DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181d2377b
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Issn Print: 1098-7339
Publication Date: 2010/05/01
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Although I have only touched on a few of the long list of heroes in our field, one more deserves particular mention. Louis Gaston Labat was a pioneer in the field of regional anesthesia. His textbook on the clinical practice of regional anesthesia was, and is, considered an authoritative work. He practiced at the Mayo Clinic and at New York University/Bellevue Hospital and was a founder of the original American Society of Regional Anesthesia.1 For these and other contributions, every spring for the past 32 years, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) has conferred the Labat Award and Lecture. It is the highest academic honor bestowed by the society for outstanding contributions to the development, teaching, and practice of regional anesthesia. It is my sincere honor and privilege to introduce the 2009 Labat Lecturer, Dr. Quinn Hogan.
Dr. Hogan received his bachelor's degree at Stanford University and doctor of medicine from Harvard Medical School. After 2 years of surgical training in Missouri, he returned to Boston for an anesthesia residency at the newly formed Brigham and Women's Hospital under the leadership of Leroy Van Dam and Ben Covino. After a few years in private practice in Texas and Kentucky, he returned to his home state to complete a pain medicine fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Hogan has risen through the ranks in Milwaukee during the last 20 years to his current position of Professor of Anesthesiology and Director of Pain Research.
Regional anesthesiologists are fond of stressing the importance of anatomy to the successful performance of central and peripheral nerve blocks. Few researchers have taken this principle to heart more than Dr. Hogan. His studies using cryomicrotome and other interesting visualization modalities not only have helped us understand the anatomy of the spinal canal and epidural space but also have provided insight into the mechanisms of spinal and epidural anesthesia and analgesia. His texts, publications, and presentations on the anatomical basis for regional anesthesia are too numerous to mention. Dr. Hogan's studies serve as the basis for the current clinical work of countless anesthesiologists around the world.
Whereas anatomy is the foundation of regional anesthesia, mechanisms of pain and pain pathways are its cutting edge. Dr. Hogan's insight into these complex issues has been extensive and is the basis for new models and our future understanding in pain medicine. Specifically, his recent work on membrane ion channels and calcium signaling, and their relationships to pain pathways in injured nerves will be essential to our future development of specific pharmacologic agents for the treatment of neuropathic pain.
Dr. Hogan has published more than 70 peer-reviewed articles almost exclusively in the field of regional anesthesia on topics ranging from epidural anatomy to ionic currents in neuron models. His thoughts and opinions on regional anesthesia and pain management are clearly valued by the anesthesia community as evidenced by the publication of 8 invited editorials.
