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Curriculum Vitae
Myron Yaster, M.D.
CURRICULUM VITAE
The Johns Hopkins University Of Medicine
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Myron Yaster, M.D.
June 1, 2012
Current Appointments
2011-
Professor of Neurosurgery
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
2003 -
Richard J. Traystman Distinguished Professor of Pediatric
Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Management
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
2000 -
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
2000 -
Professor of Pediatrics
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
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Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center
1800 Orleans Street, Suite 6320
Baltimore, Maryland 2l287
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(410) 614-6223, 410-955-7610
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Education And Training
l970-l974
B.S., Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
l973-l977
M.D., State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center,
New York
l977-l978
Intern in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA
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Resident in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA
l979-l98l
Resident in Anesthesia, The Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Fellowship, Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, The
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Experience
1997 - 2003
Clinical Director, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology,
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine,
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
1989 - 2005
Director, Multi-Disciplinary Pain Service, the Children's Medical
and Surgical Center, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1990 - 2000
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
1990 - 2000
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
1989 - 1992
Co-Director, Intermediate Care Unit, the Children's Medical and
Surgical Center, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1983 -1990
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
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Baltimore, Maryland
1982 - 1983
Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
198l - l982
Administrative Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology, The
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Original Publications
1.
Azizkhan RG, Dudgeon DL, Buck JR, Colombani PM, Yaster M, Nichols D, Civin C,
Kramer SS, Haller JA, Jr: Life-threatening airway obstruction as a complication to the
management of mediastinal masses in children. J Pediatr Surg 1985; 20:816-22.
2.
Yaster M, Simmons RS, Tolo VT, Pepple JM, Wetzel RC, Rogers MC: A comparison of
nitroglycerin and nitroprusside for inducing hypotension in children: A double-blind study.
Anesthesiology 1986; 65:175-9.
3.
Wetzel RC, Marsh BR, Yaster M, Casella JF: Anesthetic implications of protein C
deficiency. Anesth Analg 1986; 65:982-4.
4.
Yaster M, Koehler RC, Traystman RJ: Effects of fentanyl on cerebral and peripheral
hemodynamics in neonatal lambs. Anesthesiology 1987; 66:524-30.
5.
Yaster M: The dose response of fentanyl in neonatal anesthesia. Anesthesiology 1987;
66:433-5.
6.
Maxwell LG, Yaster M, Wetzel RC, Niebyl JR: The safety and efficacy of penile nerve
block for newborn circumcision. Obstet Gynecol 1987; 70:415-9.
7.
Yaster M, Buck JR, Dudgeon DL, Manolio TA, Simmons RS, Zeller P, Haller JA:
Hemodynamic effects of primary closure of omphalocele/gastroschisis in newborns.
Anesthesiology 1988; 69:84-8.
8.
Yaster M, Koehler RC, Traystman RJ: Interaction of fentanyl and pentobarbital on
cerebral and peripheral hemodynamics in newborn lambs. Anesthesiology 1989; 70:461-9.
9.
Yaster M, Scherer LR, Stone M, Maxwell LG, Schleien CL, Wetzel RC, Buck JR, Nichols
DG, Colombani PM, Dudgeon DL, Haller JA: Determination of safe primary closure of
congenital abdominal wall defects using intraoperative predictors. J Pediatr Surg 1989;
42:1217-20.
10.
Yaster M, Nichols DG, Deshpande JK, Wetzel RC: Midazolam-fentanyl intravenous
sedation in children. Case report of respiratory arrest. Pediatrics 1990; 86:463-7.
11.
Spear RM, Yaster M, Berkowitz ID, Maxwell LG, Bender KS, Naclerio R, Manolio TA,
Nichols DG: Preinduction of anesthesia in children with rectally administered midazolam.
Anesthesiology 1991; 71:670-4.
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12.
Nichols DG, Yaster M, Lynn AM, Helfaer MA, Deshpande JK, Manson PN, Carson BS,
Bezman M, Maxwell LG, Tobias JD, Grochow LB: Disposition and respiratory effects of
intrathecal morphine in children. Anesthesiology 1993; 79:733-8.
13.
Yaster M, Tobin JR, Billett C, Casella JF, Dover G: Epidural analgesia in the
management of vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis. Pediatrics 1994; 93:310-5.
14.
Maxwell LG, Martin LD, Yaster M: Bupivacaine-induced cardiac toxicity in neonates-successful treatment with intravenous phenytoin. Anesthesiology 1994; 80:682-6.
15.
Yaster M, Sola JE, Pegoli WP, Paidas CN: The night after surgery: Postoperative
management of the pediatric outpatient-surgical and anesthetic aspects. Pediatr Clin North
Am 1994; 41:199-220.
16.
Yaster M, Koehler RC, Traystman RJ: Interaction of fentanyl and nitrous oxide on
peripheral and cerebral hemodynamics in newborn lambs. Anesthesiology 1994; 80:364-71.
17. Lenox WC, Kost-Byerly S, Shipley R, Yaster M: Pediatric caudal epidural catheter
sequestration: an unusual complication. Anesthesiology 1995; 83(5):1112-4.
18.
Greenberg RS, Maxwell LG, Zahurak M, Yaster M: Preanesthetic medication of children
with midazolam using the Biojector jet injector. Anesthesiology 1995; 83: 264-9.
19.
Yaster, M., Kost-Byerly, S., Berde, C., and Billet, C. The management of opioid and
benzodiazepine dependence in infants, children, and adolescents. Pediatrics 1996;
98(1):135-40.
20. Wong, D.F., Harris, J.C., Naidu, S., Yokoi, F., Marenco, S., Dannals, R.F., Ravert, H.T.,
Yaster, M., Evans, A., Rousset, O., Bryan, R.N., Gjedde, A., Kuhar, M.J., and Breese,
G.R. Dopamine transporters are markedly reduced in Lesch-Nyhan disease in vivo. Proc
Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93(11):5539-43.
21. Fisher QA, Shaffner DH, Yaster M: Detection of intravascular injection of regional
anaesthetics in children. Can J Anaesth 1997; 44(6):592-8.
22. Harris JC, Lee RR, Jinnah HA, Wong DF, Yaster M, Bryan RN: Craniocerebral magnetic
resonance imaging measurement and findings in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. Arch Neurol
1998; 55:547-53.
23.
Kost-Byerly S, Tobin JR, Greenberg RS, Billett C, Zahurak M, Yaster M: Bacterial
colonization and infection rate of continuous epidural catheters in children. Anesth Analg
1998; 86:712-6.
24.
Rich JB, Yaster M, Brandt J: Anterograde and retrograde memory in children anesthetized
with propofol. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 1999; 21:535-46.
25.
Greenberg RS, Billett C, Zahurak M, Yaster M: Videotape increases parental knowledge
about pediatric pain management. Anesth Analg 1999; 89:899-903.
26.
Monitto CL, Greenberg RS, Kost-Byerly S, Wetzel RC, Yaster M: The safety and efficacy
of parent-/nurse-controlled analgesia in patients less than six years of age. Anesth Analg
2000; 91 (3):573-9.
27.
Aram, L, Krane EJ, Kozlowski LJ, Yaster M: Tunneled epidural catheters for prolonged
analgesia in pediatric patients. Anesth Analg 2001; 92(6):1432-8.
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Davis PJ, Galinkin J, McGowan FX, Lynn AM, Yaster M, Rabb MF, Krane EJ, Kurth CD,
Blum RH, Maxwell L, Orr R, Szmuk P, Hechtman D, Edwards S, Henson LG: A
randomized multicenter study of remifentanil compared with halothane in neonates and
infants undergoing pyloromyotomy. I. Emergence and recovery profiles. Anesth Analg
2001; 93: 1380-6.
