Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MS

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address521 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco CA 94117
Phone415-514-3755
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-6868-4301 Additional info
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    My research centers on understanding cognitive change over time in older adults, particularly as it relates to surgery and anesthesia, using population-based data sources. I am also interested in potentially modifiable risk factors for adverse anesthesia-related outcomes, including myocardial and cerebral ischemia, perioperative mortality, and postoperative delirium.

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    Impact of Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty on Longitudinal Cognitive Change in Older Adults
    NIH/NCATS KL2TR001870Aug 2, 2019 - Apr 30, 2022
    Role: KL2 Scholar
    Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
    NIH/NIA P30AG044281Aug 1, 2019 - Jul 31, 2020
    Role: Research Scholar
    Impact of Coronary Revascularization on Longitudinal Cognitive Change in the Elderly
    NIH R03AG059822Aug 1, 2018 - Jul 31, 2020
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Opportunities Beyond the Anesthesiology Department: Broader Impact Through Broader Thinking. Anesth Analg. 2022 02 01; 134(2):242-252. Mathis MR, Schonberger RB, Whitlock EL, Vogt KM, Lagorio JE, Jones KA, Conroy JM, Kheterpal S. PMID: 33684091; PMCID: PMC8423864.
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    2. Yes, no, maybe: Replication and the importance of methodology. Eur J Pain. 2021 10; 25(9):1857-1858. Whitlock EL. PMID: 34216525; PMCID: PMC8774287.
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    3. Association of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting vs Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Memory Decline in Older Adults Undergoing Coronary Revascularization. JAMA. 2021 05 18; 325(19):1955-1964. Whitlock EL, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Smith AK, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE, Avidan MS, Glymour MM. PMID: 34003225; PMCID: PMC8132142.
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    4. Pediatric Distraction on Induction of Anesthesia With Virtual Reality and Perioperative Anxiolysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesth Analg. 2021 03 01; 132(3):798-806. Jung MJ, Libaw JS, Ma K, Whitlock EL, Feiner JR, Sinskey JL. PMID: 32618627; PMCID: PMC9387568.
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    5. Derivation, Validation, Sustained Performance, and Clinical Impact of an Electronic Medical Record-Based Perioperative Delirium Risk Stratification Tool. Anesth Analg. 2020 12; 131(6):1901-1910. Whitlock EL, Braehler MR, Kaplan JA, Finlayson E, Rogers SE, Douglas V, Donovan AL. PMID: 33105280; PMCID: PMC7669577.
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    6. An Implementation-Effectiveness Study of a Perioperative Delirium Prevention Initiative for Older Adults. Anesth Analg. 2020 12; 131(6):1911-1922. Donovan AL, Braehler MR, Robinowitz DL, Lazar AA, Finlayson E, Rogers S, Douglas VC, Whitlock EL, Anesthesia Resident Quality Improvement Committee. PMID: 33105281; PMCID: PMC7669669.
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    7. Postoperative delirium: why, what, and how to confront it at your institution. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2020 Oct; 33(5):668-673. Curtis MS, Forman NA, Donovan AL, Whitlock EL. PMID: 32796170; PMCID: PMC7489931.
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    8. Creation of the Anesthesia Research Council. Anesth Analg. 2020 10; 131(4):1300-1303. Culley DJ, Kelz MB, Koch CG, Eisenach JC, Neuman MD, Whitlock EL, Robertson RM, Cooper T, Pomerantz P. PMID: 32925351.
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    9. Use of Remifentanil for Open in utero Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair Maintains Uterine Relaxation with Reduced Volatile Anesthetic Concentration. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2020; 47(11):810-816. Marsh BJ, Sinskey J, Whitlock EL, Ferschl MB, Rollins MD. PMID: 32911467; PMCID: PMC9367681.
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    10. Implications of postoperative cognitive decline for satisfaction with anaesthesia care. Br J Anaesth. 2020 09; 125(3):e273-e275. Whitlock EL, Liu X, Lin HM, Deiner S. PMID: 32611526; PMCID: PMC7539663.
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    11. The Frailty Syndrome: Anesthesiologists Must Understand More and Fear Less. Anesth Analg. 2020 06; 130(6):1445-1448. Whitlock EL, Whittington RA. PMID: 32384332; PMCID: PMC7678012.
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    12. Surgery and persistent cognitive decline: a commentary and an independent discussion. Br J Anaesth. 2020 03; 124(3):229-234. Whitlock EL, Grisell Diaz-Ramirez L, Avidan MS. PMID: 31839254.
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    13. Three blind mice: a tail of discordant trials. Br J Anaesth. 2020 02; 124(2):121-125. Whitlock EL, Avidan MS. PMID: 31676036.
