Works from 2023
Compelling evidence for effectiveness of cricoid pressure in occluding the esophageal entrance: Where do we go from here?, M Ramez Salem, Arjang Khorasani, Ahed Zeidan, et al. (Letter)
Senior grand round: Anesthesia and cognition, Mikhail Kushnarev and Sahel Keshavarzi (Grand Rounds)
The role of sex hormones in pain-related conditions, Onella Athnaiel, Santiago Cantillo, Stephania Paredes, et al. (Article)
POCUS ultrasound, Mark Kosinski and Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
340: Management of Traumatic Brain Injury, Bharathram Vasudevan and Ned Nasr (Book Chapter)
60: Therapeutic Barbiturate Coma, Syed Rahmanm and Ned Nasr (Book Chapter)
66: Air Embolism, Samuel Linares and Ned Nasr (Book Chapter)
68: Intracranial Aneurysms and Arteriovenous Malformation, Kenan Alkhalili and Ned Nasr (Book Chapter)
69: Interventional Neuroradiology, Kenan Alkhalili and Ned Nasr (Book Chapter)
70: Pituitary Adenomas, Benjamin Mori and Ned Nasr (Book Chapter)
Circadian pain patterns in human pain conditions - A systematic review, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Anthony Nader, Iulia Pirvulescu, et al. (Article)
Drug metabolism, Theodore Jeske and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Book Chapter)
Works from 2022
Senior grand round: Comprehensive review of spinal cord stimulators, Sallu Jabati and Rishi Gaiha (Grand Rounds)
Journal club, Sai Beeraka and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal club, Alexander Vahidsafa and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Faculty development: ABA applied exam, Ned Francis Nasr and Lincoln Arbogast (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Neuraxial medications on labor and delivery, Rishi Gaiha (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Sex differences in pain scores and medication use among chronic pain patients, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Leah Tharian, Janhavi Dhargalkar, et al. (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Uterotonic and tocolytic agents, Sahel Keshavarzi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Physiology changes in pregnancies, Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Antepartum haemorrhage, Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Postpartum hemorrhage, Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Senior grand round: Anesthesia considerations for geriatric patient, Alvaro Camacho Ortega and Ned Francis Nasr (Grand Rounds)
Hypertensive disorder in pregnancy, Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthesia toolbox - OB PBLD 2, Loue Nassar (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal club, Sallu Jabati and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthesia toolbox - Neuro PBLD 11, Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthesia toolbox - Neuro mini PBLD 3.1, Sahel Keshavarzi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Grand rounds, Ned Francis Nasr (Grand Rounds)
Mock oral, Alexander Vahidsafa and Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Grand rounds, Chanannait Paisansathan (Grand Rounds)
Neuroanesthesia, introduction, Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
The role of kynurenine and its metabolites in comorbid chronic pain and depression, Onella Athnaiel, Charmaine Ong, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Article)
Neuroanesthesia, basic, Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Comparative Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cochrane Review of Epidural Injections for Lumbar Radiculopathy or Sciatica, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Emilija Knezevic, Richard E. Latchaw, et al. (Article)
PBLD l133 Patient selection for ambulatory surgery: What's "too risky"?, Mi Kyung Kim (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Preparing residents on what to expect for the applied exam, Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Faculty development: The art of giving feedback, Ned Francis Nasr (Grand Rounds)
Dehiscence and deep wound infection after spinal cord stimulator implant managed without explantation: A case report, Hank C. Wang, Andrew Auyeung, Tabish Aijaz, et al. (Article)
Peds lecture series, Sahel Keshavarzi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords, Sai Beeraka and Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Blood therapy, Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
PBLD l132 Management of acute pulmonary embolism, Farzad Ebrahimi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Peripheral nerve blocks part 1, Lincoln Arbogast (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Identifying molecular mechanisms of acute to chronic pain transition and potential drug targets, Kannan Aravagiri, Adam Ali, Hank C. Wang, et al. (Article)
Safety of intra-articular platelet rich plasma injections for large joint osteoarthritis: a review article, Yu M. Chiu, Kenneth Candido, and et al (Article)
Mock oral, Ned Francis Nasr and Lincoln Arbogast (Oral/Podium Presentation)
First human report of relief of lumbar and cervical discogenic and arthritic back pain after epidural and facet joint mesenchymal stem cell injection, Joshua Sharan, Amir Barmada, Chadwick Prodromos, et al. (Article)
Clinical cardiac and pulmonary physiology, Farzad Ebrahimi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Acid base balance, Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Central venous access lecture, Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Patient positioning and associated risks, Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Journal club, Clifton Rodrigues and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Choice of anesthetic technique, Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Airway workshop lecture, Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Anesthesia care in the interventional neuroradiology suite: An update, Corina Bello, Chanannait Paisansathan, Thomas Riva, et al. (Article)
Basic pharmacologic principles, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Oral/Podium Presentation)
PBLD l129: High-risk transvenous lead extraction, Farzad Ebrahimi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Post dural puncture headaches & spontaneous intracranial hypotension, Rishi Gaiha (Oral/Podium Presentation)
PBLD l128: A tale of tracing issues, thromboprophylaxis, troubleshooting and tolacs, Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Inhaled anesthetics part 2, Arjang Khorasani (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Thermoregulation, Sahel Keshavarzi (Oral/Podium Presentation)
The successful anesthetic management of a cesarean delivery in a patient with Fanconi-Bickel Syndrome, Alexander M. DeLeon, Rishi D. Gaiha, and Feyce M. Peralta (Article)
