Peter H. Hackett, M.D.

Curriculum Vitae


Undergraduate Education

1965-1969
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, B.S. Biology

Graduate Education

1969-1973
University of Illinois, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, M.D.

1973-1974
Intern in Medicine and Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital

1978-1979
Fellow, Cardiovascular Pulmonary Research Laboratory, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

Current Academic Appointments

2000-present
Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center

1984-2000
Affiliate Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington

Professional Experience and Appointments

2007-present
Director, Center for Altitude Medicine, Telluride

2002-present
Clinical Director, Altitude Research Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

2002-2008
Medical Director, Telluride Fire District EMS

2002-2009
Director of Emergency Services, Telluride Medical Center

2001-present
Medical Director, Denali National Park Mountaineering Rangers

2001-present
Staff Physician, Emergency Department, Montrose Memorial Hospital, Montrose, Colorado

2000-2004
President, International Society for Mountain Medicine

1997-present
Co-Chair, International Hypoxia Symposia

1995- 2002
Staff Physician, Emergency Department, St. Mary's Hospital, Grand Junction, CO

1991-1996
Medical Director, Lake Clark National Park EMS

1991-1993
Chairman, Research Committee, Wilderness Medical Society

1990-1996
Medical Director, Alaska Air National Guard, 210th Air Rescue Squadron

1989- present
Chairman, International Relations Committee, Wilderness Medical Society

1989- present
Member, Medical Committee, National Association for Search and Rescue

1989- present
Member, Medical Review Committee, National Ski Patrol

1989-1993
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Colorado Altitude Research Institute

1989-1997
Member, Scientific Program Committee, International Hypoxia Symposia, Lake Louise, Canada

1989
Visiting Scientist, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas

1988-1992
Board of Directors, Wilderness Medical Society

1987-1989
Member, Committee on Emergency Medical Services, American Society for Testing and Materials

1986
Expedition physician, Air Over Everest, (First attempt to hang-glide over Everest)

1986
Consultant, Flight 500, (World altitude record glider flight attempt)

1986-1996
Director of Air Ambulance, and Staff Physician, Emergency Department, Alaska Regional Hospital

1985-1992
Medical Director, American Mountain Guides Association

1982-1996
Director, Denali Medical Research Project, Anchorage, Alaska

1982-1996
Medical Director, Denali National Park Mountaineering Rangers

1981
Research Scientist, American Medical Research Expedition to Mt. Everest. Reached Summit of Mt. Everest October 24, 1981

1980-1986
Staff Emergency Physician, Northern Inyo Hospital, Bishop, California

1979-1984
Staff Emergency Physician, Humana Hospital Alaska

1978-1979
Research Associate in Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

1977
Consultant, World Bank Khumbu Regional Tourism Study, Nepal

1977
Research Scientist, High Altitude Physiology Study, Mt. Logan, Yukon (NIH funded) Dr. C. Houston, Director

1975-1989
Director of Medical Research, Himalayan Rescue Association, Kathmandu, Nepal

1975-1982
Medical Director, Himalayan Rescue Association, Kathmandu, Nepal

1974
Physician, Helitack Team (Helicopter rescue and fire-fighting) and EMT instructor, Yosemite National Park, California

Journals

1982- present
Consultant and Contributor, The Medical Letter

1983- present
Contributing Editor, EMERGINDEX

1988- present
Editorial Board, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

1999- present
Editorial Board, High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Reviewer
American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Annals of Emergency Medicine
Aviation Space Environmental Medicine
Chest
Circulation
High Altitude Medicine and Biology
Journal American Medical Association
Journal of Applied Physiology
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Journal of Travel Medicine
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
New England Journal of Medicine
Physician and Sports Medicine
Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Book Editor
Hypoxia: Into the Next Millennium, 1999
Hypoxia: From Genes to the Bedside, 2001
Hypoxia: Through the Lifecycle, 2003
Hypoxia and Exercise, 2006

 

Certifications

1974
National Board of Medical Examiners

1978, 1986
American Board of Family Practice

1982-present
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association

1986-present
Provider, Advanced Trauma Life Support, American College of Surgeons

1987, 1996, 2006
American Board of Emergency Medicine

Licensure

1974
State of California, G027364

1976
State of Illinois, 036-052269

1979
State of Alaska, AA1653

1995
State of Colorado, 34362

 

Professional Memberships:

  • Aerospace Medical Society
  • American Association For Advancement of Science
  • American Heart Association, Cardiopulmonary Council
  • Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
  • International Society for Mountain Medicine
  • Nepal Medical Association
  • Scientific Institute for Public Information
  • Union of Concerned Scientists
  • Wilderness Medical Society (Founding Member)

 

Grant Support (past):

  • National Institutes of Health
  • American Heart Association
  • US Army Research and Development Command
  • American Lung Association
  • Wilderness Medical Society
  • Humana Foundation

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Peer-reviewed Articles

1.            Hackett, P.H., Rennie, I.D., Levine, H.D., The incidence, importance, and prophylaxis of acute mountain sickness. Lancet, 1976, 2: p. 1149-1154.

