Erik Antonsen, MD, PhD, MS, FAAEM, FACEP
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Positions
- Associate Professor
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Emergency Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
- Element Scientist
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Exploration Medical Capabilities
Human Research Program
NASA
Houston, Texas United States
Lead the Exploration Medical Capabilities Element for NASA's Human Research Program focusing on merging medical capabilities with systems engineering processes, technology research and medical risk reduction.
- Associate Professor of Space Medicine
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Center for Space Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
- Assistant Director
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Human Systems Risk Management
Human Health and Performance
NASA
Houston, Texas United States
Chair of the Human Systems Risk Board at NASA Johnson Space Center. Responsible for Strategies for mission risk reduction in Human Spaceflight.
Education
- Residency at Harvard
- 06/2013 - Boston, Massachusetts United States
- Emergency Medicine
- MD from University of Illinois
- 06/2009 - Urbana, Illinois United States
- PhD from University of Illinois
- 06/2004 - Urbana, Illinois United States
- Aerospace Engineering
- MS from University of Illinois
- 06/2001 - Urbana, Illinois United States
- Aerospace Engineering
Certifications
- Diplomat
- #54565
- American Board of Emergency Medicine
- Board Certification in Emergency Medicine
Websites
Selected Publications
- Stringer, ES, Antonsen, EL "Hormonal Contraception and HIV Disease Progression." Clin. Infect. Dis.. 2008;47(7):945-951.
- Ruzic, DN, Thompson, KC, Jurczyk, BE, Antonsen, EL, Srivastava, SN, Spencer, JB "Reduction of ion energies from a multi-component z-pinch plasma." IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci.. 2007;35(3):606-613.
- Garbino A, Nusbaum DM, Buckland DM, Menon AS, Clark JB, Antonsen EL "Emergency medical considerations in a space-suited patient." Aerospace Med Hum Perform. 2016;87(10):1-5.
- (24) Johansen, B, Blue, R, Castleberry, T, Antonsen, EL, Van Der Plough, J "Point of Care Ultrasound for Pulmonary Concerns in Remote Spaceflight Triage Environments." Aerospace Med Hum Perform. 2018;89(2):122-129.
- Reed, RD, Antonsen, EL "Should NASA Collect Astronauts Genetic Information for Occupational Surveillance and Research?." AMA Journal of Ethics. 2018 Sep;20(9):E849-856.
- Doarn, CR, Travis, TW, Currie-Greg, Nicogossian, AE, Weyland, MD, Shepanek, MA, Null, CH, Buckland, D, Miller, S, Liskowsky, DR, Fuller, D, Francisco, DR, Walton, M, Antonsen, EL, Rochlis, J, Witt, EG, Williams, RS "Engineering, Life Sciences, and Health/Medicine Synergy in Aerospace HIS: The Rosetta Stone Project." New Space Journal. 2018 Dec 13;
- Nowak ES, Reyes DP, Bryant BJ, Cap AP, Kerstman EL, Antonsen EL "Blood Transfusion for Deep Space Exploration." Transfusion. 2019 Oct;59(10):3077-3083. Pubmed PMID: 31490558
- Blue RS, Chancellor JC, Antonsen EL, Bayuse TM, Daniels VR, Wotring VE "Limitations in predicting radiation-induced pharmaceutical instability during long-duration spaceflight." npj Microgravity. 2019 Jun 6;5(1) Pubmed PMID: 31231677
- Blue RS, Bayuse TM, Daniels VR, Wotring VE, Suresh R, Mulcahy RA, Antonsen EL "Supplying a pharmacy for NASA exploration spaceflight: challenges and current understanding." NPJ Microgravity. 2019 Jun 13;4(14) Pubmed PMID: 31231676
- Blue RS, Chancellor JC, Suresh R, Carnell LS, Reyes DP, Nowadly CD, Antonsen EL "Challenges in Clinical Management of Radiation Induced Illnesses in Exploration Spaceflight." Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2019 Nov 1;90(11):966-977. Pubmed PMID: 31666159
- Antonsen, EL, Reed, RD "Policy Considerations for Precision Medicine in Human Spaceflight." Hous. J. Health L. & Pol'y. 2019;1
- Ahmed, AS, Ramakrishnan, R, Ramachandran, V, Ramachandran, SS, Phan, K, Antonsen, EL "Ultrasound Diagnosis and Therapeutic Intervention in the Spine." J Spine Surg. 2018 Jun;4(2):423-432. Pubmed PMID: 30069538
- Steller JG, Blue RS, Burns R, Bayuse TM, Antonsen EL, Jain V, Blackwell MM, Jennings RT "Gynecologic risk mitigation considerations for long-duration spaceflight." Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2020 Jul 1;91(7):543-564. Pubmed PMID: 32591031
- Reyes DP, Carroll DJ, Walton ME, Antonsen EL, Kerstman EL "Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Prophylactic Surgery Before Extended-Duration Spaceflight." Surg Innov. 2020 Dec 18; Pubmed PMID: 33339485
- Antonse, EL, Myers JG, Boley, L, Arrellano, J, Kerstman, E, Kadwa, B, Buckland, DB, Van Baalen, M "Estimating medical risk in human spaceflight." npj Microgravity. 2022 Mar 31;8(8) Pubmed PMID: 35361776
- Antonsen EL, Spanjers, GG, Burton, RL, Engelman, SF "Herriott cell augmentation of a quadrature heterodyne interferometer.." Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2003;74(1):88-93.
- Antonsen, EL, Connell, E, Anton, W, Reynolds, R, Buckland, DB, Van Baalen, M "Updates to the NASA human system risk management process for space exploration." npj Microgravity. 2023 Sep 7;9(72)
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