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Office
185 South Orange Ave
MSB E538
Newark, NJ 07103Phone+1 201-919-1032- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Anesthesiology, 1992 - 1995
- St Josephs University Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1991 - 1992
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 1991
- New Jersey Institute of TechnologyPh.D., Biomedical Engineering, 1987
- New Jersey Institute of TechnologyM.S., Chemical Engineering, 1983
- Tbilisi State UniversityB.S., Chemistry, 1974
Certifications & Licensure
- NJ State Medical License 1992 - 2025
- NY State Medical License 1992 - 2014
- American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Presidential Scholarship Award New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1986
- Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, 1983
Clinical Trials
- Rivastigmine in the Treatment of Postoperative Delirium: a Pilot Clinical Trial Start of enrollment: 2008 Dec 01
- Postoperative Cognitive Decline, Inflammation, and Plasma Levels of Beta-amyloids Start of enrollment: 2008 Dec 01
- A Pilot Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Clevidipine in Neurosurgical Patients Start of enrollment: 2009 Jul 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- RALY participates in nerve trauma-induced nociceptive hypersensitivity through triggering Eif4g2 gene expression in primary sensory neurons.Lina Huang, Dilip Sharma, Xiaozhou Feng, Zhiqiang Pan, Shaogen Wu, Daisy Munoz, Alex Bekker, Huijuan Hu, Yuan-Xiang Tao> ;British Journal of Pharmacology. 2024 Mar 1
- Sensory neuron-specific long noncoding RNA in small non-peptidergic dorsal root ganglion neurons selectively impairs nerve injury-induced mechanical hypersensitivity.Bing Wang, Yingping Liang, Alex Bekker, Huijuan Hu, Yuan-Xiang Tao> ;Life Sciences. 2023 Nov 1
- 2 citationsTranscription factor EBF1 mitigates neuropathic pain by rescuing Kv1.2 expression in primary sensory neurons.Yingping Liang, Dilip Sharma, Bing Wang, Huixing Wang, Xiaozhou Feng, Ruining Ma, Tolga Berkman, Steven Char, Alex Bekker, Yuan-Xiang Tao> ;Translational Research. 2024 Jan 1
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Journal Articles
- The Effect of Intraoperative Infusion of Dexmedetomidine on Quality of Recovery after Major Spinal SurgeryBekker A, Haile M, Kline R, Didehvar S, Babu R, Martiniuk F, Urban M, Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, 1/1/2013
- Surgery, Anesthesia, and Immune ResponseScholl R, Bekker A, Current Reviews in Clinical Anesthesia, 1/1/2012
- Neuroendocrine and Immune Response to SurgeryScholl R, Bekker A, Babu R, The Internet Journal of Anesthesiology, 1/1/2012
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Press Mentions
- Medical Marijuana May Offer Safe Pain Relief for Cancer PatientsMay 24th, 2022
- Continuing Education™ to Launch Educational Video Activity on Demystifying Medical Cannabis in Disease State ManagementOctober 24th, 2018
Hospital Affiliations
- University HospitalNewark, New Jersey
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