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Curriculum Vitae November 18th, 2015

Ashish C. Sinha, MD, PhD, MBA

Office Address: Vice Chairman

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Drexel University College of Medicine Hahnemann University Hospital 245 N 15th Street Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA 215-762-3544 [email protected]

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(U.S. citizen) Education: 1986 M.D. Bangalore University, India

1991 Ph.D. University of Texas (Biochemistry and Genetics) 2015 MBA Drexel University LeBow School of Business

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:

1986-1987 Mandatory Internship, New Delhi, Safdarjung Hospital 1991-1993 Fellow, Pediatric Immunology, UTMB, Galveston, TX 1993-1994 Fellowship, Surgical Infectious Diseases and Hyperbaric

Medicine, UTMB, Galveston, TX 1994-1995 Internship, General Surgery, UTMB, Galveston, TX 1995-1998 Resident, Anesthesiology, Advanced Track including

Cardiovascular Subspecialty, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

2006-2007 Certification in Patient Oriented Research Training, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Military Service: [none]

Faculty Appointments:

1991-1993 Instructor, Immunology/Microbiology, UTMB, Galveston 1993-1994 Associate Member, Marine Biomedical Institute, UTMB 1998-2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical

Care, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, University of Texas

2002-2004 Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

2002-2004 Director of Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

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2003-2004 Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

2004-2004 Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, New Orleans, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

2005-2012 Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

2006-2012 Investigator, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

2006-2012 Investigator, Institute of Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

2007-2012 Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery (Secondary), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

2009-2012 Assistant Professor, (Secondary) University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA

2012- Vice Chairman Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Drexel University College of Medicine Hahnemann University Hospital Philadelphia, PA 19102

2015- Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor LeBow School of Business Drexel University Philadelphia, PA Hospital and/or Administrative Appointments 2012- Vice Chairman

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Drexel University College of Medicine Hahnemann University Hospital Philadelphia, PA 19102

Specialty Certification:

American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) Certified 2003; Recertified 2014

American Board of Hyperbaric Medicine (Eligible)


Medical Licensure: Colorado, No. 36632, inactive Louisiana No. 14841R, inactive Texas, No. K6329, inactive

Pennsylvania, No. MD426256, active Awards, Honors and Membership in Honorary Societies:

1990 Graduate Student Organization Award, UTMB 1991 James W. McLaughlin Fellowship 1992 Rose and Harry Walk Research Award 1999 Rogers Award for Patient Care Excellence (Finalist) 2010 Strathmore’s Who’s Who in Global Executives & Professionals 2010 Marquis Who’s Who in America 2010 Top Doctor in Philadelphia (International Association of Anesthesiologists) 2014 LeBow School of Business Deans Grant/Award for eMBA $20,000

Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies:

American Medical Association, 1994- (AMA Resident Representative delegate, 1994-1998) American Society of Anesthesiology, 1995- (Committee on Surgical Anesthesia 1996-1997) American Society of Regional Anesthesia, 1995- Galveston County Medical Society, Member 1992-1994 Gulf Coast Anesthesia Society, Member 1998- Harris County Medical Society, Member, 1995- Sigma Xi, National Scientific Honor Society, Member 1992- Tri-State Anesthesia Society, Member 2002- Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists 2005- Kenya Society of Anesthesiologists (Honorary member) 2005- Central Society of Egyptian Anesthesiologists (Honorary Member) 2006- World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Supportive Cancer Care Pan- American Health Organization, Member, Advisory Committee on Cancer Care Confederation of Latin American Societies of Anesthesiology (CLASA) 2007-2009 Member, American Society of Anesthesiology, Committee on Trauma

& Emergency Preparedness 2007-2009 Member, American Society of Anesthesiology, Committee on

Overseas Anesthesia Teaching Programs 2008-2010 Who’s Who among Executives and Professionals “Honors Edition” 2009-2010 Marquis Who’s Who in America 2009-2010 Member, Joint Surgical Work Group on Disaster; Department of

Homeland Security/Health Affairs 2009-2010 Member, American Society of Anesthesiology, Committee on Global

Humanitarian Outreach 2010-2011 Interim Board Member, International Society for the Perioperative

Care of the obese patient (ISPCOP)


2010-2013 Member, SAMBA Committee on International Relations 2010-2013 Member, SAMBA Committee on Scientific Papers 2011-2014 Member, ASA, Subcommittee on Ambulatory and Geriatric

Anesthesia 2011-2013 President, International Society for the Perioperative Care of the

obese patient (ISPCOP) Editorial Positions: Editorial Board:

Obesity Surgery Journal of Drug Assessment

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology World Journal of Anesthesia Scientifica Journal of Anesthesiology & Clinical Science Pain and Therapy APICARE Journal

Ad hoc reviewer: Anesthesiology Journal of Clinical Anesthesia Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal Pain and Therapy Perioperative Medicine Journal

Yonsei Medical Journal Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences Journal of Critical Care PLOS ONE Journal of Critical care BMC Anesthesiology Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology Obesity Research & Clinical Practice World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Academic Committees at the University & Hospitals:

1992-2002 Member, Clinical Research Committee, MD Anderson Cancer Center 2002-2004 Member, School of Medicine, Academic Standards Committee, LSU 2005-2007 Member, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, Presbyterian Hospital,

University of Pennsylvania, 2012- Member, Research Committee, Drexel University College of

Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 2013-2014 Member, Advisory Council, Drexel University College of

Medicine, Philadelphia, PA


Major Teaching Responsibilities:

Anesthesia Residents, Medical Students and SRNAs @ LSU Elective course: Cardiopulmonary Sciences @ LSU Immunology to Medical Students @ UTMB Galveston Integrated Functional Laboratory, Genetics @ UTMB, Galveston Lectures for medical students@ LSU Teaching anesthesia residents and medical students @ MD Anderson Cancer Center,

Houston, TX “The Doctor Patient Relationship: Culture & Communication”, MD301-600, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Group Preceptor (2007- 2008) “Doctoring I” University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Preceptor (2008-2009) “Doctoring II” University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Preceptor (2009-2010) “Doctoring III” University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Preceptor (2010-2011) “The Doctor Patient Relationship: Culture & Communication”, MD301-600, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Group Preceptor (2011-2012) Medical Students, Nurse Anesthesia students & Anesthesia Residents @ Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia

Lectures by Invitation (Visiting Professor/ Grand Rounds Speaker; International ones are in bold type):

i. August 1999 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, “Oncologic Anesthesia: A Subspecialty?” Visiting Professor Grand rounds

ii. Dec 2000 Indian Society of Anesthesiologists, Nagpur, India, Current Practice of

Oncologic Anesthesia - MD Anderson Cancer Center as a Model, Faculty Speaker

iii. Aug, 2001 “Anesthetic Practice at an Oncologic Center”, Grand Rounds, University of Southern California, Pasadena, California

iv. Oct, 2001 “How to Manage Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting’, Grand Rounds,

King/Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

v. Apr, 2002 “Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: What Works for Me”, Grand Rounds, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston

vi. Nov, 2002 “Managing Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting”, 2nd International

Conference of Advances in Anesthesiology, Guayaquil, Ecuador

vii. Feb, 2003 “Managing Abdominal Trauma: An Anesthetic Challenge”, Faculty Speaker, Critical Issues in Anesthesiology, Tunica, MS


viii. Mar, 2003 “Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting”, Grand Rounds: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, LSU HSC, New Orleans

ix. Apr, 2003 “Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting”, Grand Rounds:

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Tulane University

x. Apr, 2003 “Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting”, Grand Rounds: Department of Anesthesiology, Tulane University, New Orleans

xi. Jul, 2003 “Management of Airway Trauma”, Faculty speaker, Anesthesiology Update,

Branson, MO

xii. Sep, 2003 “Head Trauma: An Anesthetic Challenge”, Faculty Speaker, Anesthesiology Update, Outer Banks, NC

xiii. Sep, 2003 “Problems of the Impaired Anesthesia Provider”, Faculty Speaker,

Anesthesiology Update, Hilton Head, SC

xiv. Oct, 2003 “Current Issues in Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting”, Faculty Speaker, Anesthesiology Update, Biloxi, MS

xv. Oct, 2003 “The Impaired Anesthesia Provider, Faculty Speaker”, Anesthesiology Update,

Gatlinburg, TN

xvi. Dec, 2003 “Trauma Challenges for Anesthesiologists in New Orleans: Homicide Capital of USA”, Faculty Speaker, Trauma: A team Approach, ITACCS, USVI

xvii. Jan, 2004 “Pharmacology of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents”, Faculty Speaker,

Pharmacology in Anesthesia, Las Vegas

xviii. Feb, 2004 “Current Concepts in the Use of Volatile Anesthetics”, Faculty Speaker, Anesthesiology Update, Dallas, TX

xix. Feb, 2004 “Managing Abdominal Trauma”, Faculty Speaker, Trauma: A team Approach,

ITACCS

xx. Mar, 2004 “Current Strategies in Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting”, CME speaker, Capital Anesthesia, Austin, TX

xxi. Mar, 2004 “Current Practice of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Management”, Grand

Rounds, Department of Anesthesiology, Oschner Medical Center, New Orleans

xxii. Mar, 2004 “Update on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting”, Faculty Speaker, Anesthesiology Update, Panama City Beach, FL

xxiii. Apr, 2004 “The Impaired Anesthesia Provider”, Featured Speaker, LANA, Baton Rouge, LA

xxiv. Apr, 2004 ‘Anesthetic Management of Abdominal Trauma”, Faculty Speaker, Anesthesia


Update, Eastern Caribbean

xxv. May, 2004 “Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting”, Visiting Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis

xxvi. Jun, 2004 “Current Concepts in the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting”,

Grand Rounds, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis

xxvii. Jun, 2004 “The Impaired Anesthesia Provider”, Grand Rounds, University of Massachusetts, Worcester

xxviii. Jul, 2004 “Current Concepts in the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting”,

