Marla Ferschl, MD

Marla Ferschl, MD

Clinical Professor

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.

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Education

2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
2010 - Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship, Children's Hospital Boston
2008 - Anesthesiology Residency, UCSF
M.D., 2004 - School of Medicine, University of Chicago

Publications

Anesthesia for Rare Fetal and Placental Conditions.

Marla B. Ferschl, Mark D. Rollins

Fetal Surgery and the EXIT Procedure.

Marla B. Ferschl, Mark D. Rollins

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

Fetal and Neonatal Anesthesia.

Ferschl MB, Jain RR

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

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

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

Error traps in anesthesia for fetal interventions.

Ferschl MB, Rollins MD, Chatterjee D

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

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

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

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

Initial implementation of a combined faculty member and fellow exchange programme.

Infosino A, Ferschl MB

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

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

Images in Anesthesiology: Intraoral Lipomas.

Nguyen E, Sarah G, Ferschl MB

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

Maternal convulsion during high-dose sevoflurane anaesthesia for open foetal surgery.

Shavit CW, Rollins MD, Ferschl MB

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

Complications of Anesthesia.

Andrew Infosino, Marla Ferschl

What’s New in Craniosynostosis?.

Tina T. Dong, Marla Ferschl

Anesthesia for in utero repair of myelomeningocele.

Ferschl M, Ball R, Lee H, Rollins MD

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

Thromboemboli, acute right heart failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation after intraoperative application of a topical hemostatic matrix.

Ferschl MB, Rollins MD

Anesthesia Preoperative Medicine Clinic: Beyond Surgery Cancellations.

David B. Glick, Avery Tung, Marla B. Ferschl, BobbieJean Sweitzer

Preoperative clinic visits reduce operating room cancellations and delays.

Ferschl MB, Tung A, Sweitzer B, Huo D, Glick DB