Max B. Kelz, MD, PhD
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Lee A. Fleisher, MD Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
My education and training
- Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
- Residency: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Capital Blue Cross/Capital Advantage Insurance Company
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Anesthesiology, 2005
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, National
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, National
- Association of University Anesthesiologists, National
- Bioengineering Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Local
- Biology Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Local
- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Local
- Graduate Group in Pharmacological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Local
- Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Local
- International Anesthesia Research Society, International
- International Anesthesia Research Society, International
- Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Local
- Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Local
- Penn Genomics Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Local
- Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists, Local
- Sleep Research Society, International
- Society for Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine, National
- Society for Neuroscience, National
- Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesia and Critical Care, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Fotiadis P, McKinstry-Wu AR, Weinstein SM, Cook PA, Elliott M, Cieslak M, Duda JT, Satterthwaite TD, Shinohara RT, Proekt A, Kelz MB, Detre JA, Bassett DS. Changes in brain connectivity and neurovascular dynamics during dexmedetomidine-induced loss of consciousness , Commun Biol, 8: 2025,1254
Imamura T, Wasilczuk AZ, Reitz SL, Lian J, Imamura M, Keenan BT, Shimizu N, Pack AI, Kelz MB. Parafacial GABAergic neurone ablation induces behavioural resistance to volatile anaesthetic-induced hypnosis without reducing sleep , Br J Anaesth, 134(6): 2025,1696-1708
Somnay YR, Wang A, Lim H, Griffiths KK, Zandkarimi F, Chen K, Yang G, Wasilczuk AZ, Kelz MB, Larr D, Yang M, Gil-Iturbe E, Moon A, Quick M, Levy RJ. Effects of the quinone analog, ubiquinone-5, on murine mitochondria and hypnosis , Anesthesiology, 143: 2025,641-660
Dávila DG, McKinstry-Wu A, Kelz MB, Proekt A. The Administration of Ketamine Is Associated with Dose-Dependent Stabilization of Cortical Dynamics in Humans , J Neurosci, 45: 2025,e1545242025
Stone ME, Kelz MB, Proekt A, Wasilczuk AZ. A probabilistic model of behavioural emergence from general anaesthesia in mice , Br J Anaesth: 2025
Cichon J, Joseph TT, Lu X, Wasilczuk AZ, Kelz MB, Mennerick SJ, Zorumski CF, Nagele P. Nitrous oxide activates layer 5 prefrontal neurons via SK2 channel inhibition for antidepressant effect , Nat Commun, 16: 2025,2999
Aggarwal A, Luo J, Chung H, Contreras D, Kelz MB, Proekt A. Neural assemblies coordinated by cortical waves are associated with waking and hallucinatory brain states , Cell Rep, 43: 2024,114017
Wasilczuk AZ, Rinehart C, Aggarwal A, Stone ME, Mashour GA, Avidan MS, Kelz MB, Proekt A; ReCCognition Study Group. Hormonal basis of sex differences in anesthetic sensitivity , Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 121: 2024,e2312913120
McKinstry-Wu AR, Wasilczuk AZ, Dailey WP, Eckenhoff RG, Kelz MB. In Vivo Photoadduction of Anesthetic Ligands in Mouse Brain Markedly Extends Sedation and Hypnosis , J Neurosci, 43(13): 2023,2338-48
Labonte AK, Kafashan MM, Huels ER, Blain-Moraes S, Basner M, Kelz MB, Mashour GA, Avidan MS, Palanca BJ, ReCCognition Study Group The posterior dominant rhythm: An electroencephalographic biomarker for cognitive recovery after general anaesthesia , Br J Anaesth, 130(2): 2023,e233-e242