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Brian Gehlbach, MD

Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine

Introduction

Dr. Gehlbach's research interests are focused on two main areas: (1) the causes and consequences of sleep and circadian disruption during critical illness and recovery, and (2) the neural control of breathing in patients with epilepsy.

His clinical interests include the care of patients with respiratory failure and shock. He also has a longstanding interest in graduate and postgraduate medical education.

Current Positions

  • Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine
  • Clinical Professor of Neurology
  • Associate Director, Internal Medicine Fellowship Programs

Education

  • MD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • Fellow, Pulmonary & Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Center, Program and Institute Affiliations

Selected Publications

  • Crawford, K. J., Barnes, L. A., Peters, T. M., Falk, J. & Gehlbach, B. K. (2018). Identifying determinants of noise in a medical intensive care unit. Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene 1-21. DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2018.1515491. PMID: 30193088.
  • Gehlbach, B. K., Sainju, R. K., Tadlock, D. K., Dragon, D. N., Granner, M. A. & Richerson, G. B. (2018). Tolerability of a comprehensive cardiorespiratory monitoring protocol in an epilepsy monitoring unit. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B 85 173-176. DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.06.006. PMID: 29981497. PMCID: PMC6214684.
  • Gehlbach, B. K., Patel, S. B., Van Cauter, E., Pohlman, A. S., Hall, J. B. & Zabner, J. (2018). The Effects of Timed Light Exposure in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Clinical Trial. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 198 (2) 275-278. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201801-0170LE. PMID: 29529381. PMCID: PMC6058987.
  • Danielson, S. J., Rappaport, C. A., Loher, M. K. & Gehlbach, B. K. (2018). Looking for light in the din: An examination of the circadian-disrupting properties of a medical intensive care unit. Intensive & critical care nursing 46 57-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2017.12.006. PMID: 29605239. PMCID: PMC6004325.
  • Kim, Y., Bravo, E., Thirnbeck, C. K., Smith-Mellecker, L. A., Kim, S. H., Gehlbach, B. K., Laux, L. C., Zhou, X., Nordli, Jr, D. R. & Richerson, G. B. (2018). Severe peri-ictal respiratory dysfunction is common in Dravet syndrome. The Journal of clinical investigation 128 (3) 1141-1153. DOI: 10.1172/JCI94999. PMID: 29329111. PMCID: PMC5824857.
  • Lacuey, N., Zonjy, B., Hampson, J. P., Rani MRS, Zaremba, A., Sainju, R. K., Gehlbach, B. K., Schuele, S., Friedman, D., Devinsky, O., Nei, M., Harper, R. M., Allen, L., Diehl, B., Millichap, J. J., Bateman, L., Granner, M. A., Dragon, D. N., Richerson, G. B. & Lhatoo, S. D. (2018). The incidence and significance of periictal apnea in epileptic seizures. Epilepsia 59 (3) 573-582. DOI: 10.1111/epi.14006. PMID: 29336036. PMCID: PMC6103445.
  • Dlouhy, B. J., Gehlbach, B. K. & Richerson, G. B. (2016). Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: basic mechanisms and clinical implications for prevention. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 87 (4) 402-13. DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-307442. PMID: 26979537.
  • Dlouhy, B. J., Gehlbach, B. K., Kreple, C. J., Kawasaki, H., Oya, H., Buzza, C., Granner, M. A., Welsh, M. J., Howard, M. A., Wemmie, J. A. & Richerson, G. B. (2015). Breathing Inhibited When Seizures Spread to the Amygdala and upon Amygdala Stimulation. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 35 (28) 10281-9. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0888-15.2015. PMID: 26180203. PMCID: PMC4502266.
  • Pisani, M. A., Friese, R. S., Gehlbach, B. K., Schwab, R. J., Weinhouse, G. L. & Jones, S. F. (2015). Sleep in the intensive care unit. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 191 (7) 731-8. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201411-2099CI. PMID: 25594808. PMCID: PMC5447310.
  • Hansdottir, S. & Gehlbach, B. K. (2014). Response. (Vols. 145). (2), pp. 420-1. Chest. DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-2519. PMID: 24493529. PMCID: PMC3921095.