Jack J. Chavez, M.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Perioperative TEE Lab
Section Chief , Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
Co-Chair, Clinical Competency Committee
Residency
Brooke Army Medical Center 1990-1993
Certification
Diplomate, National Board of Echocardiography, 1999
Diplomate American Board of Anesthesiology, 1994
Awards
"Excellence in Teaching" - Presented by the Anesthesiology Residents, 2006
Recent Peer Reviewed Publications/Journal Articles
Carroll, R.C., Craft, R.M., Chavez, J.J., Snider, C.C., Kirby, R.K., Cohen, E.: Measurement of functional fibrinogen levels in whole blood using the Thrombelastograph. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 20: 186-190, 2008.
Carroll, R.C., Chavez, J.J., Snider, C.C., Meyer, D.S. Muenchen, R.A.: Correlation of perioperative platelet function and
coagulation tests with bleeding after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine 147:
197-204, 2006.
Carroll, R.C., Chavez, J.J., Simmons, J.W., Snider, C.C., Wortham, D.C., Bresee, S.J., Cohen, E.: Measurement of patients’ bivalirudin plasma levels by a Thrombelastograph ecarin clotting time assay. Comparison to a standard activated clotting time. Anesthesia & Analgesia 102: 1316-1319, 2006.
Craft R.M., Chavez, J.J., Snider, C.C., Muenchen, R.A., Carroll, R.C.: Comparison of a modified Thrombelastograph® and PlateletWorks® whole blood assays to optical platelet aggregation for monitoring reversal of clopidogrel inhibition in elective surgery patients. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine 145: 309-315, 2005.
Carroll, R.C., Craft, R.M., Chavez, J.J., Snider, C.C., Bresee, S.J., Cohen E.: A Thrombelastograph® whole blood assay for clinical monitoring of NSAID-insensitive transcellular platelet-activation by arachidonic acid. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine 146: 30-35, 2005.
Chavez, J.J., Weatherall, J.S., Strevels, S.M., Liu, F., Snider, C.C., Carroll, R.C.: Evaluation of a point-of-care coagulation analyzer on patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 16: 7-10, 2004.
Craft, R.M., Chavez, J.J., Bresee, S.J., Wortham, D.C., Cohen, E., Carroll, R.C.:A novel modification of the
Thrombelastograph® assay, isolating platelet function, correlated with optical platelet aggregation. Journal of Laboratory
and Clinical Medicine 143:301-309, 2004.
Chavez, J.J., Foley, D.E., Snider, C.C., Howell, J.C., Cohen, E., Muenchen, R.A., Carroll, R.C.: A novel
Thrombelastograph® tissue factor/kaolin assay of activated clotting times for monitoring heparin anticoagulation during
cardiopulmonary bypass. Anesthesia & Analgesia 99: 1290-1294, 2004.
Recent Presentations
Murray M., Chavez C., Combs C., Kenneda V., Snider C., Dakin P. A Literature Review of Glycemic Control in Cardiac
Surgery Patients. A Poster Presentation at: The Tennessee Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting 2008; Nashville,
TN.
Chavez J., Conroy B., Snider C., Kirby R., Carroll R. Tight Glycemic Control with Continuous Insulin Infusion During
Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Abstract Presented at: Society of Cardiac Anesthesia Annual Meeting 2007; Montreal, Quebec,
Canada.
Craft R., Chavez J., Termini J., Gaines T., Carroll R. Aprotinin Use for Cardiopulmonary Surgery. Poster Presentation at:
The American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting 2007; San Francisco, CA.
Chavez J, Simmons J, Snider C, Meyer D, Carroll R: Modified Thrombelastography® for Measuring Platelet Reactivity
Perioperatively in Cardiopulmonary Bypass Patients. Poster Presentation at the 2005 Annual Meeting of Society for
Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Baltimore, MD.
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
1924 Alcoa Highway, U-109
Knoxville, TN 37920
Phone: (865)-305-9220