Alvin Hackel
Academic Appointments
- Professor Emeritus, Anesthesia
- Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Anesthesia
Key Documents
Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-6307 Tel (208) 891-6811Alternate Contact Tel Work (208)891-6811
Professional Overview
Administrative Appointments
- Director, Critical Care and Life Flight Transport Programs, Stanford Medical Center (1970 - 1987)
- Associate Medical Director, Office of Service Continuity and Disaster Preparedness, Stanford Medical Center (2006 - 2009)
- Member, Executive Committee, California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (2002 - present)
- Director, Northern Division, California Perinatal Transport System (1978 - present)
- Chief, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia (1969 - 1994)
Honors and Awards
- Life-Time Member, Stanford Hospital Medical Staff (2012)
- Robert M. Smith Award, Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics (2006)
- Special recognition article, "Baby Movers", Stanford Alumni Association (1992)
Professional Education
| A.B.: | Stanford University, Biological Sciences (1954) |
| M.D.: | Stanford University, Medicine (1957) |
| Certified: | American Board of Pediatrics (1963) |
| Certified: | American Board Anesthesiologists (1970) |
| Intern: | Kings County Hosp, Brooklyn, NY (1958) |
| Resident: | NYU-Bellevue Med Ctr, NY, Pediatrics (1960) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
The Pediatric Perioperative Anesthesia Environment-demography, performance-based credentialing, outcome measurement;
Regional Pediatric Transport Systems-organization, resource management, data collection and management, patient care equipment, team composition, outcome measurement.
Disaster preparedness for hospitalized pediatric, neonatal and perinatal patients, incorporation into the statewide California program.
Affordable simulation for small-scale and assessment.
Publications
- Therapeutic hypothermia during neonatal transport: data from the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC) and California Perinatal Transport System (CPeTS) for 2010. J Perinatol. 2013; (3): 194-7
- Affordable simulation for small-scale training and assessment. Simul Healthc. 2010; (2): 112-5
- Disaster Planning - Triaging resource allocation in neonatology. J. Investigative Medicine. 2010: 188
- Regional disaster planning for neonatology. J Perinatol. 2010; (11): 709-11
- Unexpected cardiac arrest among children during surgery: a North American registry to elucidate the incidence and causes of anesthesia related cardiac arrest. Qual Saf Health Care. 2002; (3): 252-257
- Anesthesia-related cardiac arrest in children: initial findings of the Pediatric Perioperative Cardiac Arrest (POCA) Registry. Anesthesiology. 2000; (1): 6-14
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