David W. Kaczka, MD, PhD, FASA, ATSF

Professor of Anesthesia, Radiology, and Biomedical Engineering

Current Positions

Vice Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesia
Gilbert E. Kinyon Professor
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Division of Obstetric Anesthesia

Education

BS in Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
MS in Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
MD, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Resident in Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Officer Training School (OTS), United States Air Force, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
Fellow in Obstetrical Anesthesia, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Squadron Officer School (SOS), United States Air Force, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
Lunsford Fellow in Critical Care Medicine, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Iowa City, Iowa
Internship in Internal Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital at Worcester Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts

Research Interests

Computational modeling of lung mechanics
Medical devices
Functional lung imaging
Patient monitoring
Linear and nonlinear systems analyses
Mechanical ventilation
Respiratory physiology

Licenses & Certifications

Board Certified Anesthesiologist in Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Anesthesiology, North Carolina
Board Certified Anesthesiologist in Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology, North Carolina

Selected Publications

Cruz, A. F., Herrmann, J., Hajdarevic, B., Hawley, M. L., Fox, D., Bates, J. H. T. & Kaczka, D. W. (2025). Design and implementation of a computer-controlled hybrid oscillatory ventilator. J Med Devices 19 (1) 011001. DOI: 10.1115/1.4066679. PMID: 39464246. PMCID: PMC11500807 (available on 2026-03-01).
Akor, E. A., Han, B., Cai, M., Lin, C. L. & Kaczka, D. W. (2024). Forward computational modeling of respiratory airflow. Appl Sci 14 (24) 11591. DOI: 10.3390/app142411591.
Hermann, E. A., Motahari, A., Hoffman, E. A., Sun, Y., Allen, N., Angelini, E. D., Bertoni, A. G., Bluemke, D. A., Gerard, S. E., Guo, J., Kaczka, D. W., Laine, A., Michos, E., Nagpal, P., Pankow, J. S., Sack, C. S., Smith, B., Stukovsky, K. H., Watson, K. E., Wysoczanski, A. & Barr, R. G. (2024). Associations of pulmonary microvascular blood volume with per cent emphysema and CT emphysema subtypes in the community: the MESA Lung study. Thorax. DOI: 10.1136/thorax-2024-222002. PMID: 39496494.
Ramcharran, H., Wetmore, G., Cooper, S., Herrmann, J., Cruz, A. F., Kaczka, D. W., Satalin, J., Blair, S., Andrews, P. L., Habashi, N. M., Nieman, G. F. & Kollisch-Singule, M. (2024). Effects of lung injury and abdominal insufflation on respiratory mechanics and lung volume during time-controlled adaptive ventilation. Respir Care 69 (11) 1432-1443. DOI: 10.4187/respcare.11745. PMID: 38408775.
Bates, J. H. T., Kaczka, D. W., Kollisch-Singule, M., Nieman, G. F. & Gaver, III, D. P. (2024). Atelectrauma can be avoided if expiration is sufficiently brief: evidence from inverse modeling and oscillometry during airway pressure release ventilation. Crit Care 28 (1) 329. DOI: 10.1186/s13054-024-05112-w. PMID: 39380082.
Kaczka, D. W., Chitilian, H. V. & Vidal Melo, M. F. (2024). Chapter 37: Respiratory Monitoring. In Gropper, M. A., Eriksson, L. I., Fleisher, L. A., Cohen, N. H., Leslie, K. & Johnson-Akeju, O. (Eds). Miller's Anesthesia. (10th Edition), pp. 1153-1194. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.
Han, B., Akor, E. A., Cai, M. & Kaczka, D. W. (2024). Numerical simulation of multi-frequency ventilation within the central airways of a porcine lung. SB3C Conf Proceed 2024 95-96.
Lagier, D., Zeng, C., Kaczka, D. W., Zhu, M., Grogg, K., Gerard, S. E., Reinhardt, J. M., Ribeiro, G. C. M., Rashid, A., Winkler, T. & Vidal Melo, M. F. (2024). Mechanical ventilation guided by driving pressure optimizes local pulmonary biomechanics in an ovine model. Sci Transl Med 16 (760) eado1097. DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.ado1097. PMID: 39141699.
Kaczka, D. W. (2024). Imaging the lung in ARDS: a primer. Respir Care 69 (8) 1011-1024. DOI: 10.4187/respcare.12061. PMID: 39048146.
Bates, J. H. T., Kaczka, D. W., Kollisch-Singule, M., Nieman, G. F. & Gaver III, D. P. (2024). Mechanical power and ventilator-induced lung injury: what does physics have to say? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 209 (7) 787-788. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202307-1292VP. PMID: 37729623.