Prof. Allan Doctor joins us for “Secret Lives of Red Cells: Novel Pharmacologic Targets for Enhancing O2 Delivery” at our 5th Annual Charles Beattie, MD Lectureship taking place on Thursday, September 10, 2026 from 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. in Hurd Hall.
Presented by:
Allan Doctor, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Center for Blood Oxygen Transport and Hemostasis (COBTH)
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Speaker Bio
Allan Doctor, MD is Professor of Pediatrics and Bioengineering at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). He is a Pediatric Intensivist and previously led Pediatric Critical Care at Washington University and St Louis Children’s Hospital for 10 years, before transitioning to UMSOM to focus on a rapidly expanding research program and on development of a novel bio-synthetic artificial red cell (ErythroMer). He is a co-Founder and Chief Scientific officer for KaloCyte, which is developing ErythroMer for commercial use.
His laboratory studies the role of red blood cell-based signaling in the control of regional blood flow, related pathophysiology arising from acquired red cell injuries, blood substitute design, and on translational transfusion medicine in critical illness. Dr. Doctor has led two translational research networks: NIH/NICHD Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network and BloodNet, an international group that pursues questions common to Transfusion & Critical Care Medicine.
Currently, he directs the University of Maryland Center for Blood Oxygen Transport and Hemostasis (CBOTH), which addresses fundamental, challenging questions related to O2 transport and hemostasis from a systems perspective, and is the Principle Investigator for CONCERT: the US DoD/DARPA funded Consortium for Optimized Integration of Bio-artificial Blood Components for Adaptive Resuscitation.
The Charles Beattie, MD Lectureship
Charles Beattie, MD
Dr. Charles Beattie was an icon in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, admired for his creativity, his infectious enthusiasm, and his generosity in mentoring trainees and junior faculty. Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Louisville and received a doctorate in nuclear engineering from New York University in 1971. He completed his medical education and anesthesiology training at the University of Kentucky in 1976.
Dr. Beattie joined the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine faculty in 1981 after being recruited to Johns Hopkins Hospital by Dr. Mark C. Rogers. For 13 years, he directed the Division of Critical Care Anesthesia, which provided anesthesia services for critically ill patients undergoing vascular, thoracic, liver transplant, and major abdominal surgery. During his tenure at Hopkins, he served as a principal investigator on National Institutes of Health awards and as clinical director. He was also a leader in anesthesiology education and a mentor whose influence on residents, fellows, and faculty was profound. His expertise included vascular, thoracic, and transplant anesthesia, and he wrote and lectured extensively on cardiovascular physiology and hemodynamic control mechanisms. He also helped secure one of the department’s first and largest NIH clinical trial grants, supporting the PIRAT study (Perioperative Ischemia Randomized Anesthesia Trial), which compared cardiovascular outcomes between regional and general anesthesia in high-risk patients.
After leaving Hopkins, Dr. Beattie served as chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University from 1994 to 2001. He later moved to New York, where he rejoined his Hopkins colleague Dr. Tom Blanck and became executive vice chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at the New York University School of Medicine.
Upcoming Grand Rounds
- 8/27/2026: Quality Assurance Committee Meeting
- 9/3/2026: Department Photos
- 9/10/2026: Beattie Lectureship (tentative)
- 9/17/2026: Patient-Based Learning Discussion
- 9/24/2026: Quality Assurance Committee Meeting
- 10/1/2026: TBA
- 10/8/2026: Mark C. Rogers Lectureship (tentative)
- 10/15/2026: Patient-Based Learning Discussion
- 10/22/2026: TBA
- 10/29/2026: Quality Assurance Committee Meeting
- 11/5/2026: Yaster-Nichols Lectureship (tentative)
- 11/12/2026: Robert A. Abraham Lectureship (tentative)
- 11/19/2026: Patient-Based Learning Discussion
- 11/26/2026: Thanksgiving Holiday