29. Galinkin JL, Davis PJ, McGowan FX, Lynn AM, Rabb MF, Yaster M, Henson LG, Blum
R, Hechtman D, Maxwell L, Szmuk P, Orr R, Krane EJ, Edwards S, Kurth CD: A
Randomized Multicenter Study of Remifentanil Compared with Halothane in Neonates and
Infants Undergoing Pyloromyotomy. II. Perioperative Breathing Patterns in Neonates and
Infants with Pyloric Stenosis. Anesth Analg 2001; 93:1387-92.
30.
Villemagne PM, Naidu S, Villemagne VL, Yaster M, Wagner HN, Jr., Harris JC, Moser
HW, Johnston MV, Dannals RF, Wong DF: Brain glucose metabolism in Rett Syndrome.
Pediatr.Neurol. 2002; 27:117-22.
31.
Liaw WJ, Zhang B, Tao F, Yaster M, Johns RA, Tao YX: Knockdown of spinal cord
postsynaptic density protein-95 prevents the development of morphine tolerance in rats.
Neuroscience 2004; 123:11-5.
32.
Tao F, Liaw WJ, Zhang B, Yaster M, Rothstein JD, Johns RA, Tao YX: Evidence of
neuronal excitatory amino acid carrier 1 expression in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons and
their central terminals. Neuroscience 2004; 123:1045-51.
33.
Schwengel DA, McGready J, Berenholtz SM, Kozlowski LJ, Nichols DG, and Yaster M:
Peripherally inserted central catheters: a randomized, controlled, prospective trial in
pediatric surgical patients. Anesth Analg 2004;99:1038-43.
34.
Maxwell LG, Kaufmann SC, Bitzer S, Jackson EV, Jr., McGready J, Kost-Byerly S,
Kozlowski L, Rothman SK, Yaster M: The effects of a small-dose naloxone infusion on
opioid-induced side effects and analgesia in children and adolescents treated with
intravenous patient-controlled analgesia: a double-blind, prospective, randomized,
controlled study. Anesth Analg 2005; 100: 953-8.
35.
Gottschalk A, Berkow LC, Stevens RD, Mirski M, Thompson RE, White ED, Weingart JD,
Long DM, Yaster M: Prospective evaluation of pain and analgesic use following major
elective intracranial surgery. J Neurosurg 2007; 106:210-6.
36. Guan Y, Yaster M, Raja SN, Tao YX: Genetic knockout and pharmacologic inhibition of
neuronal nitric oxide synthase attenuate nerve injury-induced mechanical hypersensitivity
in mice. Mol Pain 2007; 3:29-34.
37.
Maher EN, Hansen SF, Heine M, Meers H, Yaster M, Hunt EA: Knowledge of procedural
sedation and analgesia of emergency medicine physicians. Pediatr Emerg Care 2007;
23:869-76.
38.
Berde CB, Yaster M, Meretoja O, McCann ME, Huledal G, Gustafsson U, Larsson LE:
Stable plasma concentrations of unbound ropivacaine during postoperative epidural
infusion for 24-72 hours in children. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2008; 25(5):410-7.
39.
Kost-Byerly S, Jackson EV, Yaster M, Kozlowski LJ, Mathews RI, Gearhart JP:
Perioperative anesthetic and analgesic management of newborn bladder exstrophy repair. J
Pediatr Urol 2008; 4:280-5.
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Heitmiller ES, Nelson KL, Hunt EA, Schwartz JM, Yaster M, Shaffner DH: A survey of
anesthesiologists' knowledge of American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life
Support Resuscitation Guidelines. Resuscitation 2008; 79:499-505
41. Liaw WJ, Zhu XG, Yaster M, Johns RA, Gauda EB, Tao YX: Distinct expression of
synaptic NR2A and NR2B in the central nervous system and impaired morphine tolerance
and physical dependence in mice deficient in postsynaptic density-93 protein. Mol Pain
2008; 4:45.
42. Hammer GB, Verghese ST, Drover DR, Yaster M, Tobin JR: Pharmacokinetics and
pharmacodynamics of fenoldopam mesylate for blood pressure control in pediatric patients.
BMC Anesthesiol 2008; 8:6.
43.
Park JS, Yaster M, Guan X, Xu JT, Shih MH, Guan Y, Raja SN, Tao YX: Role of spinal
cord alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors in complete
Freund's adjuvant-induced inflammatory pain. Mol Pain 2008; 4:67.
44.
Lee BH, Lehmann CU, Jackson EV, Kost-Byerly S, Rothman S, Kozlowski L, Miller MR,
Pronovost PJ, Yaster M: Assessing controlled substance prescribing errors in a pediatric
teaching hospital: an analysis of the safety of analgesic prescription practice in the
transition from the hospital to home. J Pain 2009; 10:160-6.
45. Singh OV, Yaster M, Xu JT, Guan Y, Guan X, Dharmarajan AM, Raja SN, Zeitlin PL,
Tao YX. Proteome of synaptosome-associated proteins in spinal cord dorsal horn after
peripheral nerve injury. Proteomics 2009; 9(5):1241-53.
46.
Morad AH, Winters BD, Yaster M, Stevens RD, White ED, Thompson RE, Weingart JD,
Gottschalk A. Efficacy of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia after supratentorial
intracranial surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial. J Neurosurg 2009;
111(2):343-50.
47. Agthe AG, Kim GR, Mathias KB, Hendrix CW, Chavez-Valdez R, Jansson L, Lewis TR,
Yaster M, Gauda EB: Clonidine as an adjunct therapy to opioids for neonatal abstinence
syndrome: a randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics 2009; 123(5):e849-56.
48. Nelson KL, Yaster M, Kost-Byerly S, Monitto CL. A national survey of American
Pediatric Anesthesiologists: patient-controlled analgesia and other intravenous opioid
therapies in pediatric acute pain management. Anesth Analg 2010; 110(3):754-60.
49. Singh OV, Yaster M, Xu JT, GuanY, Guan X, Dharmarajan AM, Raja SN, Zeitlin PL,
TaoYX. Proteome of synaptosome-associated proteins in spinal cord dorsal horn after
peripheral nerve injury. Proteomics 2009; 9(5):1241-53.
50.
Atianjoh FE, Yaster M, Zhao X, Takamiya K, Xia J, Gauda EB, Huganir RL, Tao YX.
Spinal cord protein interacting with C kinase 1 is required for the maintenance of complete
Freund's adjuvant-induced inflammatory pain but not for incision-induced post-operative
pain. Pain 2010; 151(1):226-34.
51.
Xu JT, Zhao X, Yaster M, Tao YX. Expression and distribution of mTOR, p70S6K, 4EBP1, and their phosphorylated counterparts in rat dorsal root ganglion and spinal cord
dorsal horn. Brain Res 2010; 1336:46-57.
52.
Wang W, Petralia RS, Takamiya K, Xia J, Li YQ, Huganir RL, Tao YX, Yaster M.
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Preserved acute pain and impaired neuropathic pain in mice lacking protein interacting
with C Kinase 1. Mol Pain 2011; 7(1):11.
53.
Yaster M, Guan X, Petralia RS, Rothstein JD, Lu W, Tao YX. Effect of Inhibition of
Spinal Cord Glutamate Transporters on Inflammatory Pain Induced by Formalin and
Complete Freund's Adjuvant. Anesthesiology 2011; 114(2):412-23.
54.
Yang CP, Veltri MA, Anton B, Yaster M, Berkowitz ID. Food and Drug Administration
approval for medications used in the pediatric intensive care unit: A continuing conundrum.
Pediatr Crit Care Med 2011; 12(5):e195-9.
55.
Firth PG, McMillan KN, Haberkern CM, Yaster M, Bender MA, Goodwin SR. A survey
of perioperative management of sickle cell disease in North America. Paediatr Anaesth
2011; 21(1):43-9.
