George Alexander Mashour is an American anesthesiologist.

Early life and education

Mashour completed his undergraduate degree in philosophy at St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) and then completed his

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and PhD at the

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. Following his medical degree, Mashour completed his residency in the Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care at the

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and

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. While at Harvard, he also accepted a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research for his project "Electrophysiology of Analgesic and Anesthetic Action on Serotonin Receptors".

Career

Upon completing his residency at Harvard, Mashour joined the

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(U-Mich) as a fellow in neuroanesthesiology and joined their faculty as an

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in July 2007. During his tenure at U-Mich, Mashour was appointed the Bert N. La Du Professor and associate chair for research in the Department of Anesthesiology and founded the center for

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Science. As a result, he was promoted to associate dean for clinical and

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, and director of the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research. As the associate dean, Mashour and Cynthia Chestek studied the neurological mechanisms at work during

ketamine Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic used medically for induction and maintenance of anesthesia. It is also used as a recreational drug. It is one of the safest anesthetics, as, in contrast with opiates, ether, and propofol, it suppresses ne ...

anesthesia. In 2016, Mashour was named the executive director of Translational Research in the U-M Office of Research where he was expected to advocate for translational research across U-Mich. As a result of his research, Mashour was elected a member of the

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(NAM) in recognition of his major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care and public health. Following the election, Mashour was also appointed chair of U-Mich's Department of Anesthesiology and the Robert B. Sweet Professor of Anesthesiology. During the

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, Mashour worked within the University of Michigan's Center for Drug Repurposing to battle the coronavirus. He also collaborated with Theodore Goodson III to research how anesthetic drugs disrupt consciousness in the brain. In 2021, Mashour received the

American Society of Anesthesiologists The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is an educational, research and scientific association of physicians organized to raise the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and to improve patient care. As of 2021, the organizat ...

Excellence in Research Award "for his significant work on the neurobiology of consciousness and unconsciousness, as well as his contributions to academic anesthesiology and translational science."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mashour, George Living people University of Michigan faculty Georgetown University alumni St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) alumni American anesthesiologists Members of the National Academy of Medicine Year of birth missing (living people)