Recent and Ongoing Faculty Research Projects

Mark Dershwitz, MD, PhD - Academic Vice-Chair; Professor of Anesthesiology and Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology; Clinical pharmacology of intravenous anesthetics and antiemetics 

Peter Foley, MD, PhD - Director, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia; Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics; Development of best-practice techniques for pediatric sedation 

Stephen O. Heard, MD - Chair; Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery; Management of sepsis and ARDS and prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infections

J. Lance Lichtor, MD - Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics; Pediatric and ambulatory anesthesia, long-term effects of anesthetics

Jack Leonard, PhD - Professor of Physiology and Anesthesiology; Mechanisms of thyroid hormone action in the brain 

Babs R. Soller, PhD - Professor of Anesthesiology; Spectroscopic-based, noninvasive measurement of blood and tissue chemistry 

Steven Treistman, PhD - Professor of Neurobiology and Anesthesiology; The neurobiology of addiction to alcohol and opioids 

Cuong Vuong, PhD - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology; Areas of Research Interest:  Biofilm-associated infections due to Staphylococcus epidermidis 

J. Matthias Walz, MD - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology; Diagnosis and management of sepsis, catheter-related bloodstream infections