56.
Hayes M, Yaster M, Haythornthwaite JA, Riekert K, Nelson K, White E, Mogayzel P,
Lechtzin N. Pain is a common problem affecting clinical outcomes in adults with cystic
fibrosis. Chest 2011; 140(6):1598-603.
57.
Wang W, Atianjoh F, Gauda EB, Yaster M, Li Y, Tao YX. Increased expression of
sodium channel subunit Nav1.1 in the injured dorsal root ganglion after peripheral nerve
injury. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2011; 294(8):1406-11.
58.
Monitto CL, Kost-Byerly S, White E, Lee CK, Rudek MA, Thompson C, Yaster M. The
optimal dose of prophylactic intravenous naloxone in ameliorating opioid-induced side
effects in children receiving intravenous patient-controlled analgesia morphine for
moderate to severe pain: A dose finding study. Anesth Analg 2011; 113(4):834-42.
59. Morad A, Winters B, Stevens R, White E, Weingart J, Yaster M, Gottschalk A. The
efficacy of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia after intracranial surgery of the
posterior fossa: A prospective, randomized controlled trial. Anesth Analg 2012;
114(2):416-23.
60. Berde CB, Walco GA, Krane EJ, Anand KJ, Aranda JV, Craig KD, Dampier CD, Finkel
JC, Grabois M, Johnston C, Lantos J, Lebel A, Maxwell LG, McGrath P, Oberlander TF,
Schanberg LE, Stevens B, Taddio A, von Baeyer CL, Yaster M, Zempsky WT. Pediatric
analgesic clinical trial designs, measures, and extrapolation: report of an FDA scientific
workshop. Pediatrics 2012; 129(2):354-64.
61.
Shih MH, Kao SC, Wang W, Yaster M, Tao YX. Spinal cord NMDA receptor-mediated
activation of mammalian target of rapamycin is required for the development and
maintenance of bone cancer-induced pain hypersensitivities in rats. J Pain 2012;
13(4):338-49.
62. Kao SC, Zhao X, Lee CY, Atianjoh FE, Gauda EB, Yaster M, Tao YX. Absence of μ
opioid receptor mRNA expression in astrocytes and microglia of rat spinal cord.
Neuroreport 2012; 18;23(6):378-84.
63.
Smith MC, Williamson J, Yaster M, Boyd GJ, Heitmiller ES. Off-label use of medications
in children undergoing sedation and anesthesia. Anesth Analg 2012 Mar 26. [Epub ahead
of print].
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Review Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
1.
Yaster M, Deshpande JK: Management of pediatric pain - use of opioid analgesics. J
Pediatr 1988; 113:421-9.
2.
Yaster M, Maxwell LG: Pediatric regional anesthesia - a review. Anesthesiology 1989;
70:324-38.
3.
Yaster M, Deshpande JK, Maxwell LG: The pharmacologic management of pain in
children. Compr Ther 1989; 15:14-26.
4.
Yaster M, Maxwell LG, Nicholas E, Desphande JK: The management of acute pain in
children with local anesthetics: A primer for the non-anesthesiologist. Compr Ther 1991;
17:27-35.
5.
Yaster M, Nicholas EJ, Maxwell LG: The use of opioids in pediatric anesthesia and in the
management of childhood pain. Anesthesiology Clinics of North America, 1991; 9:745-62.
6.
Yaster M, Tobin JR, Fisher QA,Maxwell LG: Local anesthetics in the management of
acute pain in children. J Pediatr 1994; 124: 165-76.
7.
Yaster M, Kost-Byerly S, Greenberg RS, Maxwell LG: The management of acute pain in
the traumatized child. International Anesthesia Clinics 1996; 409-35.
8.
Yaster, M., Cohen, D., Monitto, C.L., Davis, P.J. The use of opioids in pediatric
anesthesia and in the management of childhood pain. Am J Anesthesiol 1996; 23:182-9.
9.
Galloway KS, Yaster M: Pain and symptom control in terminally ill children. Pediatr Clin
North Am 2000; 47:711-46.
10.
Golianu B, Krane EJ, Galloway KS, Yaster M: Pediatric acute pain management. Pediatr
Clin North Am 2000; 47:559-87.
11.
Yaster M, Kost-Byerly S, Maxwell LG: The management of pain in sickle cell disease.
Pediatr Clin North Am 2000; 47:699-710.
12.
Maxwell LG, Yaster M: Perioperative management issues in pediatric patients.
Anesthesiol Clin North Am. 2000; 18(3):601-32.
13.
Yaster M, Nichols DG: Pain management in the critically ill child. Indian J Pediatr 2001;
68:749-69.
14.
Gottschalk A, Yaster M: Pain management after neruosurgery. Neurosurg Q 2007; 17:6473.
15.
Gottschalk A, Yaster M: Pain management after caniotomy Part I. Contemporary
Neurosurgery 2008; 30 (10):1-8.
16.
Gottschalk A, Yaster M: Pain management after Craniotomy Part II. Contemporary
Neurosurgery 2008; 30 (11):1-8.
17.
Gottschalk A, Yaster M: The perioperative management of pain from intracranial surgery.
Neurocrit Care 2009;10(3):387-402.
18. Galinkin JL, Demmer L, Yaster M: Genetics for the pediatric anesthesiologist: A primer
on congenital malformations, pharmacogenetics, and proteomics. Anesth Analg 2010;
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111(5):1264-74.
19.
Yaster M. Multimodal analgesia in children. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2010; 27(10):851-7.
Invited Reviews, Editorials
1.
Yaster M: Analgesia and anesthesia in neonates. J Pediatr 1987; 111:394-6.
2.
Yaster M: Pain relief (editorial). Pediatrics 1995; 95:427-8.
3.
Yaster M, Raphaely R: A festschrift for John J. Downes. Am J Anesthesiol 1996; 23:155.
4.
Maxwell LG, Yaster M: The myth of conscious sedation. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
1996; 150(7):665-7.
5.
Yaster M, Schechter N: Pain and human immunodeficiency virus infection in children.
Pediatrics 1996; 98(3 Pt 1):455-6.
6.
Maxwell, L.G. and Yaster, M.: Analgesia for neonatal circumcision: no more studies, just
do it. 1999; Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 153(5):444-5.
7.
Yaster M: The pediatric sedation unit: a mechanism for safe sedation. Pediatrics 1999;
103:198-9.
8.
Yaster M, Cravero JP. The continuing conundrum of sedation for painful and nonpainful
procedures. J Pediatr 2004; 145:10-2.
9.
Goodwin SR, Haberkern C, Crawford M, Lerman J, Mancuso T, Yaster M: Sickle cell and
anesthesia: do not abandon well-established practices without evidence. Anesthesiology
2005; 103:205-7.
10.
Nichols DG, Yaster M: Victims of our own success or quo vadis pediatric anesthesia?
Anesth Analg 2007; 104:255-7.
Published Abstracts
1.
Yaster M, Simmons RS, Finkelstein BW, Pepple JM: Failure of IV nitroglycerin in
hypotensive anesthesia in children: A double blind comparison. Anesthesiology 61: A423,
1984.
2.
Yaster M: The dose response of fentanyl in neonatal surgery. Anesthesiology 63: A471,
1985.
3.
Yaster M, AronoffD, Kornhauser DM, Pasternak LR, Jeffs RD: The pharmacokinetics of
lidocaine during caudal anesthesia in children. Anesthesiology 63: A465, 1985.
4.
Yaster M, Simmons RS, Buck JR, Azizkhan RG, Dudgeon DL, Haller JA: Hemodynamic
effects of primary closure of omphalocele/gastroschisis in newborns. Anesthesiology 65:
A449, 1986.
