Education

Internship
Civil hospital
Medical School
B.J. Medical College, India (1990)
Other Post Graduate Training
Gujarat University (1991), Anesthesiology
Other Post Graduate Training
Masina Hospital, Sant Savta Marg, Byculla (East (1992), Anesthesiology
Other Post Graduate Training
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital (1993), Anesthesiology
Other Post Graduate Training
Bhabha Hospital (1993), Anesthesiology
Other Post Graduate Training
Cooper Hospital (1993), Anesthesiology
Other Post Graduate Training
BYL Nair Hosipal & TN Medical College(Internship) (1995), Anesthesiology
Other Post Graduate Training
Peninsula Hospital (1996), Anesthesiology
Other Post Graduate Training
Monash University (1999), Anesthesiology
Fellowship
University of Louisville Hospital (2003), Anesthesiology
Residency
University of Louisville Hospital (2011), Anesthesiology
Graduate School
University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences (2014), Public Health

Research Interest

  • Early Recovery after Surgery
  • PERIOPERATIVE OBESITY and Anesthesia for Bariatric Surgery
  • REGIONAL ANESTHESIA

Publications

Featured Publications LegendFeatured Publications

Intraoperative Intravenous Methadone and Ketamine Combination versus Intravenous Morphine and Ketamine Combination for Post-Operative Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Fracture Surgery. Clinical Research and Clinical Trials. 3(2); DOI: 10.31579/2693-4779/026
A Wadhwa, Sunitha K Kandadai, S Chhabra, Alexander B, U Schmidt, H M. Koenig. Clinical Research and Clinical Trials 2021
Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Bariatric Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations: A 2021 update
Erik Stenberg, Luiz Fernando dos Reis Falcão, Mary O?Kane, Ronald Liem, Dimitri J. Pournaras, Paulina Salminen, Richard D. Urman, Anupama Wadhwa, Ulf O. Gustafsson, Anders Thorell World Journal of Surgery 2021
Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Bariatric Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations ? a 2021 update
2021
Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) with or without hyperthermic IntraPEritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC): Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS®) Society Recommendations - Part I: Preoperative and intraoperative management.
Hübner M, Kusamura S, Villeneuve L, Al-Niaimi A, Alyami M, Balonov K, Bell J, Bristow R, Guiral DC, Fagotti A, Falcão LFR, Glehen O, Lambert L, Mack L, Muenster T, Piso P, Pocard M, Rau B, Sgarbura O, Somashekhar SP, Wadhwa A, Altman A, Fawcett W, Veerapong J, Nelson G, Eur J Surg Oncol 2020 Dec 46 12 2292-2310
Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) with or without hyperthermic IntraPEritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC): Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society Recommendations - Part II: Postoperative management and special considerations.
Hübner M, Kusamura S, Villeneuve L, Al-Niaimi A, Alyami M, Balonov K, Bell J, Bristow R, Guiral DC, Fagotti A, Falcão LFR, Glehen O, Lambert L, Mack L, Muenster T, Piso P, Pocard M, Rau B, Sgarbura O, Somashekhar SP, Wadhwa A, Altman A, Fawcett W, Veerapong J, Nelson G, Eur J Surg Oncol 2020 Dec 46 12 2311-2323
Preventing Nausea and Vomiting After Bariatric Surgery: Is the Apfel Risk Prediction Score Enough to Guide Prophylaxis?
Ziemann-Gimmel P, Schumann R, English W, Morton J, Wadhwa A, Obes Surg 2020 Oct 30 10 4138-4140
The obesity paradox: does it exist in the perioperative period?
Obal D, Wadhwa A, Int Anesthesiol Clin 2020 58 3 14-20
Alternate airway strategies for the patient with morbid obesity.
Sultana A, Wadhwa A, Berkow LC, Int Anesthesiol Clin 2020 58 3 1-8
ERAS protocols in bariatric surgery: a systematic review.
Dutton J, Wadhwa A, Morton JM, Int Anesthesiol Clin 2020 58 3 29-33
Red Cell Storage Duration Does Not Affect Outcome after Massive Blood Transfusion in Trauma and Nontrauma Patients: A Retrospective Analysis of 305 Patients.
Bautista A, Wright TB, Meany J, Kandadai SK, Brown B, Khalafalla K, Hashem S, Smith JW, Ayyoubi TM, Dalton JE, Wadhwa A, Sessler DI, Obal D Biomed Res Int 2017 2017 3718615

Honors & Awards

  • HERS AWARD
    hIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCE SOCIETY-NOMINATED AND SELECTED FOR 2 WEEKS RESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP COURSE AT BRYN MAWRS (2016)
  • AAMC MID CAREER WOMEN FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AWARD
    NOMINATED AND SELECTED (2010)
  • AAMC EARLY CAREER WOMEN FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
    NOMINATED AND SELECTED (2004)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • International Society of Perioperative Care of Obese Patients (2017-2021)
  • International Society of Perioperative Care of Obese Patients (2014-2017)
  • International Society of Perioperative Care of Obese Patients (2011-2014)