Grand Rounds, St Vincent’s Hospital, Indianapolis

xxix. Jul, 2004 “The Impaired Anesthesia Provider”, Faculty Speaker, Anesthesia Update, Boston

xxx. Aug, 2004 “Anesthesia in the Twenty-first Century”, Grand Rounds, MSR Medical College, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India

xxxi. Aug, 2004 “The Impaired Anesthesia Provider”, Key Speaker, Kenya Society of

Anesthesiologists, Nairobi, Kenya

xxxii. Sep, 2004 “Multimodality Management of Pain’, Clinical Update, Department of Anesthesiology, Little Rock, AR

xxxiii. Sep, 2004 “Current Issues in Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting”, Clinical Update,

Department of Anesthesiology, St. Joseph's Hospital, Houston

xxxiv. Nov, 2004 “Anesthetic Management of Head Trauma”, Faculty Speaker, Anesthesia Update, Key West, FL

xxxv. May, 2005 International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society (ITACCS) New

Orleans, LA, “ Anesthetic Aspects of Head Injuries”,” Eye Trauma: An Anesthetic Perspective”, “Airway Trauma: An Anesthetic Perspective”, “Anesthetic Consideration of Abdominal Trauma”, “Case Experiences at Charity Hospital, New Orleans”

xxxvi. August, 2005 13th Annual Scientific Conference, Kenya Society of Anesthesiologists,

Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, “Management of the Cardiac patient for Non-cardiac Surgery” & “Anesthetic Management of trauma Cases”

xxxvii. October, 2005 XVI Jornadas Internacionales de Anestesiologia, Guayaquil, Ecuador ;

« Anestesia y trauma de abdomen » ; « Aspectos anestesicos en el trauma de la via aerea » ; « Anestecia en cirugia bariatricia »

xxxviii. Nov, 2005 “Chronic Pain and the need for its treatment” The Second International

Conference on MHE, Houston, Texas – November 3-5, 2005

xxxix. Jan, 2006 Grand Rounds, University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical


Care: “The Impaired Anesthesia Provider”

xl. Feb, 2006 International Critical Care Congress & 12th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, Chennai, India, “Bariatric Surgery: A New Critical Care Challenge”

xli. Feb, 2006 22nd Anaesthesia International Egyptian Conference of the Central Society of

Egyptian Anaesthesiologists, Taba, Egypt 1. Anesthesia for morbid obesity 2. Anesthetic Aspects of Bariatric Surgery 3. The New Orleans experience (Homicide Capital of the world)

xlii. March 2006, Grand Rounds, Reading Hospital & Medical Center, PA, Department of

Anesthesiology, “Abdominal Trauma & its Anesthetic Implications”

xliii. March 2006, 26th Congress of the South African Society of Anesthesiologists in Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Bay), South Africa, “Bariatric Anesthesia & the Morbid Obesity Challenge”, “The Impaired Anesthesia Provider”

xliv. April 2006, 2nd International Federation of Surgery in Obesity (IFSO)-European

Chapter, Lyon, France; Keynote Speaker, “Anesthetic Aspects of Bariatric Surgery”

xlv. May 2006 International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society (ITACCS) San Francisco, CA “Anesthetic Aspects of Head Injuries”, “Eye Trauma: An Anesthetic Perspective”, “Airway Trauma: An Anesthetic Perspective”, “Anesthetic Consideration of Abdominal Trauma”

xlvi. May 2006, Grand Rounds, A I DuPont Children’s Hospital, PA “The Impact of Multi modal

Choices in Management of PONV”

xlvii. May 2006, Grand Rounds, Geisinger Clinic, Danville PA, “Anesthetic implications of Bariatric Surgery”

xlviii. June , 2006 7th Pan Arab Congress of Anesthesia, Intensive Care, Pain Management

& Emergency Medicine, Alger, Algeria, “Head Trauma: An Anesthetic Challenge”, “Abdominal Trauma: Causes and Management”, “Airway Trauma and its Anesthetic Implications”

xlix. August 2006, XI World Congress of Federation for the Surgery of Obesity & XX

International Symposium on Obesity Surgery, Sydney, Australia, “A risk Prediction Tool in Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery”

l. Sep, 2006 10th Alexandria Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Conference, Alexandria,

Egypt, “The Risks, Ethics and Implications of drug addiction in Anesthesia”, “Airway Trauma and its Anesthetic Implications” “Morbid Obesity: Interactive Discussion on Anesthetic aspects”


li. October 2006, 101st Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology, Chicago, IL “Evaluating a Risk Assessment Tool in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery”

lii. October 2006, 101st Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiology, Chicago, IL

“Patient with BMI of 91: Preparation Saves a Disaster?” Medically Challenging Cases

liii. January 2007, Invited Guest Speaker, District of Columbia Anesthesia Society, Washington, DC; “Anesthetic Challenges in Morbid Obesity”

liv. February 2007, 7th South Asian Confederation of Anaesthesiologists, Kathmandu, Nepal

1. Anesthetic Issues in Surgery of the Morbidly Obese 2. Airway Trauma

lv. March 2007, 12th Annual Vermont Perspectives in Anesthesia, Stowe, VT, “Anesthetic Challenges in the Morbidly Obese”

lvi. March 2007, 5th International Alpine Obesity Surgery Expert Meeting, Saalfelden,

Austria, “Anesthetic Management in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Operations”

lvii. April, 2007 57th Postgraduate Symposium on Anaesthesiology, Kansas City, MO,

“Bariatric Surgery: Its Anesthetic Implications”, “The Drug Impaired Anesthesia Provider”

lviii. April, 2007, 4th Russian Symposium “Surgical treatment of Obesity & Related Metabolic Disorders”, Moscow, Russia, “Anesthesiological Challenges of the Bariatric Operations”

lix. June, 2007 Visiting Professor, CLASA (Confederation of Latin American Societies of

Anesthesia) Workshop in Obesity, Trauma & Obstetric Anesthesia, San Salvador, El Salvador “Anesthesia for Bariatric Surgery”, “Airway Trauma: Anesthetic Management”, “Anesthetic Management of Abdominal trauma”

lx. September, ‘07 “Anesthetic Challenge of Laparoscopic Weight Loss surgery”. Keynote

Speaker, XII World Congress of International Federation of Surgery in Obesity (IFSO) XXI International Symposium on Obesity Surgery, Porto, Portugal

lxi. September, ’07 “Anesthesia for Bariatric Surgery”, Visiting Professor, Australia & New

Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Melbourne, Australia

lxii. September, ’07 “Failed Regional Anesthesia in the Extremely Obese”. 66th National Conference of the Australian Society of Anesthetists, 9th Biennial Congress, Asia & Oceanic Society of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Perth, Australia

lxiii. September, ’07 “Difficult Airway in the Morbidly Obese”. Hollywood Hospital, Perth,

Australia


lxiv. September, ’07 “Morbid Obesity Surgery, Philadelphia Style”. Faculty Speaker, Canadian Society of Anaesthesiology Ontario Medical Association, Niagara Falls, ON Canada

lxv. October, ’07 “What’s New in Post-Operative Nausea & Vomiting?” Journal Club,

Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

lxvi. October, ’07 “The Anesthetic Challenge of Morbid Obesity”, Grand Rounds as Visiting Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

lxvii. December,’07 “Drug Addiction in Physicians”, Grand Rounds Department of Medicine,

Reading Hospital & Medical Center, Reading PA,

lxviii. January,’08 “Anesthetic Challenges in Morbid Obesity” Grand Rounds, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX

lxix. January, ’08 “The Addicted Physician”, Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics &

Gynecology, Reading Hospital & Medical Center, Reading, PA

lxx. February,’08 “Anesthesia in Ophthalmic Trauma”, World Congress of Ophthalmic Anesthesia, Cairo, Egypt

lxxi. March, ’08 “Advantages and disadvantages: The early use of oxygen carrying solutions

in trauma”, World Congress of Anesthesia, Cape Town, SA; Chairperson, session on ‘Current Concepts’

lxxii. March,’08 “Weight Loss surgery: Anesthetic Challenges” Bariatric Surgery Workshop,

Rashid Hospital & Trauma Centre, Dubai, UAE

lxxiii. April, ’08 “Bariatric Anesthesia”, Grand Rounds/Visiting Professor, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL

lxxiv. May, ‘08 “Anesthetic Challenges in Morbid Obesity” Grand Rounds, Department of

Anesthesiology, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV

lxxv. June,’08 “Bariatric Surgery: It’s Anesthetic Challenge”, Plenary Speaker, Japanese Society of Anaesthesiologists, Yokohama, Japan

lxxvi. September, ’08 “Intraoperative Challenges in Bariatric Surgery”. Bariatric and

Endovascular Anesthesiology: The most current approaches to Perioperative Controversies. Hosts: CHOP & HUP, Philadelphia, PA

lxxvii. September,’08 “Anesthetic Challenge of Weight Loss surgery”. Keynote Speaker, XIII

World Congress of International Federation of Surgery in Obesity (IFSO), XXII International Symposium on Obesity Surgery, Buenos Aires, Argentina

lxxviii. November,’08 “Anesthesia in 2020”. Keynote Speaker, Biennial Meeting of the Research

Society of Anesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, Kolkata, West Bengal INDIA


lxxix. January, 2009 “Challenges in Morbid Obesity” Keynote Speaker, Recent Advances in

Anesthesia, AIIMS, New Delhi, INDIA

lxxx. February, 2009 Morbid Obesity: A Growing Challenge” Grand Rounds, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education Research, Chandigarh, India

lxxxi. February, 2009 “Obesity: The Anesthetic Challenges of a Pandemic” 8th South Asian

Anesthesia Congress (SAARCAA), Karachi, Pakistan

lxxxii. March, 2009 “Anaesthetic Challenges in Ultra Morbid Obesity”, 1st Anaesthesia for the Obese and Bariatric Surgical Patient Meeting, The Society of Bariatric Anaesthetists (SOBA) UK, & Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland (AAGBI), London, UK

lxxxiii. May, 2009 “Airway Trauma and Anesthesia”, “Anesthesia and Abdominal Trauma” &

