Paul Hickey, MD
| Department | Anesthesiology |
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| Hospital Title | Anesthesiologist-in-Chief | |
| Academic Title | Professor of Anaesthesia | |
| Phone | 617-355-7267 | |
| Fax | 617-730-0892 | |
| Paul Hickey | ||
| Location |
300 Longwood Avenue Bader-3 Boston MA 02115 |
Research Overview
Paul Hickey's research interests include brain injury resulting from cardiac surgery in children, pain and stress responses in the fetus, infants, and children; the pathophysiology and modulation of inflammatory responses to surgery; and cardiopulmonary bypass involving leukocyte and endothelial adhesion.
About Paul Hickey
Paul Hickey received his MD degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed an internship and residency in surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, a fellowship in cardiac surgery at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and a residency in anesthesia and fellowship in cardiac anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Hickey is internationally and nationally considered a leading expert in pediatric cardiac anesthesia. He is a past Editor of the Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia and the Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia.
Key Publications
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Gruber EM, Laussen PC, Casta A, Zimmerman AA, Zurakowski D, Reid R, Odegard KC, Chakravorti S, Davis PJ, McGowan FX Jr, Hickey PR, Hansen DD. Stress response in infants undergoing cardiac surgery: a randomized study of fentanyl bolus, fentanyl infusion, and fentanyl-midazolam infusion. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2001; 92: 882-890.
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de Ferranti, S, Gauvreau K, Hickey PR, Jonas, RA, Wypij D, du Plessis A, Bellinger DC, Kaban KC, Newburger, JW, Laussen P. Intraoperative hyperglycemia during neonatal cardiac surgery is not associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes at 1, 4, and 8 years. Anesthesiology 2004; in press.
- Anand KJS, Hansen DD, Hickey PR. Hormonal-metabolic stress responses in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery. Anesthesiology 1990; 73: 661-667.
