General Pharmacology

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Professor, Departments of Anesthesia & Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

EDUCATION:
• Undergraduate, Northwestern University (Biomedical Engineering)
• Medical, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• Residency, University of California San Francisco
• Fellowship, University of California San Francisco (Neurosurgical Anesthesiology)
• Postdoctoral Research, University of California San Francisco (Center for Cerebrovascular Research); University of California San Francisco (Cardiovascular Research Institute)

AWARDS, HONORS, & RECOGNITIONS
• Intern of the Year, Department of Medicine, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, 1997
• Second Place California Society of Anesthesiologist-Glaxo Wellcome Award for Excellence in Resident Research in Anesthesia, 2000
• Stuart C Cullen Award for Excellence in Clinical Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, 2000
• Finalist California Society of Anesthesiologists-Glaxo Smith Kline Resident Research Competition, 2001
• Radiometer JW Severinghaus Fellowship in Anesthesia Research, 2001

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr Dhanesh works developing new anesthetics to reduce the amount of pain felt during surgery and to increase the length of the anesthetics’ effects.