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Matthew Pearsall, MD

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Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
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Attending Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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General Surgery Liaison, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Cardiac "C4" / General Anesthesia Division Case Reviewer and Resource Associate, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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General Anesthesia Call Scheduler, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Lead Board Runner, General Anesthesia Division, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Medical Director of Voorhees ASC, CHOP Voorhees Ambulatory Surgical Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Director of Transplant Anesthesia, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Medical Director of Special Cardiac Care Anesthesia, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 7
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Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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2f Penn State University , 1997.
21 c Post BS 32 (Post Baccalaureate Premedical Studies) c
2f University of Delaware, 2000.
21 7 MD 15 (Medicine) c
34 Thomas Jefferson University, 2006.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

6d Cardiac anesthesia for non-cardiac surgery, pulmonary hypertension, congential heart disease
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2e General anesthesia for conjoined twins
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Description of Other Expertise

3f Operational Management and System Improvements
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4c General Anesthesia Attending Call Scheduler (On-call administration)
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54 Lead Board Runner General Anesthesia Division (OR & NORA resource management)
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Selected Publications

170 Shi A., O’Brien E., Muhly W.T., Tran K., Pearsall M.,: “Postoperative Complications and Readmissions in a Network of Hospital-Associated Freestanding Pediatric Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A 10-Year Retrospective Observational Study". ASA 2025 Annual Meeting 25-SA-8508-ASAHQ, October 2025.

18b Efune, Proshad; J, Matthew Hoyt; Saynhalath, Rita; Ahn, Chul; F, Matthew Pearsall; Khan, Umar ; Feehan, Thomas; M, Dev Desai; Szmuk, Peter: Intraoperative Fluid Administration Volumes During Pediatric Liver Transplantation and Postoperative Outcomes: A Multicenter Analysis. Anesthesia and Analgesia 33(9), September 2023.

190 Efune, Proshad; J, Matthew Hoyt; Saynhalath, Rita; Ahn, Chul; F, Matthew Pearsall; Khan, Umar ; Feehan, Thomas; M, Dev Desai; Szmuk, Peter: Intraoperative Fluid Administration Volumes During Pediatric Liver Transplantation and Postoperative Outcomes: A Multicenter Analysis. Pediatric Anesthesia 33(9): 754-764, September 2023.

12a Petrini L, Pasquariello C, Pearsall M, Black S: SOS: A “System of Support” for Second Victims of Serious Anesthesia Related Adverse Events International Conference on Physician Health. Poster Presentation, October 2022.

1a7 Lin EE, Fazal FZ, Pearsall MF, Talwar D, Chang H, Shah A: Local Anesthetic Injection Prior to Incision Decreases General Anesthesia Requirements in Pediatric Hand Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Efficacy during Trigger Thumb Release. Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, Vancouver BC May 2022 Notes: Poster Presentation.

180 Efune P, Hoyt M, Saynhalath R, Ahn C, Pearsall M, Khan U, Feehan T, Desai D, Szmuk P: Intraoperative Fluid Administration Volumes during Pediatric Liver Transplantation and Postoperative Outcomes: A Multicenter Analysis. SPA/AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology 2022 Meeting, Tampa, FL. Poster Presentation, April 2022.

183 O'Brien E, Babirak L, Julian N, Kraemer FW, Gurnaney H, Pearsall M, Bailey P, Subramanyam R: Increasing Faculty Competency in Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Pediatric Anesthesia: A Quality Improvement Project. SPA/AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology 2022 Meeting, Tampa, FL. Poster Presentation, April 2022.

156 Pearsall M, Isserman R, El-Amin-Jaamia A, Cohen D, Banik G, Simpao A, Ruiz R: Somebody Call the Dentist! Collaborative Airway Management after Failed Nasal Fiberoptic Intubation. SPA/AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology 2022 Meeting, Tampa, FL. Poster Presentation, April 2022.

de Spiro J, Pearsall M, Daly-Guris R: Novel Solution for Guidewire Looping During Central Line Insertion. Anaesthesia Reports 10(1): e1262, April 2022.

153 Lin EE, Fazal FZ, Pearsall MF, Talwar D, Chang H, Shah A: Local Anesthetic Injection Prior to Incision Decreases General Anesthesia Requirements in Pediatric Hand Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 42(3): e285-e289, March 2022.

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