Chief, Women's Anesthesiology
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations

Department / Division:
Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology

Address:
DUMC 3094
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-668-6266

Office Telephone:
919-668-6266

Fax Telephone:
919-668-6265

• MD, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine (Canada), 1983

• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (Anesthesia) (Canada), 1989

• Obstetric Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania Hospitals, 1991

Clinical Interests:
Obstetric anesthesia and analgesia, regional anesthesia and adult medical education, operating room management

Research Interests:
My principle area of interest is obstetric anesthesia. With in this context I am interested in effects of interventions on obstetric outcome, both maternal and neonatal. I also have an interest in the genetics of medicine as it related to obstetric outcomes, largely pre eclampsia, preterm labor and dystocia. Pain management is a secondary interest. I am currently investigating the ethnic and cultural influences on pain expression. I have an additional interest in genetic and molecular aspects of pain perception.

Representative Publications:
Muir HA, Hodnott ED, Hannah ME, Lowe NK, Willan AR, Stevens B, Weston JA, Gafni A, Myhr TL, Stremler R. The Influence of Continuous Labor Support on the Choice of Analgesia, Ambulation and Obstetric Outcome. Anesthesiology 2002;96:P44 (2002)

Hodnett ED, Lowe NK, Hannah ME, Willan AR, Stevens B, Weston JA, Ohlsson A, Gafni A, Muir HA, Myhr TL, Stremler R, . Effectiveness of nurses as providers of birth labor support in North American hospitals: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2002 Sep 18;288(11):1373-81. (2002) Abstract

Helsley S, Muir H, Breen T, DeBalli P, Dwane P, Drysdale S, Habib A, Millar S, Schultz J, Olufolabi A. Cosyntropin for Treatment of Postdural Puncture Headache. Anesthesiology. 2002;96:P107 (2002)

Habib AS, Millar S, Muir HA. Anesthetic Management of a Ventilator Dependent Parturient with the King-Denborough Syndrome. Anesthesiology. 2002;94:P32 (2002)

Habib AS, Helsley S, Millar S, Muir HA. Anesthesia for Cesarean Section in a Patient with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Anesthesiology, 2002; 96:P33. (2002)

Habib A, Drysdale S, Phillips-Bute BG, Muir HA. Pruritis Associated with Intrathecal Morphine for Cesarean Section: A Comparison Between 100 and 200 MCG. Anesthesiology.2002;96:P85. (2002)

Habib A, Drysdale S, Olufolabi A, Philips-Bute BG, Muir HA. Factors Predicting Failure of Labor Epidural Catheters During Cesarean Section. Anesthesiology. 2002;96:P75. (2002)

Drysdale S. Muir H. New Techniques and Drugs for Epidural Labor Analgesia. Seminars in Perinatology. 2002; 26:99-108 (2002)

DeBalli P, Spahn T, Muir HA. Are Routine Type and Screen Orders Necessary for Cesarean Section? Anesthesiology. 2002;96:P86. (2002)

Breen TW, Muir HA, Dwane P, Olufolabi A, Schultz J, Habiab A, Millar S, Drysdale S, Spahn T. Anesthesiology. 2002;96:P53 (2002)

Barbeito A, Schultz J, Muir H, Dwane P, Olufolabi A, Breeen T, Habib A, Millar S, Drysdale S, Spahn T. ASA Physical Status Classification – A Pregnant Pause. Anesthesiology. 2002;96:P96. (2002)

Habib AS, Muir H, Bell E, Phillips- Bute B, Reynolds J. Magnesium Sulphate and analgesic requirements following cesarean section. Anesthesiology 2001;94:A87.Abstract (2001)

Muir H. The Premature Fetus. Obstetric Anesthesia. MC Norris ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Phildelphia, PA, second edition, 1999 (1999)

Muir H, McGrath J, Chestnut D. Preterm Labor and Delivery. Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practices. David Chestnut ed., Mosby, Philadelphia PA, second edition, 1999 (1999)

Mark Norris, Ed. Obstetric Complication: The Premature Fetus. In Obstetric Anaesthesia. JB Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, PA. 1992 ,1999 (1999)

Crosby ET, Cooper RM, Douglas MJ, Doyle DJ, Hung OR, Labrecque P, Muir H, Murphy MG, Preston RP, Rose DK, Roy L. The unanticipated difficulty airway with recommendations for management. Can J Anaesth 1998:45:757-776 (1998)

Muir HA, Writer D, Douglas J, Weeks S, Gambling D, Macarthur A. Double-blind comparison of epidural ropivacaine 0.25% and bupivacaine 0.25%, for the relief of childbirth pain. Can J Anaesth. 1997 Jun;44(6):599-604. (1997) Abstract