Matthew Pearsall, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1858
Email:
pearsallm@email.chop.edu
pearsallm@email.chop.edu
Education:
BS (Industrial Engineering with High Distinction)
Penn State University , 1997.
Post BS (Post Baccalaureate Premedical Studies)
University of Delaware, 2000.
MD (Medicine)
Thomas Jefferson University, 2006.
Permanent linkBS (Industrial Engineering with High Distinction)
Penn State University , 1997.
Post BS (Post Baccalaureate Premedical Studies)
University of Delaware, 2000.
MD (Medicine)
Thomas Jefferson University, 2006.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Cardiac anesthesia for non-cardiac surgery, pulmonary hypertension, congential heart diseaseGeneral anesthesia for conjoined twins
Pediatric ambulatory anesthesia
Transplant anesthesia
Description of Other Expertise
General Anesthesia Attending Call Scheduler (On-call administration)Lead Board Runner General Anesthesia Division (OR & NORA resource management)
Selected Publications
Lin EE, Fazal FZ, Pearsall MF, Talwar D, Chang H, Shah A: Local anesthetic injection prior to incision decreases general anesthesia requirements in pediatric trigger thumb release: a randomized controlled trial. Pediatric Anesthesia Final draft in submission, 2021.Pearsall M, Subramanyam R: Perioperative Approach of Pediatric Ambulatory Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy. Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine Newsletter 9(2), 2020.
Perate AR, Pearsall MF, Ward C, Bailey P, Heuer G: Early Separation of Craniopagus Twins with a Shared Sagittal Sinus American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA October 2018 Notes: Medically Challenging Case Presentation.
Isserman R, Simpao A, Schwartz AJ, Pearsall M: T-wave Alternans and Long QT Syndrome. Anesthesiology 127(3): 567, September 2017.
Pearsall M, Feldman J: When does apparatus dead space matter for the pediatric patient? Anesthesia and Analgesia 118(4): 776-780, April 2014.
Pearsall M, Feldman J: When does apparatus dead space matter? Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV March 2013 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Pearsall M: Makeshift jet ventilator setup. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 24 (2): 168-169, March 2012.