Marek A. Mirski, MD, PhD
Vice-Chair Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine
Director, Johns Hopkins Neuroscience Critical Care Unit
Hopkins Bayview Neurocritical Care Unit
Division Chief – Neuroanesthesiology
Co-Director Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Stroke Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine,
Neurology, & Neurosurgery

OFFICE PHONE
410-955-2611

EDUCATION - Medical School
Washington University of St. Louis

EDUCATION - Residency
The Johns Hopkins University

BOARD CERTIFICATION
Anesthesiology 1992
Neurology 1995

CLINICAL INTERESTS
Neuroanesthesiology
NeuroCritical Care

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Investigation of subcortical mechanisms of seizure propagation and cortical synchrony, investigation of proconvulsant action of novel a2-receptor agonists, treatment of brain edema, ICU sedation, and acute stroke.

ADMINISTRATIVE TITLE
Vice- Chair Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine - Program Development
Associate Professor

PRINCIPAL HOSPITAL
Johns Hopkins Hospital
 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Paul JS, Al-Nashash H, Mirski MA, Ziai W, Thakor NV. Wavelet residual entropy for measurement of bursting levels relative to background brain rhythms of global head injury. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 50:648-53, 2003.

Ziai W.C., Varelas P.N., Mirski M.A. and Ulatowski J.A.  Neurological Intensive Care Unit Resource Use After Brain Tumor Surgery.  Crit Care Med 31:2782-7, 2003.

Sherman DL, Patel CB, Zhang N, Rossell LA, Tsai YC, Thakor NV, Mirski MA. Sinusoidal modeling of ictal activity along a thalamus-to-cortex seizure pathway I: new coherence approaches. IEEE, 32:1252-64, 2004.

Ziai W.C., Sherman D.L., Zhang N., Bhardwaj A., Mirski M.A. Target-specific catecholamine elevation induced by anticonvulsant thalamic deep brain stimulation. Epilepsia 46:878-88, 2005.

Lee EJ, Lee MY, Shyr MH, Cheng JT, Toung TJK, Mirski MA, Chen TY. Adjuvant Bupivi caine Scalp Block Facilitates Stabilization of Hemodynamics without Change in Catecholamine Metabolites in Craniotomy Patients under General Anesthesia – A Preliminary Report. J Clin Anaesth, 18:480-494, 2006.

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