Dept. of Anesthesiology
University of Utah
Room 3C444
30 North 1900 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
Phone: 801-581-6393
Fax: 801-581-4367
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Faculty
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MICHAEL K. CAHALAN, M.D. |
Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology
Clinical Interests: Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Transesophageal Echocardiography
Research Interests: Transesophageal Echocardiography |
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NATHAN L. PACE, M.D., M.STAT |
Professor and Vice Chairman,
Academic Affairs
Clinical Interests: Neuroanesthesia
Research Interests: Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (Cochrane
Collaboration); Applications of Biostatistics (Mixed Effects Models);
Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling; |
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BRADFORD D. HARE, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate Professor,
Anesthesiology and Pharmacology
Vice Chairman, Pain Management
Clinical Interests: Management of Acute and Chronic Pain;
Regional Anesthesia
Research Interests: Conotoxins; Pharmacology of Pain Management |
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JEFFREY K. LU, M.D. |
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Vice Chairman, Clinical Affairs
Clinical Interests: Transesophageal Echocardiography, Cardiothoracic
Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia
Research Interest: Autism |
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L. LAZARRE OGDEN, M.D. |
- Associate Professor (Clinical)
Vice Chairman, Resident Education
Program Director, Anesthesia Residency
Clinical Interests: Neuroanesthesia
Research Interests: Resident Education
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KEVIN L. WETHINGTON, M.D. |
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Vice Chairman, Billing and Information Systems
Vice Chairman, University of Utah Medical Group IT Committee
Research Interests: Medical and educational applications of information
technology, Data mining of clinical information systems |
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BYRON BANKHEAD, M.D. |
Assistant Professor
Clinical Interests: Acute pain management, Ultrasound guided nerve
blockade
Research Interests: Billing for regional anesthesia |
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MICHAEL N. BEHRENS, M.D. |
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesia Program
Clinical Interests: Critical Care |
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STEVEN I. BOTT, M.D. |
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical Interests: Cardiac and Trauma Anesthesia, Air Medical Transport |
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DAVID H. BRADSHAW, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor (Research)
Dr. Joseph L. and Pauline Clyde Pace Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Nonpharmacological interventions for relief of
acute and chronic pain, including music, guided imagery, yoga, meditation;
psychophysiological responses to pain and pain measurement. Current research
projects include music engagement for analgesia; attention and the defense
response to pain; guided imagery and music for relief of post-operative pain. |
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Shane Brogan, M.B., B.Ch |
Assistant Professor (Clinical),
Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Clinical Interests: Pain Management |
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C. RICHARD CHAPMAN, Ph.D. |
Professor
Director, Pain Research Center
Research Interests: Laboratory Pain Research; Acute Pain, Consciousness
Studies |
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NORMAN J. CLARK, M.D. |
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Clinical Interests: Pediatric Anesthesia; Anesthesia for Neurosurgical Procedures
Research Interests: Anesthetic Effects on Respiratory Drive Mechanism; Awareness During General Anesthesia; Pre-emptive Analgesia |
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EILEEN R. CSONTOS, M.D. |
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Clinical Interests: Anesthesia in Developing Countries; Volunteerism
in Anesthesia
Research Interests: Acute Pain Management in Pediatrics |
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JENNIFER J. DAVIS, M.D. |
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical Interests: Acute pain management, regional anesthesia,
perioperative anticoagulation
Research Interests: Acute pain management in chronic opioid users,
peripheral nerve blocks |
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GEORGES DESJARDINS, M.D., F.R.C.P.C. |
| Associate Professor (Clinical)
Director,
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Clinical Interests: Cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, Perioperative
Echocardiography
Research Interests: Perioperative echocardiography (TTE and TEE) |
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GARY W. DONALDSON, Ph.D. |
Professor
Research Interests: Broader Quality of Life and Pain Issues; Structural Equation and Mixed Effects Modeling |
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RANDAL O. DULL, Ph.D., M.D. |
Associate Professor (Anesthesiology & Bioengineering, and
Pharmaceutical Chemistry)
Clinical Interests: inflammation & edema; thoracic anesthesia;
transfusion issues; molecular mechanisms of colloids, fluid management
Research Interests: capillary permeability, inflammation, acute lung
injury, drug delivery, endothelial glycoproteins |
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TALMAGE D. EGAN, M.D. |
Professor, Anesthesiology
Adjunct Professor, Pharmaceutics
Adjunct Professor, Bioengineering
Director, Neuroanesthesia
K.C. Wong Presidential Endowed Chair
Clinical Interests: Neuroanesthesia; Intravenous Anesthesia; Obstetrical
Anesthesia.
