Dr. David W. Kaczka

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Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2004
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Mailing Address

Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
600 North Wolfe Street
Meyer 289
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (410) 955-2544
Fax: (410) 955-8978
dkaczka1@jhmi.edu

Qualifications

M.D., Boston University, Medicine, 2000.
Ph.D., Boston University, Biomedical Engineering, 2000.
M.S., Boston University, Biomedical Engineering, 1993.
B.S., Boston University, Biomedical Engineering, 1990.

Other Expertise

Physician and Surgeon, State of Maryland, License Certification Number D0061759
Engineer-in-Training (EIT), Commonwealth of Massachusetts Certification No. 17713
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology
United States Air Force Reserve, 79th Surgical Surgical Operations Squadron, Anesthesia Flight, Andrews AFB, MD
Current rank: Major (Effective 01 Oct 2007)

Industrial Relevance

2001, Advanced Projects Intern, Wyle Laboratories, Houston, TX
1997-1999, Consultant, Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc., Carlsbad, CA

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Anesthesiology, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Critical Care, Health and Medicine, Life Support Systems, Medical Instrumentation, Pulmonary Diseases.

Additional Terms:

Anesthesia, Mechanical Ventilation, Medical Instrumentation, Patient Monitoring, Pulmonary Mechanics, Respiratory Mechanics.

Memberships

Alpha Eta Mu Beta National Biomedical Engineering Society
American Physiological Society
American Society of Anesthesiologists
American Thoracic Society
Biomedical Engineering Society
IEEE - Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology
Society for Technology in Anesthesia
Tau Beta Pi

Honors and Awards

2008, Ann Woolcock Memorial Award, American Thoracic Society, Scientific Promise of a Young Investigator
2005, Honor Flight Graduate, USAF Officer Training School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montomery AL
2003, Resident Scholar, Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER)
2002, Marquis Who's Who in America, 56th Edition
2000, Robert Slater, M.D. Award in Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine
2000, Selected for externship in Aerospace Medicine (1 of 4 U.S. medical students), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Houston, TX
1995, Elected to Alpha Eta Mu Beta National Biomedical Engineering Society, Boston University College of Engineering
1991, Whitaker Silver Medal Best Paper Award, IEEE Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Hartford, CT
1990, Graduated summa cum laude, Boston University College of Engineering
1989, Elected to Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, Boston University College of Engineering
1987-1990, Dean's List Boston University College of Engineering

Previous Positions

2007-2008, Director ad interim, Obstetric Anesthesia, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Obstetric and Regional Anesthesia
2004-2005, Clinical Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Obstetric Anesthesia
2003-2004, Resident, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
2001-2003, Assistant Resident, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
2000-2001, Medical Intern, St. Vincent's Hospital, Worcester, Medicine
2000-2001, Research Associate, Boston University, College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
1990-2000, Graduate Research Assistant, Boston University, College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
1989-1990, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Boston University, College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering

Patents

Servo-controlled pneumatic pressure oscillator for respiratory impedance measurements and high-frequency ventilation, Patent Number: 20070006924, 2007, United States of America.
System and method for setting positive end expiratory pressure during mechanical ventilation based on dynamic lung function, Patent Number: 20070240717, 2007, Institution, United States of America.
Enhanced Ventilation Waveform Device, Patent Number: 6435182, 2002, Trustees of Boston University, United States.

Funding Received

  • NIH K08HL089227-01: Optimizing Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Lung Injury, 2008 to 2012.
  • Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research: Noninvasive Determination of Mechanical Heterogeneity in a Canine Model of Acute Lung Injury, 2005 to 2007.

