Stephanie Ibekwe, M.D.
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Stephanie Ibekwe, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Anesthesiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Education
- MD from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
- San Antonio, United States
- MBA from University of Texas at Dallas
- Dallas, Texas United States
- MPH from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Houston, Texas United States
- BS from Baylor University
- Waco, Texas United States
- Graduate Certificate at University of Texas at Dallas
- Dallas, Texas United States
- Residency at Emory University
- Atlanta, Georgia United States
- Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University
- Baltimore, Maryland United States
Certifications
- Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology
- American Board of Anesthesiology
- Diplomate of the National Board of Echocardiography
- National Board of Echocardiography
- Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology
- American Board of Anesthesiology
- Certification in Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology
Professional Statement
Dr. Stephanie Ibekwe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Division, at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. At her primary site, Ben Taub Hospital, Houston’s largest safety-net hospital, Dr. Ibekwe serves the Cardiovascular, Thoracic, advanced Oncologic, and Trauma anesthetic needs of the medically underserved residents of Houston, Texas. She is Ben Taub’s Director of Quality Improvement and Service Chief of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology.Dr. Ibekwe holds several national leadership roles, including committee member on the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Quality Management and Departmental Administration Committee, board member and current Vice Chair of the Scientific Program Committee in the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA), and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Collaborating with clinical leaders worldwide, she leverages her public health, business administration, and transformational leadership expertise to develop and implement sustainable perioperative quality improvement initiatives.
Dr. Ibekwe is an educator, mentor, speaker, clinical leader, and author. She has worked with clinical leaders nationally and internationally to build and coordinate perioperative optimization programs and numerous procedures for improved perioperative quality and safety. Her collaboration with the Perioperative Optimization and Quality Improvement Society has resulted in numerous expert consensus statements which have been published and dispersed internationally. In all her leadership roles, Dr. Ibekwe offers her unique perspective in the field to help guide and shape the practice of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesiology nationally and internationally.
Utilizing her educational background in public health and business administration, her expertise in healthcare organizational leadership, and advanced certification in transformational leadership, she succeeds in building sustainable perioperative quality improvement processes. Her published works can be found in Perioperative Medicine, Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Anesthesia and Analgesia, and the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Anesthesiology.
Selected Publications
- Ibekwe, S. O., & Mondal, S ""Right vs Right"-Respect Patient's Rights or Do the Right Course of Treatment: A Commentary Surrounding a Patient's Refusal of Emergent Aortic Surgery." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia. 2023;
- Gashler K.R., Ritchie A.K., Hood R., Ibekwe, S .O. "Anesthetic Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma with Level 3 Inferior Vena Cava Extension in a Patient with Severe Coronary Artery Disease." Cureus. 2023;
- Best, G., Tsai, E., Deng, C., Ibekwe, S.O. "Continuous Superficial Parasternal Intercostal Plane Catheters for Poststernotomy Pain Control: A Case Series." Anesthesia and Analgesia Practice. 2024;
- McEvoy MD, Heerdt PM, Morton V, Bartz RR, Miller TE; POQI IX Collaborators: S. Ibekwe, J. Deschamps, M. Grocott, Y. Liang, T. Perry, A. Shaw, R. Arora, J. Brown, M. Tong, S. Chatterjee, T. J. Gan, G. Singh "Current Perspectives on the Right Heart in the Perioperative Period." Perioper Med. 2024;
- Kertai, M., Makkad, B., Bollen, B., Grocott, H., …Grant, M., Mittnacht, A., Augoustides, Y. G. T., Ibekwe, S.O., …Shore-Lesserson, L "Development and Publication of Clinical Practice Parameters, Reviews, and Meta-analyses: A Report From the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Presidential Task Force." Anesthesia and analgesia.;
