MichaelAlexanderKieferMD

PubMed

• 147 citations
  Tumor-associated macrophages in the cutaneous SCC microenvironment are heterogeneously activated.
  Julia S. Pettersen, Judilyn Fuentes-Duculan, Mayte Suárez-Fariñas, Katherine C. Pierson, Alexander Pitts-Kiefer
  The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 2011-06-01
• 28 citations
  Rheumatoid arthritis bone fragility is associated with upregulation of IL17 and DKK1 gene expression.
  Joana Caetano-Lopes, Ana M. Rodrigues, Ana Lopes, Ana C. Vale, Michael A. Pitts-Kiefer
  Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology. 2014-08-01
• 72 citations
  Myeloid dendritic cells from human cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma are poor stimulators of T-cell proliferation.
  Mark J. Bluth, Lisa C. Zaba, Dariush Moussai, Mayte Suárez-Fariñas, Helen G. Kaporis
  The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 2009-10-01

Journal Articles

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Bone Fragility Is Associated With Upregulation of IL17 and DKK1 Gene Expression  
  Caetano-Lopes J, Rodrigues A, Lopes A, Vale AC, Pitts-Kiefer MA, Vidal B, Perpetuo IP, Monteiro J, Konttinen YT, Vaz MF, Nazarian A, Canhao H, Fonseca JE, Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology, 1/1/2014
• Tumor-associated macrophages in the cutaneous SCC microenvironment are heterogeneously activated  
  Pettersen JS, Fuentes-Duculan J, Suarez-Farinas M, Pierson KC, Pitts-Kiefer A, Fan L, Belkin DA, Wang CQ, Bhuvanendran S, Johnson-Huang LM, Bluth MJ, Krueger JG, Lowes..., Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1/1/2011
• Myeloid dendritic cells from human squamous cell carcinoma are poor stimulators of T cell proliferation  
  Bluth M, Zaba L, Moussai D, Suarez-Farinas M, Kaporis H, Fan L, Pierson K, White, T, Pitts-Kiefer A, Guttman-Yassky E, Krueger J, Lowes M, Carucci J, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1/1/2009
• Novel surrogate markers for acute brain damage: cerebrospinal fluid levels correlate with severity of ischemic neurodegeneration in the rat  
  Siman R, Zhang C, Roberts VL, Pitts-Kiefer A, Neumar RW, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 1/1/2005
• Developmental status of neurons selectively vulnerable to rapidly triggered post-ischemic caspase activation  
  Chen Z, Kontonotas D, Friedman D, Pitts-Kiefer A, Zhang C, Frederick J, Siman R, Neumar R, Neuroscience Letters, 1/1/2005
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Books/Book Chapters

• MGH Handbook of Pain Medicine. 
  Chapter: Epidural Steroid Injections. 
  Pitts-Kiefer AEditors: Rathmell J and Brenner G.Lippincott Williams and Williams, Philadelphia, PA2017
• Anesthesiology Core Review – Part Two: ADVANCED Exam. 
  Chapter: Morbid Obesity. 
  Pitts-Kiefer MA, Hanallah MEditors: Freeman B and Berger J.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2015
• Anesthesiology Core Review – Part Two: ADVANCED Exam. 
  Chapter: Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 
  Pitts-Kiefer MA, De Marchi LEditors: Freeman B and Berger J.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2015
• Anesthesiology Core Review – Part Two: ADVANCED Exam. 
  Chapter: Postpartum Hemorrhage. 
  Pitts-Kiefer MA, Bellil LEditors: Freeman B and Berger J.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2015
• Anesthesiology Core Review – Part Two: ADVANCED Exam. 
  Chapter: Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation. 
  Pitts-Kiefer MA, De Marchi LEditors: Freeman B and Berger J.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2015
• Anesthesiology Core Review – Part Two: ADVANCED Exam. 
  Chapter: Restrictive Pulmonary Disease. 
  Pitts-Kiefer MA, De Marchi LEditors: Freeman B and Berger J.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2015
• Anesthesiology Core Review – Part One: BASIC Exam. 
  Chapter: Intubation and Tube Exchange Adjuncts. 
  Pitts-Kiefer MA, De Marchi LEditors: Freeman B and Berger J.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2014
• Anesthesiology Core Review – Part One: BASIC Exam. 
  Chapter: Lung Mechanics. 
  Pitts-Kiefer MA, De Marchi LEditors: Freeman B and Berger J.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2014
• Anesthesiology Core Review - Part One: BASIC Exam. 
  Chapter: Principles of Doppler Ultrasound. 
  Pitts-Kiefer MA, De Marchi LEditors: Freeman B and Berger J.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2014
• Anesthesiology Core Review – Part One: BASIC Exam. 
  Chapter: Transcutaneous and Surgical Airways. 
  Pitts-Kiefer MA, De Marchi LEditors: Freeman B and Berger J.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2014
• Anesthesiology Core Review – Part One: BASIC Exam. 
  Chapter: Types of Endotracheal Tubes. 
  Pitts-Kiefer MA, De Marchi LEditors: Freeman B and Berger J.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2014
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Abstracts/Posters

