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Satwant Samra, MD
Professor Emerita of Anesthesiology
Phone: 734-936-4280
Fax: 734-936-9091
Email: satsam@umich.edu |
Dr. Samra holds the following positions: Chair of the Clinical Competence Committee, and a Member of the Difficult Airway Clinic Team. Guest Editor for Issue of Seminars in Anesthesia, a special issue on Neurological Monitoring. Reviewer for Anesthesiology, Anesthesia and Analgesia, Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, and Chest.
Clinically, Dr. Samra supervises house officers four to five days per week in taking care of neurosurgical patients, and patients undergoing a variety of surgical procedures. She also performs emergency on-call service as the schedule requires.
Teaching activities include involvement in daily preoperative evaluation and planning of anesthetic management of surgical patients. Dr. Samra performs one on one hands on teaching of patient management 40-50 hours, 15-20 patients per week. Additionally, she participates in morning conferences, M&M conferences, and research conferences on a regular basis. Dr. Samra conducts mock oral boards, lectures and tutorials for residents and medical students as scheduled.
Research Activities:
* Local PI of an international, multicenter, NIH-funded trail of efficacy of mild intraoperative hypothermia in patients undergoing craniotomy of ruptured intracranial aneurysms. (R01 awarded to Dr. Michael M. Todd of University of Iowa).
* A comparison of clinical experiences and outcomes in patients undergoing elective craniotomy under general anesthesia with Ultiva vs hypnotic/inhalation-based anesthesia. (Funded by Glaxo -Wellcome)
* Remifentanil infusion in patients requiring SSEPs monitoring. (Investigator initiated protocol funded by GlaxoWellcome).
* Cerebral oximetry in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy under regional anesthesia - effect of extracranial circulation. (Investigator initiated protocol funded by Somanetics).
Recent Publications:
Samra SK, Giordani B, Caveney AF, Clarke WR, Scott PA, Anderson S, Thompson BG, Todd MM. Recovery of cognitive function after surgery for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stroke. 2007 Jun; 38(6):1864-72. [PubMed]
Janke EL and Samra S. Dexmedetomidine and neuroprotection. Seminars in Anesthesia, Periioperative Medicine, and Pain (2006) 25, 71-76.
Anderson SW, Todd MM, Hindman BJ, Clarke WR, Torner JC, Tranel D, Yoo B, Weeks J, Manzel KW, Samra S. Effects of intraoperative hypothermia on neuropsychological outcomes after intracranial aneurysm surgery. Ann Neurol. 2006 Nov 21;60(5):518-527. [PubMed]
Samra S, Thompson B, Chandler W, McGillicuddy J, Tremper K, Turner C, Smythe P et al., Mild intraoperative hypothermia during intra-cranial-aneurysm surgery. N Engl J Med 352:135-45, 2005. [PubMed]
Smythe P, Samra SK. Monitor of cerebral oxygenation. Anesthesiol Clin North America. 20:293-313, 2002. [PubMed]
Samra SK, Dy EA, Welch KB, Lovely LK, Graziano GP. Remifentanil-and fentanyl-based anesthesia for intraoperative monitoring of somatosensory evoked potentials. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 92:1510-1515, 2001. [PubMed]
Balakrishnan G, Raudzens P, Samra SK, Song K, Boening JA, Bosek V, Jamerson BD, Warner DS. A comparison of remifentanil and fentanyl in patients undergoing surgery for intracranial mass lesions. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 91:163-169, 2000. [PubMed]
Samra SK, Dy, EA, Welch K, Dorje P, Zelenock GB, and Stanley JC. Evaluation of a cerebral oximeter as a monitor of cerebral ischemia during carotid endarterectomy. Anesthesiology. 93:964-970, 2000. [PubMed]
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