2021-2022 Departmental Scholarly Activity

As the only academic medical center in the state of Mississippi, our department works tirelessly in the area of anesthesiology research. We routinely have strong resident, nurse anesthetist, and faculty participation on the state and national level at numerous academic meetings and conferences every year. We would like to recognize and thank our physician scientists and nurse anesthetists who have published research and case reports for the 2021-2022 academic year. There are also innumerable grand rounds, conference presentations, book chapters, and ongoing research projects that are too many to mention. Please take the time to read the following publications and support each other in the area of research!

Veronica Carullo, M.D.

Carullo V, Morrone K, Weiss M, et. al. “Demand-only patient-controlled analgesia for treatment of acute vaso-occlusive pain in sickle cell disease”. Pediatric Blood Cancer. 2022 Aug;69(8):e29665. doi:10.1002/pbc.29665. Epub 2022 Mar 16.

Christiano Dos Santos E Santos, M.D.

Dos Santos E Santos C, Santos CAT, Kurnutala LN. “Challenging Airway Management in Patients With Zenker's Diverticulum”. Cureus. 2021 Nov 14;13(11):e19578. doi: 10.7759/cureus.19578. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Dos Santos E Santos C, Dos Santos E Santos G, Santos CAT. “Anesthetic Management for Resection of a Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma Leading to Brainstem Compression in a Patient With Von Hippel-Lindau Disease.” Cureus. 2021 Dec 22;13(12):e20608. doi: 10.7759/cureus.20608. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Bryan Hierlmeier, M.D.

Nguyen RD, Hierlmeier BJ, Kurnutala LN, Tucci MA. “Comparison of different size left-sided double-lumen.” Ann Card Anaesth. 2022 Apr-Jun;25(2):249-250. doi: 10.4103/aca.aca_203_21.

Leech J, Oswalt K, Tucci MA, Alam Mendez OA, Hierlmeier BJ. “Opioid Sparing Anesthesia and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol for Pancreaticoduodenectomy.” Cureus. 2021 Nov 14;13(11):e19558. doi: 10.7759/cureus.19558. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Bellamy K, Hierlmeier BJ, Alam Mendez OA, Oswalt K, Stockman T. “Predictors of Difficult Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Blocks.”Cureus. 2021 Oct 2;13(10):e18445. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18445. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Lakshmi Kurnutala, M.D.

Nguyen RD, Hierlmeier BJ, Kurnutala LN, Tucci MA. “Comparison of different size left-sided double-lumen.” Ann Card Anaesth. 2022 Apr-Jun;25(2):249-250. doi: 10.4103/aca.aca_203_21.

Kurnutala LN, Dibble JE, Kinthala S, Tucci MA. “Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol for Lumbar Spinal Surgery With Regional Anesthesia: A Retrospective Review.” Cureus. 2021 Sep 16;13(9):e18016. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18016. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Chawla LaToya Mason, M.D.

Mason CL, Collier CH, Penny SC. “Perinatal quality collaboratives and birth equity.” Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2022 Jun 1;35(3):299-305. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000001143.

Carolyn Morgan Nelson, M.D.

Cavallone LF, Nelson CM, Vannucci A. “Perioperative nerve injuries in the pediatric population: If we don't talk about them, does it mean they don't exist?” J Clin Anesth. 2022 May;77:110645. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2022.110645. Epub 2022 Jan 7.

George Semien, M.D.

Flaherty JH, Bloomstone JA, Sande EV, Brantley A, Semien GA. “An Inpatient Geriatrics Program with a Focus on Any Type of Cognitive Impairment Reduces Mortality.” J Nutr Health Aging. 2022;26(1):103-109. doi: 10.1007/s12603-021-1709-0.

Aleman R, Blanco DG, Funes DR, Montorfano L, Semien G, Szomstein S, Lo Menzo E, Rosenthal RJ. “Does Transverse Abdominis Plane Block Increase the Risk of Postoperative Urinary Retention after Inguinal Hernia Repair?” JSLS. 2021 Oct-Dec;25(4):e2021.00015. doi: 10.4293/JSLS.2021.00015.

Michelle Tucci, Ph.D.

Tucci MA, Pride Y, Strickland S, Salazar Marocho SM, Jackson R, Jefferson JR, Chade AR, Grill RJ, Grayson BE. “Delayed Systemic Treatment with Cannabinoid Receptor 2 Agonist Mitigates Spinal Cord Injury-Induced Osteoporosis More Than Acute Treatment Directly after Injury.” Neurotrauma Rep. 2021 Jun 22;2(1):270-284. doi: 10.1089/neur.2020.0059. eCollection 2021.

Tucci MA, Wilson GA, McGuire R, Benghuzzi HA. “The Effects of NPY1 Receptor Antagonism on Intervertebral Disc and Bone Changes in Ovariectomized Rats.” Global Spine J. 2021 Oct;11(8):1166-1175. doi: 10.1177/2192568220939908. Epub 2020 Aug 4.

Yeh J, Wang K, Kaizaki A, Lee JW, Wei H, Tucci MA, Ojeda NB, Fan L, Tien L. “Pioglitazone Ameliorates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Behavioral Impairment, Brain Inflammation, White Matter Injury and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Neonatal Rats.” Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jun 11;22(12):6306. doi: 10.3390/ijms22126306.

Blakeley Ward, CRNA

Ward BF, Stewart MW. “Opioid-Free Anesthesia.” Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. Volume 36, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 597-598.

Ward BF. “Body Mass Index and Airway Surgery.” Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, Volume 37, Issue 1, 2022, Pages 147-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2021.11.008.

Ward BF. “The Postanesthesia Care Unit Nurse: What Does it Take to Become an Expert?” Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. Volume 37, Issue 3, 2022, Pages 416-417, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2022.02.008.

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2021-2022 Departmental Scholarly Activity