“Airway Management in Morbid Obesity”, The First International Congress of Airway Management and Anesthesia in Head and Neck Surgery, Teheran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

lxxxiv. June, 2009 "Anesthetic Challenges in Morbid and Ultra Obesity", Grand Rounds, Department

of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

lxxxv. September, 2009 “Violent Crimes in USA: Anesthetic Implications” & “Morbid Obesity: Overcoming the Challenge” 4th All Africa Anaesthesiologists Congress, Nairobi, Kenya

lxxxvi. October, 2009 “The Anesthetic Challenge of Morbid, Super Morbid and Ultra Morbid

Obesity” Canadian Society of Anaesthesiology Ontario Medical Association, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada

lxxxvii. October, 2009 “Ultra Obesity: Anesthesia’s Large Challenge” Keynote Speaker, Meeting

of the Research Society of Anesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology (RSACP), New Delhi, INDIA

lxxxviii. October, 2009 “The Drug addicted Anesthesia Provider”, “Anesthesia in Airway

Trauma”& “The Obesity Epidemic– Anesthetic Considerations” Plenary Lectures, World Anesthesia Day Conference, Mumbai, INDIA

lxxxix. January, 2010 “Morbid Obesity: The current Big Challenge in Anesthesia”, Grand Rounds,

Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

xc. March, 2010 “Anesthetic Challenges in Ultra Obesity”, Visiting Professor, Texas Tech

University, Lubbock, TX

xci. August, 2010 “Substance Abuse”, Grand Rounds, Drexel University/ Hahnemann Hospital,


Philadelphia, PA

xcii. August, 2010 “Drug addiction among Anaesthesia Providers: The Myths, the Facts and the Treatment”, “Anaesthesia in trauma: Management Lessons from the Most Violent Cities of the USA”, “Morbid Obesity: Overcoming the Large Challenge it brings to Anaesthetic Care” Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists Scientific Conference 2010, Mombasa, KENYA

xciii. September, 2010 “Management of the traumatized airway”, “Anesthesia for the

morbidly obese”, “Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV); new approaches for an old problem” 14th Alexandria Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Conference, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, EGYPT

xciv. October, 2010 “Anaesthesia considerations for Otorhinolaryngology”, “Post-Operative

Nausea and Vomiting: What works and what Pukes?” “Management of the trauma patient”, “Panel Discussion: Trauma & Triumph”, MASCON, Mumbai, INDIA

xcv. November, 2010 “Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Trauma”, Invited lecture to British

Ophthalmic Anesthesia Society (BOAS), London, UK

xcvi. January, 2011 “Morbid Obesity: The Current Big Challenge in Anesthesia”, Grand Rounds, Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College & Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

xcvii. April, 2011 “Morbid & Ultra Obesity: Solutions to Challenges in Anesthesia and

Critical Care” 12 National Congress of SAN (Society of Anesthesiologists of Nepal) & 4th SAARC International Conference on Critical Care, Kathmandu, Nepal

xcviii. May, 2011 “Morbid Obesity: the current BIG problem in anesthesia.” “Is narcotic

diversion and addiction a problem in anesthesia?” “Management of the traumatized airway” 10th Pan Arab Congress, Damascus, Syria

xcix. May, 2011 “Anesthesiology for noninvasive bariatric surgery”: 1st International

Symposium on Noninvasive Bariatric Techniques, Lyon, France

c. August, 2011 “Anesthesia for Bariatric Surgical Procedures”: Key note speaker, 78th Annual Meeting American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA), Boston, MA

ci. August, 2011 “Anesthesia Issues in Bariatric Surgery”: 9th South Asian Anesthesia

Congress (SAARC AA), Bangalore, India

cii. September, 2011 “The Obese parturient with Difficult Airway and Difficult Back for Caesarean Section”: 4th National Conference of Association of Obstetric Anaesthesia and the 1st Joint AOA – OASAO (Obstetric Anaesthesia Society Asia Oceania) Hyderabad, India

ciii. September, 2011 Resident lecture: “Drug Addiction among Anesthesia providers: Am I at

risk?" Grand Rounds: "Morbid Obesity: Anesthetic Considerations" Department of


Anesthesiology University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

civ. October, 2011 “Obesity, Morbid Obesity and Ultra Obesity: The Large Challenge in Anesthesia” Moderator/ Speaker for CME Panel at ASA 2011, Chicago

cv. December, 2011 “Perioperative management of bariatric surgery in the morbidly

obese patient with sleep apnea” “The drug or alcohol addicted anesthetist”: ISACON 2011, the 59th Annual National Conference of the Indian Society of Anesthesiologists, Mumbai, India 26th-29th December 2011

cvi. March 2012 “Why positioning is important” Panel speaker on Obesity, World

Congress of Anesthesia (WCA), Buenos Aires, Argentina

cvii. April, 2012 “Anesthesia Issues in Morbid Obesity”; Visiting Professor at Brigham and Women's Hospital (Harvard University) to present Grand Rounds, Boston, MA

cviii. April, 2012 “The position of the anesthesiologist: Anesthesiology for noninvasive

bariatric surgery” Faculty speaker at 2nd International Symposium on Non Invasive Bariatric Techniques, Lyon, France

cix. May 2012 “Anesthetic Management of Airway Trauma” faculty speaker; Difficult Airway

Course, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

cx. May, 2012 “‘Near misses’ and ‘Should never happen events’”: Session on ‘Risk Management in Ophthalmic Anaesthesia’ 3rd World Congress of Ophthalmic Anaesthesia, Rixos Grand Ankara Hotel, Turkey 24th – 25th May 2012

cxi. August 2012 “The Morbidly Obese Patient: Anesthetic Challenges”, “Airway

Trauma”, “Morbidly Obese in Day Surgery”: Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists’ 20th Annual Scientific Conference. Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, 30th July – 1st August 2012

cxii. September 2012 “Anesthetic Challenges in the Morbidly Obese Parturient” Annual

Meeting of the Association of Obstetric Anesthesiologists, New Delhi, India

cxiii. September 2012 “Anesthesia in Morbid Obesity: What’s Big and what’s Bigger?” International Federation of Surgery in Obesity (IFSO), New Delhi, India

cxiv. October 2012 “Anaesthesia challenges In Morbid obesity”, “Anesthesia in ophthalmic

trauma”, “Anesthesia for Liver transplant” MACON, Mumbai, India

cxv. October 2012 “Anesthesia Providers and Addiction: Unanswered Questions” “Geriatric Anesthesia: How different is an old patient?” “Bariatric Anesthesia” Keynote lectures at the 5th SAARC Critical Congress & 2nd International Congress on Recent Advances in Anaesthesiology, New Delhi, India

cxvi. October 2012, SAMBA Midyear meeting: Panel Presentation; “Fast Track Problem Patients-

Obesity, OSA and Chronic Pain”, Washington DC


cxvii. October 2012 ASA Moderator/Speaker 120 Minute Panels PN46. Obesity, Morbid Obesity

and Ultra Obesity: The Large Challenge in Anesthesia, 2012 ASA Washington, DC

cxviii. November 2012 “Morbid Obesity & Ultra Obesity: A growing Problem in Anesthesia” University of Detroit Mercy, Senior Seminar, Detroit, MI

cxix. December 2012 "Surgical Innovations: Unique Anesthetic Challenges" Panel speaker, 66th

Post Graduate Assembly, New York, NY

cxx. February 2013 “Ultrasound Guidance is MANDATORY for an operator doing Obstetric Neuraxial Blocks in the morbidly obese” 3rd World Congress of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Therapy, Sydney Australia

cxxi. February 2013 “Pelvic Pain” 3rd World Congress of Regional Anesthesia & Pain

Therapy, Sydney Australia

cxxii. February 2013 Neuraxial blockade for the morbidly obese parturient WORKSHOP LEADER; 3rd World Congress of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Therapy, Sydney Australia

cxxiii. February 2013 “Fast tracking an obese with OSA”. Bariatric Anesthesia CME - Series

4. "Anesthetic Implications of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Morbidly Obese" Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric surgery at Max Hospital, New Delhi, India.

cxxiv. February 2013 “Right Opioid for Anesthesia” Grand Rounds, National Naval Medical

Center, Bethesda MD

cxxv. March 2013 Key Note lecture: “Morbid Obesity & Ultra Obesity: Challenges on the other side of the Ether Screen” 11th International Anniversary Expert Meeting for the Surgery Obesity and Metabolic Disorders. Saalfelden, AUSTRIA

cxxvi. April 2013 “Morbid Obesity”, “ Anesthesia & Head Trauma” “Drug Addiction” Key

Note Speaker; All Africa Anesthesia Conference, Cairo, Egypt

cxxvii. May 2013 “Morbid Obesity: Anesthetic management of Airway” European Society of Anesthesia, Barcelona, Spain

cxxviii. May 2013 “Morbid and Ultra Obesity: Anesthesia Concerns”, “The Impaired Anesthesia

Provider”, Keynote Speaker. 39th Annual Meeting of the Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists, Tucson, AZ

cxxix. July 2013 “Drug Impaired Medical Providers: Signs and Solutions”, Grand Rounds,

Departments of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics & Gynecology Drexel University/ Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, PA


cxxx. August 2013 “Medical and Medication Errors”, Grand Rounds, Departments of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Drexel University/ Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

cxxxi. August 2013 “Remifentanil Use in ICU” “ Elderly Anesthesia” and “Medical and Medication Errors” Keynote speaker, Kenya Society of Anesthesia, Lake Nakuru, KENYA

cxxxii. August 2013 “Bariatric Anesthesia” Moderator and Speaker: XVIII World Congress

IFSO (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders. Istanbul TURKEY

cxxxiii. September 2013 “OBESIDAD: Anestesia en obesidad mórbida” 40th Annual Argentina

