Faculty Profile

Department Chairman

C. Alvin Head, M.D.

Professor and Chairman

Joint Appointment, Physiology

ahead@mcg.edu

institutional faculty profile

• American Board of Anesthesiologists, 1994
• National Board of Medical Examiners, 1990

• Cardiac and pulmonary disease

• Nitric oxide in the treatment of sickle cell anemia

• 19 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals
• 46 peer-reviewed abstracts
• Other: 2 patents

• Anesthesia representative to the first national forum on residency reform, Washington, DC, 1991
• Elected to the Academy of Anesthesiology, 1998
• Elected to the American Medical Association Council on Scientific Affairs, 2002
• Chair, American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Respiratory Care, 2004-2007
• Founding Member, ASA Academic Committee, 2004-2007
• President, Academy of Anesthesiology, 2008

• A.S., Respiratory Therapy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1977
• B.S., Biological Sciences, Georgia State University, 1983
• M.D., Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, 1989
• Residency, Anesthesia, Emory University School of Medicine, 1993
• Research and Clinical Fellowship, Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1994