Kerri M. Wahl, MD

Chief, Liver Transplant Anesthesia

Department / Division:
Anesthesiology / Anesthesiology

Address:
DUMC 3094
Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone:
919-681-9660

Fax Telephone:
919-681-8994

• MD, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine (Canada), 1980

• Anesthesiology, University of British Columbia Affiliated Hospitals (Canada), 1981-1986

• Liver Transplant Anesthesia, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Pennsylvania), 1986-1987
• Clinical Research, Multi-Organ Transplant Service, London Health Sciences Center (Canada), 1987-1988

• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (Canada)

Clinical Interests:
General, high-risk, vascular, and transplant anesthesiology; donor management

Research Interests:
Endocrine changes and hemodynamic stability after brain death, perioperative management of the multiorgan donor and DCD continue as my main areas of expertise and authorship for 15 years.  Given the shortage of cadaveric donors, living related donation of the kidney and right lobe of the liver has become a viable option for adult patients, and as such, requires meticulous care of a healthy donor patient to limit the perioperative risk of morbidity and mortality.  I have published guidelines for the perioperative care of the transplant patient for surgery and/or pregnancy and delivery.  My clinical research interests include anesthesia for liver transplantation (pain management, perioperative outcomes, pharmacokinetic/dynamic studies, strategies to reduce transfusion requirements, low CVP anesthesia and liver surgery), developing a perioperative outcomes anesthesia database, clinical efficacy of synthetic colloid solutions for large volume infusion and living-related kidney transplantation, and phase I studies in human volunteers in the Human Pharmacology Laboratory (HPL).

Representative Publications:
Robertson K. Pregnancy and Transplantation. In: Gambling D, Douglas J, McKay R, editors. Obstetric Anesthesia and Uncommon Disorders 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, 2007. p. 381-403. (2007)

Robertson K, Zalunardo M.  Anesthesia. In: Killenberg P, Clavien PA, editors. Medical Care of the Liver Transplant Patient 3rd edition. Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing; 2006. pp. 270-296. (2006)

McGowan F, Belani K, Scott V, Robertson K.  Anesthesia for Pediatric Organ Transplantation.  In: Davis P, Motoyama E, editors. Smith’s Anesthesia for Infants and Children 7th edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2005. p. 895-975. (2005)

Schroeder RA, Collins BH, Tuttle-Newhall E, Robertson K, Plotkin J, Johnson LB, Kuo PC. Intraoperative fluid management during orthotopic liver transplantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2004 Aug;18(4):438-41. (2004) Abstract

Emery SF, Robertson KM. Organ procurement and preparation for transplantation. In: Wijdicks EFM, editor. Brain death. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williamns and Wilkins; 2001. p. 189-213. (2001)