Brenda A Gentz, MD

Dr. Gentz completed her undergraduate training at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry and Spanish art and literature. Dr. Gentz worked for several years as a research technologist. During that time, she participated in gas stat (a continuous ABG monitor used during bypass surgery) research, measured percutaneous gas levels of neonates in the ICU and evaluated lignin (a breakdown product derived from wood).

At medical school, her senior research project evaluated the role of oncogenes and protein receptor duplication on the development of breast cancer. Dr. Gentz completed a two-year preliminary surgical residence at University of Washington. She received anesthesia training through the University of Arizona Integrated Residency Program in Phoenix.

Dr. Gentz was co-chief resident at Maricopa Medical. After graduation, she traveled to Virginia Mason Medical Center to complete a year as a regional fellow and simultaneously became board-certified.

Dr. Gentz is active in teaching, research and the promotion of regional anesthesia for both acute and chronic pain. She has been a part of the University of Arizona residency program since 1997 and has been honored with several teaching awards. Dr. Gentz is a past president of the Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists and is the program chair for the organization's annual meeting in February. She is an American Society of Anesthesiologists delegate and has served on several national committees (Fundamentals of Anesthesia, Outreach Education Committee and Equipment and Facilities).

Dr. Gentz is an associate professor of clinical anesthesiology and director of the Anesthesia in Satellite Locations Program for the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.