Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Harshad G. Gurnaney, MBBS, MPH

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Attending Anesthesiologist, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Contact information

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
34th Street & Civic Center Blvd.
Main Building, 9th Floor, Suite 9329
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-590-5850
Fax: 215-590-1415

Email:
gurnaney@email.chop.edu

Education:
MBBS (Medicine)
Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai, India, 1996.
MPH (Public Health)
State University of New York at Albany, 2000.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA, 2000-2001.
Resident in Anesthesiology, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2001-2004.
Fellow in Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004-2005.

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Description of Research Expertise

Pedatric regional anesthesia.

Acute postoprative pain management

Simulation in pedatric anesthesia

Description of Clinical Expertise

Pedatric regional anesthesia.

Pediatric liver transplant.

Acute postoprative pain management.

Simulation in pedatric anesthesia.

Selected Publications

W. Muhly; H. Gurnaney; H. Hosalkar; F. Kraemer; R. Davidson; A. Ganesh. : Continuous perineural infusion after lower extremity osteotomies in children: a feasibility and safety analysis. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 110: 851-852, April 2013.

Olutunmbi Y, Gurnaney H, Simpao A: General and ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia in a pediatric patient with acute intermittent porphyria. Society for Pediatric anesthesia Winter meeting March 2013.

Ambardekar, A, Rodgers, D, Gurnaney, H, Ikeyama, T, Lockman, J, Nadkarni, V, Deutsch, E.: A Modular PALS Course for Anesthesia Providers is Preferred over Traditional PALS Course Format. Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Winter meeting March 2013.

Singh D, Ambardekar A, Lockman J, Nathan A, Gurnaney H, Rodgers, D, Deutsch E.: Pediatric anesthesia fellow's simulation-based boot camp. Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Winter meeting March 2013.

Chiao F, Fiadjoe J, Stricker P, McCloskey J, Ganesh A, Gurnaney H: Ultrasound Guided Tracheal Intubation (UGTI): A Novel Intubation Technique. Society for Pediatric anesthesia Winter meeting March 2013.

Galvez J, Ferrara T, Gurnaney H, Maxwell L: Caudal epidural catheters with fluoroscopy. Society for Pediatric anesthesia Winter meeting. March 2013.

Gurnaney,H; Ganesh, A.: Incidence and Effects of Unintentional Intraneural Injection During Ultrasound-Guided Subgluteal Sciatic Nerve Block. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 38(1): 72, January/February 2013.

Gurnaney HG, Fiadjoe J, Ganesh A.: When should regional anesthesia be used in pediatric patients? Evidence-Based Practice of Anesthesiology. Lee A. Fleisher, MD (eds.). Elseivier, 3rd Edition, 2013.

Fiadjoe JE, Stricker P, Gurnaney HG, Nishisaki A, Rabinowitz A, Gurwitz A, McCloskey JJ, Ganesh A.: Ultrasound-guided tracheal intubation: a novel intubation technique. Anesthesiology 117(6): 1389-1391, December 2012.

Simpao AF, Gurnaney HG, Schwartz AJ, Maxwell LG, Rehman MA.: Cephalad migration of pediatric caudal epidural catheters associated with change from prone to supine position. Anesthesiology 117(6): 1352, December 2012.