Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Faculty Development
Professor of Anesthesiology
Program Director, Anesthesiology
Professor of Pharmacology
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Available to mentor
George A Mashour
Senior Associate Dean
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MD, PhDGeorgetown University, Washington D.C.
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Center MemberCenter for Integrative Research in Critical Care
Multidisciplinary approaches to the study of consciousness
- Network mechanisms of consciousness and unconsciousness
-Theories of consciousness
- Interfaces of sleep neurobiology and general anesthesia
- Intraoperative awareness and metrics of consciousness
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Jang H, Mashour GA, Hudetz AG, Huang Z. Nat Commun, 2024 Oct 24; 15 (1): 9164Journal ArticleMeasuring the dynamic balance of integration and segregation underlying consciousness, anesthesia, and sleep in humans.
DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-53299-x PMID: 39448600 -
Huang Z, Mashour GA, Hudetz AG. Nat Commun, 2024 Sep 9; 15 (1): 7496Journal ArticlePropofol disrupts the functional core-matrix architecture of the thalamus in humans.
DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-51837-1 PMID: 39251579 -
Aday JS, McAfee J, Conroy DA, Hosanagar A, Tarnal V, Weston C, Scott K, Horowitz D, Harte SE, Pouyan N, Glynos NG, Baker AK, Guss J, Davis AK, Burgess HJ, Mashour GA, Clauw DJ, Boehnke KF. PsyArXiv,PreprintPreliminary safety and effectiveness of psilocybin-assisted therapy in adults with fibromyalgia: An open-label, proof-of-concept clinical trial
DOI:10.31234/osf.io/j8zb5 -
Jang H, Fotiadis P, Mashour GA, Hudetz AG, Huang Z. 2024 Oct 10;PreprintThalamic Roles in Conscious Perception Revealed by Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation.
DOI:10.1101/2024.10.07.617034 PMID: 39416133 -
Mondino A, Jadidian A, Toth B, Hambrecht-Wiedbusch VS, Floran-Garduno L, Li D, York AK, Torterolo P, Pal D, Burgess C, Mashour GA, Vanini G. bioRxiv,PreprintRegulation of REM Sleep Onset and Homeostasis by Preoptic Glutamatergic Neurons
DOI:10.1101/2024.10.03.616573 -
Mashour GA. Anesthesiology, 2024 Oct 1; 141 (4): 652 - 653.Journal ArticleSachin Kheterpal, M.D., M.B.A., Recipient of the 2024 Award for Excellence in Research
DOI:10.1097/aln.0000000000005140 -
Jang H, Dai R, Mashour GA, Hudetz AG, Huang Z. Brain Sci, 2024 Aug 30; 14 (9):Journal ArticleClassifying Unconscious, Psychedelic, and Neuropsychiatric Brain States with Functional Connectivity, Graph Theory, and Cortical Gradient Analysis.
DOI:10.3390/brainsci14090880 PMID: 39335376 -
Mashour GA. Neuron, 2024 May 15; 112 (10): 1553 - 1567.Journal ArticleAnesthesia and the neurobiology of consciousness.
DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2024.03.002 PMID: 38579714
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In a recent study, using network neuroscience, investigators found a way to objectively determine the balance of integration and segregation in fMRI-measured brain signals during wakefulness as well as during sleep and anesthesia.
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The Department of Anesthesiology’s Green Anesthesia Initiative (GAIA) has taken an ambitious approach to environmental sustainability resulting in an 88% reduction of inhaled anesthetic greenhouse gas emissions.
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George Mashour, MD, PhD at the University of Michigan Department of Anesthesiology featured on the StarTalk Podcast.
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Three researchers — Drs. George Mashour, Chad Brummett, and David Williams — ranked in top 7 for PI funding.
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The initiative aims to reduce the Department of Anesthesiology's greenhouse gas emissions from anesthetic gases by 80%.