Marissa Mery, M.D.

Marissa Mery is a board-certified anesthesiologist and critical care intensivist within the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care’s Division of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine.

Prior to clinical practice, Mery worked as part of a team at Columbia University and Community Lab developing digital technologies and national implementation plans for primary care and social sector projects in Mali, Nigeria and Timor-Leste. After deciding to spend more time stateside, she moved to Houston to finish her residency and critical care training, eventually working as an attending with the cardiovascular anesthesiology and critical care group at Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Heart Institute. Her recent nonclinical work has focused on perioperative care of older people and the intraoperative and postoperative management of patients receiving ventricular-assist devices and mechanical circulatory support.

Mery received her doctor of medicine from Harvard Medical School and her Master of Business Administration from Stanford University.