2.            Bangham, C.R., Hackett, P.H., Effects of high altitude on the endocrine function of the Sherpas of Nepal. J Endocrinol, 1978, 79: p. 147-148.

3.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Release of vasopressin in man at altitude. Horm Metab Res, 1978, 10: p. 571.

4.            Hackett, P.H., Rennie, I.D., Avoiding mountain sickness. Lancet, 1978, 2: p. 938.

5.            Hackett, P.H., Rennie, I.D., Rales, peripheral edema, retinal hemorrhage and acute mountain sickness. Am J Med, 1979, 67: p. 214-218.

6.            Sutton, J.R., Houston, C.S., Mansell, A.L., McFadden, M.D., Hackett, P.H., et al, Effect of acetazolamide on hypoxemia during sleep at high altitude. N Engl J Med, 1979, 301: p. 1329-1331.

7.            Hackett, P.H., Acute mountain sickness - the clinical approach. Adv Cardiology, 1980, 27: p. 6-10.

8.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Control of breathing in Sherpas at low and high altitude. J Appl Physiol, 1980, 49: p. 374-379.

9.            Hackett, P.H., et al., High altitude pulmonary edema in persons without the right pulmonary artery. N Engl J Med, 1980, 302: p. 1070-1073.

10.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Acute mountain sickness and the edemas of high altitude: A common pathogenesis? Respir Physiol, 1981, 46: p. 383-390.

11.            Reeves, J.T., Grover, R.F., Weil, J.V., Hackett, P.H., Pulmonary ventilation in peoples living at high altitude. Proceedings of a Symposium on the Tibet Plateau, 1981, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers: New York, NY.

12.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Fluid retention and relative hypoventilation in acute mountain sickness. Respiration, 1982, 43: p. 321-329.

13.            Lubin, J.R., Rennie, D., Hackett, P.H., et al., High altitude retinal hemorrhage: A clinical and pathological case report. Ann Ophthalmol, 1982, 14: p. 1071-1076.

14.            West, J.B., Hackett, P.H., et al., Hypoxia at extreme altitude. Bull Eur Physiopathol Respir, 1982, 18: p. 21-28.

15.            West, J.B., Hackett, P.H., et al., Human physiology on the summit of Mt. Everest. Trans Assoc Am Physicians, 1982, 95: p. 63-70.

16.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Vasopressin in acute mountain sickness and high altitude pulmonary edema. High Altitude Physiology and Medicine. W. Brendel and R.A. Zink, Editors. 1982, Springer-Verlag: New York, NY. p. 261-262.

17.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Physiology of man on the summit of Mount Everest. J Physiol (London), 1983, 334: p. 99-108.

18.            West, J.B., Boyer, S.J., Graber, D.J., Hackett, P.H., et al., Maximal exercise at extreme altitudes on Mount Everest. J Appl Physiol, 1983, 55: p. 688-698.

19.            West, J.B., Hackett, P.H., et al., Pulmonary gas exchange on the summit of Mount Everest. J Appl Physiol, 1983, 55: p. 678-687.

20.            West, J.B., Hackett, P.H., Maret, K.H., Peters Jr., R.M., Pizzo, C.J. Barometric pressures at extreme altitudes on Mount Everest: physiological significance. J Appl Physiol, 1983, 54(5): p1188-1194.

21.            Schoene, R.B., Lahiri, S., Hackett, P.H., et al., The relationship of hypoxic ventilatory response to exercise performance on Mount Everest. J Appl Physiol, 1984, 56: p. 1478-1483.

22.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Ventilation in human populations native to high altitude. High Altitude and Man. J.B. West and S. Lahiri, Editors. 1984, American Physiological Society: Bethesda, MD. p. 179-191.

23.            Hackett, P.H., Rodriguez, G., Roach, R.C., Clove cigarettes and high altitude pulmonary edema. JAMA, 1985, 253: p. 3551-3552.

24.            Schoene, R.B., Roach, R.C., Hackett, P.H., et al., High altitude pulmonary edema and exercise at 4400 meters on Mt. McKinley: Effect of expiratory positive airway pressure. Chest, 1985, 87: p. 330-333.

25.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Acetazolamide and exercise in sojourners to 6300 meters--a preliminary study. Med Sci Sport Exerc, 1985. 17: p. 593-597.

