Jennifer T. Fortney, MD

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• Anesthesiology

Department / Division:
Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology

Address:
DUMC 3094
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-681-6390

Office Telephone:
919-681-6754

Fax Telephone:
919-681-8994

• MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1978

• Surgery, UNC Hospitals, 1978-1980
• Anesthesiology, UNC Hospitals, 1980-1982

• Chronic Pain, UNC Hospitals, 1982-1983

Clinical Interests:
Regional anesthesia, ambulatory anesthesiology, general anesthesiology

Research Interests:
I am interested in areas relating to ambulatory anesthesia, regional anesthesia and postoperative pain management, in both the adult and pediatric populations.  In the past year, I have become interested in the potnetial of combining complementary medicine techniques with our traditional pain management protocols to improve pain management, especially in those surgeries not amenable to regional anesthesia.  I have organized meetings/presentations between our division and the Center for Integrative Medicine, and will be the coordinator for research efforts in our division resulting from this collaboration.  

I continue to participate in the Clinical Ethics Committee, and continue to educate myself on ethical issues in clinical medicine, especially thoase related to anesthesiology.

Representative Publications:
Hill RP, Lubarsky DA, Phillips-Bute B, Fortney JT, Creed MR, Glass PS, Gan TJ. Cost-effectiveness of prophylactic antiemetic therapy with ondansetron, droperidol, or placebo. Anesthesiology. 2000 Apr;92(4):958-67. (2000) Abstract

Fortney JT, Halperin EC, Hertz CM, Schulman SR. Anesthesia for pediatric external beam radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1999 Jun 1;44(3):587-91. (1999) Abstract

Fortney JT, Gan TJ, Graczyk S, Wetchler B, Melson T, Khalil S, McKenzie R, Parrillo S, Glass PS, Moote C, Wermeling D, Parasuraman TV, Duncan B, Creed MR. A comparison of the efficacy, safety, and patient satisfaction of ondansetron versus droperidol as antiemetics for elective outpatient surgical procedures. S3A-409 and S3A-410 Study Groups. Anesth Analg. 1998 Apr;86(4):731-8. (1998) Abstract

Fortney JT, Kudler H, Mann ES. Gays, lesbians, HIV infection, and admission to medical school. A physicians' roundtable. N C Med J. 1997 Mar-Apr;58(2):126-8. (1997) Abstract