Denham S. Ward, M.D., Ph.D.

• Chair, Department of Anesthesiology.
• Professor of Anesthesiology.
• Professor of Biomedical Engineering.
• Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology.
• Associate Dean for Faculty Development - Medical Education.

University of Rochester Medical Center:

• Associate Dean for Faculty Development-Medical Education.
• First and Second Year Instruction Committee (Chair).
• Second and Third Year Instruction Committee.
• Comprehensive Assesment Design Team (Associate Director).
• Medical Student Review and Promotion Board.
• Affiliated Faculty, The Biomedical Engineering Program.
  See more information on his page on the BME site.

Other Professional Activities:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists:
  • Committee on Problem-Based Learning, 1996-2000 (Chair, 1997-1999).
• Association of Anesthesia Program Directors
• President, 1997-1999
• CAS Representative, 1996-2000
• Association of University Anesthesiologists.
• Secretary, Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER).
• Seminars in Anesthesia, Editorial Board, 1995-.
• The Journal of Education in Perioperative Medicine
  (the Internet Journal of the Society for Education in Anesthesiology), Editorial Board, 1997-
• Society for Education in Anesthesiology, Board of Directors, 1998-2000

Areas of Special Emphasis:

• Fibreoptic intubation.
• Anesthesia for thoracic surgery.
• Respiratory physiology.
• Medical student education.
• Patient-centered pre-anesthesia care.

Research Interests:

• Control of breathing.
• Drug effects on the hypoxic ventilatory response.
• Physiology of upper airway obstruction.
• Interactions between glucose and oxygen control.

See Dr. Ward's CV and Bibliography (Adobe Acrobat PDF file).

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