Brent A. Hadder, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesia

Current Positions

Division of Critical Care Medicine
Division of Neuroanesthesia
Anesthesia Residency Program Director

Education

BS in Biology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama
MBA in Business Administration, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Collat School of Business, Birmingham, Alabama
Residency in Anesthesia, University of Iowa Health Care, Carver College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Iowa City, Iowa
Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, Carver College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Iowa City, Iowa

Licenses & Certifications

Board Certified Anesthesiologist, The American Board of Anesthesiology, Iowa, United States
Board Certified in Critical Care Medicine, The American Board of Anesthesiology, United States
Board Certified in Neurocritical Care, United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, United States

Selected Publications

Loftus, R. W., Brindeiro, C. T. M., Dexter, F., Parra, M. C., Hwang, S. M., Wanta, B., Szeluga, D. J., Hadder, B. A., Seering, M. S. & Charnin, J. E. (2024). Importance of ultraviolet-C (UV-C) emitter configuration for the attenuation of Staphylococcus aureus and Candida auris pathogens. Cureus 16 (10) e71612. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.71612. PMID: 39553089. PMCID: PMC11566098.
Brindeiro, C. T., Dexter, F., Parra, M. C., Walker, K. M., Hwang, S. M., Wanta, B. T., Szeluga, D. J., Hadder, B. A., Seering, M. S., Charnin, J. E. & Loftus, R. W. (2024). Importance of ultraviolet-C (UV-C) emitter configuration for Clostridioides difficile attenuation. Cureus 16 (10) e71096. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.71096. PMID: 39512966. PMCID: PMC11542871.
Gibbons, S., Dexter, F., Loftus, R. W., Brindeiro, C. T., Walker, K., Parra, M. C., Szeluga, D. J., Seering, M. S., Hadder, B. A., Loftus, C. P. & Charnin, J. E. (2024). An analysis of ultraviolet-C light irradiation in reducing bacterial contamination of the anesthesia work area. Anesthesiology 141 (4) 793-796. DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005128. PMID: 39254537.
Hadder, B. A., Dexter, F., Robinson, A. D. & Loftus, R. W. (2022). Molecular characterisation and epidemiology of transmission of intraoperative Staphylococcus aureus isolates stratified by vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). Infect Prev Pract 4 (4) 100249. DOI: 10.1016/j.infpip.2022.100249. PMID: 36188333. PMCID: PMC9523349.
Schmidt, E. L., Herrmann, J., Godding, J. D., Hadder, B. A., Loftus, R. W. & Dexter, F. (2020). Assessment of anesthesia machine redesign on cleaning of the anesthesia machine using surface disinfection wipes. Am J Infect Control 48 (6) 675-681. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.09.016. PMID: 31733809.
Loftus, R. W., Dexter, F., Goodheart, M. J., McDonald, M., Keech, J., Noiseux, N., Pugely, A., Sharp, W., Sharafuddin, M., Lawrence, W. T., Fisher, M., McGonagill, P., Shanklin, J., Skeete, D., Tracy, C., Erickson, B., Granchi, T., Evans, L. C., Schmidt, E. L., Godding, J., Brenneke, R. A., Persons, D., Herber, A., Yeager, M., Hadder, B. A. & Brown, J. R. (2020). The effect of improving basic preventive measures in the perioperative arena on Staphylococcus aureus transmission and surgical site infections: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Netw Open 3 (3) e201934. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1934. PMID: 32219407.
Hadder, B., Patel, H. M. & Loftus, R. W. (2018). Dynamics of intraoperative Klebsiella, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, and Enterobacter transmission. Am J Infect Control 46 (5) 526-532. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.10.018. PMID: 29395508.
Marian, A. A., Bayman, E. O., Gillett, A., Hadder, B. & Todd, M. M. (2016). The influence of the type and design of the anesthesia record on ASA physical status scores in surgical patients: paper records vs. electronic anesthesia records. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 16 29. DOI: 10.1186/s12911-016-0267-6. PMID: 26936616. PMCID: PMC4776367.
Udeh, C. I., Hadder, B. & Udeh, B. L. (2015). Validation and extension of the prolonged mechanical ventilation prognostic model (ProVent) score for predicting 1-year mortality after prolonged mechanical ventilation. Ann Am Thorac Soc 12 (12) 1845-1851. DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201504-200OC. PMID: 26418231.