Barry D. Kussman, MBBCh, FFA(SA)
Senior Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School
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Barry D. Kussman, MBBCh, FFA(SA)
Senior Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Medical School
MBBCh
University of Witwatersrand Medical School
1984
Johannesburg
South Africa
Internship
General Surgery/Internal Medicine
Johannesburg Hospital (now The Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital)
1985
Johannesburg
South Africa
Residency
Anesthesiology
Johannesburg Hospital (now The Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital)
1989
Johannesburg
South Africa
Residency
Anesthesiology
Groote Schuur Hospital
1993
Cape Town
South Africa
Fellowship
Pediatric Anesthesia
Boston Children's Hospital
1995
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Cardiac Anesthesia
Boston Children’s Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
1996
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Anesthesiology (General)
American Board of Anesthesiology (Pediatric Anesthesiology)
Publications
Can pain under anesthesia be measured? Pain-related brain function using functional near-infrared spectroscopy during knee surgery. View Abstract
A Survey of the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society on the Use and Clinical Application of Near- Infrared Tissue Oximetry in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. View Abstract
Measuring "pain load" during general anesthesia. View Abstract
Preventing pediatric chronic postsurgical pain: Time for increased rigor. View Abstract
Brain-based measures of nociception during general anesthesia with remifentanil: A randomized controlled trial. View Abstract
fNIRS brain measures of ongoing nociception during surgical incisions under anesthesia. View Abstract
Rhythmic Change of Cortical Hemodynamic Signals Associated with Ongoing Nociception in Awake and Anesthetized Individuals: An Exploratory Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Study. View Abstract
Commentary: Thoracic epidural anesthesia for pediatric cardiac surgery and enhanced recovery: Still lessons yet to be learned. View Abstract
Cerebral Emboli Monitoring Using Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography in Adults and Children: A Review of the Current Technology and Clinical Applications in the Perioperative and Intensive Care Setting. View Abstract
NIRS measures in pain and analgesia: Fundamentals, features, and function. View Abstract
Sensitivity of a Next-Generation NIRS Device to Detect Low Mixed Venous Oxyhemoglobin Saturations in the Single Ventricle Population. View Abstract
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
A Time-Frequency Approach for Cerebral Embolic Load Monitoring. View Abstract
Validation of a Second-Generation Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Monitor in Children With Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Selected 2017 Highlights in Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia. View Abstract
Cerebral Oxygen Saturation in Children With Congenital Heart Disease and Chronic Hypoxemia. View Abstract
Cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy insensitively detects low cerebral venous oxygen saturations after stage 1 palliation. View Abstract
Non-invasive Assessment of Cerebral Blood Flow and Oxygen Metabolism in Neonates during Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Feasibility and Clinical Implications. View Abstract
Anesthesia, brain changes, and behavior: Insights from neural systems biology. View Abstract
Cerebral High-Intensity Transient Signals during Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization: A Pilot Study Using Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography. View Abstract
White Matter Volume Predicts Language Development in Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Noninvasive Cardiac Output Estimation by Inert Gas Rebreathing in Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Patients. View Abstract
Capturing Pain in the Cortex during General Anesthesia: Near Infrared Spectroscopy Measures in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation of Arrhythmias. View Abstract
Brain measures of nociception using near-infrared spectroscopy in patients undergoing routine screening colonoscopy. View Abstract
Reply to Letter: "Surgically Induced Neuropathic Pain: Understanding the Perioperative Process". View Abstract
Evaluation of cerebral oxygenation and perfusion with conversion from an arterial-to-systemic shunt circulation to the bidirectional Glenn circulation in patients with univentricular cardiac abnormalities. View Abstract
Advances in the Care of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. View Abstract
Cerebral blood flow velocity and neurodevelopmental outcome in infants undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Case 6-2013: Perioperative management of an adult patient with tetralogy of fallot and pheochromocytoma. View Abstract
Surgically induced neuropathic pain: understanding the perioperative process. View Abstract
Massive air embolism in a Fontan patient. View Abstract
2010 meeting of the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS) and the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA). View Abstract
Pediatric heart transplantation: demographics, outcomes, and anesthetic implications. View Abstract
Anesthesia and perioperative stress: consequences on neural networks and postoperative behaviors. View Abstract
Relationship of intraoperative cerebral oxygen saturation to neurodevelopmental outcome and brain magnetic resonance imaging at 1 year of age in infants undergoing biventricular repair. View Abstract
Subtle hemorrhagic brain injury is associated with neurodevelopmental impairment in infants with repaired congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Cerebral oximetry during infant cardiac surgery: evaluation and relationship to early postoperative outcome. View Abstract
Congenital supravalvular aortic stenosis and sudden death associated with anesthesia: what's the mystery? View Abstract
Matrix-array 3-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of volumes, mass, and ejection fraction in young pediatric patients with a functional single ventricle: a comparison study with cardiac magnetic resonance. View Abstract
Randomized trial of hematocrit 25% versus 35% during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in infant heart surgery. View Abstract
The frequency of anesthesia-related cardiac arrests in patients with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery. View Abstract
Cerebral perfusion and oxygenation after the Norwood procedure: comparison of right ventricle-pulmonary artery conduit with modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. View Abstract
Anesthetic management of pial synangiosis and intracranial hemorrhage with a Fontan circulation. View Abstract
Anesthetic management of the neonate with congenital complete heart block: a 16-year review. View Abstract
An evaluation of bilateral monitoring of cerebral oxygen saturation during pediatric cardiac surgery. View Abstract
Hemodynamic responses to etomidate on induction of anesthesia in pediatric patients. View Abstract
Evaluation of plasma fentanyl concentrations in infants during cardiopulmonary bypass with low-volume circuits. View Abstract
Iatrogenic hyperthermia during cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. View Abstract
Cardiovascular causes of airway compression. View Abstract
Anesthetic implications of primary cardiac tumors in infants and children. View Abstract
Bispectral index monitoring during infant cardiac surgery: relationship of BIS to the stress response and plasma fentanyl levels. View Abstract
Severe hypercarbia during cardiopulmonary bypass: a complication of CO2 flooding of the surgical field. View Abstract
Pethidine-associated seizure in a healthy adolescent receiving pethidine for postoperative pain control. View Abstract
Administration of magnesium sulphate before rocuronium: effects on speed of onset and duration of neuromuscular block. View Abstract
Chylous ascites following abdominal aortic surgery. View Abstract
Acetazolamide in the treatment of metabolic alkalosis in critically ill patients. View Abstract