• Conventional thermal versus water-cooled genicular nerve radiofrequency lesioning (RFL): a retrospective chart review.
  Shea CA, Burns S, Pitts-Kiefer MA, Ahmed SU, MGH Research Day, Boston, MA, 1/1/2017
• Conventional thermal versus water-cooled genicular nerve radiofrequency lesioning (RFL): a retrospective chart review.
  Shea CA, Burns S, Pitts-Kiefer MA, Ahmed SU, SIS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2017
• Efficacy of a proprietary text streaming technology to prevent severe pain associated with primary trochlear headache: a case report.
  Pitts-Kiefer A, Tesfayohannes N, 40th Annual ASRA Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 1/1/2015
• Coexisting Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome and Guillain-Barre Syndrome as a paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome in a woman with metastatic ovarian serous carcinoma: a...
  Pitts-Kiefer A, Hwang G, ASA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2015
• A difficult airway with cervical instability in the setting of pseudotumor cerebri, epilepsy, and mitochondrial disease: anesthetic management in a 13-year-old.
  Pitts-Kiefer A, Nguyen V, ASA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
• Anesthetic management of a 2-year-old with muscle-eye-brain disease and a prior extubation failure.
  Pitts-Kiefer A, Ved S, ASA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
• Understanding the perioperative management of suboxone: severe pain, opioid overdose, and opioid withdrawal in a patient taking suboxone on the day of surgery.
  Pitts-Kiefer A, Dao H, 13th Annual ASRA Pain Medicine Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2014
• An improved rabbit model for thoracic insufficiency syndrome.
  Olson JC, Pitts-Kiefer A, Glotzbecker M, Snyder B, Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America, Denver, CO, 1/1/2012
• Trans-pulmonary mechanics in rabbit model of thoracic insufficiency syndrome.
  Olson JC, Pitts-Kiefer A, Takahashi A, Glotzbecker M, Snyder B, International Conference of the American Thoracic Society, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2012
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Bone Fragility Is Associated with Increased Dickkopf-1 Expression and Disturbances in the Bone Turnover Regulating genes.
  Caetano-Lopes J, Rodrigues A, Lopes A, Vale AC, Pitts-Kiefer MA, et al, ACR/ARHP Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2011
• Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with increased DKK1 expression and disturbances in the bone turnover regulating genes.
  Caetano-Lopes J, Rodrigues A, Lopes A, Vale AC, Pitts-Kiefer MA, et al, 6th European Workshop on immune-mediated inflammation, Nice, France, 1/1/2011
• Myeloid dendritic cells from human squamous cell carcinoma are poor stimulators of T cell proliferation.
  Bluth M, Zaba L, Moussai D, Suarez-Farinas M, Pitts-Kiefer A, Fan L, Pierson K, Guttman-Yassky E, Krueger J, Lowes M, Carucci, J, Annual Meeting of the Society of Investigative Dermatology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1/1/2009
• The human cutaneous SCC microenvironment is associated with CD163+ macrophages, IL-10 and MMPs
  Pitts-Kiefer A, Bluth M, Fan L, Billick E, Lowes M, Carucci J, Annual Meeting of the Society of Investigative Dermatology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1/1/2009
• Developmental status of neurons selectively vulnerable to ultra-rapid post-ischemic caspase activation.
  Chen Z, Kontonotas D, Friedman D, Pitts-Kiefer A, Zhang C, Frederick J, Siman R, and Neumar R, Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2003
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Lectures

• Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation 
  Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School - 1/1/2017
• Ah! My Aching Back: Primer on Diagnosis and Treatment of Lower Back Pain 
  Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School - 1/1/2017
• Puff: the Magic Analgesic? The Basic Science and Clinical Evidence of Medical Cannabis 
  Georgetown University Hospital - 1/1/2016
• Medical Ethics: A 4-year-old Girl With an Bleeding Tonsil 
  Georgetown University Hospital - 1/1/2014
• Identification of novel biochemical markers for ischemic neurodegeneration. 
  Orlando, FL - 1/1/2004
• Identification of Novel Biochemical Markers for Ischemic Neurodegeneration 
  University of Pennsylvania - 1/1/2004
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