Peter J. Panzica, M.D.

As director of anesthesiology at Westchester Medical Center (WMC), Peter J. Panzica, M.D., has a passion for cardiac anesthesia, transesophageal echocardiography, transplant anesthesia, thoracic anesthesia, and practice management. Board-certified in anesthesiology, Dr. Panzica joined WMC and the faculty of NYMC in 2019. 

Previously, he served as clinical director and vice chief of the Department of Anesthesia at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and assistant professor of anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School.

Education

• Fellowship, Cardiac Anesthesiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Residency, Cardiac Anesthesiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Internship, Anesthesiology, Winthrop University Hospital
• M.D., University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine

Areas of Expertise

• Transplant Anesthesia

Publications

• Brown MB, Abramowicz AE, Panzica PJ, et. al. "Anesthetic Considerations of Organ Procurement After Brain and Cardiac Death: A Narrative Review." Cureus, 15(6), (2023) e40629. doi: 10.7759/cureus.40629
• Sofjan IP, Salik I, Panzica PJ, et. al. "SAP BusinessObjects in Medical Informatics." Cureus, 15(6), (2023) e40208. doi: 10.7759/cureus.40208
• Jainandunsing JS, Mahmood F, Matyal R, et. al. "Impact of three-dimensional echocardiography on classification of the severity of aortic stenosis." The Annals of thoracic surgery, 96(4), (2013) 1343-1348. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.018
• Mahmood F, Hess PE, Matyal R, et. al. "Echocardiographic anatomy of the mitral valve: a critical appraisal of 2-dimensional imaging protocols with a 3-dimensional perspective." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 26(5), (2012) 777-84. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.06.017
• Matyal R, Hess PE, Asopa A, et. al. "Monitoring the variation in myocardial function with the Doppler-derived myocardial performance index during aortic cross-clamping." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 26(2), (2012) 204-8. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.09.017
• Warraich HJ, Chaudary B, Maslow A, et. al. "Mitral annular nonplanarity: correlation between annular height/commissural width ratio and the nonplanarity angle." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 26(2), (2012) 186-90. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.09.007
• Bose RR, Matyal R, Warraich HJ, et. al. "Utility of a transesophageal echocardiographic simulator as a teaching tool." Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 25(2), (2011) 212-5. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2010.08.014

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Memberships and Affiliations

• American Board of Anesthesiology