26.            Sarnquist, F.H., Schoene, R.B., Hackett, P.H., et al., Hemodilution of polycythemic mountaineers: Effects on exercise and mental function. Aviat Space Environ Med, 1986, 57: p. 313-317.

27.            Schoene, R.B., Hackett, P.H., et al., High altitude pulmonary edema. Characteristics of lung lavage fluid. JAMA, 1986, 256: p. 63-69.

28.             Hackett, P.H., Roach, R.C., Medical therapy of altitude illness. Ann Emerg Med, 1987, 16: p. 980-986.

29.             Hackett, P.H., et al., Respiratory stimulants and sleep periodic breathing at high altitude. Almitrine versus acetazolamide. Am Rev Respir Dis, 1987, 135: p. 896-898.

30.            Hackett, P.H., Cerebral venous thrombosis at altitude. Wilderness Medicine Newsletter, 1987, 4: p. 8-9.

31.            Mills Jr, W.J., Gower, R., Hackett, P.H., et al., Cold injury, dehydration, and multiple system trauma on Mount McKinley. Hypoxia and Cold. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates, Editors. 1987, Praeger: New York, NY. p. 340-362.

32.            Mills Jr, W.J., Hackett, P.H., et al., Treatment of hypothermia: in the field. Hypoxia and Cold. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates, Editors. 1987, Praeger: New York, NY. p. 271-285.

33.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Abnormal control of ventilation in high-altitude pulmonary edema. J Appl Physiol, 1988, 64: p. 1268-1272.

34.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Dexamethasone for prevention and treatment of acute mountain sickness. Aviat Space Environ Med, 1988, 59: p. 950-954.

35.            Schoene, R.B., Swenson, E.R., Pizzo, C.J., Hackett, P.H., et al., The lung at high altitude: Bronchoalveolar lavage in acute mountain sickness and pulmonary edema. J Appl Physiol, 1988, 64: p. 2605-2613.

 

36.            Turner, W.A., Cohen, M.A., Moore, S., Spengler, J.D., and Hackett, P.H.,

Carbon monoxide exposure in mountaineers on Denali. Alaska Med, 1988, 30: p. 85-90.

37.            Schoene, R.B., Roach, R.C., Hackett, P.H., et al., Operation Everest II: Ventilatory adaptation during gradual decompression to extreme altitude. Med Sci Sport Exerc, 1990, 22: p. 804-810.

38.            Schoene, R.B., Roach, R.C, Lahiri, S., Peters, R.M. Jr., Hackett, P.H., et al., Increased diffusion capacity maintains arterial saturation during exercise in the Quechua Indians of Chilean altiplano. Am J Human Biol, 1990, 2: p. 663-668.

39.            Levine, B.D., Grayburn, P.A., Voyles, W.F., Greene, E.R., Roach, R.C., and Hackett, P.H., Intracardiac shunting across a patent foramen ovale may exacerbate hypoxemia in high-altitude pulmonary edema. Ann Intern Med, 1991, 114(7): p. 569-70.

40.            Swenson, E.R.,  Leatham, K.L., Roach, R.C., Schoene, R.B., Mills , W.J. Jr., Hackett, P.H., Renal carbonic anhydrase inhibition reduces high altitude sleep periodic breathing. Respir Physiol, 1991, 86(3): p. 333-43.

41.            Grissom, C.K., Roach, R.C., Sarnquist, F.H., and Hackett, P.H., Acetazolamide in the treatment of acute mountain sickness: clinical efficacy and effect on gas exchange. Ann Intern Med, 1992, 116(6): p. 461-5.

42.            Shlim, D.R., Hackett, P.H., et al., Viewpoints: Diplopia at high altitude. Wilderness Environ Med, 1995, 6: p. 341-343.

43.            Hackett, P.H., et al., High-altitude cerebral edema evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging: clinical correlation and pathophysiology. JAMA, 1998, 280(22): p. 1920-1925.

44.            Roach, R.C., Greene, E.R., Schoene, R.B., Hackett, P.H., Arterial oxygen saturation for prediction of acute mountain sickness. Aviat Space Environ Med, 1998, 69(12): p. 1182-5.

45.            Hackett, P.H., The Cerebral Etiology of High-altitude Cerebral Edema and Acute Mountain Sickness. Wilderness Environ Med, 1999, 10(2): p.97-109.

46.             Yarnell, P.R., Heit, J., Hackett, P.H., High-altitude cerebral edema (HACE): the Denver/Front Range experience. Semin Neurol, 2000, 20(2):p.209-217

47.             Hackett, P.H., Subarachnoid Cyst and Ascent to High Altitude—a Problem?  High Alt Med Biol, 2000, 1(4):  p. 337-339.

48.            Hackett, P.H. and Roach, R.C., High Altitude Illness. New Engl J Med, 2001, 345(2):107-114.

49.            Roach, R.C., Hackett, P.H.,   Frontiers of Hypoxia Research:  Acute Mountain Sickness. J Exp Biol, 2001, 204(18): p. 3161-3170.

50.             Hackett, P.H., Roach, R.C.  High Altitude Cerebral Edema. High Alt Med Biol, 2004,  5(2):  p. 136-146.

51.            Tissot van Patot, M.C., Leadbetter, G., Keyes, L.E., Bendrick-Peart, J., Beckey, V.E., Christians, U., Hackett, P.H., Greater free plasma VEGF and lower soluble VEGF receptor-1 in Acute Mountain Sickness. J Appl Physiol, 2005.

52.            Baumgartner, R.W., Siegel, A.M., Hackett, P.H., Going High with Preexisting Neurological Conditions. High Alt Med Biol, 2007

ADD recent papers

 

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

Journal Articles, Invited Reviews and Book Chapters

1.            Hackett, P.H. and I.D. Rennie, Cotton-wool spots: A new addition to high altitude retinopathy. High Altitude Physiology and Medicine. W. Brendel and R.A. Zink, Editors. 1982, Springer-Verlag: New York, NY. p. 215-218.

2.             Hackett, P.H. and I.D. Rennie, Acute mountain sickness. Semin Respir Med, 1983, 5: p. 132-140.

3.            Hackett, P.H., et al., The Denali Medical Research Project, 1982-1985. Am Alpine J, 1986, 28(60): p. 129.

4.            Hackett, P.H., Session 2: High altitude. Ann Emerg Med, 1987, 16: p. 963-964.

5.            Hackett, P.H., High-altitude medical problems. Emerg Care Q, 1988, 4: p. 1-13.

6.            Hackett, P.H., Hornbein, T.F., Disorders of high altitude. Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. J.F. Murray and J.A. Nadel, Editors. 1988, WB Saunders: Philadelphia, PA. p. 1646-1663.

7.            Hackett, P.H., Roach, R.C., Sutton, J.R., Medical problems of high altitude. Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies. P.S. Auerbach and E. Geehr, Editors. 1989, Mosby: St. Louis, MO. p. 1-34.

8.            Hackett, P.H., Medical research on Mt. McKinley. Ann Sports Med, 1988, 4(4): p. 232-244.

9.            Hackett, P.H., Roach, R.C., High altitude pulmonary edema. J Wilderness Med, 1990, 1: p. 3-26.

10.            Hackett, P.H., Hazards of High-Altitude Travel. Travel Medicine 2. Lobel, H.O., Steffen, R., Kozarsky, P.E., Editors. 1991, International Society of Travel Medicine: Atlanta, GA, p. 256-262.

11.            Selland, M.A., Hackett, P.H., Altitude-related emergencies. J. Emergency Medicine, 3rd Edition. Kravis R.C., Warner C.G., Jacobs L.M., Editors. 1991, Raven Press, Ltd.: New York, NY, p. 679-687.

12.            Hartig, G.S., Hackett, P.H., Cerebral spinal fluid pressure and cerebral blood velocity in acute mountain sickness. Hypoxia and Mountain Medicine. J.R. Sutton, G. Coates, and C.S. Houston, Editors. 1992, Queen City Press: Burlington, VT., p. 260-265.

13.            Hackett, P.H., et al., The effect of vasodilators on pulmonary hemodynamics in high altitude pulmonary edema: a comparison. Int J Sports Med, 1992, 13(1): p. S68-71.

14.            Roach, R.C., Hackett, P.H., Hyperbaria and high altitude illness. Hypoxia and Mountain Medicine. J.R. Sutton, G. Coates, and C.S. Houston, Editors. 1992, Queen City Press: Burlington, VT.

15.             Hackett, P.H., High altitude medical problems. Emergency medicine; A comprehensive study guide, 3rd Edition.  Tintinalli, J.E., Krome, R.L., and Ruiz, E., Editors. 1992, McGraw-Hill, Inc.: New York, NY, p. 670-677.

16.            Roach, R.C., Bartsch, P., Hackett, P.H., et al., The Lake Louise acute mountain sickness scoring system. Hypoxia and Molecular Medicine. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates, Editors. 1993, Queen City Press: Burlington, VT., p. 272-274.

17.            Schoene, R.B., Hackett, P.H., High Altitude. Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. J.F. Murray and J.A. Nadel, Editors. 1994, AR Liss: New York, NY, p. 2062-2098.

