ASRA News

"The Evolution of Wireless Peripheral Nerve Stimulation," by Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, MPH, FASA, Physician, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin. From ASRA News , August 2021. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted. Support the show

"Chronic Pain in the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Setting: An Undertreated and Inherently Complex Problem," by Sherwin Barvarz, MD, Pain Medicine Clinical Fellow, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. From ASRA News , August 2021. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.   Support the show

 "President’s Message: My 20-Year Journey with ASRA, Embracing Diversity and Inclusion" by Samer Narouze, MD, PhD, ASRA President; and "From the Editor’s Desk: The Silver Lining" by Dalia Elmofty, MD, ASRA News Editor. From ASRA News , August 2021. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.    Support the show

"POCUS Spotlight: The Future Is Getting Smaller – Handheld Ultrasound Technology," by Jonathan N. Wilkinson, MBChB, MRCP, FRCA, FFICM, Staff Anesthesiologist, ICU Clinical/POCUS Lead, Northampton General Hospital, Northampton, United Kingdom; and Nicolas Lim, FRCEM, FJFICMI, FFSEM, MRCSI, Emergency Physician, Intensive Care Medicine Fellow, University College Hospital Galway, Galway, Ire...

"POCUS Spotlight: Focused Cardiac Ultrasonography," by Ana Sjaus, MD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and Hari Kalagara, MD, FCARCSI, EDRA, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida. From ASRA News...

"POCUS Spotlight: Airway Ultrasound," by Sree Kolli, MD, EDRA, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of General Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Anesthesiology Institute of Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; and Mandeep Singh, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From ASRA News...

"What Have You Done for Me Lately? – A Personal Perspective on the Benefits of ASRA Membership for Members" by Alberto Ardon, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida; and "Membership Engagement – How Do I Get Involved?" by Vivian Ip, MBChB, FRCA, Associate Clinical Professor, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. From ASRA News , Ma...

"Reflections on One Year of the Pandemic: A Medical Student Perspective" by Sierra Casey, BSc, Fourth-Year Medical Student, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and "Impact of COVID-19 on Training in the United Kingdom: Starting Anesthetics Amidst a Pandemic" by Sanya Patel, MD, Anesthesia Resident, Guy's and St. Thomas's Hopsital,...

"How We Do It: Enhanced Recovery Pathway for Geriatric Hip Fracture," by Anthony Machi, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management; Megan Sorich, DO, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery; and Austin Street, MD, FASA, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management; all of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Ce...

"How I Do It: Managing an Obstetric Patient with Chronic Pain," by Mark Zakowski, MD, FASA, Professor of Anesthesiology, Program Director, Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. From ASRA News , May 2021. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.      Support the show

"How I Do It: Buprenorphine Conversions/Inductions in the Pain Clinic and Postoperative Settings" by Sudheer Potru, DO, FASAM, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; and Eugene Viscusi, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Philadelphia. From ASRA News...

"How I Do It: Establishing a Pain Management Practice in the Middle East: Challenges We Face and How to Solve Them," by Reda Tolba, MD, Chairman, Pain Management Department; and Ammar Salti, MD, Pain Medicine Consultant; both of the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. From ASRA News , May 2021. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and refere...

"How I Do It: Epidural Electrical Stimulation (Tsui Test) for Thoracic Epidural Catheter Confirmation," by Kwesi Kwofie, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and Ban Tsui, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford Un...

"How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Ankle Block," by Herman Sehmbi, MBBS, MD, EDRA, EDAIC, Assistant Professor; Ushma Jitendra Shah, MBBS, FRCA, EDRA, EDAIC, Assistant Professor; both of the Department of Anesthesia, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; and Vishal Uppal, MBBS, FRCA, EDRA, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine, and Pain Management, Dalh...

"How I Do It: The Oblique “Scotty Dog” Approach to the S1 Transforaminal Epidural Injection," by Mayank Gogna, MD, CA-1/PGY2; and Moustafa Ahmed, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care; both of the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas. From ASRA News , May 2021. See original article at...

"How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Temporomandibular Dysfunction Prolotherapy," by W. Francois Louw, CCFP(EM), FCFP, MBChB (Pret), DA(SA), ECFMG, Physician, Bill Nelems Pain and Research Centre, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. From ASRA News , May 2021. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.  Support the show

"How I Do It: Introducing Procedural Simulation into Pain Fellowship," by Dalia H. Elmofty, MD, Associate Professor, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. From ASRA News , May 2021. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.   Support the show

"President’s Message: Things I Learned During My Time as Your ASRA President" by Eugene Viscusi, MD, ASRA President; and "From the Editor’s Desk: Change" by Kristopher Schroeder, MD, ASRA News Editor. From ASRA News , May 2021. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.   Support the show

"Point-of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) and COVID-19," by Hari Kalagara, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Oliver P.F. Panzer, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York; and Stephen Haskins, MD, Ass...

"Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship: A Half a Million Dollar Opportunity Cost?," by James D. Turner, MD, Regional Anesthesiologist, Fellowship Program Director, Personal Finance Blogger; and Jacob Matthews, MD, Chief Anesthesiology Resident (PGY-4); both of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. From ASRA News, February 2021. See original article at www.asra.c...

"The Use of Ultrapotent Opioids in Veterinary Medicine," by Carrie Schroeder, DVM, DACVAA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin; and Dominique Keller, DVM, PhD, DACZM, Chief Veterinarian, Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles, California. From ASRA News, February 2...

"Update on the Opioid Epidemic:  Public Health and Addiction Perspectives," by Sudheer Potru, DO, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. From ASRA News, February 2021. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references. This material is copyrighted.    Support the show

"Acute Pain Management to Prevent Chronic Postsurgical Pain," by Anthony Machi, MD, Assistant Professor, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Director, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. From ASRA News, February 2021. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references....

"The 2016 CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline for Chronic Pain: Unintended Consequences and a Revision on the Horizon," by Beth Darnall, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. From ASRA News, February 2021. See original article at www.asra.com/asra-news for figures and references....

"How We Do It: Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center Transitional Pain Service," by Michael J. Buys, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.  "Transitional Pain Services – What’s Next?" by Hance Clarke, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. "Bu...