Ehab Al Bizri, MD

Ehab Al Bizri
Assistant Professor
Phone: 631-444-2975
Stony Brook Medicine Profile
  • Education   
  • Medical School: University of Aleppo, Faculty of Medicine, M.D.
  • Residency: Stony Brook Medicine, Anesthesiology
  • Fellowship: Yale New Haven, Pediatric Anesthesiology
  • Awards, Honors, Professional Appointments   
  • Attending Teacher of the Year (Medical Student vote): 2023
  • Publications   
  • PubMed Search
  • Noll E, Shodhan S, Madariaga MC, Page CR, Santangelo D, Guo X, Al-Bizri E, Pryor AD, Romeiser J, Bennett-Guerrero E. Randomized trial of acupressure to improve patient satisfaction and quality of recovery in hospitalized patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2017 Mar 7;18(1):110
  • Noll E, Romeiser J, Shodhan S, Madariaga MC, Guo X, Rizwan S, Al-Bizri E, Bennett-Guerrero E. Feedback Simulation for Acupressure Training and Skill Assessment. Simul Healthc. 2017 Aug;12(4):220-225
  • Benveniste H, Lee H, Ding F, Sun Q, Al-Bizri E, Makaryus R, Probst S, Nedergaard M, Stein EA, Lu H. Anesthesia with Dexmedetomidine and Low-dose Isoflurane Increases Solute Transport via the Glymphatic Pathway in Rat Brain When Compared with High-dose Isoflurane. Anesthesiology. 2017 Dec;127(6):976-988
  • Costa AC, Satalich JR, Al-Bizri E, Shodhan S, Romeiser JL, Adsumelli R, Abola RE, Steinberg ES, Bennett-Guerrero E. A ten-year retrospective study of post-dural puncture headache in 32,655 obstetric patients. Can J Anaesth. 2019 Sep 17
  • Ozturk B, Koundal S, Al-Bizri E, Chen X, Gursky ZH, Dai F, Lim AS, Heerdt P, Kipnis J, Tannenbaum A, Lee H, Benveniste H. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) increases CSF flow and glymphatic transport. JCI Insight. 2023 May 9
  • Hafeman M, Greenspan S, Rakhamimova E, Jin Z, Moore RP, Al-Bizri E. Caudal block vs. transversus abdominis plane block for pediatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Pediatr. 2023 May 30
  • Tsivitis A, Kozlowski P, Corrado T, Chesler D, Moore R, Al-Bizri E. Traumatic carotid artery injury caused by a metal sipping straw in a pediatric patient: Anesthetic management and considerations. Trauma Case Rep. 2023 Oct 20;48:100965
  • Wang A, Tsivitis A, Ma S, Jin Z, Al-Bizri E, Moore R. The safety and efficacy of sugammadex for reversing neuromuscular blockade in younger children and infants. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2024 Jun 28
  • Book Chapters   
  • Iskander A, Al-Bizri E, Naftalovich R, Gan TJ. Prevention and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Morbidity. in: Perioperative Medicine - Managing for Outcome. 2021. Eds: Newman MF, Fleischer LA, Ko C, Mythen M. Elsevier Publishing
  • Recent Presentations   
  • Al-Bizri E, Lekhraj JS, Oleszak SP. Complex Airway Management And Lung Isolation In A Patient with Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis And Bilateral Neck Dissection. ASA 2018
  • Al-Bizri E, Sanchez CA, Andraous WF. Complex Airway Management During Transoral Resection of Cervical Spine Chordoma. ASA 2018
  • Al-Bizri E, Landman UN. Anesthesia Management of Parturient with Pseudotumor Cerebri And Lumboperitoneal Shunt For Cesarean Section Utilizing Combined Spinal Epidural Technique. ASA 2018
  • Al-Bizri E, Lekhraj J, Oleszak S. One Lung Ventilation In A Patient with Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis. PGA 2018
