SilviaElenaPerez-ProttoMDMS

Anesthesiology • Cleveland, OH

Critical Care Medicine

End of Life Care Center, Medical Director

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Office
9500 Euclid Av
Cleveland, OH 44119
Phone+1 216-217-2064

Summary

Patients Want to Talk About Their Choices

Patricia Pope has been diagnosed with breast cancer and Alzheimer's disease. She wanted to talk about death and her end-of-life options, but felt no one was lis

Words Matter

What we say as caregivers has the power to harm or heal. How do you wish to be remembered? Cleveland Clinic's Center for Excellence in Healthcare Communication:

Doctor inspired to lead end of life care

Silvia Perez Protto, MD, is the director of Cleveland Clinic's new Center for End of Life Care. The role fulfills her passion to provide patients comfort in the

Education & Training

Baldwin WallaceMBA, Healthcare, 2019
Drexel UniversityMS, Clinical research, 2013 - 2016
Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Critical Care Medicine, 2013 - 2014
Cleveland Clinic FoundationResidency, Anesthesiology, 2009 - 2013
Universidad de la República - Facultad de MedicinaClass of 1997

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 2022 - 2026
OH State Medical License 2007 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2016 - 2021
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
Master of Science, Drexel UniversityClinical Research for Medical Profesionals.
UDELAR. Escuela de post graduados, UruguayEspecialista en Medicina Intensiva
UDELAR. Escuela de post graduados, UruguayEspecialista en Organ donation and transplantation
Universidad de la Republica, UruguayDoctor en Medicina

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Scholarship in Teaching Award Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine., 2018
Chief of Staff Award Cleveland Clinic, 2017
Case Report Snapshot First Place Award SCCM, 2016
Research Award (3rd Place) Anesthesiology Institute Research Day, Cleveland Clinic., 2014
FAER/ASCCA Resident Scholar Program. Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research, American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2010
Organ and tissue donation Transplant Services Foundation, Hospital Clínic y Provincial de Barcelona, Spain. Sponsor by government of Spain “Fundación Carolina, 2005
Scholarship for the Program: "III Transplant Coordination course” Sponsor by Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Junta de Andalucía, Cadiz, Spain., 2002
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

80 citations
Association Between Perioperative Hypotension and Delirium in Postoperative Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.
Kamal Maheshwari, Sanchit Ahuja, Ashish Khanna, Guangmei Mao, Silvia Perez-Protto
Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2020-03-01
46 citations
Induced hypothermia in patients with septic shock and respiratory failure (CASS): a randomised, controlled, open-label trial
Theis Skovsgaard Itenov, Maria Egede Johansen, Morten H. Bestle, Katrin Thormar, Lars Hein
The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. 2018-03-01
3 citations
A Novel Method to Improve Perfusion of Ex Vivo Pumped Human Kidneys.
Lin Zhu, Arshna Qureshi, Mohamed K. Awad, Alfred Hausladen, Silvia Perez-Protto
Annals of Surgery. 2021-12-01

Journal Articles

Angiotensin II for the Treatment of Vasodilatory Shock
Khanna A1, English SW1, Wang XS1, Ham K1, Tumlin J1, Szerlip H1, Busse LW1, Altaweel L1, Albertson TE1, Mackey C1, McCurdy MT1, Boldt DW1, Chock S1, Young PJ1, Krell K..., N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 3;377(5):419-430. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1704154. Epub 2017 May 21., 5/21/2017

Authored Content

What is The Pause? Taking a Moment to Address Pain and Profundity4/9/2018
Why the Pause is important for healthcare providers caring for patients at the End of Life9/7/2017
To Treat or Not to Treat: What Would Your Loved Ones Want at the End of Life?8/9/2017
To Treat or Not to Treat: What Would Your Loved Ones Want at the End of Life?8/8/2017
End-of-Life Care: Helping Patients Make the Hard Decisions. A conversation with master surgeon Edward Benzel, MD1/9/2017
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Press Mentions

Cleveland Clinic Changing the Way End of Life Patients Are TreatedMay 22nd, 2019

Grant Support

1. Tissue Oxygen Saturation during management of the Deceased by Neurological Criteria Organ Donor as a Predictor of number of Organs to Transplant per Donor. NCT01819116Hutchinson2013–2014

Committees

Member, Bioethics Committee, Cleveland Clinic 2017 - Present
member, Research advisory committee, Anethesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic 2015 - 2018