Anita Chazhikattu, MBBS, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Current Positions
- Division of Critical Care Medicine
- Division of Neuroanesthesia
Education
- MBBS in Physiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India
- MD, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India
- Fellow in Anesthesia, Royal College of Anesthetists, London, United Kingdom
- Resident in Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
- Fellow in Critical Care Medicine, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Iowa City, Iowa
Research Interests
- POCUS
- Medical education and simulation
- Multi-disciplinary simulation
- ICU delirium
- Non-cardiac surgery in cardiac patients
- Depth of anesthesia monitoring
- Traumatic lung injury and ARDS
Licenses & Certifications
- Board Certified in Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Anesthesiology
- Advanced Trauma Life Support, American Heart Association
- Board Certified Anesthesiologist, American Board of Anesthesiology
- Adult Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), American Heart Association
- Iowa Controlled Substance Certificate (CSA), Iowa Board of Pharmacy
- Federal DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration
- State of Iowa License to Practice Medicine, State of Iowa Board of Medical Examiners
- Texas Medical Board Medical License
- Basic Transesophageal ECHO Certification, National Board of Echocardiography
- Critical Care ECHO Certification, National Board of Echocardiography
Selected Publications
- Kroeger, M., Katwala, A., Steffen, H., Summers, K., Ireland, A., Smith, A., Pomeroy, M., Sondekoppam, R. V., Chazhikattu, A., Sparks, A. E. T., Kresowik, J. & Eapen, A. (2025). Association between differences in body-weight based dose versus actual propofol dosages administered for oocyte retrieval on hemodynamic parameters and reproductive outcomes. Proc Obstet Gynecol 14 (1) 1-22. DOI: 10.17077/2154-4751.34426.
- Kundra, P., Joseph, A., Kumar, S. & Sai Chandran, B. V. (2008). Double-lumen tube for ventilation in severe kyphoscoliosis. J Anesth 22 317–321. DOI: 10.1007/s00540-008-0638-y. PMID: 18685944.
- Mishra, S., Bhat, R., Chazhikattu, A., Mahesh, N., Kundra, P., Hemavathy, B. & Badhe, A. (2006). Postpartum cardiomyopathy with severe hypocalcemia and tetany. Internet J Anesthesiol 12 (1) 1-4.