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Email

awali@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor of Anesthesiology

Anesthesiology
Obstetric Anesthesiology
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Houston, TX, US

Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology (secondary)

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Director, Advanced Airway Management

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Past Director/Co-Director

Division of Obstetric Anesthesia
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Education

MBBS from University of Delhi

New Delhi, India

Residency at Royal Group of Hospitals

Belfast and Liverpool, United Kingdom

Fellowship at ������Ƶ Of Medicine

Houston, United States

Obstetric Anesthesiology

Clinical Fellowship at All-India Institute Of Medical Sciences

New Delhi, India

Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Certifications

Diplomate

American Board of Anesthesiology

Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists

Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland

Doctor of Medicine in Anesthesiology

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery

University of Delhi

Honors & Awards

Master Clinician Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care

Lifetime Award 2020

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Member, BCM Inclusion and Excellence Council

2019-2023

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Hall of Fame of Exemplary Educators

Inducted at Inaugural Ceremony 2016

Department of Anesthesiology, ������Ƶ of Medicine

Immediate Past-President

2016-2018

Society for Airway Management

President

2014-2016

Society for Airway Management

President-Elect

2012-2014

Society for Airway Management

Vice-President

2011 - 2012

Society for Airway Management

Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P. Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation

2004 and 2015

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Academy of Distinguished Educators

2004 - Present

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Dean H. Morrow, M.D., Outstanding Resident Mentor Award

2000 and 2012

Department of Anesthesiology, ������Ƶ of Medicine

Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching

2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008-2012, 2014

Professional Interests

• Professionalism, Resident Education, Advanced Airway Management, High-Risk Obstetric Anesthesia, Ambulatory Anesthesia, Hemostasis and Coagulation

Websites

Professional Development

Chair/Moderator/Coordinator, Difficult Airway Workshop

Workshop (Organizer)

Sponsor: Society for Airway Management

Moderator/Coordinator, Difficult Airway Workshop during the SAM Annual Meeting 2004-2014, 2016

Co-Director and Organizer

Workshop (Organizer, 2016)

Sponsor: BCM and UTMB

Co-Director and Organizer, Advanced Airway Workshop, TACO-RA 2016 Conference

Ist World Airway Management Meeting 2015

Conference (Organizer, 2015)

Sponsor: Society for Airway Management and Difficult Airway Society

Chair, Plenary Session: Airway Education-A Global Perspective Organizer, Coordinator, and Lead Faculty: Difficult Airway Workshops Breakfast with Experts Panelist, Challenges in Obstetric Airway Management Reviewer, Abstracts Judge, Oral Poster Presentation Chair, SAM Annual General Membership Meeting Chair, SAM Board of Directors Meeting

Program Director/Co-Director, Texas Anesthesia Conference for Obstetrics (TACO) Annual Meeting

Conference (Organizer)

Sponsor: BCM

Program Co-Director, TACO Annual Meeting 2009, 2010 Program Director/Co-Director, Difficult Airway Workshop at TACO Annual Meeting 1999-2004, 2006-2008, 2011

Program Director, Advanced Airway Management Workshop

Workshop (Organizer, 2011)

Sponsor: Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology

Chair/Moderator, PBLD

Seminar (Organizer, 2011)

Sponsor: Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology

Moderator, Breakfast with the Experts Panel: 1. On call in Labor and Delivery…High Blood Pressure, Bleeding, and a Bad Airway” 2. “Morbidly Obese Parturient requesting Labor Analgesia, eventually needing Cesarean delivery”

Program Chair, Society for Airway Management (SAM) Annual Meeting

Conference (Organizer, 2009)

Sponsor: Society for Airway Management

Program Co-Chair, Society for Airway Management (SAM) Annual Meeting

Conference (Organizer, 2008)