Research Interests: Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling of
Intravenous Anesthetics; Computer Controlled Infusions; Pharmacodynamic Drug
Interactions; Intravenous Anesthetic Development. |
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PERRY G. FINE, M.D. |
Professor
Clinical Interests: Pain Management; Regional Anesthesia; Medical Ethics;
Hospice Care |
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CHARLES E. GALAVIZ, M.D. |
Clinical Instructor
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesia Program
Clinical Interests: Liver Transplant Management, Regional Anesthesia
Research Interests: Application of TEE to Liver Transplant Management,
Nerve Stimulator Aided Peripheral Nerve Catheters, Cost of Anesthetic Agents |
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MARK HARRIS, M.D. |
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Co-director, Pre-operative Assessment Clinic
Clinical Interests : Neuroanesthesia, Pre-operative Management, Liver
Transplantation, Medical Eduation.
Research Interests : Pre-operative Management, Clinical applications of
Remifentanil |
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HARRIET HOPF, M.D. |
Professor
Clinical Interests :
Wound Care. Hyperbaric medicine. Management of anesthesia to
improve wound healing.
Research Interests :
Measurement and control of tissue oxygen. Anesthesia management
and wound healing outcomes. Anemia and blood transfusion. |
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KEN B. JOHNSON, M.D. |
Associate Professor
Learned Family Associate Professorship
Director, Center for Patient Simulation
Clinical Interests: Cardiac Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management
Research Interests: Clinical Pharmacology, Simulation Based
Education, Pathophysiology of Hemorrhagic Shock |
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HIROSHI KAMAYA, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
Director, VA Anesthesia Research Laboratory
Clinical Interests: Medical Acupuncture
Research Interests: Molecular Mechanisms of Anesthesia, Membrane
Biophysics, Antagonists of General Anesthesia |
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STEVEN E. KERN, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
Director, Center for Anesthesia and Pain Research
Research Interests: Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling; Computer Controlled Infusions; EEG Analysis; Conopeptides |
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ANDREI KHOROVETS, M.D., Ph.D. |
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Director of Anesthesia, Huntsman Cancer Hospital
Clinical Interests: Thoracic Anesthesia |
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ALAN R. LIGHT, Ph.D. |
Professor (Research)
Research Interests: Pain Pathways, molecular and cellular mechanisms of
analgesia |
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EVELYN LOOSE, M.D. |
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical Interests: Acute Pain Service, Ultrasound Guided
Regional Anesthesia, OB-anesthesia
Research Interests: Longterm Complications of Peripheral Nerve
Catheters |
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SALMAN MASUD, M.D. |
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Clinical Interests: Pediatric and Cardiovascular Anesthesia
Research Interests: Blood Substitutes; Sleep Inducing Neuropeptides |
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YOSHIO NAKAMURA, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor (Research)
Clinical Interests: Placebos in Clinical Trials, Information Processing
under General Anesthesia, EEG Monitoring & Analysis, Integration of
Integrative Health Approaches with Allopathic Medicine, Healthy Communities
Movement
Research Interests: Consciousness, Somatic Awareness, Emotion, Placebo
Effects, Meaning Response in Placebo Response, Mind-Body Interactions,
Meditation in Contemplative Traditions, Mindfulness, Functional Brain
Imaging, EEG/MEG, Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Theory |
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DAVID H. ODELL, M.D. |
- Assistant Professor (Clinical)
- Co-Director, Perioperative Echo Service
- Assoc. Director VASLCHCS, Dept. of Anesthesiology
- Clinical Interests: Echocardiography (TEE and TTE),
Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
- Research Interests: Echocardiography, TTE in the
Perioperative Setting
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AKIKO OKIFUJI, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor
Clinical Interests: Behavioral Medicine; Psychological Screening of Pain
Patients
Research Interests: Fibromyalgia; Hormonal Influences on Analgesic
Responses in Fibromyalgia and Migraine Headaches; Clinical Outcomes and Cost
Effectiveness of Interdisciplinary Pain Care; Pain and Women's Health |
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JOSEPH A. ORR, Ph.D. |
Research Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Clinical Monitoring; Non-invasive Cardiac Output Measurement |
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RAUL A. PERAGALLO, M.D. |
Adjunct Professor (Clinical)
Director, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Director, Invasive Procedures Laboratory
Clinical Interests: Cardiac Anesthesia; Intraoperative Transesophageal
Echocardiography |
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JEFFREY L. PETERS, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor (Clinical)
Clinical Interests: Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Transesophageal
Echocardiography, Regional Anesthesia, Risk Management, Anesthesia Teaching In
Developing Countries.
