George Mashour

Dr. Mashour is an anesthesiologist and NIH-funded neuroscientist who is internationally recognized for his work on consciousness. He studies consciousness using computational models, experimental models, translational studies in healthy volunteers, and clinical research in surgical patients. He also has expertise in promoting translational research and serves as the Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology.

Areas of Interest

• Multidisciplinary approaches to the study of consciousness
  Network mechanisms of consciousness and unconsciousness
  Intraoperative awareness and metrics of consciousness
  Interfaces of sleep neurobiology and general anesthesia
  
• Perioperative neurologic outcomes (e.g., stroke, nerve injury, postoperative visual loss)

Research

Dr. Mashour leads a multidisciplinary, NIH-funded neuroscience laboratory that studies the mechanisms and monitoring of consciousness across the translational spectrum. He also serves as the founding Director of the Michigan Psychedelic Center as well as Co-Director of the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research.

Credentials

Graduate School

• Neuroscience, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

Medical School

• Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

Fellowship & Fulbright Scholar

• Neuroscience, Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Residency

• Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Clinical Fellow

• Neuroanesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan