Physician Profiles

 
Dr. John M. Kampine
John received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He completed his anesthesia residency at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn., and is board certified in anesthesiology. He went on to do his pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington D.C. John served as an assistant professor of anesthesia at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin from 1991 to 1999. He is the medical director of the Texas Pediatric Surgery Center in North Richland Hills, Texas. He also serves as medical director of pediatric cardiac anesthesia services for the Congenital Heart Surgery Program at Medical City Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Red Starks
Red holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a doctorate from the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio. He completed post-graduate training in anesthesiology at the University of Pennsylvania and is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Red came to Dallas to practice after finishing a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Boston. He plays a critical role in the pediatric cardiac anesthesia heart catheterization services at Medical City Children’s Hospital. He has also taught anesthesiology at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard.
Dr. Annie Kahn
Annie chose the University of Texas Medical School at Houston for both her medical degree and residency. A native of Irving, Texas, she returned to the area for a fellowship in pediatric anesthesia through the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School–Cook Children’s Hospital. Annie is a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. Her special interests within pediatric anesthesia include craniofacial surgery and neuroanesthesia.

Dr. Bruce E. Fitzgerald
Bruce is a graduate of the University of Texas Medical School in Houston and completed his anesthesiology residency training at Tulane Medical Center. While on the clinical anesthesia faculty at The Children’s Hospital in New Orleans, he served as residency coordinator for the combined Tulane/LSU anesthesia programs. Bruce returned to his hometown of Dallas in 2000. He’s a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology.
   
Dr. Jennifer Dagen
Jennifer, a Dallas native, received her undergraduate degree in bology from the University of Texas at Dallas and completed medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Following anesthesiology residency training at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla., she completed a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at the University of Colorado/Denver Children’s Hospital. Jennifer is a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. Her special interests include pediatric regional anesthesia and neuroanesthesia.
Dr. John Thorne
John received his undergraduate and doctorate degrees from the University of Kansas after serving four years as a helicopter technician in the U.S. Army. He completed his post-graduate training in anesthesiology and fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. John’s special interests include pediatric cardiac anesthesia and post-operative pain management.