Santhanam Suresh, MD

Chairman, Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology; Director, Pain Management Team; Arthur C. King Professorship in Anesthesiology

Professor of Anesthesiology and of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Languages: Tamil

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Clinical Interests: Regional anesthesia, pain management

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Specialties:

Anesthesiology

Education & Training

Education: Stanley Medical College, Madras, India, 1983

Postgraduate Training: Fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology, Children's Memorial Hospital, 1990-1991; Residency in anesthesiology, Loyola University Hospital, 1988-1990; Residency in pediatrics, Cook County Hospital, 1985-1988

Board Certifications: Anesthesiology, General Pediatrics

Professional Organizations: American Academy of Pediatrics; American Society of Anesthesiologists; American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine; International Anesthesia Research Society; Society for Pediatric Anesthesia; Special Interest Group in Pediatric Pain; The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia’s Council of the International Association for the Study of Pain

Research

Research Interests: Regional anesthesia; pain management

Publications

Most recent publications

Sustainability of protocolized handover of pediatric cardiac surgery patients to the intensive care unit Paediatr Anaesth26 (5): 488-94
Blood Bupivacaine Concentrations After Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Neonates: A Prospective Observational Study Anesth Analg122 (3): 814-817
Perioperative effects of caudal and transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks for children undergoing urologic robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery J Pediatr Urol11 (3): 121.e1-7
Interventional Procedures for Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Current Evidence Pain Pract16 (3): 359-69
Selection of subspecialty fellows in anesthesia for pediatric anesthesia: a national survey of program directors in the United States Paediatr Anaesth25 (5): 487-91
The effect of audio therapy to treat postoperative pain in children undergoing major surgery: a randomized controlled trial Pediatr Surg Int31 (2): 197-201
Neuraxial anesthesia for the prevention of postoperative mortality and major morbidity: an overview of cochrane systematic reviews Anesth Analg119 (3): 716-25
Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Children: A Multicenter Safety Analysis of 1994 Cases from the PRAN (Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network) Database Anesth Analg119 (2): 395-9
Inferior alveolar nerve blocks for postoperative pain control after mandibular distraction with osteotomies in a neonate Paediatr Anaesth24 (6): 635-7
Postoperative pain relief in infants undergoing myringotomy and tube placement: comparison of a novel regional anesthetic block to intranasal fentanyl--a pilot analysis Paediatr Anaesth18 (12): 1196-201