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    14. Aging Gracefully: The Evolution of Perioperative Care for Older Adults. Anesthesiol Clin. 2019 Sep; 37(3):xv-xvi. Whitlock EL, Whittington RA. PMID: 31337489.
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    15. Intraoperative dexmedetomidine to prevent postoperative delirium: in search of the magic bullet. Can J Anaesth. 2019 04; 66(4):365-370. Donovan AL, Whitlock EL. PMID: 30710259; PMCID: PMC6707504.
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    16. Are we overdosing older patients? Br J Anaesth. 2019 09; 123(3):257-258. Whitlock EL, Sleigh J. PMID: 30915995; PMCID: PMC7586346.
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    17. Cognitive Change After Cardiac Surgery Versus Cardiac Catheterization: A Population-Based Study. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 04; 107(4):1119-1125. Whitlock EL, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Smith AK, Boscardin WJ, Avidan MS, Glymour MM. PMID: 30578068; PMCID: PMC6707506.
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    18. Depth of Propofol Sedation and Postoperative Delirium: The Jury Is Still Out. JAMA Surg. 2018 11 01; 153(11):996. Whitlock EL, Finlayson E. PMID: 30090922.
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    19. We may be Homo sapiens, but anaesthetists are merely apes when evaluating risk. Br J Anaesth. 2018 Oct; 121(4):702-705. Aranake-Chrisinger A, Whitlock EL, Avidan MS. PMID: 30236232.
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    20. Estimating pediatric general anesthesia exposure: Quantifying duration and risk. Paediatr Anaesth. 2018 06; 28(6):520-527. Bartels DD, McCann ME, Davidson AJ, Polaner DM, Whitlock EL, Bateman BT. PMID: 29722100; PMCID: PMC6291204.
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    21. Improved analgesia and reduced post-operative nausea and vomiting after implementation of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway for total mastectomy. BMC Anesthesiol. 2018 04 16; 18(1):41. Chiu C, Aleshi P, Esserman LJ, Inglis-Arkell C, Yap E, Whitlock EL, Harbell MW. PMID: 29661153; PMCID: PMC5902852.
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    22. Central venous pressure monitoring in living donor kidney recipients does not affect immediate graft function: A propensity score analysis. Clin Transplant. 2018 05; 32(5):e13238. Adelmann D, Bicknell L, Niemann CU, Feiner J, Roll GR, Burdine L, Whitlock EL. PMID: 29526051; PMCID: PMC6235164.
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    23. Do Not Resuscitate and the Surgical Patient: Not a Contradiction in Terms. Anesth Analg. 2017 11; 125(5):1438-1440. Whitlock EL, Lane RK. PMID: 29049106.
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    24. Association Between Persistent Pain and Memory Decline and Dementia in a Longitudinal Cohort of Elders. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 08 01; 177(8):1146-1153. Whitlock EL, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Glymour MM, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE, Smith AK. PMID: 28586818; PMCID: PMC5588896.
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    25. In Reply. Anesthesiology. 2016 06; 124(6):1419. Whitlock EL, Feiner JR, Chen LL. PMID: 27187132.
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    26. Perioperative Mortality, 2010 to 2014: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry. Anesthesiology. 2015 Dec; 123(6):1312-21. Whitlock EL, Feiner JR, Chen LL. PMID: 26492481.
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    27. Importance of "default" intraoperative ventilator settings. BMJ. 2015 Sep 30; 351:h5125. Whitlock EL. PMID: 26423454.
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    28. Harms associated with single unit perioperative transfusion: retrospective population based analysis. BMJ. 2015 Jun 12; 350:h3037. Whitlock EL, Kim H, Auerbach AD. PMID: 26070979; PMCID: PMC4463965.
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    29. Blood Transfusion and Postoperative Delirium. Current Anesthesiology Reports. 2015 Mar 1; 5(1):24-32. Whitlock WE, Behrends BM. .
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    30. Psychological sequelae of surgery in a prospective cohort of patients from three intraoperative awareness prevention trials. Anesth Analg. 2015 Jan; 120(1):87-95. Whitlock EL, Rodebaugh TL, Hassett AL, Shanks AM, Kolarik E, Houghtby J, West HM, Burnside BA, Shumaker E, Villafranca A, Edwards WA, Levinson CA, Langer JK, Fernandez KC, El-Gabalawy R, Zhou EY, Sareen J, Jacobsohn E, Mashour GA, Avidan MS. PMID: 25383719; PMCID: PMC4535987.
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    31. Blood Transfusion and Postoperative Delirium. Current Anesthesiology Reports. 2014. Whitlock EL, Behrends M. View Publication.
    32. Postoperative delirium in a substudy of cardiothoracic surgical patients in the BAG-RECALL clinical trial. Anesth Analg. 2014 Apr; 118(4):809-17. Whitlock EL, Torres BA, Lin N, Helsten DL, Nadelson MR, Mashour GA, Avidan MS. PMID: 24413548; PMCID: PMC4012920.
