Ken Brady, MD

Ken Brady, MD

  • Professor, Cardiac Critical Care Division, Children's Heart Institute
 
Contact

Senior Administrative Coordinator
Fernando Garcia
713-500-7984

Biography

Ken Brady, MD, is a professor in the Children’s Heart Institute, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Brady cares for children with critical heart disease in the operating room and the ICU as a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist and intensivist. His clinical and academic activities are driven by a desire to see children with critical heart disease survive to see their full developmental potential. His research interests use engineering tools to analyze large volumes of physiologic waveforms in ways that can forecast deterioration and guide care optimization for the most critically ill patients. An example of his work is a monitor that delineates the range of acceptable blood pressures for perfusing the brain by monitoring cerebrovascular reactivity. The application of this monitor during heart surgery reduced the odds of postoperative delirium by 45 percent in adult patients. The monitor is currently undergoing trials in neonates.

Education

Doctor of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency
University of California San Diego Anesthesia, Johns Hopkins University
Fellowship
Pediatric Anesthesia, Johns Hopkins University Pediatric Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University

Areas of Interest

Clinical Interests

  • Optimizing care of the critically ill neonate to preserve neurodevelopmental potential
  • Analysis of large and complex data sets from patient monitoring to forecast and prevent deterioration and optimize care to protect vulnerable organs in critically ill children