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Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, DABPM

Chairman, Department of Anesthesia
Professor of Anesthesia

1542 Tulane Ave.
Rm. 659
New Orleans, LA 70112 
Phone: (504) 568-2315
akaye@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees

BS Biology - 1984
University of Arizona

BS Psychology - 1985
University of Arizona

MD - 1989
University of Arizona School of Medicine

PhD Pharmacology - 1997
Tulane University School of Medicine
Bio Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD, is the Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. Over the past 6 years prior, he was Professor and Chairman of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Department of Anesthesiology in Lubbock, Texas. Prior, he was the Medical Director of the Greater New Orleans Surgical Center, the Director of Resident Recruitment, Acting Program Director, and an Attending Staff of the Department of Anesthesiology at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans. He was born in New York and raised in Los Angeles and in Tucson. He received two BS degrees and a MD degree from the University of Arizona. He was a national finalist for a Rhodes Scholarship, Honors Student of the Year, Who's Who, Phi Beta Kappa, and the Outstanding Graduating Senior in his class. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the Alton Oschner Clinic and trained in Anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Tulane University where he served as chief resident and president of the Louisiana State Residents Component of the American Society of Anesthesiology. He also completed a pain management fellowship at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center under Dr. Gabor Racz, Dr. Prithvi Raj, and Dr. Miles Day. He is Board Certified as a Consultant in Anesthesiology and has a special certificate in Pain Management for the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Pain Medicine.

Dr. Kaye completed his PhD in pharmacology in May 1997. His thesis title was "Pharmacology of Angiotensin Peptides and Nonpeptide Agonists in the Pulmonary Vascular Bed of the Cat and of the Rat." He was awarded first place in the National Student Research Forum as a resident and has authored or co-authored over 150 abstracts and two hundred manuscripts and book chapters in the fields of pulmonary vascular pharmacology and anesthesiology. He has had a lifelong interest in education and teaching medical students and residents. He serves on a number of national committees and was an Associate National Board Examiner in Anesthesiology. He and his wife, who is a pathologist, have two children.
Selected Publications

Kaye AD, Urman R, Vadevalu N. Textbook on Regional Anesthesia. Springer Publishing, 2010.

Ronald Miller, Editor, Kaye AD and Riopelle J, Crystalloids and Colloids. In, Anesthesia, 7th Edition, Chapter 46, 2009.

B. Philips and R. Urman, editors, Kaye AD, Gevirtz C, Frost E. Opiate Detoxification (Ultra Rapid Detoxification), an Update. In, Anesthesia Outside of the Operating Room, 2009 edition.

Lee Fleischer, Editor, Kaye AD, Hoover J, Ertner R, Sutker P, Psychiatric Disorders and Anesthesia Considerations. In, Anesthesia and Uncommon Diseases , 2005.

Lee Fleischer, Editor, Kaye AD, Hoover J, Sabar R, Herbal Medications and Anesthesia Considerations. In, Anesthesia and Uncommon Diseases , 2005.

Raj PR, Shah RV, Kaye AD, Denaro S and Hoover JM, Bleeding Risk in Interventional Pain Practice: Assessment, Managaement, and Review of the Literature., Pain Physisican 7:3-51, 2004.

Kaye A, Ibrahim I, Baber S and Hoover J, Analysis of norepinephrine in the feline pulmonary vascular bed., Critical Care Medicine 32(11):2300-2304, 2004.

James Eisendraft, Editor, Ertner RA, Jones S and Kaye AD, Clinical Anesthetic Application to the Neurosurgical Patient. In, Progress in Anesthesiology, Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation, Volume XVIII, Chapter 20, 327-344, 2004.

Ed. Pasternik R, Kaye AD, Kucera IJ and Sabar R, Perioperative Clinical Concepts for Anesthesiologists for Alternative Medicines., Anesthesiol Clin North America 22(1):125-39; Mar, 2004.

Kaye AD, Hoover J, Baber S, Ibrahim I and Fields A, Analysis of GABA mediated effects in the Pulmonary Vascular Bed of the cat., Anesthesia and Analgesia 99:758-763, 2004.

Kaye AD, Kucera IJ, Heavner J, Gelb A, Anwar M, Duban M, Ariff S, Craen R, Chang C, Trillo R and Hoffman M, The effects of Desflurane vs. Isoflurane in Patients with Intracranial Masses., Anesth and Analgesia 98:1127-32, 2004.

Eshima RW, Maurer A, King T, Lin BK, Heavner JE, Begetz MS and Kaye AD, Desflurane and Sevoflurane produce similar airway responses when administered via laryngeal mask airway for maintenance of anesthesia., Anesth Analg 96(3):701-705; Mar, 2003.

Kaye AD, Gevirtz C, Bosscher HA, Duke JB, Richards TA, Fields AM and Frost AE, A Complete Review of Ultra Rapid Opiate Detoxification., Can J Anaesth 50(7):663-71; Aug-Sep, 2003.

Kaye AD, Gevirtz C, Bosscher HA, Hegazi A, Sabar R, Duke JB, Richards TA, Fields AM and Frost EA, Ultrarapid Opiate Detoxification, a Review., Can J Anaesth 50(7):663-71; Aug-Sep, 2003.
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