Howard Zee

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Assistant Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
School of Medicine
B.S., University of Southern California, 2007, Business Administration - Financial Analysis and Valuation
B.A., University of Southern California, 2007, Biological Sciences
M.D., University of Hawaii - John A. Burns School of Medicine, 2015
University of California, Irvine
101 The City Drive South, B53-226G, Orange, CA 92868
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Critical Care Medicine, High-Flow Nasal Oxygenation, Evaluation in Medical Education, Graduated Responsibility
Short Biography
Dr. Howard Zee is passionate about the process of training medical professionals of all levels. He is working to improve the fundamentals of evaluating trainees to create new and more effective strategies of encouraging graduated responsibility. As a critical care anesthesiologist, Dr. Zee cares deeply about providing the best care possible to his patients throughout their entire perioperative course. It is his hope that through providing patient-focused care and cultivating medical education that he can help to advance the field of anesthesiology and critical care medicine.
Publications
Zee H, Song SA, Sahani N, Macias AA, Song PC, Juang J. Successful Use of High-Flow Nasal Cannula for Concurrent Vocal Cord Electromyography and Tubeless Microlaryngeal Surgery in a Spontaneously Breathing Adult Patient: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2020 Feb 15;14(4):99-101. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001154. PMID: 31842194.
Zee HJ, Song SA, Song PC, Macias AA, Juang J, Sahani N. Failure to THRIVE: Non-intubated patients with elevated BMI are associated with increased desaturation events during transnasal humidified rapid-insufflation ventilatory exchange (THRIVE). J Clin Anesth. 2020 Aug;63:109793. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.109793. Epub 2020 Mar 19. PMID: 32200286.
Professional Societies
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Other Experience
Consultant
Accenture 2011—2015
Last updated
01/18/2021