Aalok Kacha, MD

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
- Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
2012

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
- Anesthesiology and Critical Care Internship and Residency
2011

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
MD
2007

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
PhD - Immunology
2006

Augustana College
Rock Island, IL
BA - Biology & Mathematics
1997

Fecal metabolite profiling identifies liver transplant recipients at risk for postoperative infection.
Fecal metabolite profiling identifies liver transplant recipients at risk for postoperative infection. Cell Host Microbe. 2024 Jan 10; 32(1):117-130.e4.
PMID: 38103544

Management of Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest.
Management of Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest. Anesthesiol Clin. 2023 Mar; 41(1):103-119.
PMID: 36871994

Reverse Takotsubo Stress Cardiomyopathy During Liver Transplantation.
Reverse Takotsubo Stress Cardiomyopathy During Liver Transplantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 04; 37(4):650-653.
PMID: 36609076

Combined heart-liver-kidney transplant: The university of Chicago medicine experience.
Combined heart-liver-kidney transplant: The university of Chicago medicine experience. Clin Transplant. 2022 04; 36(4):e14586.
PMID: 35041226

Effect of Intraoperative High Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) With Recruitment Maneuvers vs Low PEEP on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Obese Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Effect of Intraoperative High Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) With Recruitment Maneuvers vs Low PEEP on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Obese Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2019 06 18; 321(23):2292-2305.
PMID: 31157366

Tracheal tube impingement during oral fibreoptic intubation. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2018; 120: 1139-40.
Tracheal tube impingement during oral fibreoptic intubation. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2018; 120: 1139-40. Br J Anaesth. 2018 09; 121(3):679.
PMID: 30115271

Clinical Study Designs and Sources of Error in Medical Research.
Clinical Study Designs and Sources of Error in Medical Research. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Dec; 32(6):2789-2801.
PMID: 29571641

Perioperative Fluid Strategies to Prevent Lung Injury.
Perioperative Fluid Strategies to Prevent Lung Injury. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2018 Winter; 56(1):107-117.
PMID: 29189438

Protective intraoperative ventilation with higher versus lower levels of positive end-expiratory pressure in obese patients (PROBESE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Protective intraoperative ventilation with higher versus lower levels of positive end-expiratory pressure in obese patients (PROBESE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2017 04 28; 18(1):202.
PMID: 28454590

Host type I IFN signals are required for antitumor CD8+ T cell responses through CD8{alpha}+ dendritic cells.
Host type I IFN signals are required for antitumor CD8+ T cell responses through CD8{alpha}+ dendritic cells. J Exp Med. 2011 Sep 26; 208(10):2005-16.
PMID: 21930765