Anesthesia 2013 San Juan, Argentina

cxxxiv. October 2013 ASA Moderator/Speaker 120 Minute Panels. Obesity, Morbid Obesity and Ultra Obesity: The Large Challenge in Anesthesia, 2013 ASA San Francisco, CA

cxxxv. October 2013 “Would You Operate on This Patient?” Key Note Speaker at 5th OR

EXCELLENCE Meeting, Las Vegas, NV

cxxxvi. November 2013 “Morbid Obesity & Endoscopic Surgery: Crossroads of an Anesthetic Challenge”, “Advanced Video-assisted Techniques in Management of Ultra obese patients’ Airway Challenges in Morbid Obesity: Evaluating Options that succeed”, “Anesthesia in Morbid Obesity” Key note speaker at VIIth National Congress of Romanian Association for Endoscopic Surgery and The Vth Romanian Symposium for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Bucharest ROMANIA

cxxxvii. December 2013 “Standards and Excellence in Bariatric Anesthesia- the US model”

Annual Scientific Meeting of SOBA, London, UK

cxxxviii. January 2014 “Preoperative Assessment of Morbidly Obese Patients” & “IV Access in Morbid Obesity: Solutions that work” 10th OSSICON (Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society of India Conference) BARIATRIC ANAESTHESIA CONFERENCE, Ahmadabad, INDIA

cxxxix. March 2014 “Optimal Preparation and Approach to the Difficult Airway” Morbid Obesity &

Difficult Airways Workshop, University of Louisville, KY

cxl. March 2014 "Surgery and Anesthesia in Morbid Obesity: Crossroads of a Potential Disaster” Keynote lecture at the Expert Meeting - Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Disorders - 12th International Meeting 2014 - SALZBURG, AUSTRIA

cxli. May 2014 “Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome: Anesthetic issues” IFSO (International

Federation of Surgery in Obesity), European Meeting. Brussels Belgium

cxlii. May 2014 “Morbid Obesity and Anesthesia: Some Critical Issues”. Grand Rounds to the Department of Anesthesiology. St Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ


cxliii. July 2014 "Morbid Obesity & Anesthesia Challenges" Visiting Professor Grand Rounds at

Department of Anesthesiology Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

cxliv. August 2014 “Trauma Patients: What can we learn from an American Model?”

“Ophthalmic trauma: Anesthetic Management” “ Lessons I learnt from a few Trauma Cases” “Trauma in the Obese Patient” Keynote speaker, Kenya Society of Anesthesia, 2014 Mombasa KENYA

cxlv. August 2014 “Bariatric Anesthesia” Moderator and Speaker: XIX World Congress

IFSO (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders. Montreal CANADA"

cxlvi. August 2014 “Big patients, Big Challenge!” Keynote speaker in Session on OBESIDAD:

Anestesia en obesidad mórbida. 41st Annual Argentina Anesthesia Conference 2014 Buenos Aires, Argentina

cxlvii. September 2014 “Anesthetic care in the Morbidly Obese: Overcoming Challenges”

Keynote Speaker; International Surgery Workshop hosted by Italian Society for Endoscopic Surgery, Rome ITALY

cxlviii. October 2014 ASA Moderator/Speaker 90 Minute Panels. Obesity, Morbid Obesity and

Ultra Obesity: The Large Challenge in Anesthesia, 2014 ASA New Orleans LA

cxlix. October 2014 Fundamentals of Anesthesiology track Refresher Course Lecture "Obesity and Anesthesia: Crossroads of a Challenge" 2014 ASA New Orleans LA

cl. November 2014 “Airway Challenges in the Morbidly Obese: Fat or Fiction?” Difficult

Airway Society (DAS), Annual Scientific Meeting, Stratford-upon-Avon, England cli. November 2014 "Anesthetic Challenges (and Solutions) in the Ultra Obese Patient":

Plenary speech; Expert Meeting in Netherlands (Dutch Surgical Association), Amsterdam, Netherlands

clii. January 2015 “Anesthesia and Obesity: Crossroads of a Challenge”: Grand Rounds as

Visiting Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

cliii. “Challenges in the Management of the Airway in the Obese and Morbidly Obese Patient” International Speaker at Fifth International Difficult Airway Management Workshop 2015 March, at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

cliv. “Medical and Medication Errors”: Grand Rounds as Visiting professor at MD Anderson

Cancer Center Houston, TX, June 2015

clv. “Medical and Medication Errors: Inevitable?”: Grand Rounds as Visiting professor at West Virginia University , Morgantown, WV, August 2015


clvi. “Medical & Medical Errors: Inevitable?” Presentation at Journal Club to residents at

University of California, Irvine, CA, August 2015

clvii. “Challenges in Bariatric Anesthesia” Grand Rounds as Visiting professor at University of California, Irvine, CA, August 2015

clviii. August 2015 “Thrombo-prophylaxis in Bariatric Surgery” Moderator and Speaker: XX

World Congress IFSO (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders). Vienna, AUSTRIA

clix. October 2015 Minnesota Association of Nurse Anesthetists (MANA) Annual Fall

Educational and Business Meeting; Keynote talk, “ Anesthesia in the Morbidly Obese patient” Minneapolis, MN

clx. November 2015 “Airway Trauma” and “Medical Errors” Key note talks @ University of

Detroit Mercy, Senior Seminar, Detroit, MI

clxi. “Morbid Obesity & Anesthesia: Challenges and Solutions” Grand Rounds as Visiting Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Temple University of Health Sciences, Philadelphia PA February 2016 (scheduled)

clxii. “"Anesthesia Challenges in Morbid Obesity: Problems and Solutions" Moscow

International Bariatric Congress, Moscow, Russian Federation, April 2016 (scheduled)

clxiii. “Airway Management in Morbid Obesity” (?)World Congress of Anesthesia, Hong Kong ROC, August 2016 (potential)

clxiv. “Anesthesia in Ophthalmic Trauma” World Congress of Ophthalmic Anesthesia,

Chennai, India September 2016 (scheduled)

clxv. “Anesthesia in the Morbidly Obese Parturient” 1st World Congress of Anesthesia for Obstetrics, Indoanesthesia, Bali Indonesia February 2017 (scheduled)

Organizing Roles in Scientific Meetings: i. April, 1990 Co-Director, National Student Research Forum, University of

Texas Medical Branch. Galveston, TX ii. February 2011, Organizer: 1st Difficult Airway Workshop, Dripps Library

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine and Otorhinolaryngology residents and faculty)

iii. April, 2011 Chief Coordinator: Difficult Airway Workshop, in association


with 12 National Congress of SAN (Society of Anesthesiologists of Nepal) & 4th SAARC International Conference on Critical Care, Kathmandu, Nepal

iv. October, 2011, Organizer: 2nd Difficult Airway Workshop, Dripps Library

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine and Otorhinolaryngology residents and faculty)

v. October, 2011 Abstract Moderator, 2011 ASA Chicago, IL

vi. October, 2011 Moderator/Speaker: 120 Minute Panels PN46. Obesity, Morbid Obesity and Ultra Obesity: The Large Challenge in Anesthesia, 2011 American Society of Anesthesiologists, Chicago, IL

vii. August, 2012 Organizing Committee; 20th Kenya Society of Anesthesia

Annual Scientific Conference (KSA) & 2nd African Society of Regional Anesthesia Meeting (AFSRA), Nairobi Kenya

viii. August, 2012 Scientific Committee; 20th Kenya Society of Anesthesia Annual

Scientific Conference (KSA) & 2nd African Society of Regional Anesthesia Meeting (AFSRA), Nairobi, Kenya

ix. September, 2012 Course Organizer, Bariatric Anesthesia Course, XVII

World Congress, International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, New Delhi, India

x. October, 2012 Moderator/Speaker: 120 Minute Panels. Obesity, Morbid Obesity

and Ultra Obesity: The Large Challenge in Anesthesia, 2012 American Society of Anesthesiologists, Washington, DC

xi. October, 2012 Moderator, Current Controversies in Obesity Anesthesia, 2012,

First Annual ISPCOP Symposium, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Washington, DC

xii. October, 2012 Abstract Moderator, 2012 ASA Washington, DC

xiii. March, 2013 Organizer and Speaker: Difficult Airway Workshop, Rifle, CO

xiv. August 2013 Course Director/Moderator: Post Graduate Course, Anesthesia

of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery XVIII World Congress, International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey

xv. October, 2013 Moderator/Speaker: 120 Minute Panels. Obesity, Morbid

Obesity and Ultra Obesity: The Large Challenge in Anesthesia, 2013 American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco, CA


xvi. October, 2014 Moderator/Speaker: 90 Minute Panel. Obesity, Morbid Obesity and Ultra Obesity: The Large Challenge in Anesthesia, 2014 American Society of Anesthesiologists, New Orleans, LA

xvii. August, 2015 Course Director/Moderator: Bariatric Anesthesia Course, XX

World Congress, International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, Vienna, Austria

Bibliography:

Research Publications, peer reviewed (print or other media): i. Sinha AC, Stuart CA, Srivastava SK: Receptors for Insulin and IGF-I in Bovine

Lens Epithelium. Lens and Eye Toxicity Research Vol. 7: 122-141, 1990. PMID: 2177352

ii. Srivastava SK, Varma TK, Sinha AC, Singh US: Guanosine 5™ (gamma-thio)

Triphosphate (GTP gamma S) Inhibits Phosphorylation of Insulin Receptor and a Novel GTP-Binding Protein, Gir, from Human Placenta. FEBS Letters Vol. 340: 124-128, 1994. PMID: 8119395

iii. Thakar DR, Sinha AC, Wenker OC: Concept of Neonatal ECMO. Internet Journal

of Anesthesiology Vol. 3: 5, 2001.

iv. Sinha AC, Soliz JM: Seizure upon Induction with Etomidate: A Case Study. Internet Journal of Anesthesiology Vol. 4: 5, 2002.

v. Soliz JM, Sinha AC, Thakar DR: Airway Management: A Review and Update.

