Physician Staff

H. Michael Marsh, MB BS

Dr. H. Michael Marsh is a board-certified anesthesiologist who completed his residency in anesthesia at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Minnesota. He currently is professor and chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and serves as the program director of the joint Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center Anesthesiology Residency Program. Dr. Marsh’s research interests include general anesthesia and the lung, acute lung injury and metabolism and epidemiology in critical care

Zulfiqar Ahmed, MD

Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmed is a board-certified anesthesiologist with fellowship training in pediatric anesthesiology. He is currently a staff anesthesiologist and director of research at Children's Hospital of Michigan and assistant professor of Anesthesiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Ahmed’s primary research interests are in pediatric pharmacology and pediatric pain management. There are two randomized trials ongoing at present along with a number of other projects which include review articles and retrospective data analysis. Recently published articles include studies in the area of pediatric use of Aprotinin for perioperative blood conservation, robotic surgery, pediatric diabetes and pediatric airway. The department is committed to a scholarly, productive and excellent research environment.

Marc D. Basson, MD, PhD

Dr. Marc Basson is a board-certified surgeon who completed his residency in general surgery at the Columbia Presbyterian and Downstate Medical Center in New York and the St. Mary’s Hospital Yale-affiliated program in Connecticut. He is a professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Anatomy & Cell Biology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and currently serves as associate chief of staff for surgical services at the John D. Dingell, VA Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Basson’s major research interests include intestinal epithelial wound healing, cell-matrix interactions, physical force effect, cell signaling and cancer cell adhesion and metastasis

Elie J. Chidiac, MD

Dr. Elie Chidiac is a board-certified anesthesiologist who completed his residency in anesthesiology at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is an assistant professor of Anesthesiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Chidiac’s major research interests are in regional anesthesia procedures, which include peripheral nerve blocks for upper- and lower-extremity surgeries and continuous peripheral nerve blocks with indwelling catheters and disposable pumps.

Samir F.Fuleihan, MD

Dr. Samir Fuleihan is a board-certified anesthesiologist who completed his anesthesia residency program at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a clinical associate professor of Anesthesiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and currently serves as chief of anesthesiology at Harper University Hospital in the Detroit Medical Center. Dr. Fuleihan’s major areas of interest are in postoperative epidural analgesia, preemptive analgesia and sympathetic nerve blocks and treatment modalities for sympathetic mediated pain.

Samuel Perov, MD

Dr. Samuel Perov is a board-certified anesthesiologist who completed his anesthesia residency program at the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo. He is a clinical associate professor of anesthesiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and currently serves as chief of anesthesiology at Detroit Receiving Hospital. Dr. Perov’s major areas of interest are in anesthesiology in trauma patients including acute trauma airway management, massive resuscitation trauma and peripheral nerve blocks including continuous nerve blocks for patients undergoing orthopaedic procedures. His clinical studies interests include new reversal agents for muscle relaxants; i.e., vecuronium and rocuronium, regulation of acetylcholine receptors in burn patients and all aspects of pain medication including spinal-cord stimulations and intrathecal pumps.

Vitaly Soskin, MD, PhD

Dr. Vitaly Soskin is a board-certified anesthesiologist who completed his anesthesia residency program at Sinai Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. He is a clinical assistant professor of Anesthesiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and director of obstetrical anesthesiology at Hutzel Women’s Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Soskin’s major areas of interest are in postoperative anesthesia for caesarean section and fetal oxygenation during elective caesarean section under regional anesthesia, auto-detect syringe, PDPHA (post-dural-puncture headache), and epidural anesthetics during caesarean section.

Hong Wang, MD, PhD

Dr. Hong Wang is a board-certified anesthesiologist who completed her anesthesia residency program at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. She is an associate professor-clinical of Anesthesiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Wang’s major area of interest is in the development of the Intelligent Anesthesia Monitor and Anesthesia Depth Diagnosis Assistance System, which is currently a collaborative research effort with the WSU Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and supported by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

Doctoral Staff

Matthew Galloway, PhD

Matthew Galloway, PhD, earned his doctoral degree in Biochemistry at St. Louis University in 1981. After post-doctoral training in neurochemical pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine (psychiatry), he accepted a faculty position at Wayne State University School of Medicine where he is currently a professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience and Anesthesiology. In Psychiatry, he is co-director of the Brain Research and Imaging Neurosciences Research Division, and he is director of research in Anesthesiology. Dr. Galloway’s major research interests include the application of proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS, 11.7T) to animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders (stimulant addiction, neurotoxicity, depression, schizophrenia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease) as well as the mechanism of action; e.g., MR-visible neurochemical profiles of anesthetics. Additionally, research is focused on the neurobiology underlying changes in MR-visible neurochemicals such as glutamate, GABA and N-acetylaspartate. Human research studies include MRS analysis of propofol in vivo as well as analysis of epileptogenic tissue. Research endeavors are supported by NIDA.

Lakshmi S. Chaturvedi, PhD

Lakshmi Chaturvedi, PhD, earned his doctoral degree in Medical Genetics at the Sanjay Ghandi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, India. He currently is a research associate in the Department of Anesthesiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Chaturvedi’s major area of interest is focused in mitogenic and motogenic effects of mechanical strain/stretch on lung epithelial cells. In addition, he is currently collaborating with Dr. Marc Basson in research endeavors which include intestinal epithelial wound healing, cell-matrix interactions, physical force effect, cell signaling and cancer cell adhesion and metastasis.

George M. McKelvey, PhD

George McKelvey, PhD, earned his doctoral degree in Physiology at The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia. He currently is a research associate in the Department of Anesthesiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. McKelvey’s current research involves clinical and animal studies investigating physiological and neurochemical mechanisms of anesthesia. His specific interests include the application of proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the MR-visible neurochemical profiles of anesthetics and cardiorespiratory and electroencephalographic (EEG) effects of anesthesia.

Mary Montie, MA, MUP

As a senior member in the Anesthesiology Division of Research, Mary Montie provides assistance to all department faculty, residents and staff in their pursuit of basic medical and clinical research. As a research manager, she provides clinical trial management and support, research compliance, generates sponsor reports regarding progress and any other scholarly/research activity. Montie manages prospective and retrospective studies, which includes subject recruitment and data collection and analysis for both sponsored and department research studies.

Administrative Staff

Kristyn Hagood

Kristyn Hagood is an administrative assistant in the Anesthesiology Division of Research at Wayne State University. She has been involved in healthcare administrative support in an academic setting for a number of years initially in orthopaedics and presently in anesthesiology. Hagood provides assistance to faculty, research associates and assistants, and clinical partners in document preparation, data-base management and client collaboration.

Address all inquiries to:
Kristyn Hagood
Administrative Assistant Division of Research WSU Anesthesiology
4201 St. Antoine Boulevard, UHC-4J Detroit, MI 48201
khagood@med.wayne.edu
Phone: 313 966-0052 FAX: 313 745-1075