History

Barry A. Shapiro, MD

Department Chair, 1995-1999

In 1970, Dr. Shapiro began working at Wesley Memorial Hospital, one of two hospitals which merged to form Northwestern Memorial. He then worked as an associate attending staff physician at Northwestern Memorial between 1973 and 1975. Between 1975 and 1991, he was medical director of respiratory care and associate director for respiratory care services for four intensive care units. Dr. Shapiro served as the associate medical director of the Spinal Cord Trauma Unit between 1980 and 1991.In 1985, Dr. Shapiro became Director of the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Beginning in 1990, Dr. Shapiro served as Vice Chair in the Department of Anesthesiology and in 1995 he was named Chairman of Anesthesiology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, and Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

In 1980, Dr. Shapiro was appointed full Professor of Anesthesiology and a Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. In 1996, Dr. Shapiro was appointed James E. Eckenhoff Professor of Anesthesiology. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1959. He earned his M.D. from Michigan’s Medical School in 1963. He also completed his internship, anesthesiology residency, and fellowship in intensive respiratory care at Michigan. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps for two years. In 1994, Dr. Shapiro received his Masters of Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University.

Dr. Shapiro was elected a fellow in the American College of Critical Care Medicine and was chairman of the board of regents. He has been named in the first and second editions of Best Doctors in America. Dr. Shapiro served as associate editor of Critical Care Medicine from 1990-1999. He is chief author of the text Clinical Applications of Blood Gases, which has been translated into seven languages. In 1992, Dr. Shapiro received the Bernard H. Eliasberg Medal for Outstanding Contributions to the Care of Patients with Respiratory Failure from the department of anesthesiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In 1994 Dr. Shapiro received the William O. McQuiston Award for Outstanding Contributions to Anesthesiology by the Illinois Society of Anesthesiology. Dr. Shapiro passed away in October 2008.