Thomas Wesley Templeton, MD, MBA, FASA
Areas of expertise: Pediatric anesthesiology
Locations: Main Building
About Thomas Wesley Templeton, MD, MBA, FASA
Titles
Attending Physician
Certifications
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Awards and Honors
2024, Best Articles of the Year for “Hypoxemia in School Age Children Undergoing One-Lung Ventilation: A Retrospective Cohort Study from the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG),” Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting
2023, Top Articles on Pediatric Anesthesia for “Difficult or Impossible Facemask Ventilation in Children with Difficult Tracheal Intubation: A Retrospective Analysis of the PeDI Registry.”, The British Journal of Anesthesia
2023, Top Doctors in North Carolina in Anesthesiology
2022, Featured member, Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group
2019, The Late Breaking Clinical Trials Section selection for "An assessment of common criteria for awake extubation in infants and young children", Annual Meeting of the ASA
2019, Top 5 research articles in pediatric anesthesia for "An assessment of common criteria for awake extubation in infants and young children", Spring meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
Editorial and Academic Positions
Associate Editor Pediatric Anesthesia
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
Internship
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Residency
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fellowship
Children’s Memorial Hospital Northwestern, Chicago, IL
Publications
Publications
2026
Templeton TW, Smith LD, Mosher T, Saha AK, Hodges AS, Vishneski SR, Pecorella SH, Tran LC, Hammon DE, Smith TE, Ririe DG, Downard MG, Lee LK, McPherson PJ, McLaughlin CS, Sutton CJ, Bradshaw JD, Tennant PR, Templeton LB. A Prospective Evaluation of Routine Extubation Criteria in Children with Upper Respiratory Symptoms Undergoing Elective Surgery. Anesthesiology 2026. Accepted 6/2/2026. In press.
2025
Templeton TW, Sutton C, Mclaughlin C, Hsieh VC. Ball Valve Gas Trapping in Pediatric One-Lung Ventilation: Not All Ventilation Is Loss of Isolation. Pediatric Anesthesia 2025. Jan;35(1):82-83. doi:10.1111/pan.15012. PMID 39340485.
Longacre M, Park RS, Staffa SJ, Rowland MJ, Meserve J, Lord C, Templeton TW, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz AG, Peyton JM, Fiadjoe JE, Stein ML. Awake Supraglottic Airway Placement in Pediatric Patients for Airway Obstruction or Difficult Intubation: Insights From an International Airway Registry (PeDI). Anesthesia and Analgesia 2025; Vol 140:2; pg 310-316. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006959. PMID 39446662.
Templeton TW, Alex G, Eloy, Stollings L, Ing RJ, Cheon EC, Belani K, Breskin I, Sebel PS, Brad M Taicher , DO, MBA10; with the BTiger Study Group. BIS™ Guided Titration of Sevoflurane in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Pediatric Anesthesia 2025: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.15057. PMID 39754470 .
Heunis J, Park R, Staffa S, Padiyath F, Flynn S, Templeton TW, Olomu P, Matusczak M, von Ungern-Sternberg BS, Matava C, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz AG, Peyton JM, Fiadjoe JE, Stein ML, Comparing videolaryngoscopy and flexible bronchoscopy to rescue failed direct laryngoscopy in children: a propensity score matched analysis of the Pediatric Difficult Intubation Registry. Anaesthesia 2025. March 20. PMID 40113331.
Vishneski SR, Saha AK, Tran LC, Fernando RJ, Acharya SK, Lee LK, Templeton LB, Brooks AK, Smith LD, Templeton TW. Risk factors for administration of additional neuromuscular block reversal in adults undergoing general anaesthesia: A single center retrospective case-control study. BMC Anesthesiology 2025 (189). DOI: 10.1186/s12871-025-03009-x. PMID 40247184.