18.            Hackett, P.H., Roach, R.C., High-altitude medicine. Wilderness Medicine. P.A. Auerbach, Editor. 1995, Mosby: St. Louis. p. 1-37.

19.             Zavasky, D., Hackett, P.H., Cerebral etiology of acute mountain sickness MRI findings. Wilderness Environ Med, 1995, 6: p. 229-230.

20.            Hackett, P.H., Rabold M., High altitude medical problems. Emergency medicine; A comprehensive study guide, 4th Edition. Tintinalli, J.E., Krome, R.L., and Ruiz, E., Editors. 1996, McGraw-Hill, Inc.: New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc., p. 873-880.

21.            Hackett, P.H., Shlim D., The High life: Health and sickness at high altitude. 1997 Medical and Health Annual, 1996, Encyclopedia Britannica: Chicago, IL., p.24-42.

22.            Hackett, P.H., Medical problems of high altitude. Textbook of Travel Medicine. DuPont, H. and Steffen, R., Editors. 1997, BC Decker: Hamilton, Ontario, p. 51-62.

23.             Hackett, P.H., Medical experiences in Peru: Resurrected from obscurity. Wilderness Environmental Medicine, 1998, p. 186-187.

24.            Hackett, P.H., Rabold, M., High altitude medical problems. Emergency medicine; A comprehensive study guide, 5th Edition. Tintinalli, J.E., Kelen, G.D., and J.S. Stapczynski, Editors. 1999, McGraw-Hill, Inc.: New York, NY, p. 1261-1268.

25.            Hackett, P.H., High altitude cerebral edema and acute mountain sickness: A pathophysiology update. Hypoxia: Into the Next Millennium. R.C. Roach, P.D. Wagner, and P.H. Hackett, Editors. 1999, Plenum/Kluwer Academic Publishing: New York. p. 23-46.

26.            Hackett, P.H., Roach, R.C., High-altitude medicine. Wilderness Medicine. P.A. Auerbach, Editor. 2000, Mosby: St. Louis. p. 1-37.

27.            Schoene, R.B., Hackett, P.H., Hornbein, T.F. High altitude. Textbook of respiratory medicine, 3rd edition, 2000, W.B. Saunders: Philadelphia, p. 1915-1950.

28.            Hackett, P.H., Roach, R.C., High-altitude medicine. Wilderness Medicine, P.A. Auerbach, Editor. 2001, Mosby, St Louis, p. 2-43.

29.            Pollard, A.J., Niermeyer, S., Barry, P., Bartsch, P., Bergohold, F., Bishop, R.A., Clarke, C., Dhillon, S., Dietz, T.E., Durmowicz, A., Burrer, B., Eldridge, M., Hackett, P.H., et al., Children at high altitude: and international consensus statement by an ad hoc committee of the International Society for Mountain Medicine, March 12, 2001. High Altitude Medicine and Biology, 2001, 2(3): p. 389-403.

30.            Hackett, P.H., Murdoch, D.R., Medical problems of high altitude. Textbook of Travel Medicine and Health, 2nd edition. H. DuPont and R. Steffen, Editors. 2001, BC Decker: Hamilton, Ontario, p. 80-91.

31.            Hackett, P.H., High altitude and common medical conditions. High Altitude: An Exploration of Human Adaptation. T.F. Hornbein and R.B. Schoene, Editors. In the series Lung Biology in Health and Disease, Claude Lenfant, series editor. 2001, Dekker: New York, Vol. 161, p.839-886.

32.             Gallagher, S.A., Hackett, P.H., High-altitude Illness. Emerg Med Clin North Am. Sholl, J.M., Rathlev, N.K, Olshaker, J.S., Editors. 2004, W.B. Saunders: Philadelphia, Vol. 22, p. 329-355.

33.             Dietz, T.E., Hackett, P.H., Altitude. Travel Medicine. J. Keystone, P. Kozarsky, D. Freedman, H. Nothdurft, B. Connor, Editors. 2004, Mosby: Philadelphia, p.363-374.

34.            Leon-Velarde, F., Maggiorini, M., Reeves, J.T., Aldashev, A., Asmus, I., Bernardi, L., Ge, R.L., Hackett, P.H., et al., Consensus statement on chronic and subacute high altitude diseases. High Altitude Medicine and Biology, 2005, 6(2): p. 147-157.

35.            Hackett, P.H., Roach, R.C., High-altitude medicine. Wilderness Medicine. P.A. Auerbach, Editor. 2007, Mosby: Philadelphia, p. 1-36.

 

Books

Hackett, P.H., Mountain Sickness: Prevention, Recognition and Treatment. 1980, New York, NY: Am Alpine Club.

 

Edited Books

Hypoxia: Into the Next Millennium. Roach, R.C., Wagner, P.D., and Hackett, P.H., Editors. 1999, Plenum/Kluwer Academic Publishing: New York.

