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Jay C. Buckey Jr, MD

Title(s)
Professor of Medicine

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Director, Space Medicine Innovations Laboratory at Dartmouth
Adjunct Professor, Thayer School of Engineering

Department(s)
Medicine

Education
Cornell University, BSEE 1977
Cornell University Medical College, MD 1981

Programs
Other

Websites
http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/people/faculty/jay-buckey/
http://www.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/findaprovider.html#/provider/312?from=search
https://path.dartmouth.edu/account/login.php
https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-90/mission-sts-90.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-90.html

Contact Information

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
One Medical Center Dr.
Lebanon NH 03756

Email: jay.buckey@dartmouth.edu


Professional Interests

Central auditory processing as a marker of neurocognitive function
Space physiology and medicine
Hyperbaric medicine
Audiology, hearing assessment
Computer-based psychological training and treatment programs
Visual changes after spaceflight
Virtual reality applications

Grant Information

The Space Medicine Innovations Laboratory is a multidisciplinary research lab with a global reach.

The lab’s current areas of research are:
• Assessing brain function using the brain’s auditory system in people with various conditions (HIV, Zika, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s).

• Developing new audiological tests for use both in the US and the developing world.

• Testing and developing self-directed, autonomous, interactive-media-based behavioral health tools and virtual reality for use in isolated and confined environments (e.g. Antarctic stations) and other settings.

• Use of hyperbaric oxygen for research and clinical applications.

• Other technology/science projects for NASA/Department of Defense – Previous areas of interest have included motion sickness, space-related bone loss, visual changes in astronauts, noise-induced hearing loss.

Biography

Books:

Space Physiology from Oxford University Press
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/space-physiology-9780195137255?cc=us&lang=en&

The Neurolab Spacelab Mission: Neuroscience Research in Space
Results from the STS-90, Neurolab Spacelab Mission
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24323554_The_Neurolab_Spacelab_Mission_Neuroscience_Research_in_Space_Results_from_the_STS-90_Neurolab_Spacelab_Mission


Selected Publications

 

A theory for why jugular vein thromboses develop in space.
Buckey JC, Lan M, Phillips SD, Archambault-Leger V
J Appl Physiol (1985). 2026 Jan 20; doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01070.2025. Epub 2026 Jan 20.
PMID: 41556830

The differential effect of chronological age and brain age on cognitive fatigue: new metrics, new insights.
Wylie GR, Roman CAF, Buckey JC Jr, Chiaravalloti ND, Falvo MJ, Ford JC, Genova HM, Niemczak CE, Roth RM, DeLuca J
J Neurol. 2026 Jan 7;273(1):63. doi: 10.1007/s00415-025-13584-1. Epub 2026 Jan 7.
PMID: 41498952

Letter: The Data in "Hyperbaric Oxygen Effects on Surgical Outcomes in Mandibular Osteoradionecrosis Requiring Segmental Resection and Free Tissue Transfer" by Leblanc et al. Do Not Support the Conclusions Made.
Silverman E, Buckey JC
Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2025 Dec 22; doi: 10.1177/26893614251408420. Epub 2025 Dec 22.
PMID: 41460596

Central auditory processing is altered after traumatic brain injury in Tanzanian adults.
Lichtenstein JD, Niemczak CE, Fellows A, Wood LJ, Masoud S, Rooney A, Adhikari M, Magohe A, Buckey JC
Front Neurosci. 2025;19:1720978. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2025.1720978. Epub 2025 Dec 12.
PMID: 41459565

Case Report: Complete Coverage Of Chronic Sickle Cell Leg Ulcer Using Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Combined With Skin Grafting.
Luhulla K, Martin Q, Bhoke A, Mahfudh S, Nkya A, Magohe A, Yonazi M, Buckey JC
Undersea Hyperb Med. 2025 Fourth Quarter;52(4):571-575.
PMID: 41429034

Central auditory testing in young Tanzanian children: feasibility and relationship to cognition.
Ealer C, Niemczak CE, Lichtenstein J, Leigh S, Fellows A, Zhang Z, Rieke C, Kobrina A, Magohe A, Massawe ER, Buckey JC
Int J Audiol. 2025 Aug 21;:1-12. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2025.2545441. Epub 2025 Aug 21.
PMID: 40839536

The data presented in Zhi et al. do not support the conclusion that HBOT leads to worse hearing improvement in sudden hearing loss.
Ganga K, Niemczak C, Buckey J
Am J Otolaryngol. 2025 Nov-Dec;46(6):104719. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2025.104719. Epub 2025 Aug 5.
PMID: 40812078

Preflight Myopia and Visual Acuity Changes in Long-Duration Astronauts.
Buckey JC, Zegans ME, Lan M
JAMA Ophthalmol. 2025 Aug 1;143(8):713-714. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2025.1935.
PMID: 40608331

Virtual reality-based sensory stimulation preferences at Amundsen-Scott South Pole station in Antarctica.
Thoolen SJJ, Watson JM, Fellows AM, Bovard PP, Strangman GE, Buckey JC, Stankovic AS
NPJ Microgravity. 2025 May 11;11(1):15. doi: 10.1038/s41526-025-00471-2. Epub 2025 May 11.
PMID: 40350468

Space travel-associated motion sickness and its treatment.
Buckey JC, Lan M, Lewis LD
Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2026 Jan;92(1):5-10. doi: 10.1002/bcp.70056. Epub 2025 Apr 4.
PMID: 40183157

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