I. Personal Data:
A. Citizenship Status: U.S.A.

II. Education:
1974-78, B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

1978-82, M.D., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

III. Post-Graduate Education:
1982-83, Surgical Intern, University of California, Irvine, CA

1983-84, Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

1984-86, Resident in Anesthesia, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

1986-86, Resident in Anesthesia, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA

1986-87, Fellow in Cardiovascular Anesthesia, University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, IA

IV. Academic Appointments:
12/87 to 1/92, Associate, Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

1/92-7/97, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

7/97-present, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

V. Other Employment Pertaining to Current Professional Appointments:
12/87-present, Staff Anesthesiologist, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IA

1/93-1/2000, Assistant Chief, Anesthesiology Service, Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IA

VI. Certification and Licensure:
A. Certification:
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners

Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology

Certificate of Continued Demonstration of Qualifications, American Board of Anesthesiology

B. Licensure: Utah; California; Iowa; New York; Massachusetts; Nevada

VII. Professional Affiliations:
American Medical Association

American Society of Anesthesiologists

International Anesthesia Research Society

Iowa Society of Anesthesiologists

Anesthesia History Association

Hasty Pudding Club; Cambridge, MA

Harvard Club of Utah, Iowa

VII. Areas of Research Interest:
1. The airway: Normal function and factors related to compromise, focusing upon both surgical (i.e. head and neck cancer surgery) as well as medical(i.e. angioedema) concerns.

VIII. Teaching Activities:
A. Bibliography Concerning Teaching:
Big Blue: Essentials for the Anesthesiology Written Board Examination, Niels F. Jensen, auth. and ed., privately published, pp. 545, original copyright 1993.

Baby Blue: O.R. Companion for the Written Anesthesiology Board Examination, Niels F. Jensen, auth. and ed., privately published, pp.150, original copyright 1994.

Ranger Blue: Special Topics, Notes, and Audio Tapes for the Anesthesiology Written Board Examination, Niels F. Jensen, auth. and ed., privately published, original copyright 1998.

Big Red: Essentials for the Anesthesiology Oral Board Examination, Niels F. Jensen, auth. and ed., privately published, pp. 389, original copyright 1990.

Ranger Red: Cases and Audio Tapes for the Anesthesiology Oral Board Examination, Niels F. Jensen, auth. and ed., privately published, original copyright 1998.

Spiels by Niels: O.R. Companion for the Oral Anesthesiology Board Examination, Niels F. Jensen, auth. and ed., privately published, pp. 75, original copyright 1994.

XII. Other Professional Activities:
Invited lectures:
May, 1981 University of Utah Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, Salt Lake City, Utah, "Prostaglandins and the Stomach"

March, 1984 Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Orthopedic Surgery Grand Rounds, Boston, MA, "Osteotomy of the Greater Trochanter"

October, 1990 Anesthesiology Board Review Course, Palm Desert, CA, "Clinical Arterial Blood Gas Analysis", "Essentials of Intraoperative Monitoring" and "Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery"

February, 1991 Anesthesiology Board Review Course, Las Vegas, NV, "Essentials of Intraoperative Monitoring" and "Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery"

April, 1991 Anesthesiology Board Review Course, San Diego, CA, "Clinical Arterial Blood Gas Analysis", "Essentials of Intraoperative Monitoring" and "Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery"

July, 1991 Anesthesiology Board Review Course, Chicago, IL, "Clinical Arterial Blood Gas Analysis", "Essentials of Intraoperative Monitoring" and "Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery"

September, 1991 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, "Anesthetic and Airway Considerations in Head and Neck Surgery"

October, 1991 Anesthesiology Board Review Course, Tarpon Springs, FL, "Clinical Arterial Blood Gas Analysis", "Essentials of Intraoperative Monitoring" "Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery", and "Anesthesia for Head and Neck Surgery"

February, 1992 Anesthesiology Board Review Course, Tarpon Springs, FL, "Essentials of Intraoperative Monitoring" "Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery", and "Anesthesia for Head and Neck Surgery"

March, 1992 Otolaryngology Board Review Course, Chicago, IL., "Otolaryngology Anesthesia for the Head and Neck Surgeon"

April, 1992 International Anesthesia Research Society, San Francisco, CA., "Medical Quality--A Lesson from the Japanese" (presented by co-author JH Tinker, MD)

April, 1992 Anesthesiology Board Review Course, San Francisco, CA. "Clinical Arterial Blood Gas Analysis", "Essentials of Intraoperative Monitoring" "Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery", and "Anesthesia for Head and Neck Surgery"

October, 1992 Anesthesiology Board Review Course, Boston, MA. "Anesthesia and Endocrine Problems"

March, 1993 Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL. "ABG's and Written Boards", and "Head and Neck Anesthesia for Oral Boards"

April, 1993 Anesthesiology Board Review Course, Seattle, WA. "ABGs with Questions", "Monitoring for the Oral Board Candidate", "Head and Neck Anesthesia".

