The Division of Critical Care Medicine has a 20 year history of research on Mechanical Ventilation, ARDS, and Lung Physiology Research. Dr. Peter Papadakos has been actively collaborating with investigators throughout the US and Europe on a number of multicenter funded projects. Over the last 2 years he and his colleagues have been investigating how mechanical ventilation impacts on atelectasis and Surfactant dysfunction. Basic science collaboration with Professor Dr. Burkhard Lachmann at the Charite of the University of Berlin is currently looking at Surfactant dysfunction in an animal model. The group is also looking at cytokine modulation in the lung and how it is affected by sedative agents. Dr. Papadakos is also working on several research projects with several national organizations such as the ASA and the AORN to improve human to technology interfacing and prevent electronic distraction.
