Physicians

Chief, Women's Anesthesiology
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations

Departments / Divisions

• Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology-Womens Division
• Obstetrics/Gynecology

Address
DUMC 3094
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-668-6266

Office Telephone
919-668-6266

Fax Telephone
919-668-6265

Training

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

Residency

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

Fellowship

• Obstetric Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania Hospitals, 1991

Clinical Interests
Obstetric anesthesia, operating-room management, airway 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.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Hodnett, ED; Lowe, NK; Hannah, ME; Willan, AR; Stevens, B; Weston, JA; Ohlsson, A; Gafni, A; Muir, HA; Myhr, TL; Stremler, R; Nursing Supportive Care in Labor Trial Group. Effectiveness of nurses as providers of birth labor support in North American hospitals: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002;288:1373-1381. (2002) Abstract

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. Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia. 1997;44:599-604. (1997) Abstract