Overview
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor Emeritus of Surgery
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2023 - Present
Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery,
Surgery
Recent Publications
Postoperative changes in cognition and cerebrospinal fluid neurodegenerative disease biomarkers.
Journal Article Ann Clin Transl Neurol · February 2022 OBJECTIVE: Numerous investigators have theorized that postoperative changes in Alzheimer's disease neuropathology may underlie postoperative neurocognitive disorders. Thus, we determined the relationship between postoperative changes in cognition and cereb ... Full text Open Access Link to item CitePerioperative neurocognitive and functional neuroimaging trajectories in older APOE4 carriers compared with non-carriers: secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study.
Journal Article Br J Anaesth · December 2021 BACKGROUND: Cognitive dysfunction after surgery is a major issue in older adults. Here, we determined the effect of APOE4 on perioperative neurocognitive function in older patients. METHODS: We enrolled 140 English-speaking patients ≥60 yr old scheduled fo ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteAcute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) after trauma: Improving incidence, but increasing mortality.
Journal Article J Crit Care · August 2021 PURPOSE: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is an infrequent, yet morbid inflammatory complication in injury victims. With the current project we sought to estimate trends in incidence, determine outcomes, and identify risk factors for ARDS and rel ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Sc2i
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Henry M. Jackson Foundation · 2020 - 2021SC2i
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Henry M. Jackson Foundation · 2014 - 2020View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Northwestern University ·
1990
Ph.D.
University of Virginia ·
1984
M.D.