5.
Maxwell LG, Harris AP, Gurtner GH: Penile nerve block reduces the physiologic stress of
newborn circumcision. Anesthesiology 65: A385, 1986.
6.
Yaster M, Koehler RC, Traystman RJ: Interaction of fentanyl and pentobarbital on
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cerebral peripheral hemodynamics in newborn lambs. Anesthesiology 67: A516, 1987.
7.
Grayson RJ, Marino PN, Yaster M, Weis J, Kass DA: Is amrinone an inotrope in vivo?
Assessment by end-systolic pressure volume relationships. Anesthesiology 67: A600, 1987.
8.
Spear RM, Yaster M, Deshpande JK, Wetzel RC, Nichols DG: Rectally administered
midazolam for preinduction sedation and induction of general anesthesia in small children.
Anesthesiology 69: A742, 1988.
9.
Yaster M, Berkowitz ID, Bender KS, Maxwell LG, Nichols DG: Rectally administered
midazolam for preinduction of anesthesia in children. Anesthesiology 71: A1043, 1989.
10.
Nichols DG, Yaster M, Deshpande JK, Helfaer M, Lynn A, Tobias J: Disposition and
respiratory effects of intrathecal morphine in children. Anesthesiology 73: A1135, 1990.
11.
Yaster M, Koehler RC, Traystman RJ: The cerebral and peripheral hemodynamic effects
of epidural anesthesia in newborn lambs. Anesthesiology 75: A918, 1991.
12. Kost-Byerly S, Yaster M, Koehler RC, Traystman RJ: Failure of pancuronium and
atropine to augment epinephrine induced tachycardia in halothane anesthetized newborn
lambs. Anesthesiology 77: A1148, 1992.
13.
Yaster M, Tobin JR, Billett C, Casella JF, Dover G: Epidural analgesia in the management
of vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis. Anesthesiology 79: A1133, 1993.
14. Kost-Byerly S, Greenberg RS, Yaster M: Colonization and infection rates of continuous
epidural pediatric epidural catheters; a prospective study in children. Anesthesiology 79:
A1132, 1993.
15.
Kost-Byerly S, Tobin JR, Greenberg RS, Billett C, Yaster M: Continuous lidocaine
epidural analgesia in children. Anesthesiology 81: A1131, 1993.
16.
Yaster M, Koehler RC, Traystman RJ: Interaction of fentanyl and ketamine on cerebral
peripheral hemodynamics in newborn lambs. Anesthesiology 81: A1330, 1994
17. Greenberg RS, Yaster M, Maxwell LG: Preinduction of anesthesia in children with
midazolam using the Bioject jet injector. Anesthesiology 81: A1383, 1994.
18.
Kost-Byerly S, Greenberg RS, Billett C, Khandwala R, Yaster M: Continuous lidocaine
epidural analgesia in neonates. Anesthesiology 81: A1343, 1994.
19.
Yaster M, Rich JB, Brandt J: Propofol blocks implicit and explicit memory and does not
produce retrograde amnesia in children. Anesthesiology 83: A1132, 1995.
20.
Zuckerberg A, Benzuly S, Andrade T, Yaster M. Continuous infusions of epidural
lidocaine result in toxic plasma levels in children with sickle cell hemoglobinopathy.
Anesthesiology 83: A1138, 1995.
21.
Zuckerberg A, Luddy R, Yaster M. Epidural analgesia improves oxygenation in acute
chest syndrome of sickle cell hemoglobinopathy. Anesthesiology 83: A1140, 1995.
22.
Hastings L, Monitto C, Lenox C, Yaster M: CSF and plasma levels of fentanyl in children
undergoing ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery. Anesthesiology 87: A1063, 1997.
23.
Monitto CL, Greenberg RS, Kost-Byerly S, Wetzel RC, Yaster M: Safety and efficacy of
parent/nurse controlled analgesia in patients less than 6 years of age. Anesthesiology 89:
Curriculum Vitae
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A1324, 1998.
24.
Schwengel DA, Berenholtz S, Kozlowski L, McGready J, Nichols DG, Yaster M:
Peripherally inserted central catheters in pediatric surgical patients; a randomized,
controlled, prospective trial. Anesthesiology 96: A1218, 2002.
25.
Yaster M, Kaufmann SC, Bitzer S, Jackson EV Jr., Maxwell LG: Effects of a low-dose
naloxone infusion on opioid-induced side effects and analgesia in children and adolescents
treated with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia: a prospective, randomized,
controlled, double-blind study Anesthesiology A, 1453, 2003
26.
Johns RA, Liaw WJ, Yaster M, Zhang B, Tao YX: Evidence for the involvement of spinal
cord glutamate transporters in the development of chronic inflammatory pain.
Anesthesiology A, 1085, 2003.
27. Verghese ST, Hammer GB, Lavandosky G, Yaster M, Tobin JR: A multicenter,
randomized study to determine the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of
fenoldopam mesylate in pediatric patients. Anesthesiology A, 1445, 2003.
28.
Lee BH, Pronovost P, Jackson EV, Yaster M. Discharge analgesic prescription errors in
pediatrics: A preliminary study of 105 patients. Anesthesiology A, 1280, 2004.
29.
Shaffner DH, Heitmiller ES, Maxwell LG, Hunt EA, Yaster M: Assessing the Knowledge
of American Heart Association Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Guidelines in Pediatric
Anesthesiologists. Anesthesiology A, 1433, 2004
30.
Kost-Byerly S, Jackson EV, Schwengel DA, Yaster M: Perioperative anesthetic
management of newborn bladder exstrophy repair. Anesthesiology A, 1472, 2004.
31.
Nelson KL, Shaffner, DH, Hunt EA, Yaster M, Heitmiller E: Pediatric cardiopulmonary
arrest management in the operating room – results of a national survey. Anesthesiology A,
1648, 2007.
32. Nelson KL, Yaster M, Kost-Byerly S, Monitto C: Pediatric pain management – Results of
a national survey of pediatric anesthesiologists. Anesthesiology A, 688, 2007.
33. Nelson KL, Yaster M, Kost-Byerly S, Monitto C. Patient controlled analgesia by proxy:
results from a national survey. Anesthesiology A, 685, 2007.
34. Kost-Byerly S, Shue Z, Mathews RI, Gearhart JP, Yaster M: Perioperative anesthetic
management of delayed or repeat bladder exstrophy repair Anesthesiology A, 696, 2007.
35.
Tao Y-X, Guan Y, Yaster M, Raja SN: Genetic knockout and pharmacological inhibition
of nNOS attenuate nerve injury-induced pain in mice. Anesthesiology A, 164, 2007.
36.
Monitto CL, White E, Kost-Byerly S, Yaster M: Optimal sose of IV naloxone to
ameliorate opioid induced side effects in children receiving IVPCA. Anesthesiology A
1609, 2008.
37.
Williamson JL, Latham G, Yaster M, Heitmiller ES: Off-label drug use in pediatric
anesthesia: A continuing conundrum. Anesthesiology A 789, 2008.
38.
Yaster M, Singh OV, Guan Y, Raja SN, Tao Y-X: Proteome of synaptosome-associated
proteins in spinal cord dorsal horn after peripheral nerve injury. Anesthesiology A 636,
2008
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39.
Kozlowski L, Colantuoni, E, White E, Yaster M, Kost-Byerly S: An analysis of analgesic
use and pain assessment methods in a hospitalized pediatric population. Anesthesiology A
1551, 2009.
40.
Yaster M, Park J, Huganir RL, Tao Y-X: Peripheral inflammation drives NMDAR/PKCdependent GluR2 internalization in dorsal horn neurons. Anesthesiology A 118, 2009.
Book Chapters
1.
