Speaker

Peter Nagele is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Chicago

Date & Time

November 19th, 2021, 10:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM Central / 1:00 PM Eastern / 19:00h MEZ

Abstract

The discovery that anesthetic agents like ketamine and nitrous oxide provide rapid and lasting improvement in major depression is considered as one of the most important findings in depression research in the last 50 years. In this talk, we will discuss the history of this discovery and highlight the latest findings.

Short Bio

Peter Nagele is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Chicago. He has studied the neuropharmacology of nitrous oxide and other anesthetic gases for more than 20 years. His team discovered the antidepressant effects of nitrous oxide in patients with treatment-resistant major depression:

• 1995 MD University of Innsbruck
• 1997-2004 Residency AKH Wien, Medical University of Vienna
• 2000-2002 Post-doctoral research fellowship Washington University, St. Louis
• 2005 Habilitation Anesthesiology, Medical University of Vienna
• 2005-2018 Faculty, Washington University
• 2018- Professor and Chair, Dept of Anesthesia and Critical Care; University of Chicago.
• 2001 FWF-Schrödinger Fellow
• 2004 Erste-Bank Preis
• 2006 Otto-Kraupp Preis
• 2011 Billroth Preis
• 2012 Presidential Scholar Award, American Society of Anesthesiologists
• 2016 NARSAD Independent Investigator Award
• 2016 Ziskind-Somerfeld Research Award, Society for Biological Psychiatry
• 2021 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Arts 

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Laughing Gas to Treat Major Depression