Overview
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Anesthesiology
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2021 - Present
Anesthesiology, General, Vascular, High Risk Transplant & Critical Care,
Anesthesiology
Professor in the School of Nursing
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2014 - Present
School of Nursing
Recent Publications
Erratum: The Role of Sleep Apnea in Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorders Among Older Noncardiac Surgery Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Journal Article Anesth Analg · May 1, 2025 Full text Link to item CiteThe Role of Sleep Apnea in Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorders Among Older Noncardiac Surgery Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Journal Article Anesth Analg · January 1, 2025 BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with increased dementia risk, yet its role in postoperative neurocognitive disorders is unclear. Here, we studied whether the severity of untreated obstructive sleep apnea is associated with the severity of ... Full text Link to item CiteCognitive and Cerebrospinal Fluid Alzheimer's Disease-related Biomarker Trajectories in Older Surgical Patients and Matched Nonsurgical Controls.
Conference Anesthesiology · May 1, 2024 BACKGROUND: Anesthesia and/or surgery accelerate Alzheimer's disease pathology and cause memory deficits in animal models, yet there is a lack of prospective data comparing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Alzheimer's disease-related biomarker and cognitive traje ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Right Place, Right Time: Information Design to Support Decisions in Acute Care
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center · 2015 - 2018Toward intelligent display of health data: A qualitative study of use patterns
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2015View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Duke University, School of Medicine ·
2004
M.H.S.
Temple University ·
1993
M.D.