Arjunan Ganesh, MBBS
Arjunan Ganesh, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street and Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street and Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215 590 1623
Fax: 215 590 1415
Fax: 215 590 1415
Email:
ganesha@email.chop.edu
ganesha@email.chop.edu
Education:
MBBS
Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, India, 1988.
M.S. (General Surgery)
University of Delhi, India, 1993.
FRCS (Surgery)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, United Kingdom, 1995.
Permanent linkMBBS
Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, India, 1988.
M.S. (General Surgery)
University of Delhi, India, 1993.
FRCS (Surgery)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, United Kingdom, 1995.
Description of Research Expertise
1) Techniques to improve acute pain management2) Evaluation of regional anesthetic techniques for postoperative analgesia
3) Evaluation of ultrasound in pediatric anesthesia
4) Role of peripheral nerve blockade in pediatric pain management.
Description of Clinical Expertise
1) Pediatric Anesthesia2) Pediatric Acute Pain Management
3) Pediatric Regional Anesthesia
4) Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
5) Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access
6) Obstetric Anesthesia for Fetal Interventional Therapy
Selected Publications
Ganesh, A., Rose, J.B., Wells, L., Ganley, T., Gurnaney, H., Maxwell, L.G., DiMaggio, T., Milovcich, K., Scollon, M., Feldman, J.M., Cucchiaro, G.: Continuous peripheral nerve blockade for inpatient and outpatient post-operative analgesia in children. Anesthesia & Analgesia 105: 1234-1242, November 2007.Ganesh, A., Kaye, R., Cahill, AM., Stern, W., Pachikara, R., Gallagher, PA., Watcha, M.: Evaluation of ultrasound guided radial artery cannulation in children Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 10(1): 45/48, Jan 2009.
Ganesh, A., Wells, L., Ganley, T., Maxwell, LG, Cucchiaro, G.: Interscalene brachial plexus block for post-operative analgesia following shoulder arthroscopy in children and adolescents. Acta Anaesthesilogica Scandinavia 52(1): 162-163, January 2008.
Ganesh, A., Gonzalez-Sulser, A., Chaijale, N., Cucchiaro, G.: Electrophysiologic effects of systemic and locally infused epibatidine on locus coeruleus neurons. Eur J Pharmacol 584(1): 93-9, April 2008.
Ganesh, A., Kim, A., Casale, P., Cucchiaro, G.: Low-dose intrathecal morphine for postoperative analgesia in children. Anesthesia & Analgesia 104(2): 271-6, February 2007.
Gurnaney, H., Ganesh, A., Cucchiaro, G.: The relationship between current intensity for nerve stimulation and success of peripheral nerve blocks performed in pediatric patients under general anesthesia. Anesthesia & Analgesia 105(6): 1605-1609, December 2007.
Ganesh, A., Hipszer, B., Loomba, N., Simon, B., Torjman, M., Joseph, J.: Evaluation of the VIA® blood chemistry monitor for glucose in healthy and diabetic volunteers. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology 2(2): 182-193, March 2008.
Ganesh, A., Maxwell, L.G.: Pathophysiology and management of opioid-induced pruritus. Drugs 67(16): 2323-2333, November 2007.
Ganesh, A., Cucchiaro, G.: Multiple simultaneous perineural infusions for postoperative analgesia in adolescents in an outpatient setting. British Journal of Anaesthesia 98(5): 687-689, May 2007.
Ganesh, A., Jobes, D.R.: Ultrasound guided catheterization of the internal jugular vein. Anesthesiology 108(6): 1155-1156, June 2008.
Ganesh, A., Audu, P.: Hyperosmolar, increased anion gap metabolic acidosis and hyperglycemia following etomidate infusion. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 20(4): 290-3, June 2008.
Nathan, A., Ganesh, A., Godinez, R.I., Nicolson, S.C., Greeley, W.J.: Hyperkalemic cardiac arrest after cardiopulmonary bypass in a child with unsuspected duchenne muscular dystrophy. Anesthesia & Analgesia 100(3): 672-4, Mar 2005.
Ganesh, A., Rose, J.B., Maxwell, L.G.: Protracted pain following partial splenic embolization in an adolescent female with hypersplenism. Paediatric Anaesthesia 15(11): 1013-5, Nov 2005.
Tran, K.M., Ganley, T.J., Wells, L., Ganesh, A., Minger, K.I., Cucchiaro, G.: Intraarticular bupivacaine-clonidine-morphine versus femoral-sciatic nerve block in pediatric patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Anesthesia & Analgesia 101(5): 1304-10, Nov 2005.
Sadhasivam, S., Ganesh, A., Robison, A., Kaye, R., Watcha, M.F.: Validation of the bispectral index monitor for measuring the depth of sedation in children. Anesthesia & Analgesia 102(2): 383-8, Feb 2006.
Kiddoo, D.A., Valentino, R.J., Zderic, S., Ganesh, A., Leiser, S.C., Hale, L., Grigoriadis, D.E.: Impact of state of arousal and stress neuropeptides on urodynamic function in freely moving rats. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative & Comparative Physiology 290(6): R1697-706, Jun 2006.
Berkowitz, D.H., Ganesh, A.: Combined general and regional anesthetic in a child with aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency. Anesthesia & Analgesia 103(6): 1630-1, Dec 2006.
Cucchiaro, G., Ganesh, A.: The effects of clonidine on postoperative analgesia after peripheral nerve blockade in children. Anesthesia & Analgesia 104(3): 532-7, March 2007.
Wells, L., Moroz, L., Cucchiaro, G., Ganesh, A., Hosalkar, H.: Combined regional and intraarticular analgesia: A preliminary outcome report of a pain management strategy for pediatric patients undergoing outpatient orthopaedic surgery procedures. UPOJ 17: 27-30. 2004.
Ganesh, A., Cucchiaro, G.: Evidence of nerve Puncture during ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks. Anesthesiology 106(6): 1246-1247, June 2007.