Joseph F. Antognini, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Antognini's clinical interests include the mechanisms of anesthesia and factors that influence anesthetic requirements. His research focuses on the effects of selective delivery of anesthetics to the brain, anesthetic effects on the electroencephalogram and pain processing in the spinal cord.

Title:

Professor, Director, Perioperative Services

Specialty:

Anesthesiology

Phone:

916-734-5028

Education:

University of Southern California School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
M.D. 1984

UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California
A.B. 1980

Internships:

UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
1984

Residency:

UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
1987
Chief Resident, Anesthesiology

Professional Memberships:

American Society of Anesthesiologists
California Society of Anesthesiologists

Select Recent Publications:

Singh A, Antognini JF. Perioperative hypotension and myocardial ischemia: diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Ann Card Anaesth. 2011 May-Aug;14(2):127-32.

Antognini JF. Adventures in anesthetic mechanisms. Anesthesiology. 2012 Mar;116(3):701-4.

Tautz TJ, Urwyler A, Antognini JF, Riou B. Case scenario: Increased end-tidal carbon dioxide: a diagnostic dilemma. Anesthesiology. 2010 Feb;112(2):440-6.

Singh A, Antognini JF. Perioperative pharmacology in elderly patients. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2010 Aug;23(4):449-54.

Rivera R, Antognini, JF. Perioperative drug therapy in elderly patients. Anesthesiology, 110(5):1176-81, 2009.

Jinks SL, Carstens E, Antognini JF. Nitrous oxide-induced analgesia does not influence nitrous oxide's immobilizing requirements. Anesth Analg, 109(4): 1111-6, 2009.

Judge O, Hill S, Antognini JF. Modeling the effects of midazolam on cortical and thalamic neurons. Neurosci Lett, 464(2): 135-9, 2009.

Barter LS, Carstens EE, Jinks SL, Antognini JF. Rat dorsal horn nociceptive-specific neurons are more sensitive than wide dynamic range neurons to depression by immobilizing doses of volatile anesthetics: an effect partially reversed by the opioid receptor antagonist naloxone. Anesth Analg, 109(2): 641-7, 2009.

Barter LS, Mark LO, Antognini JF. Proprioceptive function is more sensitive than motor function to desflurane anesthesia. Anesth Analg, 108(3): 867-72, 2009.

Kungys G, Kim J, Jinks SL, Atherley RJ, Antognini JF. Propofol produces immobility via action in the ventral horn of the spinal cord by a GABAergic mechanism. Anesth Analg, 108(5): 1531-7, 2009.