Research & Academics

As an integral and vital part in research and academic publication in Anesthesia, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain, Woodland Anesthesiology Associates faculty play an active role supervising and guiding residents and fellows through their academic careers.

Here are few examples of the great work done in collaboration with the many generations of anesthesiologists who graduated from our program:

Published and peer-reviewed articles:

Patel N, Solovyova O, Matthews G, Arumugam S, Sinha S, Lewis C. Safety and Efficacy of Continuous Femoral Nerve Catheter with Single Shot Sciatic Nerve Block vs Epidural Catheter Anesthesia for Same-Day Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 2015 Feb;30(2):330-4.

Sinha S, Abrams J, Arumugam S, D’Alessio J, Freitas D, Barnett J, Weller R. Femoral Nerve Block With Selective Tibial Nerve Block Provides Effective Analgesia Without Foot Drop After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Randomized, Observer-Blinded Study. Anesth Analg 2012 July;115(1):202-6.

Solovyova O, Lewis C, Abrams J, Grady-Benson J,  Joyce M, Schutzer S, Arumugam S, Caminiti S, Sinha S. Local Infiltration Analgesia Followed by Continuous Infusion of Local Anesthetic Solution for Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2013 Nov 6;95(21):1935-41.

Poster presentations with residents & fellows:

Contino.V, Abrams.J, Arumugam.S, Sinha.S: Ropivacaine Spinal compared to Bupivacaine Spinal Leads to Earlier Discharge from Recovery Room after Total Hip Arthroplasty. ASRA spring meeting, San Francisco, 2017

Sinha.S, Contino.V, Arumugam.S, Abrams.J: A Prospective, Observational Study to measure the Distance between the Nerve to Vastus Medialis and Saphenous Nerve in the Adductor Canal. ASRA springmeeting, San Francisco, 2017

Buan.S, Arumugam.S, Herreria.R, Zarmsky.R: Cardiopulmonary arrest in elective cesarean section. Medically Challenging Cases at the ASA Annual Meeting, Chicago,

Garner C, Arumugam S: Management of Three Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis and Acute Femoral Neck Fracture. Medically Challenging Cases at the ASA annual Meeting, Washington D.C, 2012

Rifaey R, Arumugam S: Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Cardiomyopathy. Medically Challenging Cases at the ASA annual Meeting, Washington D.C, 2012

Mathew ES, Arumugam S, Contois L: Contralateral Pneumothorax Amidst Single Lung Ventilation. Medically Challenging Cases at the ASA annual Meeting, Washington D.C, 2012

Kanelos P, Arumugam S: Tension Pneumothorax with induction of General Anesthesia. Medically Challenging Cases at the ASA annual Meeting, Chicago, 2011

Arumugam.S, Abrams.J, Archambault.M, Lewis.C, Sinha.S: Comparioson of Epidural Analgesia and Femoral-Sciatic Nerve Block in Patients Undergoing Bilateral Knee Arthroplasties – A Retrospective Study. ASRA, Spring meeting, Toronto, April 2010

Londergan.B, Arumugam.S, Barnett.J : Cardiac tamponade following femoral cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass. Challenging case reports at the IARS annual meeting, Honolulu, March 2010

Vallee.M, D’Alessio.J, Arumugam.S: Contralateral Tension Pneumothorax during One lung Ventilation. Medically Challenging cases at the ASA annual meeting, New Orleans, October 2009

Rutkowski.G, Arumugam.S: Emergency Cesarean during a Non-obstetric Surgery. Medically challenging cases at the ASA annual meeting, Orlando, October 2008

Poster presentations by WAA faculty:

Arumugam.S, Kanelos.P, Knauft.W, Thayer.J, Sinha.S: Comparison of Serratus plane block with Thoracic Epidural for Post-operative analgesia in Thoracic wall Surgeries – A Retrospective Analysis. ASRA spring meeting, New Orleans, 2016

