Alex Y. Bekker, MD, PhD

Dr. Bekker is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurosurgery. His laboratory is focused on the cognitive effects of inhalational anesthetics, as well as expanding the clinical applications of total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA), including in the context of awake craniotomy for functional brain mapping.

Publications

• Ard JL Jr, Bekker AY, Doyle WK. Dexmedetomidine in awake craniotomy: a technical note. Surg Neurol 63:114-116, 2005.
  
  
• Bekker AY, Basile J, Gold M, Riles T, Adelman M, Cuff G, Mathew JP, Goldberg JD. Dexmedetomidine for awake carotid endarterectomy: efficacy, hemodynamic profile, and side effects. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 16:126-135, 2004.
  
  
• Bekker AY, Mistry A, Ritter AA, Wolk SC, Turndorf H. Computer simulation of intracranial pressure changes during induction of anesthesia: comparison of thiopental, propofol, and etomidate. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 11:69-80, 1999.