Alex Bekker

Alex Bekker is a physician, author and academic. He is a professor and chair at the Department of Anesthesiology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He is also professor at the Department of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neurosciences. He serves as the Chief of Anesthesiology Service at the University Hospital in Newark.

Bekker's research interests include clinical pharmacology, perioperative medicine, neurosciences, and medicinal applications of cannabis. His initial work was focused on techniques of separating carbon isotopes for military and medical applications. Later, his research has been in the areas of clinical pharmacology of sedatives and analgesics, understanding the effects of perioperative stress and anesthetics on cognition, particularly in the elderly, and brain protection. He is an author of more than 120 peer-reviewed publications as well as more than 200 scientific abstracts and meeting proceedings. In addition to publications in academic journals, his early work in industry led to the award of six U.S. Patents.

Bekker was awarded the Distinguished New Jersey Medical School Alumni Award in 2016. Provided by Wikipedia