Athir Morad, MD

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Background

CV

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/anesthesiology/faculty/cv/morad_athir.pdf

Clinical Trials Summary

Safety Study of Analgesia After Craniotomy Surgery With End Tidal CO2 Monitoring

Additional Academic Titles

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Lab Website

Athir Morad Lab - Lab Website

• Research in the Athir Morad Lab primarily focuses on perioperative pain management for neurosurgery patients. Our team has conducted two randomized controlled trials to assess the efficacy of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) following craniotomy. Our current research includes studies on the safety of opioid administration following craniotomy through the use of end-tidal CO2 detection, as well as research into the use of transcortical magnetic stimulation (TMS) for managing pain after spine surgery.

Research Summary

Dr. Morad’s research focuses on the perioperative management of pain for patients undergoing neurosurgery. He has completed two randomized controlled trials on the efficacy of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) in patients following craniotomy.

Currently, he is studying the safety of opioid administration following craniotomy using end-tidal CO2 detection. He is also collaborating on a project investigating the efficacy of transcortical magnetic stimulation (TMS) on postoperative pain following spine surgery.

Selected Publications

• 1. Maxwell LG, Buckley GM, Kudchadkar SR, Ely E, Stebbins EL, Dube C, Morad A, Justaniah EA, Sethna NF, Yaster M. “Pain management following major intracranial surgery in pediatric patients: A prospective cohort study in three academic children’s hospitals.” Paediatr Anaesth. 2014.
  2. Pandian V, Miller CR, Schiavi AJ, Yarmus L, Contractor A, Haut ER, Feller-Kopman DJ, Mirski MA, Morad A, Carey JP, Hillel At, Maragos CS, Bhatti NI. Laryngoscope. 2014.
  3. Shay JE, Kattail D, Morad A, Yaster M. “The postoperative management of pain from intracranial surgery in pediatric neurosurgical patients.” Paediatr Anaesth. 2014.
  4. Yarmus L, Pandian V, Gilbert C, Schiavi A, Haider A, Chi A, Morad A, Miller C, Efron D, Stevens K, Gangidi S, Vaswani R, Haut E, Mirski M, Bhatti N, Feller-Kopman D. “Safety and efficiency of interventional pulmonologists performing percutaneous tracheostomy.” Respiration. 2012; 84(2):123-7.
  5. Pandian V, Miller CR, Mirski MA, Schiavi AJ, Morad AH, Vaswani RS, Kalmar CL, Feller-Kopman DJ, Haut ER, Yarmus LB, Bhatti NI. “Multidisciplinary Team Approach in the Management of Tracheostomy Patients.” Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012 Jun 5.

Honors

• CA1 Teacher of the Year for outstanding intra-operative teaching and clinical mentorship, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1/1/10
• Chapman Medal, Georgetown University Department of Biology, 1/1/99
• Induction into The National Scientific Research Honor Society, Sigma Xi, 1/1/99
• The Congressional Award (Gold Medal), Youth leadership award presented by the United States Congress, 1/1/98
• Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Scholar, Georgetown University, 1/1/95

Lectures & Presentations

• Post Craniotomy Pain Management: A Model for Clinical Research Using Six Sigma, Grand Rounds, http://webcast.jhu.edu/Mediasite/Play/bc1d7afe923c4637b7c5631304cfb075
• The Management of Post Craniotomy Pain; Changing Culture through Ongoing Clinical Trial, Grand Rounds, http://webcast.jhu.edu/Mediasite/Play/3b150c0c07974be4ab1fc21e5d16ff781d

Memberships

• American Society of Anesthesiologists
• Society for Critical Care Medicine
• Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Professional Activities

• American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1/1/03
• Society for Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/08
• Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care, 1/1/07