Newswise — For media covering the dangers and benefits of propofol, the powerful anesthetic linked to the death of pop singer Michael Jackson, UMDNJ is offering expert comment.
Douglas Jackson, M.D., J.D., an assistant professor of anesthesiology at the UMDNJ–New Jersey Medical School, is available to discuss the appropriate uses of propofol.
Propofol is a potent anesthetic that is safe when administered with proper safeguards. Used widely during major surgery as well as during smaller, outpatient procedures, it should only be given under the supervision of licensed physicians trained in the proper administration of anesthesia and/or sedation, primarily anesthesiologists.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) is the nation’s largest free-standing public health sciences university with more than 5,700 students attending the state's three medical schools, its only dental school, a graduate school of biomedical sciences, a school of health related professions, a school of nursing and a school of public health on five campuses. Annually, there are more than two million patient visits at UMDNJ facilities and faculty practices at campuses in Newark, New Brunswick/Piscataway, Scotch Plains, Camden and Stratford. UMDNJ operates University Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center in Newark, and University Behavioral HealthCare, a statewide mental health and addiction services network.
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