Internet Journal of Anesthesiology Vol. 1: 6, 2002.

vi. Ferson D, Thakar D, Swafford J, Sinha AC, Sapire K, Arens J: Use of Deep Intravenous Sedation with Propofol and the Laryngeal Mask Airway During Transesophageal Echocardiography. Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia 17(4): 443-446, August 2003. PMID: 12968230

vii. Sinha AC, Kasi S Anesthetic Challenges in Ophthalmic Trauma Journal of the

British Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Society 2008: 12, 46-51

viii. Sinha AC, Kling S “A Review of Adolescent Obesity: Prevalence, Etiology and Treatment” Obesity Surgery 2008 Aug 30. [Epub ahead of print] Obesity Surgery: Volume 19, Issue1 (2009), Page 113-20 PMID: 18758874

ix. Sinha AC: Non-physiological Aspect of Anesthesia Practice; Paralyzing a Patient:

Past Present and Future. J Anaesth Clin Pharmacol 2009; 25(2): 137-147


x. Gan TJ, Sinha AC, Kovac AL, Jones RK, Cohen SA, Battikha JP, Deutsch JS & Pergolizzi JV and the TDS Study Group: A Randomized, Double Blind, Multi-Center Trial Comparing Transdermal Scopolamine plus Ondansetron to Ondansetron alone for the prevention of Post Operative Nausea and Vomiting in the Outpatient Setting: Anesthesia & Analgesia 2009;108:1498-504 PMID: 19372328

xi. Wong AK, Howell J, Wiegers SE, Vernick WJ, Sinha AC: Preoperative

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Identified Prior to Induction of Anesthesia Anesthesia & Analgesia 2010 Mar 1;110(3):712-5 PMID: 19641053

xii. Gupta A, Mehdi A, Duwell M, Sinha AC: Evidence Based Review of the

Pharmacoeconomics Related to the Management of Chronic Nonmalignant Pain Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy 2010 Jun; 24(2):152-156 PMID: 20504139

xiii. Halloran O, Grecu B, Sinha AC: Challenges and Complications in the Placement

of Nasoenteral Tubes. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 2011 Jan-Feb;35(1):61-6. PMID: 20978245

xiv. Ramakrishna H, Fassl J, Sinha AC, Patel P, Riha H, Andritsos M, Chung I, and

Augoustides JGT The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2009 Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Vol 24, No 1 (February), 2010: Pages 7-17 PMID: 20123237

xv. Andritsos M, Singh N, Patel P, Sinha AC, Fassl J, Wyckoff T, Riha H, Roscher C,

Subramaniam B, Ramakrishna H, Augoustides JGT: The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2010. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - February 2011 25(1) 6-15 PMID: 21272776

xvi. Allen F, Riopelle J, Sinha AC: Intracranial placement of a Nasotracheal Tube in a

Patient with a variant of Goldenhar Syndrome Associated with Agenesis of the Cribriform plate. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2011 Jan; 112(1):198-200. PMID: 20966441

xvii. Goel, S., E. A. Ochroch, and Sinha AC. "Improvement of Cormack Lehane scores

via direct laryngoscopy versus video laryngoscopy in morbidly obese patients undergoing elective weight loss surgery." The ASEAN Journal of Anaesthesiology 12.12 (2011): 49-55.

xviii. Goudra B, Penugonda L, Speck R, Sinha AC: Comparison of acoustic respiration

rate, impedance pneumography and capnometry monitors for respiration rate accuracy and apnea detection during GI endoscopy anesthesia: O J Anes 2013 (in press)

xix. Goudra B, Singh PM and Sinha AC: Outpatient ERCP- safety and efficacy of

anesthetic management with a natural airway in 653 consecutive procedures.


Saudi J Anaesth 2013; 7:259-65 PMID: 24015127

xx. Goudra B, Singh PM and Sinha AC: Anesthesia for ERCP: Impact of Anesthesiologist's Experience on Outcome and Cost," Anesthesiology Research and Practice, vol. 2013, Article ID 570518, 5 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/570518. PMID: 23781243

xxi. Wadhwa A, Singh PM and Sinha AC: Airway Management in Morbid Obesity.

International Anesthesia Clinics 2013 51(3):26-40; PMID: 23797643

xxii. Goudra B, Ortego, A, Selassie M and Sinha AC: Lessons from providing total intravenous anesthesia to a morbidly obese patient (648 lbs, BMI 83.2 kg/m2) 2013. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 25(5) PMID: 23965200

xxiii. Sinha AC. Anesthesia: a weighty issue. AHRQ Web M&M [serial online].

July/August 2013. Available at: http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/case.aspx?caseID=304

xxiv. Goudra BG, Penugonda LC and Sinha AC: Remifentanil-midazolam option in egg

allergy patients presenting for GI endoscopy. World Journal Of Anesthesiology 2013 (in press)

xxv. Alvarez A, Singh PM, and Sinha AC: Tissue oxygenation in morbid obesity-

Physiological and Clinical perspective. Trends in Anesthesia and Critical Care 3 (2013) 310-315

xxvi. Goudra B, Lichtenstein GR, Buchner AM and Sinha AC: Intra-lingual

Succinylcholine for the Treatment of Adult Laryngospasm in the Absence of IV access Journal of Anesthesia and Clinical Pharmacology 2013 29(3):426-7. PMID: 24106393

xxvii. Sinha AC, Singh PM, Purohit M and Goudra B: Difficult Mask Ventilation: Tegaderm for sealing a patient's fate! Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 2013 25 (8) PMID: 24100114

xxviii. Reply: To PMID 24100114. Sinha AC, Purohit M, Singh PM, Goudra BG.

J Clin Anesth. 2014 Sep;26(6):509. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2014.04.002. Epub 2014 Sep 9. No abstract available. PMID: 25213791

xxix. Sinha AC, Singh PM, Williams NS, Ochroch EA & Goudra BBG. Aprepitant’s

Prophylactic Efficacy in Decreasing Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting in Morbidly Obese Patients undergoing Bariatric Surgery. Obesity Surgery 2013 Aug 30. [Epub ahead of print]PMID:23990451 PMID: 23990451

xxx. Goudra BG, Singh PM, Manjunath AK, Reihmer JW, Haas AR, Lanfranco AR,

Sinha AC & Harris K. Effectiveness of high dose Remifentanil in preventing coughing and laryngospasm in non-paralyzed patients for advanced bronchoscopic procedures. Ann Thorac Med 2014; 9:23-8. PMID: 24551014

http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/case.aspx?caseID=304


xxxi. Alvarez A, Singh PM & Sinha AC: Postoperative analgesia in morbid obesity.

Obesity Surgery 2014 Obes Surg. 2014 Jan 16. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:24431032

xxxii. Tiwari A, Mahendru V, Sinha AC and Bilotta F. Antioxidants: The New Frontier

for Translational Research in Neuro Anesthesiology. In J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2014; 30(2):160-71 PMID: 24803750

xxxiii. Grodofsky S & Sinha AC: The Association of Gender and Body Mass Index with

Postoperative Pain Scores when Undergoing Ankle Fracture Surgery. Journal of Anesthesia and Clinical Pharmacology 2014; 30(2):248-52. PMID: 2480376

xxxiv. Arora S, Singh PM, Goudra BG & Sinha AC: Changing trends of hemodynamic

monitoring in ICU: From invasive to noninvasive methods: Are we there yet? International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science 2014. 4 (2) 168-76 PMID: 24803767

xxxv. Sinha AC, Singh PM, Grewal N, Aman M, Dubowitz G. Comparison between continuous non-invasive estimated cardiac output by pulse wave transit time and thermodilution method. Ann Card Anaesth 2014;17:273-277 PMID: 25281622

xxxvi. Sinha AC & Nancy J Girard. Anesthesia: A Weighty Issue AORN Journal 12/2014; 100(6):714, 682. DOI:10.1016/j.aorn.2014.09.009

xxxvii. Sinha AC, Singh PM Controversies in Perioperative Anesthetic Management of

the Morbidly Obese: I Am a Surgeon, Why Should I Care? Obesity Surgery May 2015, Volume 25, Issue 5, pp 879-887 DOI 10.1007/s11695-015-1635-5 PMID:25726320

xxxviii. Sinha AC, Singh PM. Optimal Drug Dosing in the Obese—Still Many Years

Ahead Obesity Surgery 2015 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-015-1826-0 PMID: 26224374

xxxix. Sinha AC, Singh PM & Bhat S. Are we operating too late? Mortality Analysis and Stochastic Simulation of Costs Associated with Bariatric Surgery: Reconsidering the BMI Threshold. Obesity Surgery 2015 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 26487650

xl. Singh PM, Borle A, Rewari V, Makkar JK, Trikha A, Sinha AC, Goudra BG.

Aprepitant for post-operative nausea and vomiting: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Postgrad Med J. 2015 Dec 1. pii: postgradmedj-2015-133515. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133515. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PMID: 26627976


Contributions to peer-reviewed clinical research publications, participation cited but not by authorship:

1. A phase 2, double blind, placebo controlled, dose response trial of intravenous adenosine for perioperative analgesia in females undergoing major abdominal gynecologic surgery: Ashraf S Habib, Harold Minkowitz, Timothy Osborn, Babatunde Ogunnaike, and Tong J Gan. ASA Meeting Abstracts A488, San Francisco, CA. October 2007.

Adenosine Clinical Trial Group: Mary Creed, Eugene Viscusci, Keith Candiotti, Irwin Gratz, Michael O’Connor, Rishimani Adsumelli, Ashish Sinha, Spencer Yost, R. Kevin Jones, James Mayfield, Howard Miller, David Adams, Kumar Belani, Marc Vallee.

2. Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Perioperative Nutritional, Metabolic, and Nonsurgical Support of the Bariatric Surgery Patient — 2013 Update: Cosponsored by American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery. Endocr Pract. Published ahead of print March 26, 2013 (ENDOCRINE PRACTICE Vol 19 No. 2 March/April 2013)

Research Publications, non-peer reviewed:

Sinha AC: Problem Wounds: A Hyperbaric Perspective. Hyperbaric Hotline 2(1), 1994. Sinha AC: How to Handle Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Outpatient Surgery Magazine XIII

(12). 2012 Sinha AC: The Lowdown on Low-Flow Anesthesia. Outpatient Surgery Magazine XIV

(2). 2013 Sinha AC The Art of PONV Prevention. Outpatient Surgery Magazine XIV (7). 2013

Abstracts:

i. Sinha AC, Leonard M, Wolfe PJ: Human Factor Element: Lessons from the Operating Room. 11th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Columbus Ohio. March 2001.

ii. Thakar D, Ferson DZ, Swafford J, Sinha AC, Arens J: Use of the Laryngeal

Mask Airway During Transesophageal Echocardiography. 2001 ASA Meeting Abstracts. October 2001.

iii. Thakar D, Ferson DZ, Swafford J, Sinha AC, Arens J: Airway Management with

the Use of the Laryngeal Mask Airway During Transesophageal Echocardiography. American Society of Echocardiography. June 2002.


iv. Sinha AC: Bariatric Surgery: A New Critical Care Challenge. Proceedings of the International Indian Critical Care Society Meeting 2006 Chennai India

v. Sinha AC: Anesthetic Issues in Bariatric Surgery. 2nd International Federation of

Surgery in Obesity (IFSO)-European Chapter, Lyon, France. Obesity Surgery (16) 4:404 April 2006

vi. Sinha AC: Anesthetic Issues in Bariatric Surgery. International Federation of

Surgery in Obesity (IFSO)-Sydney, Australia. Obesity Surgery August 2006

vii. Sinha AC, Duckles BJ, Ochroch AO, Williams NN: Potential Risk Assessment Tool in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery. 2006 ASA Meeting Abstracts A987. October 2006.

viii. Sinha AC: Airway management of Patient with BMI of 91: Preparation Saves a

Disaster? 1. 2006 ASA Meeting Medically Challenging Cases MC6. October 2006

ix. Sinha AC: Help! My patient weighs 180 kilograms! (Or ‘Anesthetic Issues in

Surgery of the Morbidly Obese’) 2007 South Asian Conference of Anesthesia, Katmandu, Nepal

x. Sinha AC: Airway Trauma, 2007 South Asian Conference of Anesthesia,

Katmandu, Nepal

xi. Logue C, Sinha A, Bavaria J, Cheung A, Thom S: The measurement of Peri-operative Leukocyte Adherence in Patients Undergoing cardiopulmonary Bypass During Cardiac Surgery, 2007, Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Society Annual Meeting, Maui, HI

xii. Sinha AC, Duckles BJ, Ochroch EA, Williams NN: Predicting Adverse

Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery using Preoperative Data. 2007 ASA Meeting San Francisco, CA, Abstracts A191

xiii. Sinha AC: Incidence of Post Operative Nausea and Vomiting in the first 48

hours in Extremely Obese Patients Presenting for Weight Loss Surgery. 2007 ASA Meeting San Francisco, CA, Abstracts A1053

xiv. Gan, Tong J; Kovac, Anthony L.; Sinha, Ashish C; Battikha, Jean P.; Deutsch,

Jonathan S: A Randomized, Double-blind, Multicenter Trial Comparing Transderm Scōp® (Transdermal Scopolamine Patch) Plus Ondansetron to Ondansetron Alone for the Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in the Outpatient Setting 2007 ASA Meeting San Francisco, CA, Abstracts

xv. Sinha AC: Failed Regional Anesthesia in the Extremely Obese. 2007 66th

National Conference of the Australian Society of Anesthetists, 9th Biennial Congress, Asia & Oceanic Society of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Perth, Australia


xvi. Sinha AC: Anesthesia in Ophthalmic Trauma. 2nd World Congress of

Ophthalmic Trauma, 2008, Satellite Meeting of World Congress of Anesthesia, Cairo, Egypt

xvii. Kaplan MA, Grecu, BJ, Sinha AC: Gender Differences in Intraoperative Pain

Management and Immediate Post Operative Pain Perception, 2008, SAMBA, Miami, FL

xviii. Scott TH, Sinha AC: Management of Anesthesia in a Morbidly Obese Woman with Life Threatening Bronchospasm during a Previous General Anesthetic: Lessons in History. 2009 ASA Meeting New Orleans, LA, Abstracts A487

xix. Miltiades AM, Sinha AC Successful Airway Management of Ultra Obese

Patients: A case series of patients BMI ≥ 70 kg/m2 or Wt >200 kg. 2009 ASA Meeting New Orleans, LA, Abstracts (FAER Student Awards)

xx. Goel S, Sinha AC Tertiary Care Trauma Centre in India: Five year demographic

trends. 13th Asian Australasian Congress of Anesthesiologists, Fukuoka, Japan, 2010

xxi. Goel S, Sinha AC Airway management in morbidly obese, Levitan optical stylet

versus the Glidescope, efficacy and cost effectiveness. 13th Asian Australasian Congress of Anesthesiologists, Fukuoka, Japan, 2010

xxii. Goel S, Sinha AC Challenges & outcomes: Airway management in ultra obese

patients (BMI > 70kg/m2 & or weight more than 200 kgs) Euroanaesthesia 2010 Congress, Helsinki, Finland

xxiii. Finlay J, Malloy K, Sinha AC, Quon H: Effective photodynamic dose delivered

by head and neck visualization light sources American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 2010 Philadelphia, PA, USA

xxiv. Effective Photodynamic Dose Delivered by Head and Neck Visualization Light

Sources J Finlay, H Quon, A Sinha, and K Malloy Med. Phys. 37, 3140 (2010); xxv. B. Goudra, A. Sinha, L. Penugonda; Modified Airway Management Significantly

Decreases Hypoxemia in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing GI Endoscopy with Anesthesia. 2011 ASA Meeting Chicago, IL A251

xxvi. B. Goudra, E Baird, A. Sinha: Contrasting management of ultra-morbidly obese

parturients presenting for caesarian section. 2011 ASA Meeting Chicago, IL MCC07

xxvii. J. P. Mulier, R. Schumann, S. B. Jones, A. Wadhwa, A. Sinha Improve Your

Perioperative Care of the Severely Obese Patient. An Interactive Learning Tool and Survey from the ISPCOP; 2011 ASA Meeting Chicago, IL S2704


xxviii. SF Grodofsky, WJ Levy, A C Sinha: The association of gender and body mass index (BMI) with postoperative pain scores when undergoing ankle fracture surgery under general anesthesia. ASRA Spring 2012 Meeting, San Diego, CA

xxix. Sinha AC: The Morbidly Obese Parturient: Anesthetic Challenges. Kenya

Society of Anesthesia, 20th Annual Meeting 2012, Nairobi, Kenya

xxx. Sinha AC: Anesthetic Management of Airway Trauma Kenya Society of Anesthesia, 20th Annual Meeting 2012, Nairobi, Kenya

xxxi. Sinha AC: Morbidly obese in Day surgery Kenya Society of Anesthesia, 20th Annual Meeting 2012, Nairobi, Kenya

xxxii. Sinha AC: “Anesthesia Providers and Addiction: Unanswered Questions” 5th

SAARC Critical Care Congress & 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Anesthesiology”, 2012 New Delhi, India

xxxiii. Sinha AC: Bariatric Anesthesia: “How different is fat/obese patient” 5th SAARC Critical Care Congress & 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Anesthesiology”, 2012 New Delhi, India

xxxiv. Adrian Curtin, Kurtulus Izzetoglu, Meltem Izzetoglu, Mary Osbakken,

Radha Menon, James C. Reynolds, Michael Green, Sinha Ashish, Banu Onaral: Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy as a Monitor of Anesthetic Depth Drexel-Coulter Translational Research Partnership Program 2012, Philadelphia, PA

xxxv. Sinha AC: Robotic Head and Neck and Other Surgery: 66th Post Graduate

Assembly, New York Society of Anesthesiologists, 2012, New York, NY

xxxvi. Sinha AC, Williams NN, and Ochroch EA: Aprepitant (Emend®), in combination with ondansetron, significantly decreases vomiting in the morbidly obese patients having weight loss surgery. ESA Barcelona Spain 2013

xxxvii. Sinha AC: Remifentanil Use in ICU. Kenya Society of Anesthesia, 20th Annual

Meeting 2013, Lake Nakuru, Kenya

xxxviii. Sinha AC Elderly Anesthesia. Kenya Society of Anesthesia, 20th Annual Meeting 2013, Lake Nakuru, Kenya

xxxix. Sinha AC Medical and Medication Errors. Kenya Society of Anesthesia, 20th

Annual Meeting 2013, Lake Nakuru, Kenya

xl. Kim G, Aman M & Sinha AC. Aprepitant In Combination with Ondansetron Reduces Postoperative Vomiting in Bariatric Surgery Patients. ASA 2013 San Francisco 2013 A2300


xli. A Modified Seldinger Technique for Insertion of a Difficult Tracheostomy Tube. Kim GK, Smukler N, Hu A, Sinha AC Pennsylvania Anesthesiology Resident Research Conference (PARRC) Pittsburgh, PA 2014

xlii. Comparison between continuous non-invasive estimated cardiac output and

thermodilution method: A pilot study. Hoffman CR, Grewal N, Aman MA, & Sinha AC. Pennsylvania Anesthesiology Resident Research Conference (PARRC) Pittsburgh, PA 2014

xliii. Tricks of the Trade For Dealing with Difficult Airways: Case Report and||Review

of the Literature. Li H, Lentner M, Sinha AC, Hu A. 2014 Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

xliv. Atinda Z & Sinha AC: Trauma in the Obese Patient: Kenya Society of

Anesthesia, 21st Annual Meeting 2014, Mombasa, Kenya

xlv. Atinda Z & Sinha AC: Anesthesia in Ophthalmic Trauma: Kenya Society of Anesthesia, 21st Annual Meeting 2014, Mombasa, Kenya

xlvi. Atinda Z & Sinha AC: Emergency Trauma Patient: Lessons from the US model.

