Penn Medicine Provider
Anesthesiology
Jiri Horak, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
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Call 800-789-7366

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Education and training

  • Medical School: Masaryk University
  • Residency: Research Institute for Surgery & Traumatology
  • Residency: Medical College of Pennsylvania
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Horak is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Greenwood JC, Talebi FM, Jang DH, Spelde AE, Gordon EK, Horak J, Acker MA, Kilbaugh TJ, Shofer FS, Augoustides JGT, Brenner JS, Muzykantov VR, Bakker J, Abella BS Anaerobic Lactate Production Is Associated With Decreased Microcirculatory Blood Flow and Decreased Mitochondrial Respiration Following Cardiovascular Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass , Crit Care Med: 2024

MacKay EJ, Bharat S, Mukaddim RA, Erkamp R, Sutton J, Muhammad AK, Savino JS, Horak J Pragmatic Evaluation of a Deep-Learning Algorithm to Automate Ejection Fraction on Hand-Held, Point-of-Care Echocardiography in a Cardiac Surgical Operating Room , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 38(4): 2024,895-904

Wang K, Gartman CH, Zhou EY, Horak J, Augoustides JG, Gebhardt BR, Jain A, Coleman SR, Fernando RJ Severe Bronchospasm During Separation from Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Diagnosis, Etiology, and Treatment , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, Online ahead of print: 2022

Fegley MW, Cardi A, Augoustides JG, Horak J, Gutsche JT, Nanda S, Kornfield ZN, Saluja A, Sanders J, Marchant BE, Fernando RJ Acute Lung Injury Associated With Perioperative Amiodarone Therapy-Navigating the Challenges in Diagnosis and Management , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 36(2): 2022,608-615

Greenwood JC, Jang DH, Spelde AE, Gutsche JT, Horak J, Acker MA, Kilbaugh TJ, Shofer FS, Augoustides JGT, Bakker J, Abella BS Low Microcirculatory Perfused Vessel Density and High Heterogeneity are Associated With Increased Intensity and Duration of Lactic Acidosis After Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass , Shock, 56(2): 2021,245-254

Greenwood JC, Jang DH, Hallisey SD, Gutsche JT, Horak J, Acker MA, Bermudez CA, Zhou VL, Chatterjee S, Shofer FS, Kilbaugh TJ, Augoustides JGT, Meyer NJ, Bakker J, Abella BS. Severe Impairment of Microcirculatory Perfused Vessel Density Is Associated With Postoperative Lactate and Acute Organ Injury After Cardiac Surgery , J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, 35: 2021,106-115

Greenwood JC, Jang DH, Spelde AE, Gutsche JT, Horak J, Acker MA, Kilbaugh TJ, Shofer FS, Augoustides JGT, Bakker J, Abella BS. Low Microcirculatory Perfused Vessel Density and High Heterogeneity are Associated with Increased Intensity and Duration of Lactic Acidosis After Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass , Shock, Publish Ahead of Print: 2020

Cereda M, Horak J. Low Stretch Ventilation: Good for the Heart? , Anesthesiology, 132: 2020,944-946

Guidi JL, Troutman G, Birati EY, Wald J, Fox A, Ortega-Legaspi J, Bermudez C, Horak J, Guarracino D, Shay W, Alturi PA, Acker MA, Rame J Survival in Intermacs 1 & 2 Patients After LVAD Therapy: Does Chronicity of Heart Failure Matter? , The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 37(2): 2018,128

Gentile JI, Atluri P, Desai ND, Vallabhajosyula P, Wald JW, Rame JE, Gutsche JT, Horak J, Acker MI, Bermudez CA Outcomes of Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Cardiogenic Shock in the Elderly. Large Single Center Experience , The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation , 36(4): 2017,339