Stuart R. Hameroff, M.D.

Professor Emeritus, Anesthesiology and Psychology

Associate Director of Consciousness Studies

Department of Anesthesiology

AHSC 5301

P.O. Box 245114

Tucson, AZ 85724-5114

Phone: (520)626-2116    

E-mail: hameroff@u.arizona.edu

EDUCATION:

-Hahnemann Medical College, 1973 (M.D.)

-Tucson Hospitals Medical Education Program, 1973-1974 (Internship)

-The University of Arizona, 1975-1977, Anesthesiology (Residency)

MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST:

-Molecular/quantum mechanics of anesthetics

-Consciousness

-Cerebral protection via scalp/brain cooling

-Subjective time flow

-Computer modeling of cytoskeletal dynamics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Hameroff SR. The entwined mysteries of anesthesia and consciousness: is there a common underlying mechanism? Anesthesiology. 105(2):400-12, 2006.

Hameroff SR. A new theory of the origin of cancer: quantum coherent entanglement, centrioles, mitosis, and differentiation. Biosystems. 77(1-3):119-36, 2004.

: Hagan S, Hameroff SR, Tuszynski JA. Quantum computation in brain microtubules: decoherence and biological feasibility. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 65(6 Pt 1):061901, 2002.

Woolf NJ, Hameroff SR. A quantum approach to visual consciousness. Trends Cogn Sci. 5(11):472-478, 2001.

STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH RESEARCH:

-Subjective time flow studies on pre-operative and post-operative patients

-Effects of scalp/brain cooling on volunteers

SPONSORED RESEARCH THROUGH MSRP:

Brent W. Fischer (MSRP 1990): "The risks of regurgitation and monitoring the hemodynamic response with the use of the laryngeal mask."

Last updated: 3/1/2007