Kenya Society of Anesthesia, 21st Annual Meeting 2014, Mombasa, Kenya

xlvii. Suber J, Kim G, Smukler N, Hu A & Sinha AC: A Modified Seldinger Technique for Insertion of a Difficult Tracheostomy Tube. 2014 ASA Meeting New Orleans, LA

Editorials, Reviews, Chapters, including participation in committee reports (print or other media):

. i. Sinha AC, Singh U, Srivastava, SK: Demonstration of the Insulin Receptor and IGF-I

Receptor in Bovine Lens Epithelium and the Role of a Novel GTP-Binding Protein, Gir in Insulin Signal Transduction. In Ocular Pharmacology: Recent Advances. Gupta, SK (Eds.). Publishers: Indian Ocular Pharmacological Society, New Delhi, India, Page: 81-88, 1991.

ii. Laughlin RT, Sinha AC, Calhoun JH, Mader JT: Osteomyelitis: A Review of Current Concepts. Current Opinion Rheumatol 6:401-407, 1994.

iii. Sinha AC: Anesthesiology Residencies: Myths, Folklore and Facts, Letter to the Editor, Internet Journal of Anesthesiology 1(2), 1998.


iv. Thakar D, Sinha AC, Wenker O: Concept of Neonatal ECMO. Text book of Neonatal Surgery. D.K. Gupta (Eds.). Modern Publishers, New Delhi, India, Page: 525-529, 2000.

v. Webb, BD, Sinha AC: Ventilatory Management of Neonates; Present Day Options. Textbook of Neonatal Surgery. D.K. Gupta, (Eds.). Modern Publishers, New Delhi, India, Page: 89-96, 2000.

vi. Sinha AC: Therapy of PONV: An Overview. ASA Newsletter, April 2002, 66 (4) Vol. 4: 66, April 2002.

vii. Sinha AC. Bariatric Anesthesia and the morbid obesity challenge. Proceedings of the 26th Congress of the South African Society of Anesthesiology, Port Elizabeth, SA 2006

viii. Sinha AC. The Impaired Anesthetic Provider. Proceedings of the 26th Congress of the South African Society of Anesthesiology, Port Elizabeth, SA, 2006

ix. Thakar DR, Sinha AC: Cardiac Tumors and Anesthetic Considerations. In Acute Care of the Cancer Patient. Shaw A, Riedel B, Burton A, Fields A & Feeley TF (Eds) Taylor & Francis Publishers, New York, USA, Page: 363-369, 2006

x. Sinha AC: Anesthetic Aspects of Bariatric Surgery: Anesthesiology Newsletter 2006:70 (12) 20-21

xi. Sinha AC: Patient Comfort during Regional Anesthesia: The Obvious and the Obscure. J Clin Anesth 2007:19, 1-2

xii. Sinha AC, "Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome: Bariatric Surgery", in The Merck Manual Home Edition, continuously updated at www.merckmanuals.com, Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ

xiii. Sinha AC, "Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome: Bariatric Surgery", in The Merck

Manual Professional Edition, continuously updated at www.merckmanuals.com, Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ

xiv. Sinha AC: Some Anesthetic Aspects of Morbid Obesity. Current Opinion in Anesthesiology 2009, 22:442-446

xv. Sinha AC & Cheung AT: A Mind/Body Connection in Postoperative Delirium. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009; 87:1474

xvi. Sinha AC: Does the Choice of Muscle Relaxant Affect Outcome? Evidence Based Practice of Anesthesiology 2009 Editor: Lee A Fleisher, Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, USA Pages 139-142

xvii. Sinha AC and Eckmann DM: Anesthesia for Bariatric Surgery in Miller’s Textbook of Anesthesia 2009 Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Editors: Miller RD, Eriksson, LI, Fleisher LA, Wiener-Kronish JP, & Young WL. 7th Edition Chapter 64, Pages 2089-2104

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xviii. Alvarez A, Perez-Protto SE, Carey K, Sinha AC: Postoperative Analgesia. In Morbid Obesity: Peri-operative Management. Alvarez A, Brodsky JB, and Lemmens H, editors, Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK (In Press)

xix. Sinha AC: Morbid Obesity. In Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 2010 Elsevier Philadelphia, PA, USA. Editors: Fleisher LA and Roizen MF 3rd Edition. Chapter 220, page 248

xx. Sinha AC: Candidiasis. In Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 2010 Elsevier Philadelphia, PA, USA. Editors: Fleisher LA and Roizen MF 3rd Edition. Chapter 61, page 68

xxi. Sinha AC: CREST Syndrome. In Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 2010 Elsevier Philadelphia, PA, USA. Editors: Fleisher LA and Roizen MF 3rd Edition. Chapter 93, page 103

xxii. Gencorelli, F & Sinha AC: Midiastinal Masses. In Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 2010 Elsevier Philadelphia, PA, USA. Editors: Fleisher LA and Roizen MF 3rd Edition. Chapter 211, pages 238-9

xxiii. Yuan I & Sinha AC: Unipolar Depression. In Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 2010 Elsevier Philadelphia, PA, USA. Editors: Fleisher LA and Roizen MF 3rd Edition. Chapter 106, page 117

xxiv. Dziewet, John & Sinha AC: Cancer, Bladder. In Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 2010 Elsevier Philadelphia, PA, USA. Editors: Fleisher LA and Roizen MF 3rd Edition. Chapter 55, page 62

xxv. Sinha AC:” Anesthetic Challenges of Morbid Obesity. In Update in Anaesthesiology 2009. Editors: Ramesh GS, Kapoor M et al. Chapter 18, Pages 132-140

xxvi. Sinha AC & Cheung AT: Spinal cord protection and thoracic aortic surgery. Current Opinion in Anesthesiology 2010, 23:95-102

xxvii. Baumann B and Sinha AC: Anaesthesia for ocular trauma. Current Anaesthesia & Critical Care 2010, 21(4):184-188

xxviii. Sinha AC, Chan YK, Khan ZH: 1st International Congress of Airway Management and Anesthesia in Head & Neck Surgery, Tehran, Iran, May20-22, 2009 Anesthesia & Analgesia 2010: 111 (2) 587-88

xxix. Sinha AC & Baumann B: "Anaesthesia for Ocular Trauma" in book "Ophthalmic Anaesthesia" as a part of Oxford Handbook Series Chris Dodds, Steve Gayer and Chandra Kumar Editors; Oxford University Press, UK

xxx. Yermolina Y & Sinha AC: “Management of the Trauma Patient” in Proceedings of the MASCON 2010, October 2010


xxxi. Selassie M & Sinha AC: “Treatment of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: What works?” in Proceedings of the MASCON 2010, October 2010

xxxii. Sinha AC: “Anesthesia Considerations for Otorhinolaryngology” in Proceedings of the MASCON 2010, October 2010

xxxiii. Selassie M & Sinha AC: “The Epidemiology and Etiology of Obesity: A Global Challenge” in Best Practice & Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology 25 (2011) 1-9 PMID: 21516909

xxxiv. Sinha AC: What is ISPCOP? Anesthesiology Newsletter 2011:75 (5) 58-59

xxxv. Sinha AC: “Anesthetic issues in Bariatric surgery” in Proceedings of SAARC AA 2011, Bengaluru, India August 2011

xxxvi. Sinha AC & Wadhwa A: “International Society for the Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient” Bariatric Times 2011; 8(7):30

xxxvii. Sinha AC: “Anesthesia challenges in the morbidly obese parturient” in Proceedings of AOA 2011, Hyderabad, India, September 2011

xxxviii. Sinha AC & Goudra B: Pharmacologic Agents. In Interventional Pain Medicine 2011, Oxford University Press, New York, NY Editor: Gupta A, Chapter 1.2, Pages 10-14

xxxix. Goudra B, Yuan I & Sinha AC: Anatomy of the Spinal Cord for Pain Procedures. In Interventional Pain Medicine 2011, Oxford University Press, New York, NY Editor: Gupta A, Chapter 1.1, Pages 3-8

xl. Yuan I & Sinha AC: Obesity and Nutritional disorders. In Anesthesia and Uncommon Diseases 6th Edition 2011, Elsevier Philadelphia, PA USA. Editor: Fleisher LA Chapter **, Pages ---

xli. Sinha AC: “The Drug or Alcohol Addicted Anesthetist” in Proceedings of Indian Society of Anesthesia Meeting 2011, Mumbai, India

xlii. Sinha AC: “Perioperative Management of Bariatric Surgery in a the Morbidly Obese Patient with Sleep Apnea” in Proceedings of Indian Society of Anesthesia Meeting 2011, Mumbai, India

xliii. Sinha AC: OSA: “The Not-so-Silent (International) Killer in the Bedroom!” in

Ambulatory Anesthesia, 2012; 27(1) 13-14

xliv. Grodofsky SR & Sinha AC: Does every MO obese patient need a full preoperative workup? In Controversies in the Anesthetic Management of Obese Patients. 2012. Springer Verlag, Milan, Italy. Editors Y.Leykin – J. Brodsky

xlv. Grodofsky SR & Sinha AC: Anesthesia in the Elderly Obese. In Oxford Textbooks in

Anaesthesia: Anaesthesia in the Elderly. (2014) pages 254-263 Oxford University Press,


Oxford, UK. Editors Dodds C, Kumar C & Veering B xlvi. Onuoha O & Sinha AC: Gynecological surgery in the Elderly. In Oxford Textbooks in

Anaesthesia: Anaesthesia in the Elderly (2014) pages 208-212 Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Editors Dodds C, Kumar C & Veering B

xlvii. Sophocles A & Sinha AC: Perioperative Management of the Geriatric Trauma Patient.

In Oxford Textbooks in Anaesthesia: Anaesthesia in the Elderly. (2014) pages 136-140 Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Editors Dodds C, Kumar C & Veering B

xlviii. Sinha AC: “Is that a Robot Operating in Your Mouth?” In Journal of Anesthesia and

Clinical Pharmacology 2012 (In Press) xlix. Sinha AC: “Addressing Challenges in the Obese Patient” Bariatric Times 2012; 9(6):18-

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l. Sinha AC: “Parent Craft Class: Introducing Anesthesiologist Early”; Proceedings of AOA 2012, 5th National Association of Obstetric Anesthesiologists, 110-112

li. Goudra BG, Penugonda LC and Sinha AC: A novel way of anesthetizing and

maintaining airway/ventilation in an ultra-morbidly obese patient presenting for upper GI endoscopy. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, November 2012; 24 (7), 604-605

lii. Sinha AC, Goudra BG. Bigger and bigger challenges: Evidence-based or expert-opinion

based practice? Journal of Anesthesia and Clinical Pharmacology 2013;29:4-5

liii. Sinha AC, Tiwari A, Singh A: The Fatigued Anesthesiologist: A Threat to Patient Safety? In Journal of Anesthesia and Clinical Pharmacology 2013; 29(2), 151-9

liv. Tiwari A, Sinha AC: Critical Incident Reporting: Why should we bother? In Journal of Anesthesia and Clinical Pharmacology 2013 29(2), 147-8

lv. Singh PM, Ludwig N, McConachie I, Sinha AC. The Obese and the thin patient. In:

Anesthesia and perioperative care of the high risk patient, 3rd edition. Editor McConachie I. Cambridge University Press UK 2013 (in press)

lvi. Neubert L and Sinha AC: Inhalational Anesthetics. In Fundamental of Clinical

Anesthesia. Editor Sikka P. Springer Press, New York, USA 2013 (in press)

lvii. Shubhangi A, Singh PM and Sinha AC: Ambulatory Anesthesia. In Fundamental of Clinical Anesthesia. Editor Sikka P. Springer Press, New York, USA 2013 (in press)

lviii. Singh PM and Sinha AC: Elderly Patient. In Fundamental of Clinical Anesthesia. Editor

Sikka P. Springer Press New York, USA 2013 (in press)

lix. Singh PM, Shah D and Sinha AC: Anesthesia Equipment. In Fundamental of Clinical Anesthesia. Editor Sikka P. Springer Press New York, USA 2013 (in press)


lx. Singh PM & Sinha AC. Changing trends of hemodynamic monitoring in ICU- From invasive to non-invasive methods: Are we there yet? International J of Critical Illness and Injury Science 2013 (in press)

lxi. Howell MD, Kopman DF, Ushakumari D, Sinha AC and Green MS. Tracheal Intubation.

In American College of Physicians Physicians’ Information and Education Resource. 2013 http://pier.acponline.org/physicians/procedures/

lxii. Goudra B, Singh PM and Sinha AC: Providing anesthesia in a remote location for

radiation oncology in an adult- problems and solutions. In J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2014 Jan;30(1):114-6. PMID: 24574613

lxiii. Ahmad M & Sinha AC. If you don’t peep you may shriek! Ultrasound for regional

Anesthesia in Preeclampsia. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2013 Oct;29(4):431-2. doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.119103. PMID: 24249975 [PubMed]

lxiv. Sinha AC. "Cricoid Pressure: An enigma wrapped in a mystery or a hand wrapped

around a throat?” Journal of Anesthesia and Clinical Pharmacology 2014; 1, 1-2 PMID: 24574583

lxv. Ghazanwy M, Chakrabarti R, Tewari A and Sinha AC. Awake Craniotomy: A

qualitative Review and Future Challenges Saudi J Anaesth 2014 lxvi. Arora S, Singh PM, Goudra BG and Sinha AC. Changing trends of hemodynamic

monitoring in ICU - from invasive to non-invasive methods: Are we there yet? International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science | Vol. 4 | Issue 2 |2014 , 1-10

In review Finlay J, Sinha AC, Malloy K, Quon H, Effective Photodynamic Therapy Power Output of

Clinical Light Sources Used in the Head and Neck Patient. Medical Physics (Manuscript in review)

Li H, Lentner M, Sinha AC, Hu Amanda. Esophageal Foreign Body. JAMA Otolaryngology -

Head & Neck Surgery. (Manuscript submitted, pending review) In preparation

Dasgupta S, Sinha AC: PONV & Morbid Obesity: Fat or Fiction? (Manuscript in preparation) Anesthesia & Analgesia


Books: Anesthesia in the Obese Patient: Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK: Editor Sinha AC (Expected publication: 2016) Lippincott's Anesthesia Review: 1001 Questions and Answers Editors: Sikka, Bittner, Halaszynski, Pham, & Sinha. 2014. Publisher: Wolters Kluwer. Philadelphia, PA

Alternative Media:

1. Sinha AC: The Drug-Impaired Anesthesia Provider. Audio-Digest Anesthesiology,

Volume 50, Issue 07, April 07, 2008 ISSN 0271-1265

2. Sinha A, Watson EJ: Intravenous Line Placement. In Fleisher LA, Gaiser R (eds): Anesthesia Procedures Consult. www.proceduresconsult.com Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2007.

3. Sinha A, Watson EJ: Glidescope. In Fleisher LA, Gaiser R (eds): Anesthesia

Procedures Consult. www.proceduresconsult.com Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2007.

4. Sinha AC: The Bariatric Surgery Patient. Audio-Digest Anesthesiology, Volume 49 Issue 15, August 7, 2007 ISSN 0271-1265

5. Featured Guest: The Choking Game, Interview with NBC Channel 10, Philadelphia,

September 19, 2005 6. News Anchor, Asiana TV, Houston, 1990-91 7. What is pain? Video Presentation by Ashish Sinha MD PhD to MHE Research

Foundation, available on the web, access at http://www.mheresearchfoundation.org/mherf_windows_pain.html

8. Would You Operate on This Patient? http://www.orexcellence.com/conference-

connections/2013/04/04

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Patents: 1. Naso-enteric Intubation Introducer: U.S. Patent No. 7,918,841 issued from this application on April 5, 2011, [Provisional Application filed, April 3, 2008, with United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)] Research: 1. Bard Silver Coated Endotracheal tube; a randomized, placebo controlled study to decrease ventilator associated pneumonias by coating Endotracheal tubes with silver as a bacteriostatic agent, Co-Investigator, study completed 5/2004 ($21,000) 2. A multicenter, open label, Phase IIIa trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Org25969 when used at the end of surgical procedures to reverse the neuromuscular blockade induced by rocuronium following routine anesthesia, PI, study completed 3/06 ($12,000) 3. A phase II, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled dose response trial of Adenosine for perioperative analgesia in females undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy or myomectomy, PI, study completed 5/06 ($17,000) 4. Assessment of depth of anesthesia using Physiometrix 5000 in laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, PI, study completed 8/07 ($24,000) 5. A randomized double blind placebo controlled multicenter, trial for transdermal scopolamine with ondansetron for controlling post operative nausea and vomiting in female patients undergoing general anesthesia procedures, PI, study completed 6/06 ($35,000) 6. A randomized double blind placebo controlled multicenter, trial of the efficacy of NK1 receptor antagonist in combination with ondansetron for the control of post operative nausea and vomiting, PI, study completed 4/06 ($22,000) 7. A phase III randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study evaluating the safety and efficacy of Dexmedetomidine used for sedation during elective awake fiber optic intubation, PI, study completed 1/07 ($15,000) 8. A phase III randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study evaluating the safety and efficacy of Dexmedetomidine used for sedation during Monitored Anesthesia Care, PI, study completed 10/06 ($15,000)


9. A phase III multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study of intravenous Methylnaltrexone (MOA-728) for the treatment of post operative ileus, PI, study competed 10/2007 ($11,000) 10. A phase III multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study of intravenous Methylnaltrexone (MOA-728) for the treatment of postoperative ileus after ventral hernia repair, PI, study completed ($14,000) 11. Post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery – Visual Analog Score data collection, PI, study in progress 12. A retrospective review of Intraoperative narcotics and their effectiveness on post-operative pain control, PI, study in progress 13. A retrospective review of intubation practices in morbidly obese patients, PI, study in progress 14. A system for predicting adverse outcomes in bariatric surgery using preoperative data, PI, study completed 03/07 15. Aprepitant for morbidly obese patients, a new oral NK1 receptor antagonist for nausea and vomiting, PI, study completed ($65,000) 16. A phase II, randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, dose-ranging, active- and placebo-controlled study of single-dose oral Rolapitant monotherapy for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), PI, completed ($12,000) 17. A retrospective review of association of morbid obesity with surgical and anesthetic outcomes in patients at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, PI, in progress 18. Development of a Sleeve Introducer device for rapid, safe and easier placement of nasogastric tubes, Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement (CURE) Program Grants, PI, completed 12/2010 ($75,000) 19. A Phase II, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose Finding Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Ipamorelin Compared to Placebo for the Recovery of Gastrointestinal Function in Patients Following Small or Large Bowel Resection with Primary Anastomosis; Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.), Inc. protocol HT-IPAM-202, PI; completed 7/2014 ($62,549) 20. fNIR Device (NIR Alert) Compared to Bispectral Index (BIS) to Monitor Induction Loss of Consciousness) and Emergence from (Return to Consciousness) Anesthesia; sub-I (Ongoing) 21. Two-Center Collaborative Clinical Evaluation of Cardiac Output Estimation Based on Pulse Wave Transit Time; Nihon Koden (Japan); PI; completed


22. Comparison of Desflurane versus Sevoflurane in wake up time in elderly females undergoing urology procedures; Baxter (USA), co-I, 23. A single-arm, open label study to compare the pharmacokinetics, safety and efficacy of SPRIX (intranasal ketorolac tromethamine) in 12 to 17 year old patients vs. adult patients (18-54 years) undergoing open surgical procedures, PI, (Ongoing)

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