Sinha S, Abrams J, Arumugam S, Vellanky S: “Safety of Anesthesiologist Administered Ultrasound guided Infiltration Analgesia with Liposomal Bupivacaine compared to Femoral – Tibial Nerve Block in Total Knee Arthroplasty patients” Poster presentation at the ASRA spring meeting, New Orleans, 2016

Arumugam.S, Kanelos.P, Knauft.W, Thayer.J, Sinha.S: Serratus Plane Block for Post-operative Analgesia in Thoracic Wall Surgeries. ASRA spring meeting, Las Vegas, May 2015

Sinha.S, Vellanky.S, Milton.N, Abrams.J, Arumugam.S, Freitas.D, Barnett.J, Grady-Benson.J: Comparison of Analgesic Efficacy of Anesthesiologist administered Ultrsound-guided Infiltration analgesia with Liposomal Bupivacaine to Continuous Femoral-Tibial Nerve block for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Analysis. ASRA spring meeting, Las Vegas, May 2015

Sinha.S, Vellanky.S, Panek.G, Diakoloukas.K, Suter.W, Crisafi.C, D’Alessio.D, Abrams.J, Arumugam.S, Grady-Benson.J, Schutzer.S: Pain after Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Inpatient setting and following Hospital discharge: A Prospective Observational Study. ASRA spring meeting, Las Vegas, May 2015

Arumugam.S, Witkowsky.W, Sinha.S: Our Experience with Bundled Payment. ASA annual meeting, New Orleans, October 2014

Sinha S, Abrams J, Arumugam S Comparison of Adductor canal block with ultrasound guided knee local infiltration analgesia Versus Femoral – Tibial nerve block following Total knee arthroplasty” Poster presentation at the ASRA Spring meeting, Chicago, April 2014

Sinha S, Abrams J, Arumugam S The Incidence of Obturator Nerve mediated pain in patients undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty. ASRA Spring meeting, Chicago, April 2014

Sinha S, Abrams J, Arumugam S The Incidence of Obturator Nerve mediated pain in patients undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty. ASRA Spring meeting, Chicago, April 2014

Sinha S, Abrams J, Arumugam S, Barnett J, D’Alessio J, Freitas D, Joyce M: Ultrasound Guided Peri-articular Infiltration Analgesia for Patients Undergoing Hip Arthroscopy: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study. ASRA Spring meeting, Boston, May 2013

Sinha.S, Abrams.J, Arumugam.S, Schutzer.S, Lewis.C: Effectiveness of a Prevention strategy for In-hospital falls following Total Joint arthroplasty – Best of the meeting at the ASRA Spring meeting, Las Vegas, May 2011

Sinha.S, Soloyova.O, Zerbini.S, Abrams.J, Arumugam.S, Grady-Benson.J, Schutzer.S, Lewis.C : Blood Transfusion and Incidence of Deep venous thrombosis in Total hip arthroplasty under General anesthesia Versus Spinal Anesthesia. ASRA, Spring meeting, Las Vegas, May 2011

Sinha.S, Abrams, J, Arumugam.S, D’Alessio.J, Barnett.J, Freitas.D, Weller.R: Selective Tibial Nerve Block provides effective pain control without footdrop in patients having Total Knee Arthroplasty. ASRA, Spring meeting, Toronto, April 2010

Sinha.S, D’Alessio.J, Arumugam.S, Abrams,J: Needle visualisation with 3-D ultrasonography. ASRA, Spring meeting, Phoenix, April-May 2009

Sinha.S, Abrams.J, Arumugam.S, Barnett.J, Weller.R: Is an Obturator Nerve block required for all patients having Total Knee Arthroplasty? ASRA, Spring meeting, Phoenix, April-May 2009

Zafar.S, Arumugam.S: Anesthetic management of an adult with Congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Medically challenging cases at the ASA annual meeting, Orlando, October 2008

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