Department / Division:
Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology

Address:
DUMC 3094
Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone:
919-286-0411, ext. 7152

Fax Telephone:
919-286-6853

• MD, Tel-Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine (Israel), 1991

• Anesthesiology, Rabin Medical Center (Israel), 1995-2000

• Critical Care, Sheba Medical Center (Israel) 2000-2001
• Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Duke University Medical Center, 2001-2002

Clinical Interests:
General anesthesia, cardiothoracic anesthesia, critical care, transesophageal echocardiography

Research Interests:
1)Neurocognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery
2)Postoperative fever after cardiac surgery
3)Endogenous CO production and acclimatization to high-altitude
4)Relative cortisol deficiency in critical illness
5)Immunosuppressive effects of surgery and anesthesia

Representative Publications:
Bar-Yosef S, Mathew JP, Newman MF, Landolfo KP, Grocott HP,  ,  . Prevention of cerebral hyperthermia during cardiac surgery by limiting on-bypass rewarming in combination with post-bypass body surface warming: a feasibility study.  Anesth Analg.  2004 Sep;99(3):641-6, table of contents. (2004) Abstract

Bar-Yosef S, Anders M, Mackensen GB, Ti LK, Mathew JP, Phillips-Bute B, Messier RH, Grocott HP,  . Aortic atheroma burden and cognitive dysfunction after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.  Ann Thorac Surg.  2004 Nov;78(5):1556-62; discussion 1562-3. (2004) Abstract

Melamed R, Bar-Yosef S, Shakhar G, Shakhar K, Ben-Eliyahu S. Suppression of natural killer cell activity and promotion of tumor metastasis by ketamine, thiopental, and halothane, but not by propofol: mediating mechanisms and prophylactic measures. Anesth Analg. 2003 Nov;97(5):1331-9. (2003) Abstract

Bar-Yosef S, Melamed R, Page GG, Shakhar G, Shakhar K, Ben-Eliyahu S. Attenuation of the tumor-promoting effect of surgery by spinal blockade in rats.  Anesthesiology.  2001 Jun;94(6):1066-73. (2001) Abstract