Anesthesiology
BH Robbins Scholars & Mentors
- Thomas Austin, MD, is conducting research in the connection between KCC2 and pain. He is mentored by Eric Delpire, PhD.
- Christopher Hughes, MD, is researching the role of endothelial dysfunction in intensive care unit delirium. He is mentored by Pratik Pandharipande, MD, MSCI.
- Patrick Henson, DO, is investigating fMRI findings in chronic pain. His mentor is Stephen Bruehl, PhD.
- Elizabeth Lee, MD, is investigating how major medical interventions impact adolescents and pre-teens socially, cognitively and behaviorally. She is mentored by Jay Deshpande, MD and Ira Landsman, MD.
- Daniel Lonergan, MD, is researching small-molecule modulators of inward rectifier K+ channels. He is mentored by Jerod Denton, PhD.
- Amanda Lorinc, MD, is conducting research in ERG channel pharmacology. She is mentored by Sabina Kupershmidt, PhD.
- Stuart McGrane, MBChB, is researching the role of inflammation in delirium and development of out-of-OR airway programs and measuring outcomes. His mentors are Pratik Pandharipande, MD, MSCI, and Michael Higgins, MD, MPH.
- Carrie Menser, MD, will soon begin her BH Robbins Scholars project. Her academic interests are in the impact of the perioperative environment on children with autism spectrum disorder.
- Justin Sandall, DO, is studying the effects of statins on perioperative morbidity and lung cancer mortality in the thoracic surgery population. He is mentored by Mias Pretorius, MD.
- Heidi Smith, MD, is researching pediatric delirium in the critically ill and postoperative emergence delirium. She is mentored by Pratik Pandharipande, MD, MSCI and Wes Ely, MD, MPH.
- David Todd, MD, is researching the mechanisms of gabapentin (neurontin) action. His mentor is Kevin Currie, PhD.
