Alan Cooke Farrow-Gillespie, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Alan Farrow-Gillespie, M.D., is the director of the Pediatric Pain Management Center at Children’s Health℠. He is also a Professor of anesthesiology and pain management at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Farrow-Gillespie earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and finished his anesthesia residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California. He completed his pediatric anesthesia fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, as well as pain management fellowships at the University of Sydney/ Royal North Shore Hospital in Australia and Stanford University Medical Center.
Dr. Farrow-Gillespie has held academic positions as a clinical instructor at Stanford University Medical Center and as an assistant professor of anesthesiology and pain management at the Texas A&M School of Medicine.
He is board-certified in anesthesiology, pain management, and hospice and palliative care. He has been published in both American and Canadian medical journals, has given numerous presentations concerning pediatric pain management, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology with subspecialty certification in pain medicine.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (1978)
- Internship
- David Grant USAF Medical Center (1980), Transitional Year
- Residency
- Loma Linda University School of Medicine (1986), Anesthesiology
- Fellowship
- Stanford University Hospital (2005), Pain Management
University of Sydney (2002), Pain Management
Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto (1987), Pediatric Anesthesiology
UK National Health Service (1987), Anesthesiology - Board Certification
- American Board of Anesthesiology(Pediatric Anesthesiology),
American Board of Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine,
American Board of Anesthesiology
Conditions
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Pain medicine
- Hospice and palliative medicine
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Publications
Publications
- Team Approach: Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infection. Dhar AV, Huang CJ, Sue PK, Patel K, Farrow-Gillespie AC, Hammer MR, Zia AN, Mittal VS, Copley LA. JBJS Rev. 2020 Mar;8(3):e0121. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.19.00121. PMID: 32224640
- Breath-hold MR-HIFU hyperthermia: phantom and in vivo feasibility. Bing C, Cheng B, Staruch RM, Nofiele J, Wodzak Staruch M, Szczepanski D, Farrow-Gillespie A, Yang A, Laetsch TW, Chopra R. Int J Hyperthermia. 2019;36(1):1084-1097. doi: 10.1080/02656736.2019.1679893. PMID: 31707872
Books
- Management of Pain and Sedation in the ICU. In Comprehensive Critical Care: Pediatric, 1st Edition, Society of Critical Care Medicine. Farrow-Gillespie, A; Kern, S; Kern, F (2012).
- Pain Management and Sedation. In Rudolph's Textbook of Pediatrics, 22nd Edition. Farrow-Gillespie, A (2011).
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Professional Activities
- American Society of Anesthesiologist (1984)
- International Anesthesia Research Society (1989)
- Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (2006)
- Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (1987)