Richard J Melker MD


1: Park DK, Bitton G, Melker R.  
  Microbial inactivation by microwave radiation in the home environment.
J Environ Health. 2006 Dec;69(5):17-24; quiz 39-40.
2: Gold MS, Melker RJ, Dennis DM, Morey TE, Bajpai LK, Pomm R, Frost-Pineda K.  
  Fentanyl abuse and dependence: further evidence for second hand exposure hypothesis.
J Addict Dis. 2006;25(1):15-21.
3: McAuliffe PF, Gold MS, Bajpai L, Merves ML, Frost-Pineda K, Pomm RM, Goldberger BA, Melker RJ, Cendan JC.  
  Second-hand exposure to aerosolized intravenous anesthetics propofol and fentanyl may cause sensitization and subsequent opiate addiction among anesthesiologists and surgeons.
Med Hypotheses. 2006;66(5):874-82. Epub 2006 Jan 23.
4: Gold MS, Frost-Pineda K, Melker RJ.  
  Physician suicide and drug abuse.
Am J Psychiatry. 2005 Jul;162(7):1390; author reply 1390. No abstract available.
5: Frolich MA, Dennis DM, Shuster JA, Melker RJ.  
  Precision and bias of target controlled propofol infusion for sedation.
Br J Anaesth. 2005 Apr;94(4):434-7. Epub 2005 Jan 28.

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Nikolaus Gravenstein, MD
Department Chair

Michael J Banner PhD
Jerry Berger, MD
Larry Berman, MD
Azra Bihorac, MD
David Bjoraker, MD
Don Caton, MD
Laurie K Davies, MD
Donn Dennis, MD
F Kayser Enneking, MD
Tammy Euliano, MD
Andrea Gabrielli, MD
Dietrich Gravenstein, MD
Joachim S Gravenstein, MD
Gregory M Jenelle, MD
Sem Lampotang, PhD
A Joseph Layon, MD
Emilio Lobato, MD
Michael E Mahla, MD
Anatoly Martynyuk, MD
Richard J Melker, MD
Jerome Modell, MD
Tim Morey, MD
David A Paulus, MD
Yong Gang Peng, MD
Raymond Schultetus, MD
Christoph Seubert, MD
Avner Sidi, MD
Cheri Sulek, MD
Hans van Oostrom, PhD