Veena Graff, MD

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Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
CPORT Scholar, Penn Center for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow , Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Division Chief of Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship Program Director for Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Perioperative Pain Management Lead, Penn Medicine Opioid Task Force, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Contact information
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
51 N. 39th Street 223 Wright-Saunders
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 662-8244
Education:
B.S. (Health Sciences)
Purdue University, 2006.
M.S. (Biology)
Purdue University, 2007.
M.D.
Indiana University School of Medicine, 2011.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

General & Regional Anesthesiology
Acute & Chronic Pain Management
Non-Opioid Anesthetics
Multimodal analgesia techniques throughout the perioperative setting

Description of Research Expertise

Music Medicine in the Perioperative Setting
Decision Making in Acute & Chronic Pain Medicine
Opioid Free and Multimodal Anesthetics

Selected Publications

Polina Ferd MD, Blaze Kelly MD, Arthur Thomas MD, Allen Yang MD, Taras Grosh MD, Veena Graff MD: Comparing Rebound Pain after Adductor Canal Block with 0.2% Ropivacaine vs 0.5% Bupivacaine in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients. 50th Annual Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, Orlando, FL May 2025.

Veena Graff MD, Stephanie Cheng MD.: Music and Medicine - HSS Presents Podcast. HSS Presents 2025.

Mital Lavani DO, Chase Jennings MD, Veena Graff MD: Comprehensive Perioperative Pain Management: From Preoperative Optimization to Transitional Postoperative Care. Comprehensive Perioperative Pain Management. Hesham Sharkawy MD, Padma Gulur MD, Rene Przkora MD (eds.). 2025.

Mark D Neuman, Glyn Elwyn, Veena Graff, Viktoria Schmitz, Mary C Politi: My anesthesia Choice-HF: development and preliminary testing of a tool to facilitate conversations about anesthesia for hip fracture surgery. BMC Anesthesiology 2024.

Osemeke Edobor MD, Veena Graff MD, Taras Grosh MD: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity. Anesthesiology: A Problem-Based Learning Approach. Eman Nada MD, Nabil Elkassabany MD, Kamen Vlassakov MD (eds.). Oxford University Press, April 2023.

Dan Maloney MD, Vivian Wung MD, Veena Graff MD: Removing Gabapentinoids from ERAS Protocol for Total Knee & Hip Arthroplasty may lead to a reduction in hypotensive episodes post-operatively. 48th Annual Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, Hollywood, FL April 2023.

Kelsey R. Lawrence, DO, MBS, Gautam Sharma, MD, and Veena Graff, MD, MS: The Pain Medicine Paradox: Why Women Avoid this Field, and What Can be Done About It ASRA Pain Medicine News November 2022 Notes: Lawrence KR, Sharma G, Graaf V. The pain medicine paradox: why women avoid this field, and what can be done about it. ASRA Pain Medicine News 2022;47.

Grosh, Taras; Kim, James; Graff, Veena; Mariano, Edward; Elkassabany, Nabil: Is there a correlation between Altmetric Attention Scores and citation count in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine journal articles? Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 47(10), May 2022 Notes: DOI:10.1136/rapm-2022-103554.

Veena Graff, Justin T Clapp, Sarah J Heins, Jamison J Chung, Madhavi Muralidharan, Lee A Fleisher, Nabil M Elkassabany: Patient Involvement in Anesthesia Decision-making: A Qualitative Study of Knee Arthroplasty. Anesthesiology 135(1): 111-121, Jul 2021 Notes: DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003795; epub April 2021.

Carlson, Caitlin: "Can This Music Improve Your Health" Nike April 2021 Notes: https://www.nike.com/a/what-is-wellness-music.

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Last updated: 05/15/2025
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