Yaster M, Haller JA, Jr.: Multiple trauma in the pediatric patient. In: Rogers MC (Ed.):
Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care. Baltimore. Williams and Wilkins, 1987, pp. 12651322.
2.
Yaster M, Maxwell LG: Pain management. Hoekelman RA, Friedman SB, Nelson NM,
Seidel HM (Eds.): Primary Pediatric Care. 2nd edition. St. Louis, Mosby-Year Book,
1992, pp. 302-317.
3.
Yaster M: Airway management. In: Nichols DG, Yaster M, Lappe DG, Buck JR (Eds.):
Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced Pediatric Life Support. Mosby-Year Book, St.
Louis, MO, 1991, pp. 9-46.
4.
Yaster M: Pain control and sedation. In: Nichols DG, Yaster M, Lappe DG, Buck JR
(Eds.): Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced Pediatric Life Support. Mosby-Year
Book, St. Louis, MO, 1991, pp. 191-200.
5.
Yaster M: Preoperative assessment of the newborn. In: Rogers M, Tinker J, Covino B,
Longnecker D (Eds.): Principles and Practice of Anesthesiology. Mosby-Year Book, St.
Louis, MO, 1991.
6.
Yaster M: Anesthesia for newborn surgical emergencies. In: Rogers M, Tinker J, Covino
B, Longnecker D, (Eds.): Principles and Practice of Anesthesiology. Mosby-Year Book,
St. Louis, MO, 1991.
7.
Yaster M, Bean JD, Tremlett M, Nicholas EJ, Rogers MC: Pain sedation, and
postoperative anesthetic management in the pediatric intensive care unit. In: Rogers MC
(Ed.): Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care. 2nd edition. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore
1992, pp. 1518-1570.
8.
Yaster M, Nicholas EJ: Pain management in children. In: Rogers MC, Decker BC (Eds.):
Current Practice in Anesthesiology. 2nd edition. Mosby-Year Book, Philadelphia, PA,
1991, pp. 242-250.
9.
Yaster M: Gastroschisis. In: Stehling L. (Ed.): Common Problems in Pediatric
Anesthesia. 2nd edition. Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis, MO, 1992, pp.19-26.
10.
Yaster M, Maxwell LG: Opioid agonists and antagonist. In: Schecter NL, Berde CB,
Yaster M (Eds.): Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents. Williams and Wilkins,
Baltimore, MD, 1992, pp. 145-171.
11.
Yaster M, Tobin JR, Maxwell LG: Local anesthetics. In: Schecter NL, Berde CB, Yaster
M (Eds.). Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore,
MD, 1992, pp. 179-194.
Curriculum Vitae
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12.
Yaster M, Tobin J: Pain management in the pediatric intensive care unit. In: Critical Care
State of the Art, Vol. 14. Society of Critical Care Medicine, Anaheim, 1993, 2:61-130.
13.
Yaster M, Maxwell LG: Airway management. In: Nichols DG, Yaster M, Lappe DG,
Haller JA, (Eds.): Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced Pediatric Life Support. 2nd
edition. Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis, 1996, pp. 9-59.
14.
Yaster M, Weigle CGM: Electrolyte, metabolic, and endocrine disorders. In: Nichols DG,
Yaster M, Lappe DG, Haller JA, (Eds.): Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced
Pediatric Life Support. 2nd edition. Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis, 1996, pp. 197-216.
15.
Yaster M, Greenberg RS, Tobin JR: Pain control and sedation. In: Nichols DG, Yaster M,
Lappe DG, Haller JA, (Eds.): Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced Pediatric Life
Support. 2nd edition. Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis, 1996, pp. 325-344.
16.
Helfaer MA, Yaster M: Pediatric drug formulary. In: Nichols DG, Yaster M, Lappe DG,
Haller JA, (Eds.): Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced Pediatric Life Support. 2nd
edition. Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis, 1996, pp. 555-605.
17.
Yaster M, Wetzel RC. Pediatric anesthesia. In: Oldhalm KT, Colombani PM, Foglia RP
(Eds.): Surgery of Infants and Children: Scientific Principles and Practice. LippincottRaven, Philadelphia, 1997, pp. 327-358.
18. Zuckerberg AL, Yaster M: Anesthesia for orthopedic surgery. In: Motoyama EK, Davis
PJ (Eds.): Smith’s Anesthesia for Infants and Children. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1996,
pp 605-632.
19.
Maxwell LG, Yaster M: Preoperative assessment. In: Hoekelman RA, Friedman SB,
Nelson NM, Seidel HM, Weitzman ML (Eds.): Primary Pediatric Care. Mosby Year
Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 98-108.
20.
Yaster M, Kost-Byerly S, Maxwell LG: Management of acute pain in children. In:
Hoekelman RA, Friedman SB, Nelson NM, Seidel HM, Weitzman ML (Eds.): Primary
Pediatric Care. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 98-108.
21.
Yaster M, Paidas CN, Maxwell LG: Postoperative management of the pediatric outpatientsurgical and anesthetic aspects. In: Hoekelman RA, Friedman SB, Nelson NM, Seidel HM,
Weitzman ML (Eds.): Primary Pediatric Care. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp.
98-108.
22.
Yaster M: Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. In: Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan R, Coté
C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management and Sedation. Mosby
Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp 19-27.
23.
Yaster M, Karolinski K, Maxwell L: Opioid agonists and antagonists. In: Yaster M,
Krane EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain
Management and Sedation. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 29-49.
24.
Yaster M: Local anesthetics. In: Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe DG
(Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management and Sedation. Mosby Year Book, St.
Louis, 1997, pp. 51-71.
25.
Yaster M, Kost-Byerly S: Adjuvant analgesics. In: Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan R, Coté
C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management and Sedation. Mosby
Curriculum Vitae
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26.
Yaster M, Billett C, Monitto C: Intravenous patient controlled analgesia. In: Yaster M,
Krane EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain
Management and Sedation. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 89-111.
27.
Yaster M, Andresini, JA, Krane E: Epidural analgesia. In: Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan R,
Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management and Sedation.
Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp.113-146.
28.
Krane E, Yaster M: Transition to less invasive therapy. In: Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan
R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management and Sedation.
Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp.147-162.
29.
Yaster M: Peripheral nerve blockade. In: Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe
DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management and Sedation. Mosby Year
Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 163-188.
30.
Lin Y-C, Krane E, Yaster M: Challenging pain problems. In: Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan
R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management and Sedation.
Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 191-218.
31.
Kaplan R, Greenberg R, Yaster M: Sedation for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. In:
Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric
Pain Management and Sedation. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp.273-308.
32.
Kaplan R, Yaster M: Sedation documentation and record keeping. In: Yaster M, Krane
EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management
and Sedation. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 321-343.
33.
Yaster M, Coté C: Sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics, and amnestics. In: Yaster M, Krane
EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management
and Sedation. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 345-374.
34.
Yaster M: General anesthesia. In: Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe DG
(Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management and Sedation. Mosby Year Book, St.
Louis, 1997, pp. 375-398.
35.
Yaster M, Maxwell L: Fasting and prophylaxis guidelines. In: Yaster M, Krane EJ,
Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management and
Sedation. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 399-407.
36.
Yaster M, Coté Charles: Monitoring and vigilance aids. In: Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan
R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management and Sedation.
Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 409-421.
37.
Yaster M: Recovery from sedation. In: Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe
DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management and Sedation. Mosby Year
Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 423-433.
38.
Yaster M, Shaffner DH, Schleien C: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In: Yaster M, Krane
EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain Management
and Sedation. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 435-457.
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39. Schwengel D, Elwood T, Yaster M: Sedation for radiology and radiation therapy. In:
Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric
Pain Management and Sedation. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 461-479.
40.
Yaster M, Friedman R: Diagnostic evaluation of congenital heart disease. In: Yaster M,
Krane EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric Pain
Management and Sedation. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 527-543.
