Pain Management

Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Program Director for the Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine fellowship, and Section Chief of the Pain Management Service at the University of Chicago Medicine. She completed a surgical internship at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Anesthesia residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and an interventional Pain Medicine fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation. An accomplished national and international educator and author of numerous textbook chapters and scientific papers, Dr. Anitescu focuses her research on improving the quality of life of patients with acute, chronic, and cancer pain by multimodal, multifaceted variate interventions.

• 1. Occipital NuralgiaAndrea Dellaria, Nirav N. Shah, and Helene Rubeiz2. Trigeminal NeuralgiaJumana T. Alshaikh, Shaan Sudhakaran, and Helene Rubeiz3. Mechanical Chronic Jaw PainRadhika P. Grandhe, Matthew Valeriano, and Dmitri Souzdalnitski4. Post-Craniotomy Pain and Chiari Malformation PainAndrew Wuenstel, David Frim, and Magdalena Anitescu5. Spontaneous Intercranial Hypotension (SIH)Madgalena Anitescu and David Arnolds6. Cervicogenic PainLynn Kohan and James Liadis7. Cervical Myofascial PainRoger Wang and Sarah Choxi8. Neurogenic Theoracic Outlet SyndromeAgnes Stogicza, Virtaj Singh, and Andrea Trescot9. Chronic Shoulder PainTariq M. Malik10. Chronic Knee PainRandy L. Calisoff and David R. Walega11. CRPS of the Upper and Lower ExtremityAgnes Stogicza, Bartha Peter Tohotom, Edit Racz, and Andrea Trescot12. Neuropathic PainFaraz Khursheed and Marc O. Maybauer13. Phantom Limb PainKenneth D. Candido, Teresa M. Kusper, Alexei Lissounov, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic14. Chronic Chest Wall Pain in Postherpetic NeuralgiaKenneth D. Candido, Teresa M. Kusper, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic15. Post-Mastectomy Neuropathic PainDalia H. Elmofty16. Post-Thoracotomy Pain SyndromeMelinda Aquino17. Chronic Sternal Pain After Cardiac SurgeryJoel Kent and Afzaal Iqbal18. Chronic Abdominal Pain in the Elderly: Ischemic PainAshley Reed and Tariq M. Malik19. Chronic Abdominal Pain in ChildrenAlina Lazar20. Chronic Pelvic PainRahul Rastogi, Saima Kamal, and Shuchita Garg21. Testicular PainAndrew J. McNeil and Ajay Antony22. Chronic Back Pain in the Elderly: Spinal StenosisNebojsa Nick Knezevic, Benjamin Cantu, Ivana Knezevic, and Kenneth D. Candido23. Chronic Back Pain in a Young PatientNEbojsa Nick Knezevic, Teresa M. Kusper, and Kenneth D. Candido24. Postlaminectomy SyndromeKenneth D. Candido, Tatiana Tverdohleb, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic25. CoccygodyniaAnna Woodbury and Vinita Singh26. Head and Neck Cancer PainEsther Caballero-Manrique and Carlos A. Pino27. Abdominal Visceral MetastasisJames Wolf and Carlos Pino28. Post-Surgical Abdominal Wall PainDan Dirzu, Ovidiu Palea, and Sarah Choxi29. Back Pain: It's Not Always ArthritisTariq Muslim Malik30. Intrathecal Drug Delivery SystemsDeepty Agarwal, Ifeyinwa C. Ifeanyi, and Mercy A. Udoji31. Ketamine Use and Opioid-Tolerant Cancer PatientsFardin Yousefshahi, Giuliano Michelagnoli, and Juan Francisco Asenjo32. Patients With Substance Abuse and Chronic PainDmitri Souzdalnitski, Denis Snegovskikh, and Julia K. Hunter33. Psychiatric Comorbidities in Chronic Pain SyndromesNancy J. Beckman and Marie B. Tobin34. The Treatment of Pain in Pregnancy and LactationAli Ebrahimi and Geeta Nagpal35. Bupivacaine and Glucocortoid-Induced MyonecrosisDavid Grodon, Ahmad Khattab, and Magdalena Anitescu36. Epidural Blood PatchKenneth D. Candido, Teresa M. Kusper, Bora Dinc, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic37. Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia, Tolerance and Chornic Post-Surgical Pain: A Dilemma Complicating Postoperative Pain ManagementDalia H. Elmofty38. FibromyalgiaReem Jan and Dawen Zhang39. Anticoagulation Regimens and Interventional Pain ProceduresChristine Oryhan, Kevin Vorenkamp, and Daniel Warren40. Perioperative Epidural Pain Management in ChildrenAlina Lazar41. Neuraxial Anesthesia in Co-existing Neurologic ConditionsJohn Henry Harrison and Magdalena Anitescu42. The Vasovagal Reflex and Neuraxial TechniquesMagdalena Anitescu and Chirag Shah43. Local Anesthetic Toxicity in Regional AnesthesiaMagdalena Anitescu44. Interscalene Catheters: Complications and ManagementHassan Aboumerhi and Tariq M. Malik45. Acute Pain in the Opioid-Tolerant PatientIgnacio Badiola, Tulsi Singh, Jiabin Liu, and Nabil Elkassabany46. Anticoagulation in Regional AnesthediaIssam A. Mardini, Jiabin Liu, and Nabil Elkassabany