 

Hypoxia: From Genes to the Bedside. Roach, R.C., Wagner, P.D., and Hackett, P.H., Editors. 2001, Plenum/Kluwer Academic Publishing: New York.

 

Hypoxia: Through the Lifecycle. Roach, R.C., Wagner, P.D., and Hackett, P.H., Editors. 2003, Plenum/Kluwer Academic Publishing: New York.

 

Hypoxia and Exercise. Roach, R.C., Wagner, P.D., and Hackett, P.H., Editors. 2006, Springer Science+Business Media: New York.

 

Hypoxia and the Circulation. Roach, R.C., Wagner, P.D., and Hackett, P.H., Editors. 2007, Springer Science+Business Media: New York.

 

International Travel Health Guide. S.R. Rose, J.S. Keystone, Editors Hackett, P.H., Contributing Editor. 2007, Springer Science+Business Media: New York.

 

Life on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.  G. Ri-Li, Hackett, P.H., Editors.  2007, Peking University Medical Press: Beijing, China.

 

 

Letters to the Editor

Hackett, P.H., Rennie, I.D., Acute mountain sickness. Lancet, 1977, 1: p. 491-492.

Hackett, P.H., et al., Pulmonary edema fluid protein in high altitude pulmonary edema. JAMA, 1986, 256: p. 36.

Hackett, P.H., Carbon dioxide breathing and acute mountain sickness. Lancet, 1989, 1: p. 272.

Hackett, P.H., Pharmacological prevention of acute mountain sickness. Many climbers and trekkers find acetazolamide 500 mg/day to be useful, BMJ, 2001, 322: p. 48

 

Editorials:

Hackett, P.H., Rennie, I.D.B.. High Altitude Pulmonary Edema. JAMA, 2002, 287(17): p. 2275-2278.

Hackett, P.H., Shlim, D.R., Medical Advisors for Commercial Adventures: Coming of Age? High Alt Med Biol.  2002, 3(4): p.343-346.

Hackett, P.H., The International Society for Mountain Medicine-Reflections from the Exit. High Alt Med Biol.2004, 5(4): p.383-385.

 

Miscellaneous

Rau D., Hackett, P.H., Mills Jr, W.J., Walberg, D., Quimby, J., Preliminary high latitude center study report, Mt McKinley (Denali). Am Alpine J, 1984, 26:134-136.

Hackett, P.H., Crisis management: The Dimond Center freon leak. Alaska Medicine, 1991, 33(3): 117-118.

Otten, E., Bowman, W., Hackett, P.H., Spadafora, M., Tauber, D., Wilderness prehospital emergency care (WPHEC). J. Wilderness Med, 1991, 2: p. 80-87.

Hackett, P.H., Shlim, D., The High life: Health and sickness at high altitude. 1997 Medical and Health Annual, 1996, Encyclopedia Britannica: Chicago, IL., p.24-42.

Hackett, P.H., Medical experiences in Peru: Resurrected from obscurity. Wilderness Environmental Medicine, 1998, 9(3): p. 186-187.

ABSTRACTS AND POSTERS

 

1.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Relative hypoventilation and weight gain in acute mountain sickness (Abstract). Hypoxia: Man at Altitude. J.R. Sutton, N.L. Jones and C.S. Houston, Editors. 1982, Thieme-Stratton: New York, NY, p.203.

2.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Acetazolamide and exercise in subjects acclimated to 6280 meters (Abstract). Hypoxia, Exercise and Altitude. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and N.L. Jones, Editors. 1983, AR Liss: New York, NY, p.458.

3.            Sarnquist, F.H., Schoene, R.B., Hackett, P.H., Exercise tolerance and cerebral function after acute hemodilution of polycythemic mountain climbers (Abstract). Hypoxia, Exercise and Altitude. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and N.L. Jones, Editors. 1983, AR Liss: New York, NY, p. 472-473.

4.            Schoene, R.B., Lahiri, S., Hackett, P.H., et al., Hypoxic drives predict exercise ventilation and oxygen desaturation at altitude (Abstract). Hypoxia, Exercise and Altitude. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and N.L. Jones, Editors. 1983, AR Liss: New York, NY, p. 473-474.

5.            West J.B., Hackett, P.H., et al., Man on the summit of Mt. Everest: predictions and measurements (Abstract). Hypoxia, Exercise and Altitude. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and N.L. Jones, Editors. 1983, AR Liss: New York, NY, p. 473-474.

6.            Harrison, G.L., Hackett, P.H., et al., Effects of almitrine and acetazolamide on ventilation (Abstract). Postgrad Med J., 1987, 63: p.191-192.