Adler AC, Lin EE, Messner AH, Rosenberg TL, Pecorella S; Aidan Keleghan A, Faircloth S, Templeton TW, Harris L, Khan SA, Pednekar GS, Nguyen DT, Arvind Chandrakantan A, von Ungern-Sternberg BS. Association of preoperative nocturnal hypoxemia nadir and fentanyl ventilatory sensitivity in children with obstructive sleep apnea undergoing general anesthesia: A multicenter clinical cohort study. British Journal of Anesthesia 2025. Nov;135(5):1518-1527. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.07.059. PMID 40914728
McLaughlin C, O’Reilly-Shah V, Smith LD, Saha A, Andrews B, Brown S, Lee LK, Everett L, Galvez J, Taicher B, Simpao A, Templeton TW. A Single Center Descriptive Analysis of Interventions for Hypotension in Children. Pediatric Anesthesia 2025: Aug 11. doi: 10.1111/pan.70032. PMID 40787969
2024
Templeton TW, Krol B, Miller S, Lee LK, Mathis M, Vishneski SR, Chatterjee D; Gupta R, Schroeder R, Saha A. Hypoxemia in School Age Children Undergoing One-Lung Ventilation: A Retrospective Cohort Study from the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG). Anesthesiology 2024 Jan 1;140: 25-37. PMID 37738432.
McLaughlin CS, Samant A, Saha AK, Lee LK, Gupta R, Templeton LB, Mathis MR, Vishneski S, Templeton TW. Bronchial Blocker versus Endobronchial Intubation in Young Children Undergoing One-Lung Ventilation: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study. Anesthesia Analgesia 2024. Published Online Sept 12. PMID 39269648
Maracaja L, Coffield A, Smith LD, Bradshaw JD, Saha AK, McLaughlin CS, Templeton TW. A Novel Combined Approach to Placement of a Double Lumen Endobronchial Tube Using a Video Laryngoscope and Fiberoptic Bronchoscope: a Retrospective Chart Review. BMC Anesthesiology 24,142(2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-024-02525-6
Fernando RJ, Royster RL, Ferrario CM, Saha AK, Ahmad S, Henshaw DS, Kittner SL, Talbott AL, Khanna AK, Morris BN, Groban L, Templeton TW. Angiotensin II for Treatment of Hypotension in Noncardiac Surgery: An Initial Dose-Finding Study. British Journal of Anesthesia 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.04.061. PMID 38908951
Smith LD, Pecorella S, Templeton TW, Vishneski SR. Repeat Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in an Infant Presenting with Complex Airway Foreign Body: A Case Report. Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery 2024. Vol 6.
2023
Garcia-Marcinkiewicz AG, Lee LK Haydar B, Fiadjoe JE, Matava C, Kovatsis PG, Peyton J, Stein ML, Park Raymond, Taicher B, Templeton TW. Difficult or Impossible Facemask Ventilation in Children with Difficult Tracheal Intubation: A Retrospective Analysis of the PeDI Registry. British Journal of Anesthesia July; 131(1): 178-187. PMID 37076335.
Rispoli M, Nespoli MR, Ferrara M, Rosboch GL, Templeton LB, Templeton TW, Massullo D, Fiorelli S, Granell M, Coccia C, Piccione F. A Practical Guide For Using the EZ-Blocker Endobronchial Tips and Tricks After 10 years of Experience. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia October;37(10): 1884-1893. PMID 37481398
Hammon D, Chidambaran V, Templeton TW, Pestieau S. Error Traps and Preventative Strategies for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Spinal Surgery. Pediatric Anesthesia 2023; 33(11): 894-904. Doi: 10.1111/pan.14735. PMID 37528658
2022
Lazar A, Chatterjee D, Templeton TW. Error Traps in Pediatric One-Lung Ventilation. Pediatric Anesthesia 2022; 32(2): 346-353. PMID 34767676
Pecorella SH, Smith LD, Smith TE, Templeton TW. Too Much of a Good Thing: Iatrogenic Pediatric Pneumothorax from Engagement of the Oxygen Flush Valve. Anesthesiology 2022; 136(2): 326. PMID 34851370
Hii J, Templeton, TW, Sommerfield D, Sommerfield A, Matava CT, von Ungern-Sternberg BS. Risk Assessment and optimization strategies to reduce perioperative respiratory adverse events in children-Part 1: Patient and Surgical Factors.Pediatric Anesthesia 2022; 32(2): 209-216. PMID 34897906
