Gregory Hammer
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
- Member, Child Health Research Institute
- Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Pediatrics
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Department of Anesthesia 300 Pasteur Dr Rm H3584C, MC 5640 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 725-5848 Fax (650) 204-6563Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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Personal Information Email Tel (650) 725-5848 Tel (650) 723-7835Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Anesthesia
Administrative Appointments
- Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Research (2005 - 2015)
- Associate Director, Pediatric ICU (1995 - 2010)
Honors and Awards
- Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors in America (1996-Present)
- Graduation with Honors, U. of Illinois College of Medicine (1982)
- Graduation with Honors, U. of Wisconsin (1977)
- Graduation with Honors, Phillips Academy (1973)
Professional Education
| Internship: | Children's Hospital of Oakland CA (1983) |
| Board Certification: | Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics (1990) |
| Residency: | Children's Hospital of Oakland CA (1985) |
| Board Certification: | Anesthesia, American Board of Anesthesiology (1989) |
| Fellowship: | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia PA (1988) |
| Board Certification: | Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1987) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Dr. Hammer's primary research interests are pediatric pharmacology and perioperative care of children undergoing cardiac surgery. He has numerous funded research projects in these areas, including an NIH grant for $4.3 million to study the pharmacology of sodium nitroprusside, a drug commonly used for blood pressure control in the operating room and ICU. Dr. Hammer has two other NIH grants and other ongoing research projects in the area of pediatric pharmacology.
Clinical Trials
- Not Recruiting Study of a Drug Called "Ketamine" and How Much is in the Bloodstream of Infants and Children Who Have Undergone Surgery. Ketamine is a standard-of- Care Medication Used in the Intensive Care Unit at Stanford for Sedation and Anesthesia.
- Not Recruiting Measuring the Amount of Methadone or Morphine in the Blood of Neonates, Infants & Children After Cardiac Surgery.
- Recruiting An Open-label Study of Hydromorphone Oral Solution in Subjects Aged 28 Days to 16 Years for Postoperative Pain
Publications
- The effects of ketamine on dexmedetomidine-induced electrophysiologic changes in children. Paediatr Anaesth. 2013
- The pharmacokinetics of ketorolac after single postoperative intranasal administration in adolescent patients. Anesth Analg. 2012; (6): 1270-6
- Thrombotic Endotracheal Tube Occlusion After Administration of Recombinant Factor VIIa. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2012
- A sensitive assay for the quantification of morphine and its active metabolites in human plasma and dried blood spots using high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry Anal Bioanal Chem.. 2011: 715-28
- Cardiomyopathy and heart failure in children: anesthetic implications. Paediatr Anaesth. 2011; (5): 577-84
- Cardiomyopathy in childhood. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2011; (3): 289-300
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