Maurice Zwass

MD

Pediatric anesthesiologist and pain management specialist
Division Chief, Pediatric Anesthesiology

About me

Dr. Maurice Zwass is an anesthesiologist and pain management specialist who cares for pediatric patients. He is division chief of pediatric anesthesiology.

After earning his medical degree from UCSF, Zwass completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego, followed by an anesthesia residency at UCSF. He completed a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine and pediatric anesthesia at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Education

UCSF, MD, 1981
Residencies

UC San Diego, Pediatrics, 1985

UCSF, Anesthesiology, 1987
Fellowships

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Anesthesia, 1988
Academic Title

Professor
Languages

Spanish

Where I see patients (1)

Selected research

The effect of deep and awake tracheal extubation on turnover times and postoperative respiratory complications post adenoid-tonsillectomy.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie
September 2012
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Sharp recanalization of a short esophageal occluding stricture in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa.
Gastrointestinal endoscopy
November 2006
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Regional anesthesia in children.
Anesthesiology clinics of North America
December 2005
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