Templeton, TW, Sommerfield D, Hii Justin, Sommerfield A, Matava CT, von Ungern-Sternberg. Risk Assessment and optimization strategies to reduce perioperative respiratory adverse events in children-Part 2: Anesthesia related risk and treatment options. Pediatric Anesthesia 2022; 32(2): 217-227. PMID 34897894
McCutchen TM, Johnson KN, Fowler JG, Fanelli JE, Anzola SC, Bost SJ, Templeton TW, Saha AK. A Prospective Observational Comparison of Two Approaches to Anesthetizing the Trachea for Awake Intubation. Cureus 2022. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.22440. PMID 36215414
Visheski SR, Saha AK, Fram MR, Templeton LB, Lee LK, Ririe DG, Goenaga-Diaz EJ, Smith LD, Templeton TW. Risk Factors for Administration of Additional Reversal Following Neuromuscular Blockade with Rocuronium in Children: A Retrospective Case-Control Study. Pediatric Anesthesia 2022; 32(8): 916-925. PMID 35438816
Pecorella SH, Smith LD, Smith TE, Templeton TW. In Reply to Pediatric Pneumothorax. Anesthesiology 2022; 137(2): 268-269. PMID 35666961
Tran LC, Templeton TW, Neff LP, Downard MG. Hindsight is 20/20…or is it? Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques 2022; 32(11):1181-1182. PMID 35833840.
Muelleck J, Maracaja L, Templeton TW. Selective Lobar Blockade With a Bronchial Blocker in Combination With a Double Lumen Tube to Manage Refractory Hypoxemia: A Case Report. Cureus 2022 Jul 7;14(7): e26638. doi:10.7759/cureus.26638. PMID 35949780
Patel NTP, Templeton TW, Lane MR, Williams TK, Neff LP, Goenaga-Diaz EJ. Near infrared spectroscopy for determination of cardiac output augmentation in a swine model of ischemia-reperfusion injury. Critical Care Explorations 2022 Aug 15;4(8):e0749. PMID 35982838
McCutchen TM, Gligorovic P, Tighe NTG, Templeton TW, Saha AK Alfentanil Pretreatment for ECT Associated Hemodynamic Lability: A Prospective Randomized Crossover Trial. Journal of ECT 2022; Oct 1. doi: 10.1097/YCT.000000000000085. PMID 36215414
Lehane A, Templeton TW, Clifton MS, Neff L. One Lung Extraluminal Bronchial Blocker. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques 2022; Vol 32(5). doi.org/10.1089/vor.2022.0025
Templeton TW, Neff LP, Goenaga-Diaz EJ, Downard MG, Vishneski SR, Fowler JG, Templeton LB. Endobronchial Intubation to Facilitate Extraluminal Bronchial Blocker Placement in Young Children: A Retrospective Case Series. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 2022; Vol. 36 (8 Pt A): 2322-2327. PMID 34531110
2021
Piccioni F, Caccioppola A, Rosboch GL, Templeton TW, Valenza F. Use of the Ventrain ventilation device and an airway exchange catheter to manage hypoxemia during thoracic surgery and one-lung ventilation. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 2021; 35: 3844-3845. PMID 34294514
Vishneski SR, Nagatsuka M, Smith LD, Templeton TW, Downard MG, Goenaga-Diaz ED, Templeton LB. It’s not over till it’s over: A prospective cohort study and analysis of “Anesthesia Stat!” Emergency Calls in the Pediatric Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). Cureus 2021; 13(8): e17571. DOI 10.7759/cureus.17571. PMID 34646626
Lee A., Templeton TW, Chatterjee D. (2021) PedsF Lecture 4.3: One-Lung Ventilation in Infants and Children. Anesthesia Education Toolbox. Peer Reviewed. https://learn.anesthesiatoolbox.com/products/pedsf-lecture-43-one-lung-ventilation-in-infants-and-children [learn.anesthesiatoolbox.com] Published 1/10/21
Templeton TW, Piccioni F, Chatterjee D. An update on one-lung ventilation in children. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2021; 132(5): 1389-1399. PMID 33215885
Downard MG, Johnson AL, Heald CJ, Anthony EY, Singh J, Templeton TW. A retrospective evaluation of airway anatomy in young children and implications for one lung ventilation. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 2021; 35(5): 1381-1387. PMID 32912610