7.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Almitrine and acetazolamide during sleep at high altitude (4400m) (Abstract). Hypoxia: The Adaptations. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston and G. Coates, Editors. 1987, Praeger: New York, NY, p.544.

8.            Schoene, R.B., Hackett, P.H., Roach, R.C., Blunted hypoxic chemosensitivity at altitude and sea level in an elite high altitude climber (Abstract). Hypoxia and Cold. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates, Editors. 1987, Praeger: New York, NY. p. 532.

9.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Cortical blindness in high altitude climbers and trekkers--a report on six cases (Abstract). Hypoxia and Cold. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates, Editors. 1987, Praeger: New York, NY, p. 536.

10.            Schoene, R.B., Roach, R.C., Harrison, G.L., Hackett, P.H., et al., The effect of end positive airway pressure on subjects with high altitude pulmonary edema and normals during exercise at 4400 m on Mt. McKinley (Abstract). Hypoxia and Cold. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates, Editors. 1987, Praeger: New York, NY, p. 543.

11.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Arterial saturation during ascent predicts subsequent acute mountain sickness (Abstract). Hypoxia and Cold. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates, Editors. 1987, Praeger: New York, NY, p.544.

12.            Mills Jr., W.J., Gower, R., Hackett, P.H., Case reports: cold injury, dehydration, multiple system trauma (Abstract). Hypoxia and Cold. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates, Editors. 1987, Praeger: New York, NY, p. 546.

13.            Mills Jr., W.J., Hackett, P.H., et al., Field rescue and treatment of accidental hypothermia (Abstract). Hypoxia and Cold. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates, Editors. 1987, Praeger: New York, NY, p. 546.

14.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Subclinical pulmonary edema in acute mountain sickness (Abstract). Hypoxia: The Tolerable Limits. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates, Editors. 1988, Benchmark Press: Indianapolis, IN. p. 383.

15.            Hackett, P.H., et al., 250 mg acetazolamide intravenously does not increase cerebral blood flow at high altitude (Abstract). Hypoxia: The Tolerable Limits. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates, Editors. 1988, Benchmark Press: Indianapolis, IN. p. 383.

16.            Schoene, R.B., Swenson, E.R., Pizzo, C., Maunder, R.J., Roach, R.C., Hackett, P.H., et al., High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE): a permeability leak (Abstract). Hypoxia: The Tolerable Limits. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates, Editors. 1988, Benchmark Press: Indianapolis, IN. p. 379.

17.            Hackett, P.H., et al., Nifedipine and hydralazine for the treatment of high altitude pulmonary edema (Abstract). Hypoxia: The Adaptations. J.R. Sutton, G. Coates and J.E. Remmers, Editors. 1990, BC Dekker: Philadelphia, PA, p.291.

18.            Hackett, P.H., Roach, R.C., Greene, E.R., Oxygenation, but not increased cerebral blood flow, improves high altitude headache (Abstract). Hypoxia: The Adaptations. J.R. Sutton, G. Coates, and J.E. Remmers, Editors. 1990, BC Dekker: Philadelphia, PA. p. 295.

19.            Swenson, E.R., Leatham, K.L., Roach, R.C., Schoene, R.B., Mills Jr, W.J., Hackett, P.H., Renal versus non-renal effects of carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors on the hypercapnic ventilatory response (HCVR) in normoxia and hypoxia (Abstract). Hypoxia: The Adaptations. J.R. Sutton, G. Coates, and J.E. Remmers, Editors. 1990, BC Dekker: Philadelphia, PA, p. 276.

20.            Hackett, P.H., et al., A portable, fabric hyperbaric chamber for treatment of high altitude pulmonary edema (Abstract). Hypoxia: The Adaptations. J.R. Sutton, G. Coates, and J.E. Remmers, Editors. 1990, BC Dekker: Philadelphia, PA. p. 291.

21.            Hackett, P.H., et al., MRI in high altitude cerebral edema: Evidence for vasogenic edema (Abstract). Hypoxia: The Adaptations. J.R. Sutton, G. Coates and J.E. Remmers, Editors. 1990, BC Dekker: Philadelphia, PA, p. 295.

22.            Wilson, N., Greene, E.R., Feil, P., Roach, R.C., Hackett, P.H., Altitude and postprandial human superior mesenteric artery blood flow (Abstract). Hypoxia: The Adaptations. J.R. Sutton, G. Coates, and J.E. Remmers, Editors. 1990, BC Dekker: Philadelphia, PA. p. 297.

