Clinical Faculty

John B. Eck, MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Associate Professor in Pediatrics

Department:
Anesthesiology

Division:
Anesthesiology

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3094 Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-681-4877

Office Telephone:
919-681-4877

Fax:
919-684-9894

Training:
MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 1992

Fellowship:
Pediatric Anesthesiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1996-1997

Residency:
Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, 1993-1996

Clinical Interests:
Pediatric anesthesiology

Research Interests:
My current research interests lie in the areas of pediatric regional anesthesia and education.  Although much progress has been made during the past 20 years in the treatment of post-operative pain in children, pain continues to be under-treated in many settings.  The use of regional anesthetic techniques such as caudal or epidural anesthesia have been shown to provide excellent pain relief in children and to reduce the stress response associated with surgical procedures.  Beyond these central methods of analgesia and intravenous narcotics, little else has been extensively studied in children.  For example, the uses of peripheral nerve blockade (including continuous infusion techniques) or nerve plexus blockade have not been fully investigated.  I am interested in studying regional blockade in infants and children in order to improve the overall pain control for surgical procedures and to utilize regional techniques effectively employed in adults in the pediatric population.  I am also interested in methods of teaching of these techniques and studying the effectiveness of different teaching methods for resident education.

Publications:
Eck JB, Ross AK, Ambulatory Anethesia for Pediatrics, in Steele SM, Nielsen KC, Klein SM (eds.):Ambulatory Anesthesia and Perioperative Analgesia. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2004; pp. 303-310.

Eck JB, Ross AK. Paediatric regional anaesthesia--what makes a difference? Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2002 Jun;16(2):159-74.

Eck JB, Gustaffson AC, Ross AK, Lönnqvist PA. What's new in pediatric paravertebral analgesia? Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management 2002; 6(3):131-35

Eck JB, De Lisle Dear G, Phillips-Bute BG, Ginsberg B. Prediction of tracheal tube size in children using multiple variables. Paediatr Anaesth. 2002 Jul;12(6):495-8.

Eck JB: Outpatient pediatric anesthesia. Current Anesthesiology Reports 2000; 2: 269-75.