June, 1993 University of Iowa Head and Neck Cancer Course, Iowa City, IA "Anesthetic Considerations for Laser Surgery"

July, 1993 Anesthesiology Board Review Course, Chicago, IL. "Arterial Blood Gases and the Written Examination", "Endocrine Problems for Written Boards", "Anesthesia for Major Vascular Surgery".

Visiting Instructorships:
Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii: January 24- February 1, 1992.
Department of Anesthesiology
"Essentials of Intraoperative Monitoring"
"Quality in Medicine: Lessons from Japan"
"Case Conference: Venous Air Embolism"
"Case Conference: Major Arterial Injury"

Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii: January 3- Januray 9, 1993.
Department of Anesthesiology
"Anesthesia and Endocrine Problems"
"Clinical Arterial Blood Gas Analysis"

UT Southwestern Medical School, Department of Anesthesiology, Dallas, Texas: January, 1999
"How to Prepare for Written Boards"
"LocknLoad Topics for Written Boards"

IX. Clinical Activities:
A. Inpatient:
Clinical anesthesia, Operating Rooms, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Clinical anesthesia, Operating Rooms, VA Medical Center

X. Collegiate, University and National Committees:
Monitoring Committee, University of Iowa, Department of Anesthesia, 1991-94

American Society of Anesthesiologists, Committee on Scientific Exhibits, 1991-92

Admissions Committee, Harvard University (Iowa Regional), 1992-95

XI. Honors and Awards:
Cum Laude, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University

Award for Scholastic Excellence, 1980, University of Utah School of Medicine

Research Advisory Committee Grant, 1980, University of Utah School of Medicine

XII. Bibliography: (Manuscripts Submitted, in Press, and/or Published; Books)
Jensen, NF, Weiler, JM: C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency, airway compromise, and anesthesia. Anesth Analg, 87, 480-88, 1998.

McCulloch TM, Jensen NF, Girod DA, Tsue TT, Weymuller, EA: Risk factors for pulmonary complications in the post-operative head and neck surgery patient. Head and Neck, 19 (5): 372-377, August, 1997

Jensen, NF, Block RI: Vasopressin levels in major head and neck surgery: Possible implications for intravascular monitoring. ENT J 76: 2, 87-94, February, 1997.

Jensen NF, Egan TD: Defining the concentration effect relationship of volatile anesthetics vessels using an in vitro nonsteady-state. J Pharmacol Exp Therap 274: 293-299, 1995.

Jensen, NF: Arytenoid injury and subluxation in anesthetic practice. Am J Anesthesiol, 22:3, 145-148, 1995.

Jensen NF, Todd MM, Block RI, Hegtvedt, RL, McCulloch, TM: The efficacy of routine central venous monitoring in major head and neck surgery: A retrospective review. J Clin Anesth , 7: 2, 119-125, 1995.

Jensen, NF, Fiddler, DS, Striepe, V: Anesthetic considerations in porphyrias. Anesth Analg, 80: 591-599, 1995.

Jensen NF: Glomus tumors of the head and neck: Anesthetic considerations. Anesth Analg, 78:1, 112-119, 1994.

Tinker JH, Jensen NF: Total quality management--Is it another fad? Can J Anaesth, 41:5, R1-6, 1994.

Jensen NF, Tinker JH: Quality in medical care: Lessons from industry and a proposal for valid meaurement and improvement. Quality Performance and Quality Health Care 1: (3) 138-153, 1993

Jensen NF, Benumof JL: The difficult airway in head and neck tumor surgery. Anesthesiology Clinics of North America, 3: 11, 475-511, 1993

Jensen NF, Todd MM, Leonard PA, Kramer DJ, Warner DS: A comparison of the vasodilating effects of halothane and isoflurane on the isolated rabbit basilar artery. Anesthesiology 76: 624-634, 1992.

