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:

Pediatric Anesthesia >

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

Local anaesthetic dosage of peripheral nerve blocks in children: analysis of 40 121 blocks from the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network database Br J Anaesth 120 (2): 317-322
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellows' Perception of Quality of Attending Supervision and Medical Errors Anesth Analg 126 (2): 639-643
Asleep Versus Awake and Standard of Care Reg Anesth Pain Med 42 (5): 681-682
Anesthetic Management of Pediatric Liver and Kidney Transplantation Anesthesiol Clin 35 (3): 421-438
The European society of regional anesthesia and pain therapy and the American society of regional anesthesia and pain medicine joint committee practice advisory on controversial topics in pediatric regional anesthesia I and II: what do they tell us? Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 30 (5): 613-620
Acute pain management in the pediatric ambulatory setting: How do we optimize the child's postoperative experience? J Clin Anesth 40 103-104
Anesthetic Neurotoxicity in Congenital Hand Surgery: An Overview of the Evidence and Advice for Counseling Parents J Hand Surg Am 42 (7): 564-568
The ACTTION-APS-AAPM Pain Taxonomy (AAAPT) Multidimensional Approach to Classifying Acute Pain Conditions Pain Med
Blood Bupivacaine Concentrations After a Combined Single-Shot Sciatic Block and a Continuous Femoral Nerve Block in Pediatric Patients: A Prospective Observational Study Anesth Analg 124 (5): 1591-1593
Unplanned, Postoperative Intubation in Pediatric Surgical Patients: Development and Validation of a Multivariable Prediction Model Anesthesiology 125 (5): 914-928