Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Pediatric Anesthesia Research

Ronald Litman studies the Pathophysiology of upper airway obstruction during pediatric sedation and anesthesia using structural (MRI) and functional (Flow vs. Pressure curves) analyses to describe patient and agent-related factors that contribute to upper airway obstruction, and describe interventions to decrease or prevent upper airway obstruction in children.

David Jobes is using outcomes research to study hemostasis and coagulation related to cardiac surgery for adult and pediatric patients.

Kha M. Tran's area of research interest is in describing and characterizing anesthesia for fetal surgery. His primary focus involves quantifying fetal exposure to volatile anesthetic agents during open fetal surgery. As part of this, Dr. Tran is creating a registry of patients receiving anesthesia for minimally invasive fetoscopic surgery. He is also interested in optimal perioperative care of children born with sacrococcygeal teratoma.