Richard Bernard Hecker DO FAOCA, PLLC

Critical Care Medicine, Pain Medicine, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Regional Anesthesiology

Richard B. Hecker, DO, FAOCA, PLLC, FAA Senior Aviation Medical Examiner, FAA HIMS Certified Aviation Medial Examiner

5108 BroadwaySuite 203Alamo Heights, TX 78209
Phone+1 210-226-2485
Fax+1 210-957-0882

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Education & Training

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (WHMC)Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology), 1990 - 1991
UPMC Medical Education/Presbyterian Shadyside HospitalFellowship, Critical Care Medicine, 1989 - 1990
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education ConsortiumResidency, Anesthesiology, 1987 - 1990
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaFellowship, Pediatric Anesthesiology, 1988 - 1988
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education ConsortiumInternship, Transitional Year, 1986 - 1987

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Certifications & Licensure

TX State License 1987 - 2028
WA State License 2025 - 2027
AZ State License 1987 - 2024
CA State License 1987 - 2023
NM State License 1992 - 2023
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
AOA Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
AOA Board of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine (CAQ)
AOA Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine (CAQ)

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eHR Meaningful Use, DR Systems, Inc., 2014-2015
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eHR Meaningful Use for Medical Imaging, DR Systems, Inc., 2014-2015
Fellow American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists (FAOCA), 1997

Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

Myocardial stunning induced by topical intranasal phenylephrine pledgets
Hecker RB, Hays JV, Champ JD, Rubal BJ, Military Medicine, 1/1/1997
The haemodynamic effects of rocuronium and vecuronium are different under balanced anesthesia
Stevens JB, Hecker RB, Talbot JC, Walker SC, Acta Anaesthiol Scand, 1/1/1997
Primary varicella-zoster-induced rhabdomyolysis
Will MJ, Hecker RB, Wathen PI, So Med J, 1/1/1996

Books/Book Chapters

Textbook of Military Medicine.
Chapter: Airway management. Anesthesia and Perioperative Care of the Combat Casualty.
Page 55 - 79Hecker RB, Kingsley CPEditors: Zajtchuk R, Bellamy RF.US Department of the Army, Office of the Surgeon General, and Borden Institute, Washington, DC1995
Textbook of Military Medicine.
Chapter: Inhalational anesthesia. Anesthesia and Perioperative Care of the Combat Casualty.
Page 187 - 210Hecker RBEditors: Zajtchuk R, Bellamy RF.US Department of the Army, Office of the Surgeon General, and Borden Institute, Washington, DC1995
Textbook of Military Medicine.
Chapter: Neuromuscular blocking agents. Anesthesia and Perioperative Care of the Combat Casualty.
Page 235 - 249Hecker RB, Stevens JB, Melanson GFEditors: Zajtchuk R, Bellamy RF.US Department of the Army, Office of the Surgeon General, and Borden Institute, Washington, DC1995

Abstracts/Posters

The hemodynamic effects of rocuronium compared to vecuronium and pancuronium under balanced anesthesia.
Stevens JB, Hecker RB, Talbot JC, Walker SC, Anesthesiology, 1/1/1996
Pulse oximetry versus skin color in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU).
Peters DC, Hecker RB, Rubal BJ, Anesth Analg, 1/1/1996
A comparison of thermometry modalities in the post-induction surgical patient.
Davis ST, Hecker RB, Brown RS, Rubal BJ, Anesth Analg, 1/1/1996

Lectures

Monitoring Considerations for Post-Operative Opioid Induced Respiratory Depression.
Albuquerque, NM - 1/12/2014
Muscle Relaxants.
Kansas City, MO - 1/16/1999
Advanced Airway Topics.
Austin, TX - 1/26/1995

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