41.
Yaster M: Acute pain management reimbursement: Issues, options, and strategies. In:
Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric
Pain Management and Sedation. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997, pp. 567-577.
42.
Yaster M: Evaluation of the neonate. In: Longnecker DE, Tinker JH, Morgan GE (Eds.):
Principles and Practice of Anesthesiology, Vol. 1. 2nd edition. Mosby Year Book, St.
Louis, 1998, pp.426-437.
43.
Yaster M: Anesthesia for surgical emergencies in newborns. In: Longnecker DE, Tinker
JH, Morgan GE (Eds.): Principles and Practice of Anesthesiology, Vol. 2. 2nd edition.
Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1998, pp. 2058-2078.
44.
Yaster M, Galloway K: Management of Acute Pain. In: Yaster M (Ed.): Pediatric
Anesthesia, Problems in Anesthesiology. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia,
10:4, 1998, pp 507-520.
45.
Maxwell LG, Yaster M: Common postoperative problems. In: Yaster M. (Ed): Pediatric
Anesthesia, Problems in Anesthesiology. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia,
10:4, 1998, pp 466-577.
46.
Yaster M, Kost-Byerly S, Maxwell LG: Pediatric pain management. In: Bissonnette B,
Dalens B (Eds.): Pediatric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice. McGraw Hill, New York,
2001, pp. 705-721.
47.
Yaster M, Hardart RA: Pediatric Pan Management. In: Raj PP (Ed.): Textbook of Regional
Anesthesia. Churchill Livingstone, New York, 2002, pp.1009-1032.
48.
Yaster M, Maxwell LG, Kaplan RF: The anesthesiologist and sedation: Who, What,
When, Where, and Why? In: Yemen TA (Ed.): Pediatric Anesthesia Handbook. McGraw
Hill, New York, 2002, pp 389-399.
49.
Yaster M: Clinical pharmacology. In: Schecter NL, Berde CB, Yaster M (Eds.): Pain in
Infants, Children, and Adolescents. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA,
2003, pp 71-84.
50.
Yaster M, Kost-Byerly S, Maxwell LG: Opioid agonists and antagonist. In: Schecter NL,
Berde CB, Yaster M (Eds.): Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents. Lippincott
Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2003, pp 181-224.
51.
Yaster M, Tobin JR, Maxwell LG: Local anesthetics. In: Schecter NL, Berde CB, Yaster
M (Eds.): Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins,
Philadelphia, PA, 2003, pp 241-264.
52.
Desparmet JF, Hardart RA, Yaster M: Central blocks in children and adolescents. In:
Schecter NL, Berde CB, Yaster M (Eds.): Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents.
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2003, pp 339-362.
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53.
Yaster M, Maxwell LG, Kost-Byerly S: Opioids in the management of acute pediatric
pain. In: Malviya S, Naughton NN, Tremper KK (Eds.): Sedation and Analgesia for
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, 2003, pp 153-190.
54.
Yaster M, Kost-Byerly S: Acute pain management in children. In: Hadzic A (Ed.):
Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management. McGraw Hill Medical,
New York, 2007, 768-778.
55.
Yaster M, Elliott RA: Preoperative assessment of the newborn. In: Longnecker DE,
Brown DL, Newman MF, Zapol WM (Eds.): Anesthesiology. McGraw Hill, New York,
2008, 300-309.
56.
Yaster M, Rossberg MI: Anesthesia for newborn surgical emergencies. In: Longnecker
DE, Brown DL, Newman MF, Zapol WM (Eds.): Anesthesiology. McGraw Hill, New
York, 2008, 1502-1519.
57.
Yaster M, Easley RB, Brady KM: Pain and sedation management in the critically ill child.
In: Rogers’ Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care. 4th edition. Lippincott Williams and
Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2008, 136-165.
58.
Schwengel DA, Paidas CN, Yaster M: Initial assessment. In: Nichols DG, Yaster M,
Schleien CL, Paidas CN (Eds.): Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced Pediatric Life
Support. 3rd edition. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, 2011, pp. 1-7.
59.
Lancaster CT, Yaster M: Airway management. Nichols DG, Yaster M, Schleien CL,
Paidas CN (Eds.): Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced Pediatric Life Support. 3rd
edition. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, 2011, pp. 8-46.
60.
Oliva-Hemker M, Colombani PM, Yaster M: Gastrointestinal emergencies. In: Nichols
DG, Yaster M, Schleien CL, Paidas CN (Eds.): Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced
Pediatric Life Support. 3rd edition. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, 2011, pp. 181-199.
61. Zuckerberg AL, Yaster M, Nichols DG: Hematologic emergencies. In: Nichols DG,
Yaster M, Schleien CL, Paidas CN (Eds.): Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced
Pediatric Life Support. 3rd edition. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, 2011, pp. 208-222.
62. Haun S, Yaster M, Nichols DG: Nontraumatic Stupor and Coma. In: Nichols DG, Yaster
M, Schleien CL, Paidas CN (Eds.): Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced Pediatric
Life Support. 3rd edition. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, 2011, pp. 260-268.
63.
Yaster M: Pain Control and Sedation Management. In: Nichols DG, Yaster M, Schleien
CL, Paidas CN (Eds.): Golden Hour: The Handbook of Advanced Pediatric Life Support.
3rd edition. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, 2011, pp. 329-348.
Book Editor
1.
Nichols DG, Yaster M, Lappe DG, Buck JR (eds): Golden Hour: The Handbook of
Advanced Pediatric Life Support. Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis, MO, 1991.
2.
Schechter NL, Berde CB, Yaster M (Eds.): Textbook: Pain in Infants, Children and
Adolescents. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 1992.
3.
Nichols DG, Yaster M (Editor-in-Chief), Lappe DG, Haller JA, (Eds.): Textbook: Golden
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Hour: The Handbook of Advanced Pediatric Life Support. 2nd edition. Mosby Year Book,
Inc., St. Louis, 1996.
4.
Yaster M, Krane EJ, Kaplan R, Coté C, Lappe DG (Eds.): The Handbook of Pediatric
Pain Management and Sedation. Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, 1997.
5.
Schecter NL, Berde CB, Yaster M, (Eds.) Textbook: Pain in Infants, Children, and
Adolescents. 2nd edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2003.
6.
Nichols DG. Rogers’ Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care. 4th edition. Lippincott
Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2008.
7.
Nichols DG, Yaster M, Schleien CL, Paidas CN: Textbook: Golden Hour: The Handbook
of Advanced Pediatric Life Support. 3rd edition. Elsevier Mosby Inc. Philadelphia, 2011.
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pharmacodynamics of fenoldopam mesylate in pediatric subjects. Clinical Study
Protocol No. 2000-027
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Pharmacokinetics and to Characterize Safety and Efficacy in Pediatric Patients 6 to ≤ 16
Years of Age. Clinical Study Protocol No. OXP3004 Treatment Phase; OXP3004
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Title: Multi-center, double blind, randomized, dose ranging study, in pediatric patients 5 to </=
16 years of age receiving morphine as standard supplemental pain medication, to evaluate
pharmacokinetics, safety and efficacy of oxy pediatric liquid (1mg/ml) versus placebo in
the treatment of acute moderate to severe pain. Clinical Study Protocol No. OXP 3003
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Purdue Pharma L.P. – Stamford, CT
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Title: A Multi-Center, In-Patient, Open-Label, Dose-Ranging Study to Characterize the
Pharmacokinetics and Safety of an Oral Liquid Formulation of Oxycodone in Patients
from Birth to 4 Years of Age, Who Require Opioid Analgesia. Clinical Study Protocol
No. OXP 1005
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Purdue Pharma L.P. – Stamford, CT
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pediatric patients. Protocol No. 20-01
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ZARS Corporation
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1/2002-1/2004
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$20,000
Title: Effects of a low dose naloxone infusion on analgesia and opioid induced side effects in
children treated with patient controlled analgesia: a randomized, double blind, controlled
study. Protocol number 00-06-13-03
Principal Investigator:
Myron Yaster, M.D.
