Postdoctoral Research Training – Johns Hopkins Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Postdoctoral Research Training

The Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine department provides a rich and diverse array of research areas for post-doctoral fellowship training opportunities for PhD, MD, and MD/PhD trainees. Our postdoctoral training program supports your career development and training in research, promotes collaboration with our renowned investigators, and encourages your contribution to important scientific research. The goal of the program is to prepare you for the next step in your career in academia and beyond. We have developed a coordinated approach to your program of training. You will benefit from the guidance in your research and in your career development from a mentorship committee, in addition to your faculty preceptor. Identifying your research passion and a stellar mentor (see Postdoctoral Research Mentors list to the right) is key to a successful fellowship. We encourage all prospective fellows to explore the breadth of the research in the department following the Research links on these pages.

Postdoctoral Research Mentors

Research opportunities are not limited to the given mentors, and can take place with any qualified Johns Hopkins faculty member. For each trainee, an individualized Research Training Program will be formulated with input from the appropriate Mentors and Program Directors. Program mentors are listed in the following table.

Mentor	Appointment(s)	Research Interests
Michael J. Caterina, MD, PhD	Professor, Biochemistry; Neuroscience	Molecular Mechanism of Peripheral Nociception and TRP Channel Function
Steven P. Cohen, MD	Professor, Anesthesiology	Clinical Trials and Epidemiology of Chronic Pain
Nauder Faraday MD	Professor, Anesthesiology; Surgery	Molecular and Cellular Biology of Platelet Function; Pharmacogenomics of antiplatelet therapy; Molecular Determinants of Perioperative Outcome
Nicholas Flavahan, PhD	Professor, Anesthesiology	Vascular Biology: Vascular Development and Vascular Disease
Steven M. Frank, MD	Associate Professor, Anesthesiology; Director, Interdisciplinary Blood Management Program	Blood Conservation; Transfusion Practices
Wei Dong Gao, MD, PhD	Associate Professor, Anesthesiology	Cardiovascular Physiology; Contractile Dysfunction; Heart Failure
Allan Gottschalk, MD, PhD Program Director	Associate Professor, Anesthesiology	Anesthetic Mechanisms; Acute Pain; Sensory Neurobiology; Computational/Theoretical Neuroscience
Yun Guan, MD, PhD	Associate Professor, Anesthesiology	Chronic Pain; Hyperalgesia After Nerve Injury
Elizabeth Hunt, MD, PhD	Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology; Pediatrics	Resuscitation; Clinical Simulation; Patient Safety; Medical Education
Roger A. Johns, MD, PhD	Professor, Anesthesiology	Vascular Biology, Including Pulmonary Hypertension; Molecular Biology of Anesthesia and Analgesia; Health Policy
Sujatha Kannan, MD	Associate Professor, Anesthesiology	Nanotechnology; Cerebral Injury and Protection, Neurological Diseases
Raymond C. Koehler, PhD	Professor, Anesthesiology Anesthesiology; Environmental Health Sciences (Bloomberg School of Public Health)	Vascular Biology of the Brain; Cerebral Injury After Stroke and Cardiac Arrest
Jennifer K. Lee, MD	Associate Professor, Anesthesiology	Vascular Biology of the Brain; Hypoxic Neural Injury, Cerebral Protection, Cerebral Autoregulation
Paul A. Nyquist, MD, MPH	Associate Professor, Neurology; Anesthesiology; Neurosurgery	Neurologic Outcomes in Critical Care
Lewis Romer, MD	Professor, Anesthesiology	Endothelial Cell Adhesion; Cytoskeletal Biology; Pulmonary Hypertension
Donald H. Shaffner, MD, PhD	Professor, Anesthesiology; Pediatrics	Neurologic Injury Associated with Cardiac Arrest
Frederick Sieber, MD	Professor, Anesthesiology	Geriatric Anesthesiology; Cognitive Function Alterations and Anesthesia
Robert D. Stevens, MD	Associate Professor, Anesthesiology; Neurology; Neurosurgery; Radiology	Neural Injury in Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Sepsis; Functional Brain Imaging
Albert W. Wu, MD, MPH	Professor, Health Policy and Management; Epidemiology; International Health (Bloomberg School of Public Health); Medicine; Surgery	Long-Term Outcomes of Health Care Delivery