
Research interests include the study of cardiorespiratory function in humans exposed to environmental conditions ranging from 200 feet of seawater depth to high altitude, gas exchange during diving, the pathophysiology of high altitude pulmonary edema, the effect of anesthesia and postoperative analgesia on pulmonary function and monitoring of tissue oxygenation. Ongoing human studies include mechanisms of immersion pulmonary edema and the effect of chemosensitivity on postoperative ventilation and gas exchange.
Education and Training
- Residency, Anesthesiology, Duke University, 1981 - 1983
- Fellowship, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Duke University, 1979 - 1981
- Graduate School, Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto (Canada), 1978 - 1979
- Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Toronto (Canada), 1977 - 1978
- Graduate School, Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto (Canada), 1975 - 1977
- Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Toronto (Canada), 1974 - 1975
- Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Toronto (Canada), 1973 - 1974
- M.D., McGill University (Canada), 1973
Grants
- Integrated Training in Anesthesiology Research
- Integrated Diaphragmatic Function, Chemosensitivity, Erythrocyte Gas Transport and Endurance in Exercising Divers
- fNIRS performance monitor in Navy divers at depth
- Automated detection of venous gas emboli on ultrasound recordings
- Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5
- Perfluoromethane to Reduce Decompression Sickness
- Breath-Hold Diving: Mechanisms of Hypoxemia and Decompression Stress
- HOBIT Trial
- Treating Hypoxia via Tumorally Directed Oxygen for Improving Radiation Therapy