Clinical Faculty

Bryant "Bret" W. Stolp, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Medical Instructor in the Department of Cell Biology

Director, Anesthesiology Emergency Airway Services
Assistant Medical Director, Divers Alert Network (DAN)

Department:
Anesthesiology

Division:
Anesthesiology

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3094 Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone:
919-681-6069

Fax:
919-681-4698

Training:
MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 1988

Residency:
Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1989-1992

Clinical Interests:
General anesthesiology, hyperbaric medicine

Research Interests:
My present research interests include human exercise performance at both increased and decreased barometric pressure, with specific interest in pulmonary gas exchange, ventilation/perfusion relationships, and cardiopulmonary interactions under altered environmental conditions.  Other areas of clinical research interests include respiratory limitations to exercise performance in patients with chronic pulmonary disease, the effects of anesthesia on pulmonary alveoloar macrophage function, age and analgesic regimen on lung and diaphragm function, and the effects of inspired carbon dioxide and/or sympathectomy on tissue oxygenation under hyperbaric conditions.

I am actively involved in the application of human physiology simulation in the education of anesthesia residents and medical students and in teaching emergency airway management to all levels of health care providers.

Publications:
5. Stolp, B.W., S.P. Arles, G.deL. Dear, J.M. Chimiak, C.H. Gleaton, L.L. Mielke, and R.E. Moon. Cardiopulmonary Responses to Pressure Breathing. Report on U.S.A.F. Contract # F33615-90-D-0606, Task 0024. May 1995.

4. Hampson, N.B., E.M. Camporesi, B.W. Stolp, R.E. Moon, J.E. Shook, J.A. Griebel, and C.A. Piantadosi: Cerebral oxygen availability by NIR spectroscopy during transient hypoxia in humans. J Appl Physiol 69(3):907-913, 1990.

3. Wagner, P.D., G.E. Gale, R.E. Moon, J.R. Torre-Bueno, B.W. Stolp, and H.A. Saltzman: Pulmonary gas exchange in humans exercising at sea level and simulated altitude. J Appl Physiol 61:260-270, 1986.

2. Stolp, B.W.: The oxygen cost of loaded breathing during exercise. Ph.D. Thesis, Duke University, 1985.

1. Salzano, J.V., E.M. Camporesi, B.W. Stolp, and R.E. Moon: Physiological responses to exercise at 47 and 66 ATA. J Appl Physiol 57:1055-1068, 1984.