Welcome to the

Solt Laboratory

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Principal Investigator


Ken Solt, MD

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School

Director of Translational Research and Innovation
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital

 

How does general anesthesia work?

General anesthesia is a fascinating man-made, neurophysiological phenomenon that has been developed empirically over many years to enable safe and humane performance of surgical and non-surgical procedures. Despite its use for nearly 170 years, and the fact that today it is administered daily to millions of patients worldwide, the mechanisms for how anesthetics act in the brain to create the states of anesthesia are not well understood.

Our research focuses on restoring consciousness and cognitive function after general anesthesia and uncovering mechanisms of anesthetic-induced unconsciousness using a systems neuroscience approach..

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Our Team

We like to do cool science and eat good food together. Meet our current lab members, collaborators, and lab alumni.

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Publications

Read and download select publications from the Solt Lab.


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Contact Us

Principal Investigator

Ken Solt, MD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
ksolt@mgh.harvard.edu
(617) 726-4359

Lab Office
149 13th Street, Room 4.010
Charlestown, MA 02129
(617) 724-9857

 

Clinical Office
Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
55 Fruit Street, GRB-444
Boston, MA 02114

 

Laboratory
MGH - Charlestown Navy Yard Campus
Building 149
149 13th Street, Room 4.315
Charlestown, MA 02129