Department of Anesthesiology

Mitchell F. Berman, M.D., mfb1@columbia.edu Computerization of operating room data; outcomes research.

Tricia Brentjens, M.D., tb164@columbia.edu Liver transplant anesthesia.

Anthony R. Brown, M.D., arb6@columbia.edu Regional Anesthesia: Clinical research.

Charles Cain, M.D., cfc15@columbia.edu Acute and chronic pain management.

Anthony Clapcich, M.D., ajc60@columbia.edu Effects of anesthetics on somatosensory evoked potential formation.

Marc L. Dickstein, M.D., mld2@columbia.edu Education and anesthesia.

Charles Emala, M.D., cwe5@columbia.edu Signal transduction pathways in smooth muscle cells.

Pamela Flood, M.D., pdf3@columbia.edu Mechanisms of general anesthesia and the neurobiology of pain.

Eric Heyer, M.D., Ph.D., ejh3@columbia.edu Cerebral functioning: assessment of neurologic function in cardiac surgical and neurosurgical patients. Intraoperative cerebral monitoring: electroencephalography and ultrasonic Doppler.

Carol Hirshman, M.D., cah63@columbia.edu Signal transduction pathways in smooth muscle cells.

Dean Jones, M.D., dj2026@columbia.edu Education and anesthesia.  

Desmond Jordan, M.D., daj3@columbia.edu Summarization of large amounts of patient-specific clinical data using artificial intelligence and the distribution of this electronic information using multimedia formats.

H. Thomas Lee, M.D., tl128@columbia.edu Role of adensine protection against renal ischemia.  Renal injury and the perioperative period.

Guohua Li, M.D., Dr.P.H., gl2240@columbia.edu Head of the Center of Excellence in Health Policy and Outcomes which focuses on several substantive areas relevant to the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of Perioperative and Critical Care.

John Saroyan, M.D., js2400@columbia.edu Pediatric pain and palliative care. 

Jack Shanewise, M.D., jss2128@columbia.edu Cardiovascular anesthesia, transesophageal echocardiography.

Robert Sladen, M.D., rs543@columbia.edu Critical care medicine.

Arthur Smerling, M.D., ajs8@columbia.edu Nitric oxide, pulmonary circulation, pulmonary hypertension, psychological impact of anesthesia on children.

Richard M. Smiley, M.D., Ph.D., rms7@columbia.edu Adrenergic receptor regulation in pregnancy and perioperative period; spinal and epidural analgesia during labor.

Lena S.Y. Sun, M.D., lss4@columbia.edu Cardiovascular function and drug responses in adults and neonates. Effect of intrauterine cocaine exposure on neonatal cardiovascular function.

Gareth R. Tibbs, Ph.D., grt1@columbia.edu Molecular and biophysical understanding of the activation, permeation and modulation properties of hyperpolarization-activated pacemaker channels of heart and brain.

Gebhard Wagener, M.D., raw9@columbia.edu Critical care research - perioperative renal dysfunction.

Robert Whittington, M.D., raw9@columbia.edu Toxicity of cocaine and its metabolites; cocaine toxicity in parturients.  Neurobiology of pain and injury addiction and anesthesia.

Jay Yang, MSEE, Ph.D., M.D., jy2029@columbia.edu Synaptic plasticity and chronic pain; virus-mediated synaptic engineering. Mechanisms of anesthetic action.