Anesthesia

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Anna M. Varughese, MD

Title

Associate Director, Division of Anesthesia

Appointment

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesia and Pediatrics

Email

anna.varughese@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4408

Fax

513-636-7337

Office Location

Cincinnati Children's Mason Campus

Credentials

MD: Madras University, Vellore, India, 1989.

Residency:

  • Anesthesiology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India, 1989.
  • Anesthesiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England, 1994.
  • Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1995.

Fellowship: Pediatric Anesthesiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1996.

Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, 1996.

DA: Anesthesia, Madras, India, 1988.

FRCA: Fellowship of the Royal College of Anesthetists, United Kingdom, 1993.

MPH: Master in Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2003-2005.

Awards and Honors

  • Letter of Commendation, Department of Pediatrics, President and CEO, Continuing Medical Education Office, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medial Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2003.
  • Teacher of the Year, Department of Anesthesia, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 1999.
  • Accreditation from UCLA School of Medicine, Medical Acupuncture for Physicians, 1999.

Research

Clinical trials for postoperative pain management and clinical effectiveness in anesthesia care

Publications, Most Recent

Varughese, A.M.; Byczkowski, T.; Wittkugel, E.P.; Kotagal, U.; Kurth, C.D.: Impact of a Nurse Practitioner Preoperative Evaluation Program on Quality.Pediatric Anesthesia, 2006; Volume 16, Number 7.

Iyer, S.; Varughese, A.M.; Kenna, M.; Defoor, W.: The Use of Perioperative Antibiotics in Tonsillectomy: Does it decrease morbidity?International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology.

Varughese, A.M.; Viswanathan, V.; Wong, B.: Anesthetic Management of a Pediatric Patient with Kearns-Sayre Syndrome for Ocular Surgery. Case Report. Submitted June 2004.

Book Chapters

Quality Management in the delivery of Pediatric Anesthesia Care.International Anesthesiology Clinics, 2006; Volume 44.

Pediatric Preoperative Evaluation-A New Paradigm. International Anesthesiology Clinics, 2006; Volume 44.

Evaluation of the Pediatric Pain Patient.Decision Making in Pain Management, 2nd Edition, Mosby-Yearbook 2004. Editors: Ramamurthy and Rogers.

Professional Organization Memberships

American Society of Anesthesiologists

Ohio Society of Anesthesiologists

Society for Pediatric Anesthesia

Greater Cincinnati Society of Anesthesiologists

American Society of Regional Anesthesia

American Medical Association

Special Interests

  • Pain management
  • Anesthesia for spine surgery
  • Neonatal anesthesia

Presentations, Most Recent

Varughese, A.M.; Kurth, C.D.: The Balanced Scorecard: A Multidimensional Tool for Performance Improvement in Pediatric Anesthesia. Presented at the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting; October 2006; Chicago, Illinois.

Varughese, A.M.; Caulkins, A.; Kotagal, U.; Gunter, J.; Kurth, C.D.: The Factors Predictive of Poor Compliance during Induction of Anesthesia. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists; October 2005; Atlanta, Georgia.

Varughese, A.M.; Caulkins, A.; Kotagal, U.; Gunter, J.; Kurth, C.D.: The Factors Predictive of Poor Compliance during Induction of Anesthesia. Presented at the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting; February 2005; Miami, Florida.

Varughese, A.M.; Caulkins, A.; Kotagal, U.; Gunter, J.; Kurth, C.D.: Can We Predict Agitation in PACU Before Surgery? Presented at the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting; February 2005; Miami, Florida.

Varughese, A.M.; Karolina, K.V.; Byczkowski, T.; Gunter, J.B.; Kurth, C.D.: Relationship Between the Anesthesiologist's View of and Parental Satisfaction with Anesthesia Induction Quality. Poster Presentation at Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists; October 2004; Las Vegas, Nevada.

Varughese, A.M.; Viswanathan, V.; Gunter, J.B.; Kotagal, U.; Kurth, C.D.: Can We Predict Agitation In PACU Before Surgery? Poster Presentation at Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists; October 2004; Las Vegas, Nevada.

Varughese, A.M.; Wang, S.M.: To Proceed or not is the Question: Anesthesia for a Child with URI. Presented at the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting; March 2004; Phoenix, Arizona.

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