Mary C. Theroux, MD

Anesthesiologist

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Anesthesiology - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1989

Residency

  • Anesthesiology - University of South Florida, 1988
  • Pediatrics - City of Faith Hospital/Oral Roberts University, 1986

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Anesthesiology/Pediatric Anesthesiology
  • American Board of Anesthesiology
  • American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics

  • Anesthesiology
  • Neuroscience

  • Savarirayan, R., Ireland, P., Irving, M., Thompson, D., Alves, I., Baratela, W. A. R., & Fredwall, S. O. (2022). International Consensus Statement on the diagnosis, multidisciplinary management and lifelong care of individuals with achondroplasia. Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 18(3), 173-189. doi:10.1038/s41574-021-00595-x

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  • Theroux, M. C., & Campbell, J. W. (2022). Anesthetic Concerns of Children With Skeletal Dysplasia. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, 33(1), 37-47. doi:10.1016/j.nec.2021.09.004

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  • Savarirayan, R., Ireland, P., Irving, M., Thompson, D., Alves, I., Baratela, W. A. R., & Fredwall, S. O. (2022). International Consensus Statement on the diagnosis, multidisciplinary management and lifelong care of individuals with achondroplasia. Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 18(3), 173-189. doi:10.1038/s41574-021-00595-x

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  • Savarirayan, R., Ireland, P., Irving, M., Thompson, D., Alves, I., Baratela, W. A. R., & Fredwall, S. O. (2022). International Consensus Statement on the diagnosis, multidisciplinary management and lifelong care of individuals with achondroplasia. Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 18(3), 173-189. doi:10.1038/s41574-021-00595-x

  • Lee, S., Robinson, K., Lodge, M., Theroux, M., Miller, F., & Akins, R., Jr. (2021). Resistance to neuromuscular blockade by rocuronium in surgical patients with spastic cerebral palsy. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 11(8). doi:10.3390/jpm11080765

  • Averill, L. W., Kecskemethy, H. H., Theroux, M. C., Mackenzie, W. G., Pizarro, C., Bober, M. B., & Tomatsu, S. (2021). Tracheal narrowing in children and adults with mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA: evaluation with computed tomography angiography. Pediatric Radiology, 51(7), 1202-1213. doi:10.1007/s00247-020-04946-0

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  • Savarirayan, R., Ireland, P., Irving, M., Thompson, D., Alves, I., Baratela, W. A. R., & Fredwall, S. O. (2022). International Consensus Statement on the diagnosis, multidisciplinary management and lifelong care of individuals with achondroplasia. Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 18(3), 173-189. doi:10.1038/s41574-021-00595-x

  • Ratnagiri, M. V., Zhu, Y., Rahman, T., Theroux, M., Tomatsu, S., & Shaffer, T. H. (2021). Automated assessment of thoracic-abdominal asynchrony in patients with morquio syndrome. Diagnostics, 11(5). doi:10.3390/diagnostics11050880

  • Stapleton, M., Hoshina, H., Sawamoto, K., Kubaski, F., Mason, R. W., Mackenzie, W. G., & Tomatsu, S. (2019). Critical review of current MPS guidelines and management. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 126(3), 238-245. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2018.07.001

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  • Litman, R. S., Smith, V. I., Larach, M. G., Mayes, L., Shukry, M., Theroux, M. C., & Wong, C. A. (2019). Consensus Statement of the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States on Unresolved Clinical Questions Concerning the Management of Patients With Malignant Hyperthermia. Anesthesia and analgesia, 128(4), 652-659. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000004039

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  • Peracha, H., Sawamoto, K., Averill, L., Kecskemethy, H., Theroux, M., Thacker, M., & Tomatsu, S. (2018). Molecular genetics and metabolism, special edition: Diagnosis, diagnosis and prognosis of Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 125(1-2), 18-37. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2018.05.004

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  • Doherty, C., Averill, L. W., Theroux, M., Mackenzie, W. G., Pizarro, C., Mason, R. W., & Tomatsu, S. (2018). Natural history of Morquio A patient with tracheal obstruction from birth to death. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports, 14, 59-67. doi:10.1016/j.ymgmr.2017.11.005

  • Brenn, B. R., Theroux, M. T., Shah, S. A., Mackenzie, W. G., Heinle, R., & Scavina, M. T. (2018). Critical airway stenosis in an adolescent male with pompe disease and thoracic lordosis: A case report. In 100 Selected Case Reports from Anesthesia and Analgesia. doi:10.1213/XAA.0000000000000564

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  • Dixit, D., Theroux, M. C., Dabney, K. W., & Miller, F. (2018). Use of caudal epidural catheter in a child with cerebral palsy with prior posterior spine (T1-sacrum) fusion. Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 62(1), 80-82. doi:10.4103/ija.IJA_562_17

