ANESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Weissman, C., M.D. (Head of Department)

Sprung, C., M.D.(Head of Intensive Care Unit)

Associate Professors:

Drenger, B., M.D. (Head of Orthopedic Anesthesiology Unit)

Gozal, Y., M.D. (Head of Recovery Room/Operating Room Services)

Landesberg, G., M.D., DSc

Matot, I., M.D. 

Clinical AssociateProfessor: 

Donchin, Y., M.D. (Head of Critical Care Transport Unit), (Head of Patient Safety Unit)

Senior Lecturer:

Weiss Y., M.D.

Clinical Senior Lecturer: 

Kadari, A., M.D.(Head of Pediatric Anesthesiology Services)

Lecturers:

Davidson, E., M.D. (Head of Pain Management Unit)

Ginosar, Y., M.D.

Levine, P., M.D.

Instructors:

Willner,D., M.D.

Sheinin, O., M.D.

Raphael, J., M.D.

Mintz, B., M.D.

Weineger, C., M.D. 

Shamir, M., M.D. (Director, Cardiac Life Support School)

Meroz, Y., M.D.

Shatz, V., M.D.

Physicians Participating in Teaching:

Eimerl, D., M.D.(Head of Neuroanesthesiology Unit)

Gozal, D., M.D.

Shiffman, Y., M.D. (Head Anesthesiology Unit – Mt. Scopus)

Kaganoff, Y., M.D.

Avidan, A., M.D.

Goodman, S., M.D., Ph.D.

Shichor, T., M.D.

INTRODUCTION

The Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine is active in both clinical and basic research.  This research revolves around the care of patients during the perioperative period, the care of the critically ill patient and the management of acute and chronic pain. Basic research is performed in various laboratories of the medical center, including the Laboratory for Experimental Surgery and the Institute for Gene Therapy, while clinical research is conducted in the operating rooms, intensive care units and pain clinic of the Hadassah-University Hospital. We are engaged in many active and productive collaborations between departmental researchers and other Hadassah and Hebrew University investigators.

Basic Research:

The basic research endeavors of the department involve investigating: (a) Ischemia- reperfusion injury to the lung; (b) gene therapy for the acute respiratory distress syndrome; (c) tissue engineering;  (d) attenuation of ischemic myocardial damage during coronary artery occlusion; and (e) spinal cord protection during vascular surgery.

Clinical Research:

The care of the patient during the perioperative period:  Departmental research activities include studies examining various aspects of the anesthetic care of patients during the perioperative period.   These studies focus on a number of key topics:  (a) The incidence and mechanisms of myocardial ischemia and infarction in high risk patients during the intraoperative and postoperative periods;  (b) methods of managing the intraoperative care of patients undergoing major abdominal surgery; (c) protecting the myocardium from ischemic damage during coronary artery surgery; (d) epidural and spinal analgesia/anesthesia for labor and delivery; and (e) patient safety.   

The care of the critically ill patient: Improving the care of the critically ill patient is an active area of departmental investigation.  Studies in this area include: (a) The adrenal axis during critical illness;  (b)  ethical aspects of caring for the critically ill; (c) metabolic-ventilation interactions during critical illness; (d) triage of ICU admissions; (e) myocardial ischemia during critical illness; and (f) epidemiology of antibiotic resistant infections in the ICU.

Pain Management:  Various issues related to acute and chronic pain management are being studied: (a) Novel local anesthetic agents; (b) genetic aspects of pain management; and (c) MRI imaging of the effects of epidural analgesia/anesthesia on the spinal cord.

RESEARCH AREAS

Novel Local Anesthetics (Davidson)

Errors in Medical Practice (Donchin)

Inter-Institutional Transport (Donchin, Shamir)

Spinal Cord Protection (Drenger)

Obstetrical Anesthesia (Ginosar, Weineger)

Adrenocortical Responses (Goodman, Sprung)

Attenuating Myocardial Damage (Gozal, Drenger, Raphael)

Sedating Pediatric Patients (Gozal, Kadari, Gozal)

Perioperative Myocardial Ischemia (Landesberg)

Pulmonary Pharmacology (Matot)

Management Abdominal Surgery

(Matot)

Pain Management and Genetics (Davidson, Ginosar)

Medical Information (Avidan)

Ethics in Critical Care (Sprung)

Triage of ICU Admissions (Sprung, Levine)

Antibiotic Resistant Infection (Levin)

Gene Therapy and ARDS (Weiss, Eid)

Enhanced Postoperative Care (Weissman)

Physician Workforce Requirement (Weissman, Matot)

Medical Computing (Avidan)

Tissue Engineering (Ben-Ari)

Complex Biological Systems (Weiss, Tatenaur)

Preoperative Evaluation (Avidan)