Penn Medicine Provider
Anesthesiology
Max B. Kelz, MD, PhD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP

About me

  • Lee A. Fleisher, MD Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Education and training

  • Medical School: Yale University
  • Medical School: Yale University
  • Residency: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Kelz is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Somnay YR, Wang A, Lim H, Griffiths KK, Zandkarimi F, Chen K, Yang G, Wasilczuk AZ, Kelz MB, Larr D, Yang M, Gil-Iturbe E, Moon A, Quick M, Levy RJ. Effects of the quinone analog, ubiquinone-5, on murine mitochondria and hypnosis , Anesthesiology: 2025


Dávila DG, McKinstry-Wu A, Kelz MB, Proekt A. The Administration of Ketamine Is Associated with Dose-Dependent Stabilization of Cortical Dynamics in Humans , J Neurosci, 45: 2025,e1545242025


Cichon J, Joseph TT, Lu X, Wasilczuk AZ, Kelz MB, Mennerick SJ, Zorumski CF, Nagele P. Nitrous oxide activates layer 5 prefrontal neurons via SK2 channel inhibition for antidepressant effect , Nat Commun, 16: 2025,2999


Imamura T, Wasilczuk AZ, Reitz SL, Lian J, Imamura M, Keenan BT, Shimizu N, Pack AI, Kelz MB. Parafacial GABAergic neurone ablation induces behavioural resistance to volatile anaesthetic-induced hypnosis without reducing sleep , Br J Anaesth: 2025


Aggarwal A, Luo J, Chung H, Contreras D, Kelz MB, Proekt A. Neural assemblies coordinated by cortical waves are associated with waking and hallucinatory brain states , Cell Rep, 43: 2024,114017


Wasilczuk AZ, Rinehart C, Aggarwal A, Stone ME, Mashour GA, Avidan MS, Kelz MB, Proekt A; ReCCognition Study Group. Hormonal basis of sex differences in anesthetic sensitivity , Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 121: 2024,e2312913120


McKinstry-Wu AR, Wasilczuk AZ, Dailey WP, Eckenhoff RG, Kelz MB. In Vivo Photoadduction of Anesthetic Ligands in Mouse Brain Markedly Extends Sedation and Hypnosis , J Neurosci, 43(13): 2023,2338-48


Labonte AK, Kafashan MM, Huels ER, Blain-Moraes S, Basner M, Kelz MB, Mashour GA, Avidan MS, Palanca BJ, ReCCognition Study Group The posterior dominant rhythm: An electroencephalographic biomarker for cognitive recovery after general anaesthesia , Br J Anaesth, 130(2): 2023,e233-e242


Lennertz R, Pryor KO, Raz A, Parker M, Bonhomme V, Schuller P, Schneider G, Moore M, Coburn M, Root JC, Emerson JM, Hohmann AL, Azaria H, Golomb N, Defresne A, Montupil J, Pilge S, Obert DP, van Waart H, Seretny M, Rossaint R, Kowark A, Blair A, Krause B, Proekt A, Kelz M, Sleigh J, Gaskell A, Sanders RD. Connected consciousness after tracheal intubation in young adults: an international multicentre cohort study , Br J Anaesth, 130(2): 2023,e217-e224


Cichon J, Wasilczuk AZ, Looger LL, Contreras D, Kelz MB, Proekt A. Ketamine triggers a switch in excitatory neuronal activity across neocortex , Nat Neurosci, 26(1): 2023,39-52