Research Interests: Cardiovascular Physiology |
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JEFFERY D. PORTH, M.D. |
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Director, Obstetric Anesthesia
Chief Clinical Coordinator |
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SCOTT P. RICHARDSON, M.D. |
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Director, Orthopedic Anesthesia
Director, Quality Assurance Committee
Associate Director, Residency Program
Clinical Interests: Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management |
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DEREK J. SAKATA, M.D. |
Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
Improving the recovery profile from inhaled anesthetics, especially
with regard to artificially maintained hypercapnic hyperventilation. Pragmatic
innovations with regard to engineering in medicine. |
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RICHARD J. SPERRY, M.D., Ph.D. |
Professor
Adjunct Professor, Economics and Political Science
Senior Associate Vice President for Health Sciences
Matheson Endowed Chair, Health Policy and Management
Clinical Interests: Neuroanesthesia; Cervical Spine Disease; Health Care
Policy and Economics |
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THEODORE H. STANLEY, M.D. |
Professor
Professor of Surgical Research
Director, Anesthesiology Research Laboratories
Clinical Interests: I.V. Anesthetics; Cardiovascular Anesthesia
Research Interests: Wildlife Immobilization, New Anesthetic Delivery Systems; New Sedatives and Hypnotic; New Narcotics |
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ZUZANA STEHLIKOVA,
M.D. |
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical Interests: Obstetric Anesthesia and Liver Transplant
Anesthesia |
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JEFFREY D. SWENSON, M.D. |
Professor
Director, Acute Pain Service
Clinical Interests: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia; Transesophageal Echocardiography
Research Interest: Neuraxial Opioids |
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MICHAEL C. TIELBORG, M.D. |
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Professional Interests: Obstetric Anesthesia, Medical Ethics, Informed
Consent issues, Ethical issues surrounding medical research in vulnerable
population |
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DANIEL VEZINA, M.D., FRCPC |
Associate Professor , Department of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology
Director, Perioperative Echo Service
Director, Cardiology Echo lab, VA Salt Lake City
Clinical Interests: cardiovascular anesthesia, echocardiography
Research Interests: echocardiography (TTE and TTE) |
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ERNEST VOLINN, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor (Research )
Research Interests: Psycho-social factors and chronic pain, particularly
back pain; outcomes of treatment; international studies of back pain and its
treatment |
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SHARON
M. WEINSTEIN, M.D. |
Professor,
Department of Anesthesiology
Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology and Oncology
Director, Pain Medicine and Palliative Care (University of Utah
and VASLCHCS)
Clinical Interests: Pain medicine and palliative care
Research Interests: Pain and symptom management, neuropathic pain
syndromes, end of life care |
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Pain
Medicine and Palliative Care |
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DWAYNE R. WESTENSKOW, Ph.D. |
Professor, Department of
Anesthesiology
Research Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medical Informatics
Director, Bioengineering Division
Research Interests: Alarm Systems for Patient Monitoring; Artificial
Neural Networks; Closed-loop Control of Drug and Gas Delivery; Biomedical Instrumentation |
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TYLER YEATES,
M.D. |
Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Clinical Interests: Perioperative Echocardiography
Research Interests: Perioperative echocardiography |
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JOHN ZIEGLER, M.D. |
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Chief of Anesthesia, VASLCHCS
Clinical Interests: Cardiac Anesthesia; Critical Care Medicine;
Transesophageal Echocardiography"
"Research Interests: Neurologic outcome/protection during cardiac
surgery" |
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