Peyton J, Park R, Staffa S, Sabato S, Templeton TW, Stein ML, Garcia Marcinkiewicz A, Kiss E, Fiadjoe JE, von Ungern-Sternberg B, Chiao F, Olomu P, Zurakowski D, Kovatsis P. A comparison of videolaryngoscopy using standard blades versus non-standard blades in children within the Paediatric Difficult Intubation Registry. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2021; 126(1): 331-339. PMID 32950248
Goenaga-Diaz EJ, Smith LD, Pecorella SH, Smith TE, Russell GB, Johnson KN, Ririe DG, Hammon DE, Hodges AS, Templeton TW. A comparison of the breathing apparatus deadspace associated with a supraglottic airway and endotracheal tube using volumetric capnography in young children. Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 2021; 74(3): 218-225. PMID 33198431
Morris BN, Fernando RJ, Garner CR, Johnson SD, Gardner JC, Marchant BE, Johnson KN, Harris HM, Wudel LJ, Templeton TW. A randomized comparison of positional stability: The EZ-blockerÒ versus left-sided double lumen endobronchial tubes in adult patients for thoracic surgery. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia 2021; 35: 2319-2325. PMID 33419686
Templeton TW, Miller SA, Lee KL, Kheterpal S, Mathis MR, Goenaga-Diaz EJ, Templeton LB, Saha AK for the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group Investigators. Hypoxemia in Young Children Undergoing One Lung Ventilation: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Anesthesiology 2021; 135(5):842-853. PMID 34543405
2020
Templeton TW, Kiell EP, Hodges AS, Fourrier TL. Glottic Web: An Abnormal Cry for Help. Anesthesiology 2020; 132(5): 1237. PMID 32011338
Templeton TW, Petty JK, Sutton CJ, Goenaga-Diaz EJ, Templeton LB. Bronchial Blocker Entrapment in a 7 month old – A Case Report. A&A Practice 2020 Nov;14 (13): e01347. PMID 33200908
Matava CT, Kovatsis PG, Summers JL, Castro P, Denning S, Yu J, Lockman JL, Von Ungern-Sternberg B, Sabato S, Lee LK, Ayad I, Mireles S, Lardner D, Whyte S, Szolnoki J, Jagannathan N, Thompson N, Stein ML, Dalesio N, Greenberg R, McCloskey J, Peyton J, Evans F, Haydar B, Reynolds P, Chiao F, Taicher B, Templeton TW, Bhalla T, Raman VT, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz, A, Galvez J, Tan J, Rehman M, Crockett C, Olomu P, Szmuk P, Glover C, Matuszczak M, Hsu G, Gumaney H, Perez-Pradilla, C, Kiss E, Theroux M, Lau J, Asaf S, Ingelmo P, Engelhardt T, Hervias M, Greenwood E, Javia L, Disma N, Yaster M, Fiadjoe J. Pediatric Airway Management in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients: Consensus Guidelines from the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia’s Pediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative and the Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society. Anesthesia Analgesia 2020 Jul; 131(1):61-73. PMID 32287142
Templeton LB, Norton MJ, Goenaga-Díaz EJ, McLaughlin DH, Zpadka ME, Templeton TW. Experience with a "Feed and swaddle" Program in Infants up to Six Months of Age. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2020; 64(1):63-68. PMID 31506920
Templeton TW, Terry BJ, Pecorella SH, Downard MG. Button Battery Ingestion: A True Surgical and Anesthetic Emergency. Anesthesiology 2020; 132(3): 581. PMID 31770147
2019
Piccioni F, Poli A, Templeton LC, Templeton TW, Rispoli M, Vetrugno L, Santonastas D, Valenza F. Anesthesia for Percutaneous Radiofrequency Tumor Ablation (PRFA): A Review of Current Practice and Techniques. Local and Regional Anesthesia 2019; 12: 127-137. doi: 10.2147/LRA.S185765. PMID 31824190
Templeton TW, Pecorella S, Morris B. Images in Anesthesia: Pediatric Central line Associated Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis. Anesthesiology 2019; 130(4): 617. PMID 30875359
Piccioni F, Templeton TW, Morris B, Valenza F. Pediatric thoracic anesthesia: airway management for lung isolation and postoperative analgesia. Pediatric Medicine 2019; 2: 23 doi: 10.21037/pm.2019.06.02.