Wegrzynowicz ES, Jensen NF, Pearson KS, Wachtel RE, and Scamman FL: Airway fire during jet ventilation for laser ablation of vocal cord papalomata. Anesthesiology 76;468-469, 1992.

Hansen TD, Warner DS, Todd MM, Baker MT, and Jensen NF: The influence of inhalational anesthetics on in vivo and in vitro benzodiazepine receptor binding in the rat cerebral cortex. Anesthesiology 74:97-104, 1991.

Larsen KR, Ives MM, Jensen NF, Carlsson E, Larsson H: Omeprazole and cimetidine versus pentagastrin in the canine ex vivo gastric chamber. Am J Physiol 256:G390-G395, 1989.

Larsen KR, Jensen NF, Davis EK, Jensen JC, Moody FG: The cytoprotective effects of a new PGE1 methyl ester (SC29333) versus aspirin-shock gastric ulcerogenesis in the dog. Br J Clin Prac, 72:1987.

Jensen NF, Larsen KR, and Moody FG: The cytoprotective effects of SC29333, a PGE1 analog, versus aspirin-shock gastric ulcerogenesis in the dog. Prostaglandins 21: 119-24, 1981.

Jensen NF, Larsen KR, and Moody FG: Two prostaglandin analogs and the canine gastric mucosal barrier, a dose response study. Surg Forum 32, 124-26:1981.

Jensen NF, Harris WH: A system of osteotomy of the greater trochanter with a 99% union rate. Clin Ortho and Rel Res 208:174, 1986.

Letters
Jensen NF, Kealey GP: Securing an endotracheal tube in the presence of facial burns or instability. Anesth Analg 75: 641-642, 1992 (letter)

Abstracts
Jensen NF, Tinker JH: Quality in medical care: Lessons from industry and a proposal for valid meaurement and improvement. J Clin Anesth 7(3): 270, 1995 (abstract).

Jensen NF, Todd MM, Kramer DJ, Leonard PA, Warner DS, Bollen BA: The role of the endothelium in modulating the vasodilation induced by isoflurane in the rabbit basilar artery. Anesthesiology 73:A648, 1990 (abstract).

Jensen NF, Todd MM, Bollen BA, Warner DS: A comparison of the vasodilating effects of halothane and isoflurane on the isolated rabbit basilar artery. Anesth Analg 68:S138, 1989 (abstract).

Larsen KR, Jensen NF, Davis EK, Jensen JC, and Moody FG: The effects of SC29333, a PGE1 analog, and 16, 16-dimethyl PGE2 on canine gastric total and mucosal blood flow. Gastroenterology 90:20, 1981 (abstract)

Research Papers Presented
McCulloch TM, Girod DA, Tsue TT, Jensen NF, Weymuller EA: Risk factors for pulmonary complications in the post-operative head and neck surgery patient. The American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society. Seattle, WA, January, 1993. (Presented by Dr. McCulloch)

The Role of the Endothelium in Modulating Vasodilation Induced by Isoflurane in the Rabbit Basilar Artery. American Society of Anesthesiologists. Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1990.

A Comparison of the Vasodilating Effects of Halothane and Isoflurane on the Isolated Rabbit Basilar Artery. International Anesthesia Research Society, Orlando, Florida, March 1989.

A System of Osteotomy of the Greater Trochanter with a 99% Union Rate. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada, January, 1985.

A System of Osteotomy of the Greater Trochanter with a 99% Union Rate. Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Course, Boston, MA, September, 1984.

Two Prostaglandin Analogs and the Canine Gastric Mucosal Barrier, a Dose Response Study. American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, October, 1981.

Reviews
Silva DA, Sanders I: Continuous positive airway pressure promotes laryngospasm during Halothane anesthesia. Reviewed for the Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology. (2/92)

Braverman I, et al.: Complication of jet ventilation during microlaryngeal surgery. Reviewed for the Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology. (3/93)

Morrow P, et. al.: Pheochromocytoma metastatic to the mandible presenting as a large jaw mass. Reviewed for Anesthesiology (7/97)

Asirvatham S, et. al. Prolonged loss of consciousness and elevated porphyrins following propofol administration. Reviewed for Anesthesiology (3/98)

Sarantopoulos, C, et al.: Uneventful nasotracheal fiberoptic intubation and propofol anesthesia in a patient with co-existing hereditary co-proporphyria and hereditary angioneurotic edema. Reviewed for Anesthesiology (10/98)