Anesthesiology
C. Dean Kurth, MD
Title
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief; Director of Department of Anesthesia
Appointment
Professor Anesthesia and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email
dean.kurth@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-4408
Fax
513-636-7337
Office Location
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Outpatient Mason
Credentials
BA: Colorado College (Chemistry), Colorado Springs, CO, 1974-1978.
MD: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1978-82.
CBA: Certificate in Business Administration, University of Houston School of Business, 2001-2002.
Residency: Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1982-1985. Anesthesiology, Shand's Teaching Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1985-87.
Fellowship: Pediatric Anesthesia and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1987-88. NIH Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1988-89.
Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1987; American Board of Anesthesiology, 1988.
Awards and Honors
- Best Doctors in America, 2008
- Awarded "2005 Best Doctors"
- Awarded "2004 Best Doctors"
- Cum Laude, Colorado College, 1978
- Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1981
- Graduation with Honors, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1982
Research
Dr. C. Dean Kurth has research interests in neurologic injury associated with
congenital heart disease and non-invasive bedside technologies to monitor the brain.
Research Grants and Contracts
- Frequency domain cerebral oximeter for pediatrics, 2002-2004, Principal Investigator, NIH
- Neurologic injury in neonates before and after congenital heart surgery, 2000-2001, Principal investigator
- Neuroprotection by Desflurane for low flow hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass, 2000-2001, Principal investigator
- Pharmacodynamics of Desflurane in neonatal cardiac surgery, 2001, Principal investigator
- Topiramate for neonatal hypoxia-ischemia neuroproftection, 2002, Principal investigator
Publications, Most Recent
Kurth CD, Levy WJ, McCann J. Near Infrared Spectroscopy Cerebral Oxygen Saturation Thresholds for Cerebral Hypoxia Ischemia in Piglets. J. Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 22:335-341, 2002.
Priestley MA, Golden JA, O'Hara IB, McCann J, Kurth CD. Comparison of Neurologic Outcome after Deep Hypothermic circulatory Arrest with Alpha-stat and pH-stat Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Newborn Pigs. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 121:336-43, 2001.
Fazi L, Jantzen EC, Rose JB, Kurth CD and Watcha MF. A Comparison of Oral Clonidine and Oral Midazolam as Pre-anesthetic Medications in the Pediatric Tonsillectomy Patient.Anesth Analg 92:56-61, 2001.
Kurth CD, Priestley MP, Watzman HM, McCann J, Golden. Desflurane confers neurologic protection for deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in newborn pigs. Anesthesiology, 95:959-64, 2001.
Ramamoorthy C, Tabbutt S, Kurth CD, Steven JM, Montenegro LM, Durning S, Wernovsky, G, Gaynor, WJ, Spray TL, Nicolson SC. Effects of inspired hypoxic and hypercapnic gas mixture cerebral oxygen saluration in neonates with univenticular heart defects. Anesthesiology 2001.
Tabbutt S, Ramamoorthy C, Montenegro LM, Durning SM, Godinez RI, Kurth CD, Steven JM, Spray TL, Wernovsky G, Nicolson S. Impact of Inspired Gas Mixtures on Pre-Operative Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) During Controlled Ventilation.Circulation 2001; 104 [suppl I]: I-159-I-164.
Kurth CD, Steven JL, Montenegro LM, Gaynor JW, Spray TL and Nicolson SC. Cerebral Oxygen Saturation Before Congenital Heart Surgery.Ann Thorac Surg 2001; 72:187-92.
Davis PJ, Galinkin J, McGowan FX, Lynn AM, Yaster M, Rabb MF, Krane EJ, Kurth CD, Blum RH, Maxwell L, Orr R, Szmuk P, Hechtman, Edwards S, Henson LG. A Randomized Multicenter Study of Remifentanil Compared to Halothane in Neonates and infants Undergoing Pyloromyotomy. Part I: Emergence and Recovery Profiles.Anesthesia Analgesia 2001; 93:1380-6.
Galinkin J, Davis PJ, McGowan Fx, Lynn Am, Rabb MF, Yaster M, Henson LG, Hechtman D, Maxwell L, Szmuk P, Orr R, Edwards S, Kurth CD.A Multicenter Study of Remifentanil Compared to Halothane in Neonates and infants Undergoing Pyloromyotomy. Part II: Perioperative Breathing Patterns in Neonates and Infants with Pyloric Stenosis. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2001; 93: 1387-1392.
Kurth CD, Priestley MA. Alkalosis induced by alpha-stat management: cause of neuronal injury after deep hypothermic perfusion. Journal Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, 2001.
Professional Organization Memberships
National Scientific Committees:
- Neonatal Neurology Section, National Institute
- Neurologic Disease and Stroke
Special Interests
Neuroanesthesia and neonatal anesthesia
Recent Presentations:
Anesthesia for the Ex-premature Infant and Anesthesia for Fetal Surgery, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Refresher Course, Phoenix, AZ, March 18-19, 2000.
Neonatal Oximetry with NIR Symposium: Cognitive Studies of Neonatal Brain Function, Johnson Research Foundation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, April 14, 2000.
Are volatile anesthetic neuroprotective? Symposium: Inhalational Anesthetics as Neuroprotectants: Theory and Reality, Society Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care, San Francisco, CA, October 12, 2000.
New Frontiers in anesthesia and monitoring, Cardiology 2001. Annual update on pediatric Cardiovascular disease, Orlando, FL, February 16, 2001.
Nursing consideration is pediatric sedation, Cardiology 2001. Annual update on pediatric cardiovascular disease, Orlando, FL, February 17, 2001.
Frontiers in anesthesia and brain oxygen monitoring for pediatric cardiac surgery. Am Section Pediatric Perfusion, Conference, Baltimore, MD, December 8, 2001.
Neuroprotection for infant heart surgery: fact and fiction. Society Pediatric Anesthesia, Miami, FL, March 9, 2002.
Developmental respiratory physicology. Society Pediatric Anesthesia, Miami, FL, March 10, 2002.
