Lackamp earned his M.D. from Creighton University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and performed a fellowship in critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.His research interests include mechanisms of anesthesia, postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) and regional anesthesia.He is a member of American Society of Anesthesiologists and the International Anesthesia Research Society.