  • Al-Bizri E, Sanchez C, Andraous W. Airway Management During Transoral Resection of Cervical Spinal Chordoma. PGA 2018
  • Al-Bizri E, Landman U. Combined Spinal Epidural (CSE) For Parturient with Lumboperitoneal Shunt (LPS). PGA 2018
  • Al-Bizri E, Mitchell D, Caldwell W. Pediatric Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome (amps) And Calmare® Scrambler Therapy - A Case Series. ASA 2019
  • Ma S, Costa AC, Al-Bizri E. 49 Year Old Female with Blue Discoloration of Limb After Indigo Carmine Administration. ASA 2019
  • Mavarez-Martinez A, Al-Bizri E, Tateosian VS . Transversus Abdominus Plane Block in Neonates: An Underutilized Approach for PostOperative Pain Management. Perioperative Medicine Summit, Orlando Mar 2020
  • Lee C, Kozlowski P, Al-Bizri E. Axillary Nerve Block To Aid In Recovery Of Ischemic Limb In 5-Month-Old. PGA 2022
  • Kozlowski P, Corrado T, Al-Bizri E. Carotid Artery Injury Caused By A Metal Sipping Straw In A Pediatric Patient. PGA 2022
  • Crugnola W, Costa A, Abola R, Al-Bizri E. Institutional Prevalence Of Sugammadex Use In Pediatric Patients. PGA 2022
  • Chernoff D, Jin Z, Tsivitis A, Al-Bizri E. Single Shot Fascia Iliaca Plane Block for Femur Fracture in a Pediatric Trauma Patient. PGA 2023
  • Tsivitis A, Kozlowski P, Corrado T, Chesler D, Moore R, Al-Bizri E . Traumatic carotid artery injury caused by a metal sipping straw in a pediatric patient: Anesthetic management and considerations. Soc Ped Anes 2024
  • Razak A, Al-Bizri E, Fardos Y, Romeiser J, Bennett-Guerrero E. A Nationwide Survey of Intraoperative Methadone Use for Perioperative Analgesia. ASA 2024
  • Wang A, Al-Bizri E. External Oblique Intercostal (EOI) Block for Patients Undergoing Nephrectomy for Postoperative Pain Management: A Case Series. ASA 2024
  • Krauss B, William M. Crugnola, Ahn JY, Al-Bizri E. Pre- and Intraoperative Management of Immune Thrombocytopenia and Stroke Risk in a Patient Undergoing Splenectomy. ASA 2024
  • Yan Z, Al-Bizri E. Twisting Endotracheal Tube for Rapid Sequence Intubation in Pediatric Patient with PIK3CA Related Overgrowth Spectrum (PROS). ASA 2024
  • Tsivitis A, Jackson L, Al-Bizri E. Successful fiberoptic intubation while maintaining spontaneous ventilation in 6 week old patient with Pierre Robin Sequence. ASA 2024
  • Bargnes V, Yonel B, Mangano N, Bitonti N, Wang M, Al-Bizri E. A Bad Headache: Perioperative Considerations for Pediatric Pheochromocytoma. ASA 2024
  • Tsivitis A, DiMaria S, Al-Bizri E. Anesthetic management of a pediatric patient undergoing stenting and coiling of symptomatic cerebral aneurysm. Soc Ped Anes 2025
  • DiMaria S, Tsivitis A, Al-Bizri E. Postoperative analgesia for open pheochromocytoma resection using the external oblique intercostal nerve block. Soc Ped Anes 2025
  • DiMaria S, Tsivitis A, Bitoni N, Liu P, Al-Bizri E. Efficacy and Outcomes of Neostigmine vs. Sugammadex for Neuromuscular Blockade Reversal in a Population of Neonatal Intensive Care. Soc Ped Anes 2025
  • Sapir NG, Kosciuszek N, Moore RP, Scriven R, Al-Bizri E, Hsieh H. Trauma in a Small Space: Characteristics and Outcomes of Pediatric Penetrating Neck Trauma. Academic Surgical Congress, February 2025 Las Vegas NV
  • Sakho B, Solowinska A, Al-Bizri E. Emergent thoracotomy and diagnostic laparoscopy secondary to multiple stab wounds in the chest and abdomen followed by serratus anterior block for pain management. PGA 2025

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