Kirk H Shelley, MD/PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology; Section Chief; Director, Ambulatory Anesthesia

Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupAnesthesiology: Ambulatory Anesthesiology
Biography
Dr Kirk Shelley is boarded in Anesthesia and Internal Medicine. He is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesia at Yale University where he heads their Ambulatory Surgical Division. He obtained MD and PhD degrees (biochemistry) from Penn State University. He has won awards for his work including several for technology used in anesthesia. Dr. Shelley's current research focuses on the development of tools for the noninvasive measurement of physiologic parameters. He is also recognized for developing this technology in an "open source" manner to further scientific collaboration.Education
- M.D./Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, 1981
Selected Publication
- Zachary D Walton, Panayiotis Kyriacou, David G Silverman, Kirk H Shelley. Measuring Venous Oxygen Saturation Using the Photoplethysmographic Waveform. Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing 24 (4), p 295 (2010)
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Honorary Master of Arts degree (2010), Yale University
Articles

May/June 2006
Diving deep into a data wave to help make surgery safer
When patients undergo surgery, it’s inevitable that they will lose some blood, so surgical teams strive to replenish...


