Clinical Faculty

David R. Wright, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Department:
Anesthesiology

Division:
Anesthesiology

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3094 Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone:
919-681-5023

Fax:
919-681-8994

Training:
University of Southampton School of Medicine (United Kingdom), 1990

Fellowship:
Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College of Medicine, London, 1997-1999
Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists (United Kingdom), 1997

Residency:
University Hospital of Wales (United Kingdom), 1994-1995

Clinical Interests:
General anesthesia, anesthesia for vascular surgery, anesthesia for liver transplantation, monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy

Research Interests:
I presently have an interest in the outcome of the severly hyponatremic patient undergoing liver transplantation. I also have an interest in the effects of anesthesia on the use of monitoring of the nervous system. I have also been involved in a number of industry sponsored projects in both the operating room and human pharmacology laboratory.

Publications:
MacLeod DB, Cortinez LI, Keifer JC, Cameron D, Wright DR, White WD, Moretti EW, Radulescu LR, Somma J. The desaturation response time of finger pulse oximeters during mild hypothermia. Anaesthesia. 2005 Jan;60(1):65-71.

Wright DR, Thornton C, Hasan K, Vaughan DJ, Doré CJ, Brunner MD. The effect of remifentanil on the middle latency auditory evoked response and haemodynamic measurements with and without the stimulus of orotracheal intubation. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2004 Jul;21(7):509-16.

Hsu YW, Cortinez LI, Robertson KM, Keifer JC, Sum-Ping ST, Moretti EW, Young CC, Wright DR, Macleod DB, Somma J. Dexmedetomidine Pharmacodynamics: Part I: Crossover Comparison of the Respiratory Effects of Dexmedetomidine and Remifentanil in Healthy Volunteers. Anesthesiology. 2004 11;101(5):1066-1076.

Cortinez LI, Hsu YW, Sum-Ping ST, Young C, Keifer JC, Macleod D, Robertson KM, Wright DR, Moretti EW, Somma J. Dexmedetomidine Pharmacodynamics: Part II: Crossover Comparison of the Analgesic Effect of Dexmedetomidine and Remifentanil in Healthy Volunteers. Anesthesiology. 2004 11;101(5):1077-1083.

Vaughan DJ, Thornton C, Wright DR, Fernandes JR, Robbins P, Doré C, Brunner MD. Effects of different concentrations of sevoflurane and desflurane on subcortical somatosensory evoked responses in anaesthetized, non-stimulated patients.  Br J Anaesth.  2001 Jan;86(1):59-62.