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David Busch, Ph.D.

David Busch, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Anesthesiology & Pain Management | Biomedical Engineering | Neurology
Graduate Programs
Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience
  • Biography

     

    Dr. Busch’s work focuses on developing non-invasive and minimally invasive optical tools to monitor deep tissues in health and disease, as well as throughout therapy.

    He received a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (Physics) in 2011 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, prior to joining the faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2018. Dr. Busch is currently an assistant professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Neurology, and Biomedical Engineering, as well as a member of the Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience Graduate Programs. 

    Dr. Busch’s research is currently supported by NIH NINDS  and NIBIB and formerly by the Fulbright, Thrasher, and Hartwell Research Foundations.

  • Education
    Undergraduate
    Saint John's University (2001), Physics
    Graduate School
    University of Pennsylvania (2011), Physics
  • Research Interest
    • Biomedical engineering
    • Brain and spinal cord monitoring
    • Cerebral metabolism and hemodynamics
    • Diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS)
    • Diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS)
    • Intraoperative neuromonitoring
    • Medical device development
    • Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
    • Non-invasive monitoring
    • Spinal cord hemodynamics
  • Publications
    The Presence of Blood in a Strain Gauge Pressure Transducer Has a Clinical Effect on the Accuracy of Intracranial Pressure Readings
    Nairon EB, Joseph J, Kamal A, Busch DR, Olson DM Critical Care Explorations 2024 May 6 E1089
    Neuromonitoring of Pediatric and Adult Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients: The Importance of Continuous Bedside Tools in Driving Neuroprotective Clinical Care
    Tabet M, Custer C, Khan IR, Sanford E, Sharma J, Choe R, Singh S, Sirsi D, Olson DM, Morriss MC, Raman L, Busch DR ASAIO Journal 2024 Mar 70 167-176
    Computed Tomography Is Predictive of Significant Neurologic Injury in Children Supported on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
    Custer C, Singh S, Sanford E, Nandy K, Raman L, Busch DR, Morriss MC ASAIO Journal 2023 Nov 69 E460-E462
    Association Between Disrupted Cerebral Autoregulation and Radiographic Neurologic Injury for Children on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Prospective Pilot Study
    Sanford EL, Akorede R, Miller I, Morriss MC, Nandy K, Raman L, Busch DR ASAIO Journal 2023 Jul 69 E315-E321
    Association of Ongoing Cerebral Oxygen Extraction During Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest With Postoperative Brain Injury
    Lynch JM, Mavroudis CD, Ko TS, Jacobwitz M, Busch DR, Xiao R, Nicolson SC, Montenegro LM, Gaynor JW, Yodh AG, Licht DJ Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2022 Dec 34 1275-1284
    Non-invasive monitoring of blood oxygenation in human placentas via concurrent diffuse optical spectroscopy and ultrasound imaging
    Wang L, Cochran JM, Ko T, Baker WB, Abramson K, He L, Busch DR, Kavuri V, Linn RL, Parry S, Yodh AG, Schwartz N Nature Biomedical Engineering 2022 Sep 6 1017-1030
    Effects of circulatory arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass on cerebral autoregulation in neonatal swine
    Padawer-Curry JA, Volk LE, Mavroudis CD, Ko TS, Morano VC, Busch DR, Rosenthal TM, Melchior RW, Shade BC, Schiavo KL, Boorady TW, Schmidt AL, Andersen KN, Breimann JS, Jahnavi J, Mensah-Brown KG, Yodh AG, Mascio CE, Kilbaugh TJ, Licht DJ, White BR, Baker WB Pediatric Research 2022 May 91 1374-1382
    Evaluating the Endothelial Impairments in COVID-19 Patients Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: the HEMOCOVID-19 trial
    Cortese L, De Oliveira LB, Bernardes Delazari LE, Buckley EM, Busch DR, Caballer A, Carbajal Robles V, Castro P, Cavallaro Barauna Lima AL, Cheruku S, Chiscano L, Choi C, Dave S, Do Nascimento B, Dos Santos Roceto Ratti L, Eiras Falcão AL, Espinal C, Fernández S, Ferrer R, Font F, Forti RM, De Acilu MG, Grasselli G, Gruartmoner G, Guzzardella A, Jabeen I, Karadeniz U, Lahsaei P, Lívio Emídio G, Marin Corral J, Matas A, Mesquita RC, Mera A, De Oca Hernández FJ, Myers T, Nogales S, Olson D, Pagliazzi M, Parada Guzmán M, Parrilla-Gómez FJ, Pérez Pacheco A, Pérez Terán P, Picazo Moreno L, Pineda Vázquez D, Quiroga Soto AF, Quispe Siccha RM, Romero D, Santillán Aguayo E, Serra I, Serrano Loyola R, Téllez A, Utino Taniguchi L, Vilà C, Weinmann M, Zanella A, Zanoletti M, Mesquida J, Durduran T 2022
    A Pilot Study Comparing Optically Measured Cerebral Autoregulation During Pediatric Extracorporeal Life Support and Neurological Injury
    Sanford E, Akorede R, Miller I, Contreras G, Swalley N, Morriss MC, Raman L, Busch DR 2022
    Evaluating the Endothelial Impairments in COVID-19 Patients Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: the HEMOCOVID-19 trial
    Cortese L, De Oliveira LB, Bernardes Delazari LE, Buckley EM, Busch DR, Caballer A, Carbajal Robles V, Castro P, Cavallaro Barauna Lima AL, Cheruku S, Chiscano L, Choi C, Dave S, Do Nascimento B, Dos Santos Roceto Ratti L, Eiras Falcão AL, Espinal C, Fernández S, Ferrer R, Font F, Forti RM, De Acilu MG, Grasselli G, Gruartmoner G, Guzzardella A, Jabeen I, Karadeniz U, Lahsaei P, Lívio Emídio G, Marin Corral J, Matas A, Mesquita RC, Mera A, De Oca Hernández FJ, Myers T, Nogales S, Olson D, Pagliazzi M, Parada Guzmán M, Parrilla-Gómez FJ, Pérez Pacheco A, Pérez Terán P, Picazo Moreno L, Pineda Vázquez D, Quiroga Soto AF, Quispe Siccha RM, Romero D, Santillán Aguayo E, Serra I, Serrano Loyola R, Téllez A, Utino Taniguchi L, Vilà C, Weinmann M, Zanella A, Zanoletti M, Mesquida J, Durduran T Optics InfoBase Conference Papers 2022
  • Books

    Featured 

    Diffuse Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy. In Molecular Imaging: Principles and Practice

    David R Busch and Britton Chance (2009). BC Decker

  • Honors & Awards
    • Mack Technology Fellow
      (2017-2017)
    • Fulbright Scholar
      University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Brazil (2015-2016)
    • Whitaker Scholar
      ICFO- The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona Spain (2014-2015)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (2017)
    • International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (2016)
    • Optical Society of America (2001)
    • SPIE (2002)