Leah Acker MD PhD (She/Her)
Neuroanesthesiology
Assistant Professor Dept of Anesthesiology
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2301 Erwin RdDurham, NC 27705
Phone+1 919-684-8111
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Education & Training
Duke University HospitalResidency, Anesthesiology, 2017 - 2022
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 2017, MD
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 2017 - 2025
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Associations between anaesthetic dose-adjusted intraoperative EEG alpha power, processing speed, and postoperative delirium: analysis of data from three prospective st...Melody Reese, Mary Cooter Wright, Ken C Roberts, Jeffrey N Browndyke, Micheal Bennett
British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2025-04-10 - Prediction of Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults from Preoperative Cognition and Occipital Alpha Power from Resting-State Electroencephalogram.Matthew Ning, Andrei Rodionov, Jessica M Ross, Recep A Ozdemir, Maja Burch
Medrxiv. 2024-11-01 - The brain-heart-immune axis: a vago-centric framework for predicting and enhancing resilient recovery in older surgery patients.Leah Acker, Kevin Xu, J P Ginsberg
Bioelectronic Medicine. 2024-09-02
Press Mentions
New Test Forecasts Dementia Risk in Elderly Surgery PatientsDecember 21st, 2023
Grant Support
- Attentional Resilience in Older AdultsDUKE UNIVERSITY2024–2029
- Attentional Resilience in Older AdultsDUKE UNIVERSITY2024–2029
- The Role of the Aging Brain-Heart-Immune Axis in Postoperative DeliriumDUKE UNIVERSITY2022–2025
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