23.            Ellsworth, A., Goldberg, S., Duncan, T., Johnson, L.A., Hackett, P.H., Measuring acute mountain sickness using the Lake Louise consensus questionnaire (Abstract). Hypoxia and Molecular Medicine. J.R. Sutton, G. Coates, and C.S. Houston, Editors. 1993, Queen City Press: Burlington, VT.

24.            deFilippi, C.R., Levine, B.D., Greene, E.R., Roach, R.C., Gennianatti, M., Voyles, W., Hartig, G.S., Grayburn, P.A., Hackett, P.H., Evaluation of left ventricular systolic function by echocardiography in high altitude pulmonary edema (Abstract). Hypoxia and Molecular Medicine. J.R. Sutton, G. Coates, and C.S. Houston, Editors. 1993, Queen City Press: Burlington, VT.

25.            Roach, R.C., Krivoschekov, S.G., Tatuarov, Y.A., Pichkurov, A.M., Divert, G.M., Hackett, P.H., The influence of cold acclimatization on the chemical control of ventilation (Abstract). Hypoxia and Molecular Medicine. J.R. Sutton, G. Coates, and C.S. Houston, Editors. 1993, Queen City Press.

26.            Roach, R.C., Lium, D., Hackett, P.H., Arterial oxygen desaturation may determine subsequent acute mountain sickness (Abstract). Med Sci Sport Exerc, 1994, 26: p. S22.

27.            Parker, S.J., Hollingshead, K.F., Dietz, T.R., Hackett, P.H., Treatment of acute mountain sickness in Himalayan trekkers: a preliminary prospective randomized trial of hyperbaria versus dexamethasone (Abstract). Hypoxia and the Brain. J.R. Sutton, C.S. Houston, and G. Coates, Editors. 1995, Queen City Press: Burlington, VT.

28.            Leadbetter, G., Maakestad, K., Olson, S., Hackett, P.H., Ginkgo biloba reduces incidence and severity of acute mountain sickness (Abstract). High Altitude Medicine and Biology, 2001, 2((1)): p.110.

29.            Maakestad, K., Leadbetter, G., Olson, S., Hackett, P.H., Ginkgo biloba reduces incidence and severity of acute mountain sickness (Abstract). Wilderness Environ Med, 2001, 12(1): p. 51.

30.            Leadbetter, G., Hackett, P.H., et al., Comparison of Ginkgo biloba, acetazolamide and placebo for prevention of acute mountain sickness (Abstract). High Altitude Medicine and Biology, 2003, 3(4): p. 455.

 

 

PRESENTATIONS:

 

Dr. Hackett has given hundreds of lectures locally, nationally and internationally. He has given presentations in China four times, India twice, Nepal, Pakistan, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru many times, Bolivia, Australia, United Kingdom and many other European Union countries, Japan, Kenya and Tanzania.  He has chaired the World Congress of High Altitude Medicine and Physiology three times, chaired the World Congress of Wilderness Medicine twice, and co-chaired the International Hypoxia Symposium in Alberta, Canada, six times. 

 

AWARDS

 

Wilderness Medical Society, Founder’s Award

Wilderness Medical Society, Research Award

Wilderness Medical Society, World Congress Award

Outstanding Alumnus, University of Illinois, 2010

 

NAMED LECTURESHIPS

 

President’s Lecture, American Thoracic Society International Conference,

San Francisco, CA, May 18-23, 2001

Bauer Lecturer, Aerospace Medical Association Scientific Meeting,

Anchorage, AK, May 2-6, 2004

Add SCMM lecture

 

MENTORSHIP OF STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS/EDUCATION

 

Lectures:

Grand Rounds, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Glaser Auditorium, 2002

Grand Rounds, Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado, 2003

Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 1993

Grand Rounds, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, 2007

Numerous other medical school Grand Rounds over the past 30 years

University of Colorado, 2nd year Physiology Class

University of Colorado, 2nd year Pharmacology Class

University of Colorado, Invited Lecturer, AOA, 2002

           

Mentor/attending physician:

Dozens of medical students and residents, starting with the Himalayan Rescue Association in Nepal in 1974; in the laboratory on Denali from 1981 to 1989; at St Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction from 1995 to 2000; at the Telluride Medical Center from 2001 to present, and at the Institute for Altitude Medicine presently. Many of these students and resident have been from University of Colorado, Denver Health, and Swedish Hospital. In addition, Dr Hackett is presently mentoring a fellow in High Altitude Medicine.

 

MEDIA

 

ABC Nightline with Ted Koppel (Everest) 1983;

NOVA (PBS special): Everest: The Death Zone 2000;

NOVA (PBS special): Deadly Ascent, 2006

FRONTLINE: Storm over Everest: A David Breashears Film, Online Round

            Table Discussion Panelist, 2008

History Channel: 4 movies on extreme survival