Jiri Horak, MD

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Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship Program Faculty, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Intraoperative Echocardiography Service Faculty, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Staff Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Anesthesia Chief, Adult Congenital Heart Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director of Heart and Vascular Intensive Care Unit, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
UBCL Physician Leader, Cardiac Surgery, Pavilion 7 Heart and Vascular ICU, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Contact information
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvalnia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
MD
Purkynje University, School of Medicine, Brno, Czech Republic , 1988.
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Selected Publications

Wang K, Gartman CH, Zhou EY, Horak J, Augoustides JG, Gebhardt BR, Jain A, Coleman SR, Fernando RJ: Severe Bronchospasm During Separation from Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Diagnosis, Etiology, and Treatment. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth Online ahead of print, Jun 2022 Notes: S1053-0770(22)00469-4.

Fegley MW, Cardi A, Augoustides JG, Horak J, Gutsche JT, Nanda S, Kornfield ZN, Saluja A, Sanders J, Marchant BE, Fernando RJ: Acute Lung Injury Associated With Perioperative Amiodarone Therapy-Navigating the Challenges in Diagnosis and Management. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 36(2): 608-615, Feb 2022 Notes: Epub 2021 May 21.

Greenwood JC, Jang DH, Spelde AE, Gutsche JT, Horak J, Acker MA, Kilbaugh TJ, Shofer FS, Augoustides JGT, Bakker J, Abella BS: Low Microcirculatory Perfused Vessel Density and High Heterogeneity are Associated With Increased Intensity and Duration of Lactic Acidosis After Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Shock 56(2): 245-254, Aug 2021.

Greenwood JC, Jang DH, Hallisey SD, Gutsche JT, Horak J, Acker MA, Bermudez CA, Zhou VL, Chatterjee S, Shofer FS, Kilbaugh TJ, Augoustides JGT, Meyer NJ, Bakker J, Abella BS.: Severe Impairment of Microcirculatory Perfused Vessel Density Is Associated With Postoperative Lactate and Acute Organ Injury After Cardiac Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 35: 106-115, Jan 2021.

Greenwood JC, Jang DH, Spelde AE, Gutsche JT, Horak J, Acker MA, Kilbaugh TJ, Shofer FS, Augoustides JGT, Bakker J, Abella BS.: Low Microcirculatory Perfused Vessel Density and High Heterogeneity are Associated with Increased Intensity and Duration of Lactic Acidosis After Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Shock Publish Ahead of Print, Dec 2020.

Cereda M, Horak J.: Low Stretch Ventilation: Good for the Heart? Anesthesiology 132: 944-946, May 2020.

Guidi JL, Troutman G, Birati EY, Wald J, Fox A, Ortega-Legaspi J, Bermudez C, Horak J, Guarracino D, Shay W, Alturi PA, Acker MA, Rame J: Survival in Intermacs 1 & 2 Patients After LVAD Therapy: Does Chronicity of Heart Failure Matter? The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 37(2): 128, April 2018.

Gentile JI, Atluri P, Desai ND, Vallabhajosyula P, Wald JW, Rame JE, Gutsche JT, Horak J, Acker MI, Bermudez CA: Outcomes of Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Cardiogenic Shock in the Elderly. Large Single Center Experience. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 36(4): 339, April 2017.

Vernick CA, Horak J, Greshner A, Vernick WJ: The fontan circulation and right parietal craniotomy for seizures: the challenges of adult congenital heart disease Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 22(6): 460-5, Sept 2010.

Augoustides JG, Horak J, Ochroch AE, Vernick WJ, Gambone AJ, Weiner J, Pinchasik D, Kowalchuk D, Savino JS, Jobes DR: A randomized controlled clinical trial of real-time needle-guided ultrasound for internal jugular venous cannulation in a large university anesthesia department Journal of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia 19(3): 310-5, June 2005.

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