Publications

  • Kaczka DW, Brown RH, Mitzner W (Feb 2009) Assessment of heterogeneous airway constriction in dogs: a structure-function analysis., Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 106 (2), 520-30 Abstract
  • Easley RB, Lancaster CT, Fuld MK, Custer JW, Hager DN, Kaczka DW, Simon BA (Jan 2009) Total and regional lung volume changes during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) of the normal lung., Respiratory physiology & neurobiology, 165 (1), 54-60 Abstract
  • Pauldine R, Beck G, Salinas J, Kaczka DW (Apr 2008) Closed-loop strategies for patient care systems., The Journal of trauma, 64 (4 Suppl), S289-94 Abstract
  • Bellardine Black CL, Hoffman AM, Tsai LW, Ingenito EP, Suki B, Kaczka DW, Simon BA, Lutchen KR (Mar 2008) Impact of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure During Heterogeneous Lung Injury: Insights from Computed Tomographic Image Functional Modeling., Annals of biomedical engineering Abstract
  • Brown RH, Kaczka DW, Fallano K, Chen S, Mitzner W (Feb 2008) Temporal variability in the responses of individual canine airways to methacholine., Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) Abstract
  • Kaczka DW (Nov 2007) "Lung impedance measurements are/are not more useful than simpler measurements of lung function in animal models of pulmonary disease"., Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 103 (5), 1907; author reply 1 Abstract
  • Kaczka DW, Massa CB, Simon BA (Oct 2007) Reliability of estimating stochastic lung tissue heterogeneity from pulmonary impedance spectra: a forward-inverse modeling study., Annals of biomedical engineering, 35 (10), 1722-38 Abstract
  • Hager DN, Fessler HE, Kaczka DW, Shanholtz CB, Fuld MK, Simon BA, Brower RG (Jun 2007) Tidal volume delivery during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome., Critical care medicine, 35 (6), 1522-9 Abstract
  • Bellardine Black CL, Hoffman AM, Tsai LW, Ingenito EP, Suki B, Kaczka DW, Simon BA, Lutchen KR (Mar 2007) Relationship between dynamic respiratory mechanics and disease heterogeneity in sheep lavage injury., Critical care medicine, 35 (3), 870-8 Abstract
  • Hager DN, Fuld M, Kaczka DW, Fessler HE, Brower RG, Simon BA (Mar 2006) Four methods of measuring tidal volume during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation., Critical care medicine, 34 (3), 751-7 Abstract
  • Kaczka DW, Hager DN, Hawley ML, Simon BA (Aug 2005) Quantifying mechanical heterogeneity in canine acute lung injury: impact of mean airway pressure, Anesthesiology, 103 (2), 306-17 Abstract
  • Kaczka DW, Beck G (Sep 2004) Mechanical ventilation in orbit: emphasis on closed-loop ventilation., Respiratory Care Clinics of North America, 10 (3), 369-400, vii Abstract
  • Kaczka DW, Lutchen KR (Apr 2004) Servo-controlled pneumatic pressure oscillator for respiratory impedance measurements and high-frequency ventilation., Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 32 (4), 596-608 Abstract
  • Lutchen KR, Jensen A, Atileh H, Kaczka DW, Israel E, Suki B, Ingenito EP (Jul 2001) Airway constriction pattern is a central component of asthma severity: the role of deep inspirations., American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 164 (2), 207-15 Abstract
  • Kaczka DW, Ingenito EP, Body SC, Duffy SE, Mentzer SJ, DeCamp MM, Lutchen KR (May 2001) Inspiratory lung impedance in COPD: effects of PEEP and immediate impact of lung volume reduction surgery., Journal of Applied Physiology (bethesda, Md. : 1985), 90 (5), 1833-41 Abstract
  • Kaczka DW, Ingenito EP, Israel E, Lutchen KR (Jan 1999) Airway and lung tissue mechanics in asthma. Effects of albuterol., American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 159 (1), 169-78 Abstract
  • Kaczka DW, Ingenito EP, Lutchen KR (May-Jun 1999) Technique to determine inspiratory impedance during mechanical ventilation: implications for flow limited patients., Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 27 (3), 340-55 Abstract
  • Ingenito EP, Evans RB, Loring SH, Kaczka DW, Rodenhouse JD, Body SC, Sugarbaker DJ, Mentzer SJ, DeCamp MM, Reilly JJ Jr (Apr 1998) Relation between preoperative inspiratory lung resistance and the outcome of lung-volume-reduction surgery for emphysema., The New England Journal of Medicine, 338 (17), 1181-5 Abstract
  • Kaczka DW, Ingenito EP, Suki B, Lutchen KR (May 1997) Partitioning airway and lung tissue resistances in humans: effects of bronchoconstriction., Journal of Applied Physiology (bethesda, Md. : 1985), 82 (5), 1531-41 Abstract
  • Kaczka DW, Barnas GM, Suki B, Lutchen KR (Mar-Apr 1995) Assessment of time-domain analyses for estimation of low-frequency respiratory mechanical properties and impedance spectra., Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 23 (2), 135-51 Abstract
  • Barnas GM, Harinath P, Green MD, Suki B, Kaczka DW, Lutchen KR (May 1994) Influence of waveform and analysis technique on lung and chest wall properties., Respiration Physiology, 96 (2-3), 331-44 Abstract
  • Lutchen, KR, Suki, B, Kaczka, DW, Zhang, Q, Hantos, Z, Daroczy, B, Petak, F, Direct Use of Mechanical Ventilation to Measure Respiratory Mechanics Associated With Physiological Breathing, European Respiratory Review, 19, 198-202, 1994
  • Lutchen KR, Kaczka DW, Suki B, Barnas G, Cevenini G, Barbini P (Dec 1993) Low-frequency respiratory mechanics using ventilator-driven forced oscillations., Journal of Applied Physiology (bethesda, Md. : 1985), 75 (6), 2549-60 Abstract
  • Lutchen KR, Yang K, Kaczka DW, Suki B (Jul 1993) Optimal ventilation waveforms for estimating low-frequency respiratory impedance., Journal of Applied Physiology (bethesda, Md. : 1985), 75 (1), 478-88 Abstract

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