American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine February 2018 - 2

Table of Contents
President's Message _______________________________3
Editorial - In Nabil's Corner __________________________5
Why I'm Going to New York __________________________6
Pennsylvania Initiatives to Address Opioid Use Disorder ____9
Diaphragm Ultrasonography for Regional
Anesthesiologists ________________________________11
How I Do It: Erector Spinae Block for Rib Fractures: The Penn
State Health Experience ____________________________16
Combating the Opioid Epidemic: The UT Southwestern and
Parkland Health Care System Experience ______________21
Introduction to the Education in Regional Anesthesia Specialty
Interest Group ___________________________________24
ASRA Carl Koller Memorial Research Grant 2016: NMDA
Antagonists and Steroids for the Prevention of Persisting
Post-Surgical Pain After Thoracoscopic Surgeries _______27
Integrating Spiritual Care in an Acute Pain Service _______31
Intravenous Regional Anesthesia: A New Look at an Old
Technique ______________________________________34
Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST): Certainly Not the
Least of Our Concerns _____________________________38
Ultrasound Guidance for Interventional Pain Procedures:
Recent Evidence From Around the World _______________40
What Is Myofascial Pain? ___________________________43
Letter to the Editor: Developing an Online and Print Patient
Education Tool for Pain Relief Options in Labor __________45

Editor
Nabil M. Elkassabany, MD, MSCE
Newsletter Committee
Kristopher Schroeder, MD (Regional Anesthesia Lead)
Magda Anitescu, MD, PhD (Pain Medicine Lead)
Rany Abdallah, MD
Jaime Baratta, MD
Floria Chae, MD
Melanie Donnelly, MPH, MD
Dalia Elmofty, MD
Brian Harrington, MD
Lynn Kohan, MD
Sarah Madison, MD
Resident Section
Chad Parvus-Teichmann, MD
Foreign Corresponding
Jose de Andres, MD, PhD, FIPP, EDRA
Michael Barrington, MBBS, FANZCA, PhD
Officers
President: Asokumar Buvanendran, MD
President-Elect: Eugene R. Viscusi, MD
Treasurer: Samer Narouze, MD, PhD
Past-President: Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD
Executive Director: Angie Stengel, MS, CAE
Board of Directors
Steven P. Cohen, MD
Edward R. Mariano, MD, MAS
Colin McCartney, MBChB, FRCA, FRCPC
Stavros Memtsoudis, MD
Anahi Perlas, MD, FRCPC
David Provenzano, MD
Brian Sites, MD
Founding Fathers
L. Donald Bridenbaugh, MD
Harold Carron, MD (Deceased)
Jordan Katz, MD (Deceased)
P. Prithvi Raj, MD (Deceased)
Alon P. Winnie, MD (Deceased)

American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Four Penn Center West, Suite 401 * Pittsburgh PA 15276
phone toll free 855-795-ASRA * fax 412-471-7503 * www.asra.com

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