anesthesiologists

Abouleish, A. E., Prough, D. S., Whitten, C. W. & Zornow, M. H., Sep 1 2003, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 97, 3, p. 833-838 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

23 Scopus citations

Time required to set up for and clean up after a case should be attributed to the actual case in measuring turnover time [7] (multiple letters)

Mowbray, A. G., Abouleish, A. E., Zornow, M. H. & Prough, D. S., Aug 1 2003, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 97, 2, p. 605 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Open Access

Use of operating room information system data to predict the impact of reducing turnover times on staffing costs

Dexter, F., Abouleish, A. E., Epstein, R. H., Whitten, C. W. & Lubarsky, D. A., Oct 1 2003, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 97, 4, p. 1119-1126 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

159 Scopus citations

2002

Comparing clinical productivity of anesthesiology groups

Abouleish, A. E., Prough, D. S., Whitten, C. W., Zornow, M. H., Lockhart, A., Conlay, L. A. & Abate, J. J., Sep 2002, In: Anesthesiology. 97, 3, p. 608-615 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

50 Scopus citations

Local anaesthesia toxicity is additive: A concern for neonatal caudal anaesthesia? [2] (multiple letters)

Abouleish, A. E., Nguyen, N. H., Bouchut, J. C. & Godard, J., 2002, In: Paediatric Anaesthesia. 12, 1, p. 86 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

2001

Designing meaningful industry metrics for clinical productivity for anesthesiology departments

Abouleish, A. E., Prough, D. S., Zornow, M. H., Lockhart, A., Abate, J. J. & Hughes, J., 2001, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 93, 2, p. 309-312 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

19 Scopus citations

Postoperative management of intraoperative anaphylaxis [7] (multiple letters)

Abouleish, A., Blas, M. L. & Lobato, E., 2001, In: Anesthesia and analgesia. 92, 2, p. 559 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Open Access

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