Sponsor:
Blaustein Pain Foundation
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10/2002-10/2004
Total Direct Costs:
$50,000
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Principal Investigator
Title: The management of postoperative craniotomy pain in adults: A prospective, randomized
controlled trial.
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Myron Yaster, M.D.
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Blaustein Pain Foundation
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chronic morphine tolerance. Sponsor Blaustein Pain Foundation
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Myron Yaster, M.D.
Sponsor:
Blaustein Pain Foundation
Total Project Period:
10/2010-10/2012
Total Direct Costs:
$40,000
Faculty Role:
Principal Investigator
Title: An open label, non randomized, multicenter, ascending dose by age, single and multidose
evaluation of the effectiveness, safety, and tolerability of oral liquid oxymorphone
immediate release for acute postoperative pain in pediatric subjects.
Principal Investigator:
Myron Yaster, M.D.
Sponsor:
Endo Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Chadds Ford, PA
Total Project Period:
10/2011-10/2013
Total Direct Costs:
$50,000
Faculty Role:
Principal Investigator
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITES
Teaching Activities
1984 - 2006
Faculty: Advanced Pediatric Life Support Course (APLS) The Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine and The Johns Hopkins Pediatric Trauma Center,
Baltimore, Maryland
"Pediatric Airway Management"
"The Management of Acute Airway Obstruction" (Epiglottitis-Croup)
"The Management of Childhood Respiratory Failure"
"The Management of Medical Encephalopathies in Children”
“The Management of Stupor and Coma"
“The Management of Status Epilepticus”
"Pediatric Pain Management"
"Conscious and Deep Sedation-Principles of Safe Practice"
Oct 1991-93 Faculty: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Refresher
Course Lectures, San Francisco, New Orleans, Washington, D.C.
"Pediatric Regional Anesthesia"
Oct 1992
Faculty: American Society of Anesthesiologists San Francisco, New Orleans,
Washington, D.C., Atlanta, San Diego, Orlando
"Problem Based Learning: Pediatrics"
Nov 1992
Faculty: Advanced Pediatric Life Support Course (APLS), The Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, SAIDIA, and the Kenyatta National Hospital,
Nairobi, Kenya
"Pediatric Airway Management"
"The Management of Acute Airway Obstruction" (Epiglottitis-Croup)
"Fluids and Electrolytes and the Management of Shock"
"The Management of Medical Encephalopathies in Children--The Management
of Stupor and Coma"
"The Management of Head Trauma"
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"The Medical Management of Seizures"
May 1993
Faculty: Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Meeting, New York City
"The Management of Pain in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit"
Spring 1993
Faculty: American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, Chicago,
New York City, Atlanta
"Principles and Practice of Pediatric Sedation and Pain Management"
“Palliative Care–Pain Management for the Terminally Ill”
“The Management of Pain in the Newborn Infant”
Nov 1993
Faculty: Advanced Pediatric Life Support Course (APLS) The Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, SAIDIA, and the Korle-Bu National Hospital,
Accra, Ghana
Sept 1995
Faculty and Course Director: Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS), The Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine, F.D.Roosevelt Hospital Banska Bystricia,
Slovakia, and the Slovak Society of Medicine, Bratislava and Banska Bystricia
Slovakia
Oct 1995
Faculty The Annual Meeting of Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
“Opioid Anesthesia in the Newborn”
Feb 1996
Faculty The Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, San Antonio,
Tampa, Las Vegas
“The Nuts and Bolts of Setting Up a Pediatric Pain Service”
“Workshop: Advanced Nerve Blocks and Regional Anesthetic Techniques”
“Workshop: Fiberoptic Laryngoscopy for the Difficult Pediatric Airway”
June 1996
Faculty 17th Annual meeting of the Israel Society of Anesthesiologists
“Pain Management in Children”
“Pediatric Regional Anesthesia”
Oct 1996
Faculty Annual Meeting of the American Pain Society, Washington DC
“The Management of Pediatric Pain”
Dec 1996
Faculty New York Post-Graduate Assembly
“The Management of Postoperative Pediatric Pain”
Dec 1997
Faculty New York Post-Graduate Assembly
“Anesthesia for Pediatric Spine Surgery”
Dec 1997
Faculty 19th Annual Meeting of the Puerto Rican Society of Anesthesiologists
“The Management of Postoperative Pediatric Pain”
“Common Post-Operative Problems”
“Conscious Sedation, MAC, and General Anesthesia for Pediatric Patients
Outside of the Operating Room–How, Why, What, When, and Where?”
May 1998
Children in Pain Meeting the Challenge. Children’s Hospital of Michigan (Wayne
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State University).
Keynote speaker: Pediatric Pain Management: State of the Art
April 1998
Faculty and Course Director: Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS), The Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine, Hungarian Society of Medicine, Gyor and
Budapest, Hungary
June 1998
Faculty, 24th Annual Meeting of the Mexican Society of Anesthesiologists
“The Management of Postoperative Pediatric Pain”
“Preoperative Management of the Pediatric Patient”
“Common Post-operative Problems in the Pediatric Patient”
Sept 1998
Faculty, Annual Meeting of the Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of
Pediatrics
“Pain and Sedation Management for the Pediatric Patient”
Dec 1998
The Magill Lecture, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine,
Chelsea and Westminister Hospital and the Hammersmith Hospital, London UK
“Common Post-Operative Problems in the Pediatric Patient”
“Acute Pain Management in the Pediatric Patient”
May 1999
Children in Pain: Advancing the practice of pain management, Children’s Hospital
of Michigan, University of Michigan and Wayne State University School of
Medicine. “The Physiology of Pain”
Oct 1999
Annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Dallas TX “Pediatric
Regional Anesthesia”
Feb 2000
Faculty, The Annual Meeting of Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
“The Perioperative Management of the Child with Sickle Cell Anemia ”
Feb 2000
Faculty, The Annual Meeting of Society of Critical Care Medicine “Regional
Anesthesia in the Management of Pediatric Critically Ill Children”
March 2000
Faculty and Course Director: Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS), The Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine, Athens Greece
Sept 2000
Faculty and Course Director: Sedation Management for Painful and Non Painful
Procedures in Children and Adults: A Core Course for Medical, Nursing, and
Dental Practitioners, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore,
MD
Oct 2000
Faculty American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting Chicago IL
“The Management of Pain and Sedation in the Pediatric Patient”
May 2001
Course Director: Pain Management: A Core Course for Medical, Nursing, and
other Health Care Professionals, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD
Annual Meeting American Society of Anesthesiologists:
Oct 2001
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Workshop on Regional Anesthesia: Pediatric Regional Anesthesia
October 2001 Faculty, The Annual Meeting of Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
“Pain Management: Meeting the Hospital JCAHO Requirements on a Budget”
Nov 2001
Faculty, Seventh Annual Advances in Physiology and Pharmacology in Anesthesia
and Critical Care, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
“Postoperative Pain Management in Children”
May 2002
Alumni Association College of Medicine State University of New York Health
Science Center at Brooklyn
Special recognition award in pediatric anesthesia and critical care medicine
“Pain Management in infants, children, and adults”
April 2004
World Congress of Anesthesia Pediatric Satellite Meeting, Bordeaux France
“The Management of Pediatric Pain”
May 2004
The Ralph Waters Visiting Professorship, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
“Neural Blockade in the Pediatric Patient”
“Anesthesia for the newborn infant”
October 2004 Refresher Course Faculty, 2004 Annual Meeting American Society of
Anesthesiologists Las Vegas, Nevada
