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Paul Gerard Firth, M.B.,Ch.B.

Dr Paul Firth is a Board Certified Pediatric Anesthesiologist. He received his medical degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He completed his residency in Anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship at Tufts-NEMC. After working as a Specialist Registrar at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, UK, he joined the Anesthesia Staff at the MGH.

Dr Firth is head of the Division of Community and Global Health in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine. He serves on the Executive Committee of the MGH Center for Global Health.  His clinical, education and research work is focused on collaborations in Mbarara, Uganda.

Transfusion-related acute lung injury or acute chest syndrome of sickle cell disease? - A case report.
Authors: Authors: Firth PG, Tsuruta Y, Kamath Y, Dzik WH, Ogilvy CS, Peterfreund RA.
Can J Anaesth
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Systemic embolism in an infant following haemangioma embolization: a two-step process.
Authors: Authors: Firth PG, Ahmed MI.
Paediatr Anaesth
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Functional MRI detection of pharmacologically induced memory impairment.
Authors: Authors: Sperling R, Greve D, Dale A, Killiany R, Holmes J, Rosas HD, Cocchiarella A, Firth P, Rosen B, Lake S, Lange N, Routledge C, Albert M.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Management of multiple intracranial aneurysms: neuroanesthetic considerations of sickle cell disease.
Authors: Authors: Firth PG, Peterfreund RA.
J Neurosurg Anesthesiol
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Vasovagal syncope: an unusual cause of postpartum collapse.
Authors: Authors: Firth P.
J Obstet Gynaecol
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