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Anupama Wadhwa, M.D.

Anupama Wadhwa, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Anesthesiology & Pain Management

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  • 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 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
    • Perioperative Acute Pain, pain tolerance and its mechanisms
    • PERIOPERATIVE OBESITY and Anesthesia for Bariatric Surgery
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Smallest Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Amputation-Related Pain and Brief Pain Inventory Scores as Defined by Patient Reports of Global Improvement After Cryoneurolysis: a Retrospective Analysis of a Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial.
    Ilfeld BM, Smith CR, Turan A, Mariano ER, Miller ME, Fisher RL, Trescot AM, Cohen SP, Eisenach JC, Sessler DI, Prologo JD, Mascha EJ, Liu L, Gabriel RA, Anesth Analg 2024 Dec 139 6 1325-1331
    Multisociety Clinical Practice Guidance for the Safe Use of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists in the Perioperative Period.
    Kindel TL, Wang AY, Wadhwa A, Schulman AR, Sharaiha RZ, Kroh M, Ghanem OM, Levy S, Joshi GP, LaMasters TL, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2024 Oct
    Multi-society clinical practice guidance for the safe use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in the perioperative period.
    Kindel TL, Wang AY, Wadhwa A, Schulman AR, Sharaiha RZ, Kroh M, Ghanem OM, Levy S, Joshi GP, LaMasters T, Surg Endosc 2024 Oct
    Preoperative Assessment of a Patient Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.
    Yuan JJ, Bangalore R, Darwish D, Moon TS, Wadhwa A, Anesthesiol Clin 2024 Mar 42 1 169-184
    Cost Analysis and Financial Implications of a Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program in the USA.
    Abreu AA, Farah E, Nix R, Kethley D, Coble C, Wan Z, Alterio RE, Ngo F, Wadhwa A, Karagkounis G, Salgado Pogacnik J, Wang SC, Augustine M, Yopp AC, Zeh HJ, Polanco PM, Ann Surg Oncol 2023 Oct
    Carbohydrate Loading and Aspiration Risk in Bariatric Patients: Safety in Preoperative Enhanced Recovery Protocols.
    Huang EY, Li JZ, Chung D, Jacobsen GR, Sandler BJ, Wadhwa A, Said E, Robbins K, Horgan S, Broderick RC, J Am Coll Surg 2023 Jun 236 6 1200-1206
    An analysis of enhanced recovery pathways for bariatric surgery-preoperative fasting, carbohydrate loading, and aspiration risk: a position statement from the International Society for the Perioperative Care of Patients with Obesity.
    Ngo F, Urman RD, English W, Kothari S, DeMaria E, Wadhwa A, Surg Obes Relat Dis 2023 Mar 19 3 171-177
    Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Bariatric Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations: A 2021 Update.
    Stenberg E, Dos Reis Falcão LF, O'Kane M, Liem R, Pournaras DJ, Salminen P, Urman RD, Wadhwa A, Gustafsson UO, Thorell A, World J Surg 2022 Apr 46 4 729-751
    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
  • 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
    • Director of Faculty Mentoring and Advancement (2020-2025)
    • Director of Faculty Peer Coaching (2021-2025)
    • International Society of Perioperative Care of Obese Patients (2011-2014)
    • International Society of Perioperative Care of Obese Patients (2014-2017)
    • International Society of Perioperative Care of Obese Patients (2017-2021)