Community Academic Profiles

Department: Anesthesia

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  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Instructor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
    • Pain Management
  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
    • Critical Care
    Research Interest

    My research efforts are focused on investigating the pharmacological and physiological interface of the autonomic nervous system with effector organs. Utilizing molecular, cellular, and electrophysiological techniques, we are examining alpha2 adrenergic receptor function in cultured sympathetic neurons. Future research aims will be directed toward understanding neurotransmitter release in general.

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    • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
    • Anesthesia for Liver Transplantation
    • Neuroanesthesia
    Research Interest

    Our human pain laboratory is a translational research facility using quantitative, reliable and mechanism-based approaches to study pain and its relief in human biology. We focus on three inter-related areas: the identification of pain biomarkers and potential analgesic targets, the early validation or rejection of novel analgesic interventions, and the pharmacogenomics and proteomics of opioid-analgesics.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Instructor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia

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    • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
    Research Interest

    Dr. Edler has been active in the field of medical education throughout her career and formally trained in both qualitative and quantitative educational research methods. Her interests are primarily in understanding the nature of teaching in medical education and in high acuity peri operative medical education. Recently she has investigated teaching and learning in high fidelity patient simulation and performance assessment using patient simulation. She is currently serving on local, national a..

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  • Academic Appointments
    • Professor, Anesthesia
    Research Interest

    1) Human Performance in Health Care, 2) Patient Safety in health care, 3) Simulation training in health care, 4) Organizational issues in safety in health care.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
    • Pain Management
    Research Interest

    Analgesic drug trials, Outcomes in Pain Management, Visceral Pain

  • Academic Appointments
    • Emeritus (Active) Professor, Anesthesia
    • Emeritus Faculty-Med Ctr Line, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Professor, Anesthesia
    • Member, Bio-X
    Research Interest

    The cellular and molecular basis for brain cell injury in stroke is our focus. Astrocytes and neurons interact, and have unique vulnerabilities to injury based on their patterns of gene expression and their functional roles. We study gene therapy with heat shock proteins, changes in mitochondrial function, oxidative stress and inflammation during ischemia. We also model cell death pathways and the effects of Hsp70.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Instructor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
    Research Interest

    My research interest is in medical simulation. My current interests include: 1. Utilizing high fidelity simulation along with debriefing to teach teamwork principles of Crisis Resource Management (CRM) 2. Development of trigger videos to model and discuss CRM principles 3. Improving formative feedback for trainees by applying methods adapted from organizational behavior and business literature

  • Academic Appointments
    • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
    • Anesthesia, Pediatric
  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
    Clinical Focus
    • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
    • Acupuncture
    • Pain and Symptom Management
    Research Interest

    Julie's academic interests include pediatric palliative care, pain and symptom management for children with life-threatening illness, medical acupuncture, and meaning in medicine (the humanistic side of doctoring)

  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Instructor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Pain Management
    • Physical Medicine and Rehab
  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia

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  • Academic Appointments
    • Emeritus (Active) Professor, Anesthesia
    • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
    • Anesthesia, Pediatric
    • Disaster Planning
    Research Interest

    The Pediatric Perioperative Anesthesia Environment-demography, performance-based credentialing, outcome measurement; Regional Pediatric Transport Systems-organization, resource management, patient care equipment, team composition, outcome measurement.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
    • Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Pediatrics
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
    Research Interest

    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 several grants and ongoing research projects in the area of perioperative pain management and physiologic monitoring.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Professor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Pediatric Anesthesia
    • Anesthesia
    Research Interest

    Patient Safety and Simulation

  • Academic Appointments
    • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
    Research Interest

    Our laboratory (please also refer to David M. Gaba M.D.) is active in the study of human performance of medical personnel. We are actively involved in teaching health care personnel the technique of crisis resource management (CRM) using realistic simulation. Research on sleep deprivation and fatigue and the performance of health care personnel is also an active area of study.

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  • Academic Appointments
    • Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
    • Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Health Research & Policy
    • Member, Bio-X
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
    Research Interest

    Dr. Macario is interested in the economics of health care, in particular the tradeoffs between costs and outcomes for patients having surgery and anesthesia. Dr. Macario has completed internationally recognized studies on the management of the operating room suite, as well as pioneering work on the cost-effectiveness of drugs and devices. He is Founder and Director of a Postgraduate Fellowship for physicians interested in applying quantitative tools to solve health services research questions.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Associate Professor (Research), Anesthesia
    • Member, Bio-X
    Research Interest

    We study drug effects on the nervous system. Cellular, synaptic and molecular drug actions are investigated using electrophysiological and pharmacological tools in cortical/hippocampal brain slice preparations. We are also interested in mechanisms of neuronal integration and synchronization, especially related to patterns of EEG activity seen in vivo and in brain slices.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
    • Associate Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy), Neurology & Neurological Sciences
    • Member, Bio-X
    • Member, Cancer Center
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
    • Pain Management
    Research Interest

    Functional neuroimaging of pain. Imaging of cognitive and affective dimensions of pain, neural plasticity contributing to chronic pain and effects of treatment. Effects of membrane stabilizing medications on neuropathic pain. Chronic pain outcomes tools development and measurement.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Instructor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Instructor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
    • Critical Care Medicine
    • Pheochromocytoma
    Research Interest

    Dr. Mihm’s two areas of research interest involve cardiorespiratory monitoring techniques and applications and the perioperative management of patients with pheochromocytoma.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia

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  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia
  • Academic Appointments
    • Professor, Anesthesia
    • Member, Bio-X
    Research Interest

    Molecular theories of anesthesia. My emphasis is on the molecular interactions of inhalational anesthetics and alcohol. I perform computational chemistry simulations on how these molecules bind to putative receptor sites. I am also interested in modeling receptor proteins in which chimeras cause loss or enhancement of anesthetic sensitivity.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Instructor, Anesthesia
    Clinical Focus
    • Anesthesia

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