
David M. Eckmann, PhD, MDHoratio C. Wood Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Attending Physician, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care
Member, Institute for Medicine and Engineering
Founding Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
Member, Cardiovascular Institute
Professor of Bioengineering
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
331 John Morgan Building/6112
3620 Hamilton Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104-6802
Office: 215-349-5348
Fax: 215-349-5078 Email: eckmanndm@uphs.upenn.edu
Publications
Education:
B.S. (Bioengineering) University of California, San Diego, 1983. Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering) Northwestern University, 1989. Medical Scientist Training Program, Northwestern University, 1990. M.D. (Medicine) Northwestern University, 1990. M.A. (Education (Honorary)) University of Pennsylvania, 2003.
Post-Graduate Training
Fellowship, Center for Multiphase Flow and Transport, School of Engineering, Northwestern University, 1989-1990. Transitional Year in Medicine, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, 1991-1992. Resident in Anesthesiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, 1992-1996.
Certifications
Permanent linkDiplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1991. Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology, 1997. Description of Research ExpertiseInterfacial fluid mechanics, biofluid mechanics, biological fluid dynamics, vascular biology, cardiovascular physiology, surfactant, gas embolism, air embolism, cellular mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, surface tension, bubbles, biomaterials, biomimetic materials, surface adsorption, surface grafting, bioengineering, biomedical engineeringDescription of Clinical ExpertiseAnesthesiology, airway management, regional anesthesia, bariatrics, obesitySelected PublicationsSwaminathan, T., Mukundakrishnan, K., Ayyaswamy, P.S., Eckmann, D.M.. : Effect of a soluble surfactant on a finite sized bubble motion in a blood vessel. Journal of Fluid Mechanics Accepted 2009.Calderon, A.J., Muzykantov, V., Muro, S., Eckmann, D.M. : Flow dynamics, binding and detachment of spherical carriers targeted to ICAM-1 on endothelial cells. Biorheology 43: 323-341, September 2009. Mukundakrishnan, K., Ayyaswamy, P.S., Eckmann, D.M.: Bubble motion in a blood vessel: shear stress induced endothelial injury. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 131: 074516:1-5, July 2009. Eckmann, D.M.: Polidocanol for endovenous microfoam sclerosant therapy. Expert Opinion On Investigational Drugs Accepted 2009. Sinha, A.C., Eckmann, D.M.: Anesthesia for Bariatric Surgery. Miller’s Anesthesia, 7th Edition. RD Miller (eds.). Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, Page: 2089-2104, 2009. Kobayashi, S., Crooks, S., Eckmann, D.M.: Dose- and time-dependent liquid sclerosant effects on endothelial cell death. Dermatologic Surgery 32: 1444-1452, December 2006. Eckmann, D.M., Armstead, S.C.: Influence of endothelial glycocalyx degradation and surfactants on air embolism adhesion. Anesthesiology 105: 1220-1227, December 2006. Eckmann, D.M., Zhang, J., Ayyaswamy, P.S.: Surfactant based intervention to eliminate gas embolism during long duration space based activity. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1077: 256-269, September 2006. Miksa, D., Irish, E.R., Chen, D., Composto, R.J., Eckmann, D.M.: Dextran functionalized surfaces via reductive amination: morphology, wetting, and adhesion. Biomacromolecules 7: 557-564, 2006. Ombelli, M., Composto, R.J., Meng, Q.C., Eckmann, D.M.: A quantitative and selective chromatography method for determining coverages of multiple proteins on surfaces. Journal of Chromatography B 826: 198-205, 2005.
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