Biography Dr. Marla B. Ferschl is the Executive Vice Chair for Pediatric Anesthesia, the Division Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals Mission Bay and a Clinical Professor of Anesthesia in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care at UCSF. Clinically, she is an anesthesiologist who treats children requiring sedation or anesthesia for procedures, radiologic studies, or surgery. Additionally, Dr. Ferschl attends on the integrated pediatric pain and palliative care service as a member of the acute pain team. Dr. Ferschl is also the director of fetal anesthesia at UCSF. Throughout her career, Ferschl has demonstrated a strong commitment to medical education. She received an excellence in teaching award from the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators in 2012 and was appointed as a member of the Academy of Medical Educators in 2019. Her past leadership roles have included serving as the program director for the ACGME accredited Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Program, and the director of fellowship education in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care. Ferschl’s research interests span anesthesia for fetal surgery, operating room efficiency, and adverse respiratory outcomes in pediatric anesthesia. She has also played a pivotal role in developing and implementing the Visiting Scholars in Pediatric Anesthesia Program (ViSiPAP), a national speaker exchange program tailored for junior faculty in pediatric anesthesia. . Role Faculty Location UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland UCSF at Mission Bay Category Clinical Research Specialties Pediatrics Trauma Education 2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California2010 - Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship, Children's Hospital Boston2008 - Anesthesiology Residency, UCSFM.D., 2004 - School of Medicine, University of Chicago Publications Virtual or In-Person Conferences? The Success of the Visiting Scholars in Pediatric Anesthesia Program (ViSiPAP) as a Hybrid Model for Perioperative Education. Ferschl MB, Hoagland M, Nasr VG, Staffa SJ, Infosino A Paediatric anaesthesia . Jun 9, 2025 New Surgical Approaches to Scoliosis Repair in Pediatric Patients—Implications for Anesthetic Management. Marla B. Ferschl, Gail Shibata, Jocelyn Wong Current Anesthesiology Reports . Jul 19, 2024 Anesthesia for Rare Fetal and Placental Conditions. Marla B. Ferschl, Mark D. Rollins Obstetric Anesthesia and Uncommon Disorders . Jan 26, 2024 Fetal Surgery and the EXIT Procedure. Marla B. Ferschl, Mark D. Rollins Neonatal Anesthesia . May 26, 2023 A Consensus-Driven Approach to Redesigning Graduate Medical Education: The Pediatric Anesthesiology Delphi Study. Ambardekar AP, Eriksen W, Ferschl MB, McNaull PP, Cohen IT, Greeley WJ, Lockman JL Anesthesia and analgesia . Feb 17, 2023 Fetal and Neonatal Anesthesia. Ferschl MB, Jain RR Clinics in perinatology . Dec 1, 2022 Unused opioid prescription prevalence after pediatric ambulatory surgery: a survey study. Anjali A. Dixit, Nhi Ho, Christina Inglis-Arkell, Catherine L. Chen, Marla Ferschl, Solmaz P. Manuel Annals of Pediatric Surgery . Nov 28, 2022 Wildfire Smoke Exposure Is Associated with Adverse Respiratory Events under General Anesthesia in At-risk Pediatric Patients. Marsh BJ, Kolodzie K, Robinowitz D, Jacobson A, Ferschl M Anesthesiology . Nov 1, 2022 Implementation and Assessment of a Visiting Scholar Exchange Program in Pediatric Anesthesiology to Promote Junior Faculty and Fellow Professional Development. Ferschl MB, Boscardin C, Ravula N, Infosino A The journal of education in perioperative medicine : JEPM . Apr 1, 2021 Error traps in anesthesia for fetal interventions. Ferschl MB, Rollins MD, Chatterjee D Paediatric anaesthesia . Feb 11, 2021 Language-Related Disparities in Pain Management in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit for Children Undergoing Laparoscopic Appendectomy. Dixit