Templeton TW, Hodges AS, Templeton LB, Goenaga-Diaz. Shakespeare, Perioperative Respiratory Adverse Events, COLDS, and the Room Air Oxygen Saturation: "All's Well That Ends Well". Pediatric Anesthesia 2019; 29(6): 662-663. PMID 30908788
Templeton TW, Goenaga-Díaz EJ, Downard MG, McLouth CJ, Smith TE, Templeton LB, Pecorella SH, Hammon DE, O’Brien JJ, McLaughlin DH, Lawrence AE, Tennant PR, Ririe DG. An assessment of common criteria for awake extubation in infants and young children. Anesthesiology 2019; 131: 801-808. PMID 31343462
Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)
2025
Smith LD, McLaughlin CS, Sutton CJ, Downard MG, Smith TE, Templeton LB, Pecorella SH, Hammon DE, Tennant PR, Ririe DG, Vishneski SR, Bradshaw JD, Templeton TW. (2025, October 12). A Prospective Observational Study Evaluating Extubation Criteria in Children with URI Symptoms Presenting for Elective Surgery. FAER/eSAS: A Day for New Researchers at ASA Annual Meeting October 12, 2025/San Antonio, TX, USA
2024
LD Smith LD, O’Reilly-Shah V, Saha AK, Andrew BY, Brown S, Lee LK, Gálvez JA, McLaughlin CS, Everett LL, Simpao A, Taicher BM, Templeton TW. Pediatric Hemodynamic Management in Anesthesia: A Single Center, Retrospective Analysis of Variation in Vasopressor and Colloid Administration During Pediatric Major Non-Cardiac Surgery. FAER Resident Scholar Program. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Philadelphia PA. October 20, 2024
2023
Templeton TW, Alex Gijo, Jean Eloy, Stollings L, Ing R, Cheon EC, Belani K, Breskin I, Sebel PS, Taicher BM. BIS™ versus Non-BIS™ Guided Titration to Reduce Levels of Sevoflurane in Pediatric Surgical Patients - A Randomized Controlled Trial. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. San Francisco CA. October 16, 2023.
Samant A, McLaughlin C, Saha A, Templeton TW. A Qualitative Evaluation of Airway Complications in Young Children Undergoing One-Lung Ventilation: A Retrospective Cohort Study from the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. San Francisco CA. October 15, 2023.
Smith LD, Vishneski SR, Saha AK, Tran LC, Fernando RJ, Acharya AK, Lee LK, Templeton LB, Brooks AK, Templeton TW. Risk Factors for Administration of Additional Neuromuscular Blockade Reversal in Adults Following Rocuronium Administration: A Single Center Retrospective Case-Control Study. FAER Resident Scholar Program. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. San Francisco CA. October 15, 2023.
Templeton TW, Samant A, Saha AK, Gupta R, Mathis M, McLaughlin C. Airway Complications in Young Children Undergoing One-Lung Ventilation: A Retrospective Cohort Study from MPOG. A1035. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA. October 14, 2023.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2019
Templeton TW and Eduardo Goenaga-Diaz. (2019) “One Lung Ventilation” in Management of the Difficult Pediatric Airway edited by Narasimhan Jagannathan and John E Fiadjoe. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.