Harshad G. Gurnaney, MBBS, MPH
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director of Simulation, Division of General Anesthesia, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Program Leader, Simulation Group, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Medical Director for Anesthesia services, King of Prussia Hospital of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
Office: 215-590-5850
Fax: 215-590-1415
Fax: 215-590-1415
Email:
gurnaney@email.chop.edu
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.
Permanent linkMBBS (Medicine)
Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai, India, 1996.
MPH (Public Health)
State University of New York at Albany, 2000.
Description of Research Expertise
Pediatric regional anesthesia.Acute postoperative pain management
Simulation in the perioperative anesthesia
Description of Clinical Expertise
Pediatric regional anesthesia.Pediatric liver transplant.
Acute postoperative pain management.
Simulation in the perioperative setting.
Selected Publications
Truong T, Singh D, Gurnaney H, Iyer R: It's only the dad who is at risk for Malignant Hyperthermia, not the biological daughter! SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology 2025 March 2025.Vecchione T, boretsky K, Shore B, Veneziano G, Bansal V, Sunder R, Gurnaney H: Acute Compartment Syndrome Following Orthopedic Surgery in Pediatric Patients: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Review of the Use of Regional Anesthesia. SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology 2025 March 2025.
Iyer R, Thapar S, Singh D, Ngamprasertwong P, Gurnaney H: Pediatric Anesthesiology Shortage Crisis & Novel Paths to Hire Talent. SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology 2025. March 2025.
Iyer RS, Gurnaney H.: Alternative State Licensure and Board Certification Pathways for International Medical Graduates. Acad Med Mar 2025.
Truong T, Lepore G, Doshi A, Gurnaney H, Iyer R, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz A, Singh D, Babus L: An Immersive Medical Student Simulation Experience: Generating Interest in a Career in Anesthesiology while Building Community. SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology 2025 March 2025.
Iyer RS, Koziol J, Gurnaney H.: Getting to the basics: A closer look at acetaminophen (paracetamol). Paediatr Anaesth 34(10): 983-984. Oct 2024.
Babus LW, Gurnaney H, Doshi AK, Liu H, Nishisaki A, Singh D, Daly Guris RJ; CHOP Virtual Reality Group.: The utility of virtual reality and manikin crisis scenario simulations for anaesthesia trainee education: a randomised crossover pilot study. Anaesth Rep 12: e12316, Aug 2024.
Daly Guris RJ, George P, Gurnaney HG.: Simulation in pediatric anesthesiology: current state and visions for the future. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 37: 266-270, Jun 2024.
Evelyn Bae, Arjunan Ganesh, Alan Flake, Harshad Gurney: Benefit of epidural analgesia for postoperative pain control after a Kasai Portoenterostomy: A ten year retrospective cohort study. Pediatric Anesthesia. Wiley, 33: 154-159, January 2023.
Harshad G.Gurnaney, John E.Fiadjoe, ArjunanGanesh, ElizabethO’Brien, Petrus Paulus Stey.: When Should Regional Anesthesia Be Used in Pediatric Patients? Evidence-Based Practice of Anesthesiology Lee A. Fleisher (eds.). Elsevier, 4th edition: 466-477, January 2023.