Xtreme Everest: Human Tolerance of Hypoxia
Sponsor(s): Department of Anesthesiology
Cost: free for all Duke attendees; outside-Duke fees posted on event site; CME credit available
Meet the team of medical researchers who measured climbers' arterial blood gases on the summit of Mt. Everest, were featured in the Discovery Channel's "Doctors in the Death Zone" and unlocked the secrets of Sherpa metabolism to understand critical illness.
Contact: Beth Peloquin