Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Medical Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology
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2026 - Present
Anesthesiology, VA Anesthesiology Service,
Anesthesiology
Recent Scholarly Works
Requirement for written informed consent and selection bias in a chart-review prostate cancer study.
Journal article Am J Epidemiol · June 3, 2026 Although retrospective chart-review studies are typically performed using a waiver of written informed consent, many institutional review boards (IRB) do not approve such waivers for chart-review studies using prospective enrollment, which could introduce ... Full text Link to item CiteDeveloping a risk stratification tool for predicting opioid-related respiratory depression after non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective study.
Journal article BMJ Open · September 5, 2022 OBJECTIVES: Accurately assessing the probability of significant respiratory depression following opioid administration can potentially enhance perioperative risk assessment and pain management. We developed and validated a risk prediction tool to estimate ... Full text Link to item CiteAssociation Between Gabapentinoids and Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery.
Journal article J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth · August 2022 OBJECTIVE: Perioperative gabapentinoids in general surgery have been associated with an increased risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs), while resulting in equivocal pain relief. This study's aim was to examine the utilization of gabapentino ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Sexually dimorphic pain signaling mechanisms
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · 2022 - 2026Single Nucleus Expression Profiling of Human Sciatic Nerve after Traumatic Amputation: Predicting Pain and Functional Outcomes
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2019 - 2023VIPER: Chronic Pain after Amputation: Inflammatory Mechanisms, Novel Analgesic Pathways and Improved Patient Safety
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2015 - 2019View All Grants
Education
Duke University, School of Medicine ·
2006
M.D.