AA, Elser H, Chen CL, Ferschl M, Manuel SP Children (Basel, Switzerland) . Oct 4, 2020 Use of Remifentanil for Open in utero Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair Maintains Uterine Relaxation with Reduced Volatile Anesthetic Concentration. Marsh BJ, Sinskey J, Whitlock EL, Ferschl MB, Rollins MD Fetal diagnosis and therapy . Sep 10, 2020 A Comparison of Spinal Anesthesia Versus Monitored Anesthesia Care With Local Anesthesia in Minimally Invasive Fetal Surgery. M.B. Ferschl, J. Feiner, L. Vu, D. Smith, M.D. Rollins Obstetric Anesthesia Digest . Sep 1, 2020 East/West Visiting Scholars in Pediatric Anesthesia Program (ViSiPAP): Developing tomorrow's pediatric anesthesia leaders. Ferschl MB, Lee JK, Lockman JL, Black S, Chatterjee D, Agarwal R, Schwartz LI, Fiadjoe J, Heitmiller E, Mershon BH, Deutsch N, McCloskey J, Infosino A Paediatric anaesthesia . Aug 6, 2020 Initial implementation of a combined faculty member and fellow exchange programme. Infosino A, Ferschl MB Medical education . Apr 13, 2020 A Comparison of Spinal Anesthesia Versus Monitored Anesthesia Care With Local Anesthesia in Minimally Invasive Fetal Surgery. Ferschl MB, Feiner J, Vu L, Smith D, Rollins MD Anesthesia and analgesia . Feb 1, 2020 Consensus-based care recommendations for adults with myotonic dystrophy type 1. Ashizawa T, Gagnon C, Groh WJ, Gutmann L, Johnson NE, Meola G, Moxley R, Pandya S, Rogers MT, Simpson E, Angeard N, Bassez G, Berggren KN, Bhakta D, Bozzali M, Broderick A, Byrne JLB, Campbell C, Cup E, Day JW, De Mattia E, Duboc D, Duong T, Eichinger K, Ekstrom AB, van Engelen B, Esparis B, Eymard B, Ferschl M, Gadalla SM, Gallais B, Goodglick T, Heatwole C, Hilbert J, Holland V, Kierkegaard M, Koopman WJ, Lane K, Maas D, Mankodi A, Mathews KD, Monckton DG, Moser D, Nazarian S, Nguyen L, Nopoulos P, Petty R, Phetteplace J, Puymirat J, Raman S, Richer L, Roma E, Sampson J, Sansone V, Schoser B, Sterling L, Statland J, Subramony SH, Tian C, Trujillo C, Tomaselli G, Turner C, Venance S, Verma A, White M, Winblad S Neurology. Clinical practice . Dec 1, 2018 Images in Anesthesiology: Intraoral Lipomas. Nguyen E, Sarah G, Ferschl MB Anesthesiology . Mar 1, 2018 Incidence and Management of Umbilical Artery Flow Abnormalities during Open Fetal Surgery. Sinskey JL, Rollins MD, Whitlock E, Moon-Grady AJ, Vu L, Feiner JR, Ferschl MB Fetal diagnosis and therapy . Aug 22, 2017 Maternal convulsion during high-dose sevoflurane anaesthesia for open foetal surgery. Shavit CW, Rollins MD, Ferschl MB British journal of anaesthesia . Apr 1, 2017 CASE 8-2016 Percutaneous Fetal Cardiac Intervention for Severe Aortic Stenosis and Evolving Hypoplastic Left-Heart Syndrome. Ferschl MB, Moon-Grady AJ, Rollins MD, Gilliss B, Schulman SR, Tulzer G, Stohl S, Ginosar Y Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia . Mar 31, 2016 Complications of Anesthesia. Andrew Infosino, Marla Ferschl Pediatric Anesthesiology . Sep 1, 2015 What’s New in Craniosynostosis?. Tina T. Dong, Marla Ferschl Current Anesthesiology Reports . Jun 1, 2015 Anesthesia for in utero repair of myelomeningocele. Ferschl M, Ball R, Lee H, Rollins MD Anesthesiology . May 1, 2013 The effect of deep and awake tracheal extubation on turnover times and postoperative respiratory complications post adenoid-tonsillectomy. Menda SK, Gregory GA, Feiner JR, Zwass MS, Ferschl MB Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie . Sep 29, 2012 Thromboemboli, acute right heart failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation after intraoperative application of a topical hemostatic matrix. Ferschl MB, Rollins MD Anesthesia and analgesia . Feb 1, 2009 Anesthesia Preoperative Medicine Clinic: Beyond Surgery Cancellations. David B. Glick, Avery Tung, Marla B. Ferschl, BobbieJean Sweitzer Anesthesiology . Jul 1, 2006 Preoperative clinic visits reduce operating room cancellations and delays. Ferschl MB, Tung A, Sweitzer B, Huo D, Glick DB Anesthesiology . Oct 1, 2005