“The Management of Acute Pediatric Pain”
August 2005 Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation
“The Management of Acute Pediatric Pain”
“The Management of Chronic Pediatric Pain”
Sept 2005
Course director: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit/Pediatric anesthesiology 2005
update and state of the art. Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore MD
“The Management of Pain and Sedation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit:
Where We Are and Where Are We Going”
Sept 2005
The Kaplan Memorial Lecture: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
“Pediatric Pain Management ”
October 2005 Refresher Course Faculty, 2005 Annual Meeting American Society of
Anesthesiologists Atlanta, Georgia
“The Management of Acute Pediatric Pain”
Faculty, Clinical Workshop “Pediatric Regional Anesthesia”
Faculty, Clinical Forum “Medical Genetics for the Anesthesiologist”
October 2005 Faculty, 19th Annual Meeting North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference
Baltimore MD
“Acute Pain Management”
“Tolerance, Dependence, and Addiction”
May 2006
Visiting Professor Department of Anesthesiology University of Washington,
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Seattle WA
“Six Sigma and Pediatric Pain Management-Error Reduction Improving the
Quality of Care”
“Proteomics: A Primer for the Anesthesiologist”
June 2006
The James Phythyon MD Memorial Lecture: Vanderbilt University
“Proteomics: A Primer for the Anesthesiologist”
October 2006 Refresher Course Faculty, 2006 Annual Meeting American Society of
Anesthesiologists Chicago, IL
“The Management of Acute Pediatric Pain”
Faculty, Clinical Workshop “Pediatric Regional Anesthesia”
Faculty, Clinical Forum “Medical Genetics for the Anesthesiologist”
Faculty, Clinical Forum “10 best papers 2006"
Nov 2006
The Donlin Long Pain Service Award Lecture, Dean’s Lecture, Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD
“Pediatric Pain Management: Past, Present, and Future”
April 2007
Faculty, Children of the World Anesthesia Foundation, Mexico City
“The Management of Pediatric Pain”
“Anesthesia for the newborn infant”
“Primer: Perioperative Fluid Management for the Pediatric Patient”
Oct 2007
Refresher Course Faculty, 2007 Annual Meeting American Society of
Anesthesiologists San Francisco, CA
“The Management of Acute Pediatric Pain”
Faculty, Clinical Workshop “Pediatric Regional Anesthesia”
Luncheon Panel: “Intravenous v regional techniques for postoperative analgesia in
the pediatric patient”
Dec 2007
Faculty, Annual meeting New York State Society of Anesthesiologists Post
Graduate Assembly New York City
“10 things you have to know before you anesthetize a child”
Sep 2008
The 5th Annual Josephine “Pena” Templeton Honorary Lecture, Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
“The management of post craniotomy pain: a case study in how to conduct a
clinical research trial”
“Proteomics: A Primer for the Anesthesiologist”
Oct 2008
Faculty, key note speaker, Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia,
Orlando FL
“Proteomics: A Primer for the Anesthesiologist”
Nov 2008
Visiting Professor Department of Anesthesiology State University of New York,
Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn New York
“Six Sigma and Pediatric Pain Management-Error Reduction Improving the
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Quality of Care”
“The Management of Pediatric Pain”
Feb 2009
The Digby Leigh Lecture: 47th Clinical Conference in Pediatric Anesthesiology,
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Anaheim, CA
“Newer perspectives in managing the complication of opioids”
May 2009
Faculty of the 1st Sino-American World Conference on Pediatric Anesthesia,
Beijing China
“The Management of Pediatric Pain”
“Anesthesia for the newborn infant”
March 2010
Faculty, key note speaker, Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia,
San Antonio Texas
“The management of post craniotomy pain: a case study in how to conduct a
clinical research trial”
Dec 2010
First annual Charles Beattie, PhD, MD Memorial Lecture, New York University
School of Medicine, New York, NY
“The management of post craniotomy pain: a case study in how to conduct a
clinical research trial”
Sept 2011
Visiting Professor Departments of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology Primary
Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City UT
“Six Sigma and Pediatric Pain Management-Error Reduction Improving the
Quality of Care”
Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Chicago IL
“The History of Newborn Anesthesia: Past, Present, and Future”
Oct 2011
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Mentoring
Fellowship Participants
PICU Fellows
Alice D. Ackerman
J. Michael Dean
John Gordon
William D. Hayden
Carl Weigele
Kristen Nelson
PICU/Anesthesia Fellows
Pediatric Anesthesia
Steven. D Barnes
Ivor D. Berkowitz
Ken Brady
Anna Brown
Alan G. Britten
David Cordry
Blaine Easley
James L. Fackler
James J. Fehr
Randy Flick
Robert S. Greenberg
Steven Hayes
Laura Hastings
Steven Hayes
Mark A. Helfaer
Sapna Kudchadkar
W. Casey Lenox
Lynn D. Martin
James J. McCloskey
Michael E. Nemergut
Dolores B. Njoku
Reuben Pasternak
Russ A. Sauder
Larry Schwartz
Jamie Schwartz
Charles Scheien
Deborah Schwengel
Nancy Setzer
Hal Shaffner
Jay Shayvitz
Linda K . Snelling
Robert W. Spear
Joseph D. Tobias
Joseph R. Tobin
Julie Williamson
Aaron Zuckerberg
Jolene D. Bean
Karen S. Bender
Christine Chen
Richard Elliot
Thomas Elwood
Allison Fernandez
Karen Galloway
Richard Hardart
Andrew Heath
Eric Jackson, Jr.
Sandra Kaufman
Sabine Kost-Byerly
Greg Latham
Helen Lee
Jennifer Lee
Michael Lee
Sharon Liu
Christine Mai
Sally Masey
Richard Marn
Lynne G. Maxwell
Maureen Murphy
Elizabeth Nicholas
Winston Ota
James L. Robotham
Allison Kinder-Ross
Devin Sanders
Veronica Szabo
Brian K. Tabata
Michael Tremlett
Richard Vax
Daniel Woodward
Charles Zahakala
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Editorial Activities
Edited Festschrift for John J. Downes, MD for the American Journal of Anesthesiology 23;
1996
Editor Pediatric Anesthesia Problems in Anesthesia 10; 4, 1998 Lippincott Williams and
Wilkins
Editor Acute Pain Management Pediatric Clinics of North America published in June 2000
Journal Peer Review Activities
Anesthesiology
Anesthesia and Analgesia
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
Journal of Pediatrics
Pain
Pediatrics
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Journal of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management
Military Service
None
Licensure
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Board Certification
4/83
5/86
7/87
American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Professional Societies (membership):
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1979
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American Society of Anesthesiology
International Anesthesia Research Society
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Professional Societies (membership):
1986
1989
Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
International Association for the Study of Pain
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1991
Association of University Anesthesiologists
1993
International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society
1996
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics 174511
2007
Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society
2011
Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Academy of
Research Mentors in Anesthesiology
Other Professional Accomplishments
1974
Summa Cum Laude, Brooklyn College of the City University of
New York
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Cum Laude, College of Medicine - Downstate Medical Center,
State University of New York
1986 - 1988
President, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
1987 - 1992
Board of Directors American Academy of Pediatrics
Anesthesiology Section
1988 - 1992
Board of Directors, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia 1992
1992 - 2000
Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia, American Society of
Anesthesiologists
1997 - 2000
Section on Anesthesiology Executive Committee- American
Academy of Pediatrics
2000-
Procedural Sedation Committee Johns Hopkins Hospital
2002- 2004
State of Maryland Advisory Council on Pain Management
2003 - 2009
Associate Professor Promotions Committee Johns Hopkins
Hospital
2005 - 2009
Medical School Council Johns Hopkins University