Dr. Evan D Kharasch MD
Anesthesiologist
1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Dr. Evan Kharasch is an anesthesiologist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Kharasch ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Kharasch also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine 1984
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Menstrual cycle variability in midazolam pharmacokinetics.
- Clinical isoflurane metabolism by cytochrome P450 2E1.
- Duration of cytochrome P-450 2E1 (CYP2E1) inhibition and estimation of functional CYP2E1 enzyme half-life after single-dose disulfiram administration in humans.
- Dose-dependent metabolism of fluoromethyl-2,2-difluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)vinyl ether (compound A), an anesthetic degradation product, to mercapturic acids and 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-(fluoromethoxy)propanoic acid in rats.
- Putting the brakes on anesthetic breakdown.
- Compound A uptake and metabolism to mercapturic acids and 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-fluoromethoxypropanoic acid during low-flow sevoflurane anesthesia: biomarkers for exposure, risk assessment, and interspecies comparison.
- Endotracheal lidocaine administration via an esophageal combitube.
- Human halothane metabolism, lipid peroxidation, and cytochromes P(450)2A6 and P(450)3A4.
- Metabolism of levo-alpha-Acetylmethadol (LAAM) by human liver cytochrome P450: involvement of CYP3A4 characterized by atypical kinetics with two binding sites.
- Pharmacokinetics and clinical effects of sublingual triazolam in pediatric dental patients.
- Metabolism of methadone and levo-alpha-acetylmethadol (LAAM) by human intestinal cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4): potential contribution of intestinal metabolism to presystemic clearance and bioactivation.
- Halothane-dependent lipid peroxidation in human liver microsomes is catalyzed by cytochrome P4502A6 (CYP2A6).
- Bispectral index monitoring during sedation with sevoflurane, midazolam, and propofol.
- Fluvoxamine-theophylline interaction: gap between in vitro and in vivo inhibition constants toward cytochrome P4501A2.
- In-vivo phenotyping for CYP3A by a single-point determination of midazolam plasma concentration.
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Awards
- 1993 Inaugural Member, Honorary Academy of Mentors, American Society of Ane
- B.B. Sankey Anesthesia Advancement Award, International Anesthesia Re 1989-1990 Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
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Practice At 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz
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