  • White, K. K., Bompadre, V., Goldberg, M. J., Bober, M. B., Cho, T.-J., Hoover-Fong, J. E., & On behalf of the Skeletal Dysplasia Management Consortium. (2017). Best practices in peri-operative management of patients with skeletal dysplasias. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A, 173(10), 2584-2595. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.38357

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  • Theroux, M. C., Lopez, M., Olszewsky, P. J., DiCindio, S., Arai, L., Ditro, C., & Mackenzie, W. G. (2017). Metatropic dysplasia: a skeletal dysplasia with challenging airway and other anesthetic concerns. Paediatric Anaesthesia, 27(6), 596-603. doi:10.1111/pan.13101

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  • Khan, S., Almeciga-Diaz, C. J., Sawamoto, K., Mackenzie, W. G., Theroux, M. C., Pizarro, C., & Tomatsu, S. (2017). Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA and glycosaminoglycans. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 120(1-2), 78-95. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2016.11.007

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  • Tomatsu, S., Averill, L. W., Sawamoto, K., Mackenzie, W. G., Bober, M. B., Pizarro, C., & Theroux, M. (2016). Obstructive airway in Morquio A syndrome, the past, the present and the future. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 117(2), 150-156. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.09.007

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  • Eiszner, J. R., Atanda, A., Jr, Rangavajjula, A., & Theroux, M. (2016). A case series of peripheral nerve blocks in pediatrics and young adults with skeletal dysplasia. Paediatric Anaesthesia, 26(5), 553-556. doi:10.1111/pan.12875

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  • Yasuda, E., Suzuki, Y., Shimada, T., Sawamoto, K., Mackenzie, W. G., Theroux, M. C., & Tomatsu, S. (2016). Activity of daily living for Morquio A syndrome. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 118(2), 111-122. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2016.04.005

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  • Sawamoto, K., Suzuki, Y., Mackenzie, W. G., Theroux, M. C., Pizarro, C., Yabe, H., & Tomatsu, S. (2016). Current therapies for Morquio A syndrome and their clinical outcomes. Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs, 4(9), 941-951. doi:10.1080/21678707.2016.1214572

  • Pizarro, C., Davies, R. R., Theroux, M., Spurrier, E. A., Averill, L. W., & Tomatsu, S. (2016). Surgical Reconstruction for Severe Tracheal Obstruction in Morquio A Syndrome. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 102(4), e329-e331. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.02.113

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  • Charrow, J., Alden, T. D., Breathnach, C. A. R., Frawley, G. P., Hendriksz, C. J., Link, B., & Theroux, M. (2015). Diagnostic evaluation, monitoring, and perioperative management of spinal cord compression in patients with Morquio syndrome. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 114(1), 11-18. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2014.10.010

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  • Drummond, J. C., Krane, E. J., Tomatsu, S., Theroux, M. C., & Lee, R. R. (2015). Paraplegia after epidural-general anesthesia in a Morquio patient with moderate thoracic spinal stenosis. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 62(1), 45-49. doi:10.1007/s12630-014-0247-1

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  • Theroux, M. C., Fisher, A. O., Rodriguez, M. E., Brislin, R. P., Reichard, K. W., Shah, S. A., & Shaffer, T. H. (2015). Prophylactic methylprednisolone to reduce inflammation and improve outcomes from one lung ventilation in children: A randomized clinical trial. Paediatric Anaesthesia, 25(6), 587-594. doi:10.1111/pan.12601

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  • DiCindio, S., Arai, L., McCulloch, M., Sadacharam, K., Shah, S. A., Gabos, P., & Theroux, M. C. (2015). Clinical relevance of echocardiogram in patients with cerebral palsy undergoing posterior spinal fusion. Paediatric Anaesthesia, 25(8), 840-845. doi:10.1111/pan.12676

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  • Kubaski, F., Tomatsu, S., Patel, P., Shimada, T., Xie, L., Yasuda, E., & Shaffer, T. H. (2015). Non-invasive pulmonary function test on Morquio patients. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 115(4), 186-192. doi:10.1016/j.ymgme.2015.06.007

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  • Theroux, M. C., Olivant Fisher, A., Rodriguez, M., Brislin, R. P., Reichard, K. W., Shah, S. A., & Brown, M. (2015). Response to comments by Yibo et al. regarding our manuscript: Prophylactic methylprednisolone to reduce inflammation and improve outcomes from one lung ventilation in children: A randomized clinical trial. Paediatric Anaesthesia, 25(10), 1066-1067. doi:10.1111/pan.12725

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