Sponsor: Society for Airway Management

Selected Publications

• Baker PA, Behringer EC, Feinleib J, Foley LJ Mosier J, Roth P, Wali A, O’Sullivan EP. " " Editorial: Br J Anaesth.. 2022 Feb ; 128 (1) : 225-229.
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• Patel S. and Wali A. " " Editor: Berkow LC. (Airway Management, Section Editor). 2020 Dec ; Current Anesthesiology Reports
• Azimuddin A, Kotamarti K, Kotamarti A, Suresh M, Wali A, Minard CG, Rajagopalan S. " " Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. 2020 Feb ; 30 : e118.
• Rajagopalan S, Shah K, Guffey D, Tran C, Suresh M, Wali A. " Predictors of difficult epidural placement in pregnant women: A Trainees' Perspective.. " J of Anaes Clin Pharm. 2019 ; 35 : 548-552.
• Zambare S, Berman DJ, Munnur U, Wali A. " High-flow nasal oxygen in pregnant patients for pre-oxygenation and apneic oxygenation: Yea, or Nay?. " 2019 Mar ; SOAP Newsletter (Spring)
• Suresh MS, Wali A, Munnur U. " Difficult Airway in Obstetric Anesthesia. Hagberg's Airway Management – Expert Consult. " 2017 ; (Chapter 37)
• Wali A. " " Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 2015 ; 27 : 90-91.
• Deng Y, Wali A. " Isshiki Thyroplasty. " Master Techniques in Upper and Lower Airway M. 2015 ; (33) : 72-73.
• Nazareth K and Wali A. " Recurrent Airway Papillomas. " Master Techniques in Upper and Lower Airway M. 2015 ; (35) : 76-77.
• Vu EL and Wali A. " Vocal Cord Augmentation. " Master Techniques in Upper and Lower Airway M. 2015 ; (31) : 66-67.
• Weyand AM, Wali A. " Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Pregnant Patient. " Master Techniques in Upper and Lower Airway M. 2015 ; (20) : 42-43.
• Mouzi L. and Wali A.. " Anesthetic Management during Labor and Delivery of a Multiparous Patient Terminally Ill with Metastatic Breast Cancer. " cases-anesthesia-analgesia.org. 2014 Feb 15; 2 (4) : 48-49.
• Wali, A. and Waters, J. " Obstetric Hemorrhage, Novel Pharmacological Interventions, Blood Conservation Techniques, and Massive Transfusion Protocol. " Shnider and Levinson’s Anesthesia for Obstetr. 2013 ; Chapter 23.
• Suresh MS, Wali A, Crosby ET. " Difficult and Failed Intubation: Strategies, Prevention, and Management of Airway Related Catastrophes. " Shnider and Levinson’s Anesthesia for Obstetr. 2013 ; Chapter 21.
• Ortiz J, Broussard TM, and Wali A. " An unexpected case of a difficult airway secured using an Aintree intubating catheter for intermittent oxygenation and exchange of a laryngeal mask airway for an endotracheal tube. " J Anes Clin Sci. 2013 Jan 17; 2 (4) : 1-2.
• Wali A. " Role of Lightwand in Difficult Airway. " The Difficult Airway: Tools and Techniques, ed: Glick D, Cooper R, Ovassapian A. 2012 ; Chapter 9, 177-190.
• Wali A and Munnur U. " The Patient with a Full Stomach. " Benumof’s Airway Management – Expert Consult . 2012 ; Chapter 35.
• Suresh MS, Wali A. " Difficult Airway in Obstetric Anesthesia. " Benumof’s Airway Management – Expert Consult . 2012 ; Chapter 37.
• Wali A, Suresh MS. " " Anesthesiol Clin. 2008 Mar ; 26 (1) : 197-230, ix.
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• Suresh M.S., Munnur, U., and Wali, A.. " The Patient with a Full Stomach.. " In Hagberg, CA. Benumof's Airway Management, . 2007 ; (31) : 705-722.
• Goetzl L, Rivers J, Zighelboim I, Wali A, Badell M, Suresh MS. " " Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Mar ; 109 (3) : 687-90.
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• Wali A, Suresh MS, Gregg AR. " Antepartum Hemorrhage. " in Datta, S. Anesthetic and Obstetric Managem. 2004 ; (8) : 87-110.
• Krasuski P, Poniecka A, Gal E, Wali A. " Intrapartum Spontaneous Rupture of Liver Hemangioma. " Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. 2001 Sep ; 10 (4) : 290-2.
• Krasuski P, Poniecka A, Gal E, Wali A, Truong A, and Hart A. " Epiduroscopy: Review of Technique and Results. " The Pain Clinic. 2001 Mar 1; 13 (1) : 71-76.
• Suresh MS, Wali A.. " Difficult Airway in Obstetrics: Airway Management Strategies. " In Suresh MS. Anes Clin N Am. 1998 ; 477-498.
• Estella NM, Berry DL, Baker BW, Wali AT, Belfort MA. " " Obstet Gynecol. 1997 Oct ; 90 (4) : 669-70.
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• Raghavan SV, Bithal PK, Wali A, Shahani JM, Purnima. " Anesthetic Management of Cavo-Atrial Shunt for Budd Chiari Syndrome: a report of 2 cases. " Journal of Anesth Clin Pharm. 1987 ; 3 (1) : 65-68.
• Oberoi GS, Bithal PK, Wali A. " Thoracic epidural for upper gastrointestinal surgery - a modified technique. " Ind J Anaesth. 1986 ; 63 : 33-36.

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Memberships

American Society for Anesthesiologists

Member (08/1994)

Society for Airway Management

Member (09/1999)

Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology

Member (08/1996)

Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia

Member

Texas Society of Anesthesiologists

Member

Skills

Advanced Airway Management, High-Risk Obstetric Anesthesia, Ambulatory Anesthesia