Peter K. Zahn

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Peter K. Zahn (born May 5, 1966 in Seligenstadt ) is a German anesthetist and intensive care doctor. Since January 1, 2011, he has been the director of the clinic for anesthesiology, intensive care, palliative and pain medicine at the Bergmannsheil University Hospital in Bochum.

Life

After studying medicine and completing his doctorate at Ulm University, Peter Zahn went to the USA for a research stay from 1995 to 1999, where he worked at the Laboratories for Pain Research at the University of Iowa. He then moved to Münster University Hospital, where he was appointed senior physician in the clinic and polyclinic for anesthesiology and operative intensive care medicine. Through various additional qualifications (including "Special Anesthesiological Intensive Care Medicine" and "Transesophageal Echocardiography"), Peter Zahn expanded his clinical spectrum. His clinical focus is on cardio anesthesia, intensive care medicine, neuro anesthesia and pain therapy. After completing his habilitation on the subject of “Neurophysiological mechanisms of postoperative pain”, Peter Zahn received the venia legendi for anesthesiology and operative intensive care medicine in 2003. In the scientific field, he intensified his research, for example, on questions of pain research and pain therapy with a focus on spinal and peripheral processing of acute and persistent pain. For example, he and Esther Pogatzki-Zahn established the new laboratory division “Experimental Pain Medicine” in Münster. On January 1, 2011, Peter Zahn moved to Bochum at the Bergmannsheil University Clinic . Here he was appointed to succeed Michael Zenz as the new director of the clinic for anesthesiology, intensive care, palliative and pain medicine.

Prices

  • 1997 Essay Contest for Residents (American Society of Anesthesiologists; ASA), Second Prize. Title of the work: Effects of intrathecal (IT) NMDA and Non-NMDA receptor antagonists in a rat model of postoperative pain.
  • 1998 Essay Contest for Residents (American Society of Anesthesiologists; ASA), Third Prize. Title of the work: Sensitization of wide dynamic range neurons mediates behavioral hyperalgesia in a rat model of postoperative pain.

Publications

Peter Zahn has published numerous specialist articles and abstracts, for example on molecular, neuropharmacological and neurophysiological mechanisms of acute and chronic pain. The last 5 publications are listed below:

  • with DM Pöpping, HK Van Aken, B. Dasch, R. Boche and EM Pogatzki-Zahn: Effectiveness and safety of postoperative pain management: a survey of 18 925 consecutive patients between 1998 and 2006: a database analysis of prospectively raised data. In: Brit J. Anaesth. 101 (6), 2008, pp. 832-840.
  • with M. Scherer, SU Reichl, M. Augustin and EM Pogatzki-Zahn: Assessment of cold hyperalgesia after incision. In: Anesth & Analg. 110 (1), 2010, pp. 222-227.
  • with EM Pogatzki-Zahn, C. Wagner, A. Meinhardt-Renner, M. Burgmer, C. Beste and B. Pfleiderer: Coding of incisional pain in the brain: An fMRI study in human volunteers. In: Anesthesiology. 112 (2), 2010, pp. 406-417.
  • with R. Sabatowski, SA Schug, UM Stamer and EM Pogatzki-Zahn: Paracetamol for Postoperative Pain Therapy - Old Substance and New Insights. In: anesthetist. 59, 2010, pp. 940-952.
  • with A. Schnabel, SU Reichl, L. Kajdi, P. Kranke and EM Pogatzki-Zahn: Efficacy and safety of paravertebral blocks in breast surgery: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. In: Brit J. Anaesth. 105, 2010, pp. 842-852.

In addition, he has worked on various books as editor and author, for example:

  • with EM Pogatzki-Zahn (Ed.): Postoperative Pain Therapy: An Update. In: Best Practice & Research Clinical Anesthesiology. Vol 21 (1) Elsevier 2007, pp. 1-160.
  • with E. Pogatzki-Zahn and H. Van Aken (eds.): Postoperative pain therapy - pathophysiology, pharmacology and therapy. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-13-143561-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zenz is followed by Zahn. Bergmannsheil press release
personal data
SURNAME Zahn, Peter K.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German anesthetist and intensive care physician
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Seligenstadt