Celebrating gold: 50 years of advancing perioperative neuroscience through the society for neuroscience in anesthesiology and critical care, Arnoley S. Abcejo, James Cottrell, and Chanannait Paisansathan (Article)
Comment on 'A survey of self-reported use of cricoid pressure amongst Australian and New Zealand anaesthetists: Attitudes and practice', Arjang Khorasani, M Ramez Salem, Ahed Zeidan, et al. (Article)
Overcoming clinical challenges of refractory neuropathic pain, Iulia Pirvulescu, Alexandras Biskis, Kenneth D. Candido, et al. (Article)
Pre-op evaluations & mini PBLD, Ned Francis Nasr (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Intraoperative care of the elderly patient: What you need to know, Evelyn Yeh and Chanannait Paisansathan (Article)
A retrospective cohort study of pediatric patients undergoing staged laparotomy with interstage extubation, Mitchell L. Phillips, Heather A. Ballard, Nicholas Volpe, et al. (Article)
The kynurenine pathway and polycystic ovary syndrome: Inflammation as a common denominator, Filip Jovanovic, Aboorva Sudhakar, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic (Article)
Keywords, Artush Grigoryan and Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Keywords, Evan Lian and Simin Saatee (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic and updated utilization patterns of sacroiliac joint injections from 2000 to 2020 in the Fee-For-Service (FFS) Medicare population, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Thomas T. Simopoulos, Vidyasagar Pampati, et al. (Article)
Keywords, Clifton Rodrigues and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Equivalent outcomes of lumbar therapeutic facet joint nerve blocks and radiofrequency neurotomy: Comparative evaluation of clinical outcomes and cost utility, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Radomir Kosanovic, Vidyasagar Pampati, et al. (Article)
Fourth wave of opioid (illicit drug) overdose deaths and diminishing access to prescription opioids and interventional techniques: Cause and effect, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Vanila Mathur Singh, Peter S. Staats, et al. (Article)
Speech and language abnormalities in myotonic dystrophy: An overview, Sakhaa Hanoun, Yuyao Sun, Farzad Ebrahimi, et al. (Article)
A narrative review of the published literature, hospital practices, and policies related to external ventricular drains in the United States: The External Ventricular Drain Publications, Practices, and Policies (EVDPoP) Study, Thanyalak Thamjamrassri, Kornkamon Yuwapattanawong, Phuriphong Chanthima, et al. (Article)
Awake fiberoptic intubation, Tian Yu and Ramsis Ghaly (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Failure to extubate post-operatively secondary to acute hypoxic respiratory failure, Nektarios Mastoris and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Management of open globe injury in the setting of acute cocaine intoxication, Mikhail Kushnarev and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Methemoglobinemia after awake fiberoptic intubation using topical benzocaine as local anesthetic of the oropharynx, Daniela Ferrer Gonzalez and Afshin Heidari (Oral/Podium Presentation)
No differences in pain scores and treatment response in patients from different socioeconomic areas within the city of Chicago, Scott M. Fisher, Ryan Jacobs, Iulia Pirvulescu, et al. (Article)
Subcutaneous emphysema during robotic inguinal hernia repair, Artush Grigoryan and Simin Saatee (Oral/Podium Presentation)
The Neurostimulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC): Recommendations for surgical technique for spinal cord stimulation, Timothy R. Deer, Marc A. Russo, Jay S. Grider, et al. (Article)
Utility of cervical sympathetic block in treating post-traumatic stress disorder in multiple cohorts: A retrospective analysis, Eugene G. Lipov, Ryan Jacobs, Shauna Springer, et al. (Article)
Works from 2021
Factors associated with implantable pulse generator site pain: A multicenter cross-sectional study, Heejung Choi, Rishi Gaiha, Susan M. Moeschler, et al. (Article)
C-reactive protein and procalcitonin after congenital heart surgery utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass: When should we be worried?, Juan S Farias, Enrique G Villarreal, Janhavi Dhargalkar, et al. (Article)
Assessment of anesthesia practice patterns for endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke: A Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC) member survey, Deborah A. Rusy, Adam Hofer, Mads Rasmussen, et al. (Article)
A comparative systematic review and meta-analysis of 3 routes of administration of epidural injections in lumbar disc herniation, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Emilija Knezevic, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, et al. (Article)
Epidural injections for lumbar radiculopathy or sciatica: a comparative systematic review and meta-analysis of cochrane review, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Emilija Knezevic, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, et al. (Article)
Low back pain, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Kenneth Candido, Johan W S Vlaeyen, et al. (Article)
Left ventricular strain rate for intraoperative evaluation of cardiac diastolic function by transesophageal echocardiography: the correlation between late diastolic peak longitudinal strain rate and the severity of diastolic dysfunction, Farzad Ebrahimi, Mohammad Hadi Gharedaghi, Hamed Shafaroodi, et al. (Article)
Role of percutaneous neurolysis in lumbar disc herniation: systematic review and meta-analysis, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Emilija Knezevic, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, et al. (Article)
Treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy-a narrative review of pharmacological and interventional approaches, Mayank Gupta, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, et al. (Article)
Comparative safety review of current treatment options for chronic low back pain and unmet needs: a narrative review, Filip Jovanovic, Iulia Pirvulescu, Emilija Knezevic, et al. (Article)
A novel checklist for anesthesia in neurosurgical cases, Ramsis F. Ghaly, Mikhail Kushnarev, Iulia Pirvulescu, et al. (Article)
2021 MARC Award, 2nd place in Air Category, Behdad Jahromi and Simin Saatee (Award)
Anesthetic considerations of a failed and high block associated with epidural and spinal anesthesia: A case report, Mehrak Moaddab and Aladino De Ranieri (Oral/Podium Presentation)
Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate in elderly patient after urgent hip fracture nailing, Lacey Wood and Gilka Lara (Oral/Podium Presentation)