ASRA News

"Emerging Technologies in Acute Pain Medicine," by Mastoora Nasiri, MD, Clinical Instructor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; Linda Le-Wendling, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida; Barys Ihnatsenka, MD, Associate Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida; Patrick T...

"Contralateral Oblique View for Epidural Access: A Coalescence of Precision and Ease," by Jatinder S. Gill, MD, Assistant Professor; and Thomas Simopoulos, MD, MA, Division Chief of Pain Medicine; both of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. From ASRA News, February 2020, pp. 17-20. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is c...

"Ultrasound-Guided Selective Cervical C3 and C4 Nerve Root Block: A Novel Anesthetic Approach to Perioperative Analgesia for Clavicular Fractures," by Joey Hung, DO, Anesthesiology Resident; and Moustafa Ahmed, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care; both of UT Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas. From ASR...

"Regional Anesthesia Billing: Surgical Anesthesia Versus Postoperative Analgesia," by Jason P. Zatkoff, DO, Clinical Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, Pontiac, Michigan; and Brian F. S. Allen, MD, Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. From ASRA News, February 2020, pp. 8-12. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures a...

"President’s Message: Collaboration With ESRA Translates Into More Benefits and Opportunities for ASRA Members" by Eugene Viscusi, MD, ASRA President; and "From the Editor’s Desk: ASRA’s Universe Is Expanding" by Kristopher Schroeder, MD, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. From ASRA News, February 2020, pp. 3...

"Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and the Role of Pain Physicians," by Chinyere Archie, MBBS, Resident; Patrick Courtright, MD, MBS, Resident; and Rany Abdallah, MD, PhD, Anesthesiologist; all of Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From ASRA News, February 2020, pp. 39-41. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material i...

"How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Sacral Lateral Branch Blocks," by Marta Vargas-Salazar, MD, Fellow; Jan Venter, MD, CCFP, Fellow; and Roderick J. Finlayson, MD, FRCPC, Professor; all of the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. From ASRA News, February 2020, pp. 36-38. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and r...

"2020: Embracing Tradition and Visions of the Future: The 45th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, April 23-25, San Francisco," by Jaime Baratta, MD, Chair, Scientific/Education Planning Committee 2020. From ASRA News, February 2020, pp. 6-7. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted. Support the sh...

"Giving Feedback to Trainees," by Celeste Quan, MBBCh, DA, FCA, Senior Specialist, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Soweto, South Africa; and Ki Jinn Chin, MBBS, MMed, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From ASRA News, November 2019, pp. 37-39. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for...

"Curriculum Design in Regional Anesthesia Education: Survey of United States Residency Programs," by Melanie Donnelly, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado; and Adam Jacob, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. From ASRA News, November 2019, pp. 34-36. See original article at ww...

"How to Start an Outpatient Pain Practice," by Nirmala Abraham, MD, Pain Management, Kettering Physician Network, Dayton, Ohio. From ASRA News, November 2019, pp. 32-33. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted. Support the show

"Welcome to the Electronic Era for Regional Anesthesia," by Reena John, DO, Resident, Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami, Florida; and Priyanka Ghosh, MD, Anesthesia Resident Pain Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. From ASRA News, November 2019, pp. 28-31. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is cop...

"A Growing Demand for Cancer Pain Specialists," by Edward Podgorski III, MD, Anesthesia Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, Florida. From ASRA News, November 2019, pp. 26-27. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted. Support the...

"Regional Anesthesia for Subcutaneous ICD Placement," by Jackson Condrey, MD, Assistant Professor; Robert Harvey, MD, Assistant Professor; Wesley Doty, MD, Assistant Professor; and Eric Bolin, MD, Associate Professor; all of Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina. From ASRA News, November 2019, pp. 23-25. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figure...

"Appropriateness Consensus Committee Guidelines Related to Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation," by Christopher L. Netzel, MD; and Timothy R. Lubenow, MD; both of Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. From ASRA News, November 2019, pp. 21-22. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted. Support the show

"From the Editor's Desk: This Fall, Have a Heart," by Kristopher M. Schroeder, MD, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. From ASRA News, November 2019, pp. 6-7. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted. Support the show

"President's Message: Inclusivity, Diversity, and ASRA’s Celebration of the Year of Women in ASRA," by Eugene Viscusi, MD, ASRA President. From ASRA News, November 2019, pp. 3-5. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted. Support the show

"Stellate Ganglion Blockade for Ventricular Arrythmias:  An Effective Tool for an Ineffective Rhythm," by Akshat Gargya, MBBS, Anesthesiologist; Nam K. Ly, MD, Anesthesiologist; and Rany Abdallah, MD, PhD, MBA, Resident; all of Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From ASRA News, November 2019, pp. 18-20. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures...

"Transversus Thoracic Plane Block: How I Do It," by Renuka George, MD, Associate Program Director for Anesthesia Residency, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina; Kirsten Dahl, MD, Regional Anesthesia Fellow, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston...

"Curb Your Enthusiasm: Erector Spinae Plane Block—‘Because It Is Easy’ Is Not a Good Reason to Do It!" by Vishal Uppal, MBBS, FRCA, EDRA, Assistant Professor and Director of Regional Anesthesia Fellowship Program, Department of Anesthesia Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and Vivian Ip, MBChB, MRCP, FRCA, Clinical Associate Pr...

"Regenerative Medicine in the United States: The Current State and Future Outlook," by Corey Hunter, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mt Sinai Hospital, New York, New York; and Yashar Eshraghi, MD, Medical Director, Pain Research, Ochsner Health System, University of Queensland, Ochsner Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana. From ASRA News, Augus...

"Regional Anesthesia Cardiothoracic Enhanced Recovery (RACER): A New Era," by Curtis Darling, MD, Assistant Professor; and Ban Tsui, MD, FRCP(C), Professor; both of the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California. From ASRA News, August 2019, pp. 40-42. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references....

"Informed Consent: A Form or a Conversation?" by Clark Smith, MD, MPH, Director of Interventional Spine, Department of Rehabilitation  and Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York; and David Miller, MD, MA, Director of Clinical Research, Centers for Pain Management, Indianapolis and Lafayette, Indiana. From ASRA News, August 2019, pp. 38-39. See original article at...

"Review of Transversus Abdominis Plane Blocks and Their Application to Chronic Abdominal Pain," by Matt Fischer, MD, MHA, Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; Maged Guirguis, MD, Associate Professor, University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, Louisiana; and Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, MPH,...

"How I Used to Do It: Anesthesia and Analgesia for Total Knee Arthroplasty: Four Decades of Evolution," by James Turner, MD, and Robert Weller, MD, both of the Department of Anesthesiology, Section on Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. From ASRA News, August 2019, pp. 30-34. See original article at www.asra.com/...