- Gregory, A., Ender, J., Shaw, A. D., Denault, A., Ibekwe, S., Stoppe, C., Alli, A., Manning, M. W., Brodt, J. L., Galhardo, C., Sander, M., Zarbock, A., Fletcher, N., Ghadimi, K., & Grant, M. C "Expert Consensus Statement on Perioperative Care in Cardiac Surgery: Continuing the Evolution of Optimized Patient Care and Recovery." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia. 2024;
- Mondal, S., Hollander, K. N., Ibekwe, S. O., Williams, B., & Tanaka, K "Heyde syndrome–pathophysiology and perioperative implications." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesi. 2021;
- Ibekwe, S. O., Jeffrey NS, Schwenke SW "Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Leading to Changes in Surgical Management in the Setting of Infective Endocarditis." Int J Anesthetic Anesthesiology. 2022;
- Linganna, R. E., Ibekwe, S. O., & Faloye, A. O "Mechanical assist devices: A Primer for the General Anesthesiologist I: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation." Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 2023;
- Ibekwe SO, Everett L, Mondal S "Methadone Should Not Be Used in Cardiac Surgery as Part of Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery Protocol." J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024;
- Altshuler, J. R., & Ibekwe, S. O., "Multimodal Technique to Maximize Perioperative Pain Control and Minimize Opioid Use in a Patient Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Case Report." Int J Anesthetic Anesthesiology. 2020;
- Stephanie Opusunju Ibekwe, Anita Gupta "Pay to Play: Do Quality Metrics for Anesthesiology Improve Value?." ASA Monitor. 2024;
- Arora, R. C., Brown, J. K., Chatterjee, S., Gan, T. J., Singh, G., Tong, M. Z., & POQI IX Consortium: Stephanie Ibekwe, Jean Deschamps, Michael Grocott, Yafen Liang, Tjorvi Perry, Andrew Shaw, MD McEvoy, PM Heerdt, V Morton, RR Bartz, TE Miller "Perioperative management of the vulnerable and failing right ventricle." ;
- Ibekwe, S.O., Deschamps, J., Grocott, M.P. et al "Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) consensus statement on perioperative assessment of right ventricular function." Perioperative Med.;
- Corujo Rodriguez, A., Richter, E., Ibekwe, S. O., Shah, T., & Faloye, A. O. "Postcardiotomy Shock Syndrome: A Narrative Review of Perioperative Diagnosis and Management." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia. 2023;
- Rubio, G., Ibekwe, S .O., Anton, J., & Tolpin, D "Pro: Regional Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery with Sternotomy." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2024;
- Ibekwe, S. O., Mondal, S., & Faloye, A. O "Pulmonary Prehabilitation and Smoking Cessation. Current Opinion in Anesthesiology." Current Opinion in Anesthesiology. 2023;
- Lindgren, T., Kodakandla, H., Caraway, S. M., Shah, K. B., Huang, X., Ibekwe, S .O., & Baylor College of Medicine Red Blood Cell Utilization for Cardiac Surgery Working Group "Red Blood Cell Conservation and Use in the Cardiovascular Operating Rooms at Ben Taub General Hospital." Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2024;
- Grant, M. C., Isada, T., Ruzankin, P., Whitman, G., Lawton, J. S., Dodd-o, J., Barodka, V., Grant, M. C., Isada, T., Ibekwe, S., Mihocsa, A. B., Ruzankin, P., Gottschalk, A., Liu, C., Whitman, G., Lawton, J. S., Mandal, K., Dodd-o, J., & Barodka, V. "Results from an Enhanced Recovery Program for Cardiac surgery." The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2020;
- Mondal, S., Faraday, N., Gao, W. D., Singh, S., Hebbar, S., Hollander, K. N., Metkus, T. S., Goeddel, L. A., Bauer, M., Bush, B., Cho, B., Cha, S., Ibekwe, S. O., Mladinov, D., Rolleri, N. S., …, Dodd-O, J. M "Selected Transesophageal Echocardiographic Parameters of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Predict Length of Stay Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft-A Prospective Observational Study." Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022;
- Ibekwe, S. O., Potluri, V., Palvadi, R., & Best, G. T "Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Focus-Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography to Diagnose Acute Right Heart Failure Due to Fat Emboli in a Parturient." Cureus. 2024;
- Ibekwe, S., Cheema, A., Nyhan, D., & Steppan, J "When your 35-year-old Patient Has a Sternotomy Scar: Anesthesia for Adult Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Presenting for Noncardiac Surgery." International Anesthesiology Clinics. 2018;
Memberships
- American Society of Anesthesiology
- Member
- Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
- Member, Member of the Board
- American Heart Association
- Member
- Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia
- Member
- Enhanced Recovery after Cardiac Surgery Society
- Member
- Texas Society of Anesthesiologists
- Member
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