Andrew McKinstry-Wu, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Anesthesiologist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Member, Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology
Faculty Member, Neuroscience of Unconsciousness and Reanimation Research Alliance
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Longnecker Laboratories
319C John Morgan Building
3620 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Longnecker Laboratories
319C John Morgan Building
3620 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-544-9481
Education:
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Exeter College, Oxford University, 2002.
BA (Biology and History)
Williams College, 2003.
MD (Medicine)
Columbia University, 2008.
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Exeter College, Oxford University, 2002.
BA (Biology and History)
Williams College, 2003.
MD (Medicine)
Columbia University, 2008.
Selected Publications
Sophia Linguiti1, Jacob W. Vogel, Valerie J. Sydnor, Adam Pines, Nick Wellman, Allan Basbaum, Claudia R. Eickhoff, Simon B. Eickhoff, Robert R. Edwards, Bart Larsen, Andrew McKinstry-Wu, J. Cobb Scott, David R. Roalf Vaishnavi Sharma, Eric C. Strain, Gregory Corder, Robert H. Dworkin & Theodore D. Satterthwaite : Functional imaging studies of acute administration of classic psychedelics, ketamine, and MDMA: Methodological limitations and convergent results. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 154, November 2023.Andrew McKinstry-Wu, Max Kelz: One node among many: sevoflurane-induced hypnosis and the challenge of an integrative network-level view of anaesthetic action Br J Anaesth November 2023.
A McKinstry-Wu, T Jiang, K Ayensu, N Frick: Effects of Adrenergic Signalling on Anesthetic Sensitivity and Resistance to State Transition in Mice. Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Annual Meeting September 2023.
Renyu Liu, John Grothusen, Thomas T. Joseph, Andrew McKinstry-Wu: Interaction of Fentanyl with Alpha 2B Adrenergic Receptor. Translational Perioperative and Pain Medicine 10(2), June 2023.
Tim Jiang, Paula Kwasniewska, Nathan Frick, Aden Mandel, Andrew McKinstry-Wu: Inhibition of Adrenergic Neurons Produces Sedation, Increases Anesthetic Sensitivity, and Increases Resistance to State Transitions in Mice. International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting April 2023.
Andrew McKinstry-Wu, Paula Kwasniewska, Tim Jiang, Nathan Frick, Aden Mandel: Acute Inhibition of Adrenergic Neurons Produces Sedation, Increases Anesthetic Sensitivity, and Increases Resistance to State Transitions in Mice. Association of University Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting April 2023.
Andrew R McKinstry-Wu, Andrzej Z Wasilczuk, William P Dailey, Roderic G Eckenhoff, Max B Kelz : In Vivo Photoadduction of Anesthetic Ligands in Mouse Brain Markedly Extends Sedation and Hypnosis J Neurosci 43(13): 2338-2348, March 2023.
Alyssa K. Labonte, MehammadMehdi Kafashan, Emma R. Huels, Stefanie Blain-Moraes, Mathias Basner, Max B Kelz, George A Mashour, Michael S Avidan, Hannah Maybrier, Maxwell Muench, Vijar Tarnal, Giancarlo Vanini, E Andrew Ochroch, Rosemary Hogg, Ellen Janke, Goodarz Golmirzaie, Paul Picton, Andrew McKinstry-wu, Ben Julian A Palanca.: The posterior dominant rhythm: an electroencephalographic biomarker for cognitive recovery after general anaesthesia. British Journal of Anaesthesia February 2023.
Andrew McKinstry-Wu, Nathan Frick, Tim Jiang, Paula Kwasniewska, Steven Thomas: Glutamatergic and Adrenergic Neurons Mediate Alpha-2-Agonist-Induced Sedation and Hypnosis in Mice. International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting March 2022.
Andrew McKinstry-Wu, Nathan Frick, Tim Jiang, Paula Kwasniewska, Steven Thomas: Glutamatergic and Adrenergic Neurons Mediate Alpha-2-Agonist-Induced Sedation and Hypnosis in Mice. Association of University Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting March 2022.