Clinical Faculty

Richard Moon, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology, Professor of Medicine

Chief, Division of General, Vascular, and Transplant Anesthesia
Medical Director, Hyperbaric Center

Department:
Anesthesiology

Division:
Anesthesiology

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3094 Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-684-6726

Office Telephone:
919-684-8762

Fax:
919-681-4698

Training:
MD, McGill University Faculty of Medicine (Canada), 1973

Fellowship:
Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Engineering Medical Research Council, University of Toronto (Canada), 1975-1979
Pulmonary Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1979-1981

Residency:
Medicine, Toronto General Hospital (Canada), 1974-1975

Clinical Interests:
General anesthesiology, undersea and hyperbaric medicine

Research Interests:
Research interests include the study of cardiorespiratory function in humans exposed to environmental conditions ranging from 200 feet of seawater depth to high altitude, gas exchange during diving, the pathophysiology of high altitude pulmonary edema and the effect of anesthesia and postoperative analgesia on pulmonary function. Ongoing human studies include the use of fractals to study breathing patterns during environmental and perioperative stress, and mechanisms of immersion pulmonary edema.

Publications:
Wester TE, Cherry AD, Pollock NW, Freiberger JJ, Natoli MJ, Schinazi EA, Doar PO, Boso AE, Alford EL, Walker AJ, Uguccioni DM, Kernagis D, Moon RE. Effects of head and body cooling on hemodynamics during immersed prone exercise at 1 ATA. J Appl Physiol. 2009 Feb;106(2):691-700.

Moon RE, Cherry AD, Stolp BW, Camporesi EM. Pulmonary gas exchange in diving. J Appl Physiol. 2009 Feb;106(2):668-77.

Cherry AD, Forkner IF, Frederick HJ, Natoli MJ, Schinazi EA, Longphre JP, Conard JL, White WD, Freiberger JJ, Stolp BW, Pollock NW, Doar PO, Boso AE, Alford EL, Walker AJ, Ma AC, Rhodes MA, Moon RE. Predictors of increased PaCO2 during immersed prone exercise at 4.7 ATA. J Appl Physiol. 2009 Jan;106(1):316-25.

Scafetta N, Moon RE, West BJ. Fractal response of physiological signals to stress conditions, environmental changes, and neurodegenerative diseases. Complexity 2007 May/June;12(5):12-17.

Forkner IF, Piantadosi CA, Scafetta N, Moon RE. Hyperoxia-induced tissue hypoxia: a danger? Anesthesiology. 2007 May;106(5):1051-5.

Moon RE. Nitroglycerine: relief from the heartache of decompression sickness? J Appl Physiol. 2006 Dec;101(6):1537-1538.

Moon RE. Bubbles in the brain: what to do for arterial gas embolism? Crit Care Med. 2005 Apr;33(4):909-10.

Mummery HJ, Stolp BW, deL Dear G, Doar PO, Natoli MJ, Boso AE, Archibald JD, Hobbs GW, El-Moalem HE, Moon RE. Effects of age and exercise on physiological dead space during simulated dives at 2.8 ATA. J Appl Physiol. 2003 Feb;94(2):507-17.