Dr Shayevitz received his medical degree from the Univesity of Michigan Medical School in 1978, and went on to complete post-graduate residency training in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He subsequently took a position at the Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, MI, as a pediatric intensivist and anesthesiologist. After two years, he returned to the University of Michigan, where he joined the staff of the Department of Anesthesiology - Division of Pediatric Anesthesia. He organized the Division clinical research program there, and served on several committees. After spending 8 years in Ann Arbor, he took a position at Providnece Hospital in Southfield, MI, to develop pediatric inpatient and critical care services there. During the fifteen years he spent in Ann Arbor and Detroit, he developed a strong interest in pediatric pain management and pediatric palliative care and end-of-life decision-making, and served as the medical director of the pediatric palliative care team of the Hospice of Michigan. He then moved on to become the Director of Pediatric Critical Care Services at St Vincent Hospital and Medical Center in Toledo, OH, before resuming his anesthesia career at the University of Rochester in 2005.

In addition Dr Shayevitz completed coursework leading to a Master of Science degree from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 1997 in biostatistics and clinical research design and administration. He continues to maintain an interest in collaborating with and mentoring faculty in clinical research in anesthesia, particularly epidemiologic aspects of pediatric ambulatory anesthesia outcomes.

He was the recipient of several grants, including from the American Heart Association and the NIH.

• Hasan RA, Shayevitz JR, Patel V. Deep sedation with propofol for children undergoing ambulatory magnetic resonance imaging of the brain: experience from a pediatric intensive care unit. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2003 Oct; 4(4):454-8.
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• Aukerman J, Voepel-Lewis T, Riegger LQ, Siewert M, Shayevitz JR, Mosca R. The relationship between extracorporeal circuit prime, albumin, and postoperative weight gain in children. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 1998 Aug; 12(4):408-14.
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• Merkel SI, Voepel-Lewis T, Shayevitz JR, Malviya S. The FLACC: a behavioral scale for scoring postoperative pain in young children. Pediatr Nurs. 1997 May-Jun; 23(3):293-7.
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• D'Errico CC, Shayevitz JR, Martindale SJ, Mosca RS, Bove EL. The efficacy and cost of aprotinin in children undergoing reoperative open heart surgery. Anesth Analg. 1996 Dec; 83(6):1193-9.
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• D'Errico C, Shayevitz JR, Martindale SJ. Age-related differences in heparin sensitivity and heparin-protamine interactions in cardiac surgery patients. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 1996 Jun; 10(4):451-7.
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• Martindale SJ, Shayevitz JR, D'Errico C. The activated coagulation time: suitability for monitoring heparin effect and neutralization during pediatric cardiac surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 1996 Jun; 10(4):458-63.
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• Shayevitz JR, Merkel S, O'Kelly SW, Reynolds PI, Gutstein HB. Lumbar epidural morphine infusions for children undergoing cardiac surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 1996 Feb; 10(2):217-24.
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• Shayevitz JR, Miller C, Johnson KJ, Rodriguez JL. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome: end organ and systemic inflammatory response in a mouse model of nonseptic origin. Shock. 1995 Dec; 4(6):389-96.
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• Shayevitz JR, Rodriguez JL, Gilligan L, Johnson KJ, Tait AR. Volatile anesthetic modulation of lung injury and outcome in a murine model of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Shock. 1995 Jul; 4(1):61-7.
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• Shayevitz JR, Johnson KJ, Knight PR. Halothane-oxidant interactions in the ex vivo perfused rabbit lung. Fluid conductance and eicosanoid production. Anesthesiology. 1993 Jul; 79(1):129-38.
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• Varani J, Dame MK, Gibbs DF, Taylor CG, Weinberg JM, Shayevitz J, Ward PA. Human umbilical vein endothelial cell killing by activated neutrophils. Loss of sensitivity to injury is accompanied by decreased iron content during in vitro culture and is restored with exogenous iron. Lab Invest. 1992 Jun; 66(6):708-14.
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• Shayevitz JR, Varani J, Ward PA, Knight PR. Halothane and isoflurane increase pulmonary artery endothelial cell sensitivity to oxidant-mediated injury. Anesthesiology. 1991 Jun; 74(6):1067-77.
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• Varani J, Shayevitz J, Perry D, Mitra RS, Nickoloff BJ, Voorhees JJ. Retinoic acid stimulation of human dermal fibroblast proliferation is dependent on suboptimal extracellular Ca2+ concentration. Am J Pathol. 1990 Jun; 136(6):1275-81.
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• McShane AJ, Crowley K, Shayevitz JR, Michael JR, Adkinson NF, Traystman RJ, Gurtner GH. Barbiturate anesthetics inhibit thromboxane-, potassium-, but not angiotensin-induced pulmonary vasoconstriction. Anesthesiology. 1989 May; 70(5):775-9.
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• Shayevitz JR, McShane AJ, Traystman RJ, Gurtner GH. Mepacrine attenuates pulmonary vasoreactivity in rabbits. J Appl Physiol. 1989 Apr; 66(4):1921-6.
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• Shayevitz JR, Traystman RJ, Adkinson NF, Sciuto AM, Gurtner GH. Inhalation anesthetics augment oxidant-induced pulmonary vasoconstriction: evidence for a membrane effect. Anesthesiology. 1985 Dec; 63(6):624-32.
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• Shayevitz JR, Matteo RS. Decreased sensitivity to metocurine in patients with upper motoneuron disease. Anesth Analg. 1985 Aug; 64(8):767-72.
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