Key Documents
Alvin Hackel
Academic Appointments
- Emeritus (Active) Professor, Anesthesia
- Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Anesthesia
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Department of Anesthesia 300 Pasteur Dr H3580 MC 5640 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-6307 Fax (650) 725-8544Practices at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 857-9535 Tel (650) 723-6307Administrative Contact Tel Work (208)891-6811
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Anesthesia
- Anesthesia, Pediatric
- Disaster Planning
Administrative Appointments
- Member, Executive Committee, California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (2002 - present)
- Director, Northern Division, California Perinatal Transport System (1978 - present)
- Director, Medical Transport Program (1970 - 1991)
- Chief, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia (1969 - 1994)
Honors and Awards
- Robert M. Smith Award, Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics (2006)
- Senior Research Fellow, San Francisco Heart Association (1963-74)
- Post-Doctoral Fellow in Cardiac Physiology, National Institutes of Health (1965-66)
- Special recognition article, "Baby Movers", Stanford Alumni Association (1992)
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Anesthesia, American Board of Anesthesiology (1970) |
| Residency: | Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center, CA (1967) |
| Fellowship: | Pacific Presbyeterian Med Ctr, CA (1964) |
| Board Certification: | Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1963) |
| Fellowship: | Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, CA (1963) |
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.
Publications
- 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): 252-7
- Anesthesia-related cardiac arrest in children: initial findings of the Pediatric Perioperative Cardiac Arrest (POCA) Registry. Anesthesiology. 2000; (1): 6-14
- The pediatric sedation unit: a mechanism for safe pediatric sedation. Pediatrics. 1999; (1): 199-201
- Guidelines for the pediatric perioperative anesthesia environment. American Academy of Pediatrics. Section on Anesthesiology. Pediatrics. 1999; (2): 512-5
- Care of patients during long-distance transport. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 1987; (2): 105-16