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    33. Delirium. Neurologic Outcomes of Surgery and Anesthesia. 2013 May 1; 13-20. Whitlock WE, Avidan AM, Inouye IS. .
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    34. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Surgery, Intensive Care, and Intraoperative Awareness. Neurologic Outcomes of Surgery and Anesthesia. 2013 May 1; 47-56. Karren KE, Whitlock WE, Rodebaugh RT, Avidan AM. .
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    35. Brain monitoring with electroencephalography and the electroencephalogram-derived bispectral index during cardiac surgery. Anesth Analg. 2012 Mar; 114(3):533-46. Kertai MD, Whitlock EL, Avidan MS. PMID: 22253267; PMCID: PMC3288763.
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    36. Relationship between bispectral index values and volatile anesthetic concentrations during the maintenance phase of anesthesia in the B-Unaware trial. Anesthesiology. 2011 Dec; 115(6):1209-18. Whitlock EL, Villafranca AJ, Lin N, Palanca BJ, Jacobsohn E, Finkel KJ, Zhang L, Burnside BA, Kaiser HA, Evers AS, Avidan MS. PMID: 22037642; PMCID: PMC3683547.
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    37. Postoperative delirium. Minerva Anestesiol. 2011 Apr; 77(4):448-56. Whitlock EL, Vannucci A, Avidan MS. PMID: 21483389; PMCID: PMC3615670.
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    38. Dynamic quantification of host Schwann cell migration into peripheral nerve allografts. Exp Neurol. 2010 Oct; 225(2):310-9. Whitlock EL, Myckatyn TM, Tong AY, Yee A, Yan Y, Magill CK, Johnson PJ, Mackinnon SE. PMID: 20633557; PMCID: PMC2956413.
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    39. Ropivacaine-induced peripheral nerve injection injury in the rodent model. Anesth Analg. 2010 Jul; 111(1):214-20. Whitlock EL, Brenner MJ, Fox IK, Moradzadeh A, Hunter DA, Mackinnon SE. PMID: 20442258.
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    40. Fibrin glue mitigates the learning curve of microneurosurgical repair. Microsurgery. 2010; 30(3):218-22. Whitlock EL, Kasukurthi R, Yan Y, Tung TH, Hunter DA, Mackinnon SE. PMID: 20063379.
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    41. Bipolar electrocautery: A rodent model of Sunderland third-degree nerve injury. Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2010 Jan-Feb; 12(1):40-7. Moradzadeh A, Brenner MJ, Whitlock EL, Tong AY, Luciano JP, Hunter DA, Myckatyn TM, Mackinnon SE. PMID: 20083740.
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    42. Bipolar Electrocautery. JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery. 2010 Jan 1; 12(1):40-47. Moradzadeh MA, Brenner BM, Whitlock WE, Tong TA, Luciano LJ, Hunter HD, Myckatyn MT, Mackinnon MS. .
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    43. Processed allografts and type I collagen conduits for repair of peripheral nerve gaps. Muscle Nerve. 2009 Jun; 39(6):787-99. Whitlock EL, Tuffaha SH, Luciano JP, Yan Y, Hunter DA, Magill CK, Moore AM, Tong AY, Mackinnon SE, Borschel GH. PMID: 19291791.
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    44. The impact of motor and sensory nerve architecture on nerve regeneration. Exp Neurol. 2008 Aug; 212(2):370-6. Moradzadeh A, Borschel GH, Luciano JP, Whitlock EL, Hayashi A, Hunter DA, Mackinnon SE. PMID: 18550053; PMCID: PMC2761727.
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    45. Pregabalin does not impact peripheral nerve regeneration after crush injury. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2007 Jul; 23(5):263-8. Whitlock EL, Moradzadeh A, Hunter DA, Mackinnon SE. PMID: 17876729.
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    46. Binary imaging analysis for comprehensive quantitative histomorphometry of peripheral nerve. J Neurosci Methods. 2007 Oct 15; 166(1):116-24. Hunter DA, Moradzadeh A, Whitlock EL, Brenner MJ, Myckatyn TM, Wei CH, Tung TH, Mackinnon SE. PMID: 17675163; PMCID: PMC2587177.
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    47. The green tea polyphenol, epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits telomerase and induces apoptosis in drug-resistant lung cancer cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Aug 17; 360(1):233-7. Sadava D, Whitlock E, Kane SE. PMID: 17585882.
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    48. Influence of needle tip position on injectate spread in 406 interlaminar lumbar epidural steroid injections. Radiology. 2007 Jun; 243(3):804-11. Whitlock EL, Bridwell KH, Gilula LA. PMID: 17463137.
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