Lu Fan Cai, MD

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Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Associate Fellowship Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Preoperative Medicine Coordinator , Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Director of Anesthesia, Ambulatory Surgical Center at Penn Medicine University City
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Contact information
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
University of Pennsylvania Health System
3400 Spruce Street, 680 Dulles Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
Music (Pre-College Music Program Piano Studies)
Juilliard School of Music, 1999.
BA
New York University, College of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY, 2003.
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2009.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

Regional Anesthesia
Acute Perioperative Pain
Orthopedic Anesthesia
Ambulatory Anesthesia

Selected Publications

K.Konja, T.Grosh, V.Wung, L.Cai, T.Gaulton, A.Horan, M.Dooley, R.Eckenhoff, D. Rader: An Anesthetic Biobank of Cerebrospinal Fluid for Further Characterization of Postoperative Cognitive Changes in an Aging Population. American Society of Anesthesiology Meeting, 2023 October 2023.

Ochroch J, Qi V, Badiola I, Grosh T, Cai L, Graff V, Nelson C, Israelite C, Elkassabany NM: Analgesic efficacy of adding the IPACK block to a multimodal analgesia protocol for primary total knee arthroplasty. Reg Anesth Pain Med 45(10): 799-804, Oct 2020.

Iglesias R, Cai L: Opioid Conversion. Anesthesia Education Toolbox May 2020 Notes: https://www.anesthesiatoolbox.com/docs/DOC-5344.

Graff V, Cai L, Badiola I, Elkassabany NM: Music versus midazolam during preoperative nerve block placements: a prospective randomized controlled study. Reg Anesth Pain Med 44(8): 796-799, Aug 2019.

Ochroch J, Qi V, Grosh T, Badiola I, Cai L, Nelson C, Israelite C, Elkassabany N: The Analgesic Efficacy of Adding the IPACK Block to a Multimodal Analgesia Protocol for Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. 44th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, Las Vegas NV Apr 2019 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Elkassabany NM, Cai LF, Badiola I, Kase B, Liu J, Hughes C, Israelite CL, Nelson CL: A prospective randomized open-label study of single injection versus continuous adductor canal block for postoperative analgesia after total knee arthroplasty. Bone Joint J 101-B(3): 340-7, Mar 2019.

Graff V, Badiola I, Cai L, Elkassabany N: Music vs Midazolam during Preoperative Nerve Block Placement: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study. 43st Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, New York NY Apr 2018 Notes: Poster Presentation.

Cai L, Liu J, Elkassabany N: Anesthesia and Pain Management in Geriatric Fractures. Fractures in the Elderly, 2nd Edition. Pignolo RJ, Ahn J (eds.). New York, Springer, Page: 113-127, Mar 2018 Notes: Chapter 7.

Cai L, Huang S: Infectious Complications of Central Neuraxial Block. Complications in Anesthesia, 3rd Edition. Fleisher LA, Rosenbaum SH (eds.). Page: 579-581, Oct 2017 Notes: Chapter 148.

Elkassabany N, Kase B, Badiola I, Cai L, Hughes C, Israelite C, Nelson C, Liu J: Comparison between single shot versus continuous adductor canal block for postoperative analgesia after total knee arthroplasty, a prospective randomized open label study 42nd Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, San Francisco CA Apr 2017 Notes: Poster Presentation.

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Last updated: 10/03/2023
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