Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

David Wessel, M.D., professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, was featured in Doctors Lounge for his recent research finding that in infants less than 3 months old with congenital heart disease and a systemic-to-pulmonary-artery shunt, clopidogrel does not reduce mortality compared…

Sarah Rebstock, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, was interviewed by The New York Times about using video games to treat pain disorders at Children's National.  She was also interviewed by The Washington Post, WTOP-FM, and Parenting magazine.

Lakhmir Chawla, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, and colleagues, validated the effectiveness of the two novel biomarkers in 740 critically ill patients and compared their performance with other biomarkers, including serum creatinine.

Peter R. Holbrook, MD, was honored earlier this week by colleagues and many of the families for whom he cared throughout his career in recognition of 37 years of leadership at Children’s National Medical Center. Dr. Holbrook is leaving the position of Chief Medical Officer at Children's National…

Dr. Mehul J. Desai, assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and of Neurosurgery in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences and clinician at the Medical Faculty Associates, commented in an article about the prevalence of back injury while people are shoveling snow.

The Food and Drug Administration recently asked that the popular painkillers Darvon and Darvocet be removed from the U.S. marketplace.