Eugene Viscusi, MD

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Gibbon Bldg., Ste. 6201
111 S. 11th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 955-6161
(215) 923-5507 (fax)

Medical School
Jefferson Medical College, 1981

Internship
Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA

Residency
Hospital of University of Pennsylvania (HUP)

Board Certification
Anesthesiology
Pain Management

Hospital Appointment
Director, Acute Pain Management

University Appointment
Professor

Research and Clinical Interests
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Publications

Most recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1. The safety of liposome bupivacaine, A novel local analgesic formulation
2. The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of liposome bupivacaine administered via a single epidural injection to healthy volunteers
3. A randomized, double-blind, dose-ranging study comparing wound infiltration of DepoFoam bupivacaine, an extended-release liposomal bupivacaine, to bupivacaine HCl for postsurgical analgesia in total knee arthroplasty
4. Acute pain management in the postanesthesia care unit.
5. Perioperative use of etoricoxib reduces pain and opioid side-effects after total abdominal hysterectomy: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase III study
6. Relationship between potential opioid-related adverse effects and hospital length of stay in patients receiving opioids after orthopedic surgery
7. Intravenous Acetaminophen for Pain after Major Orthopedic Surgery: An Expanded Analysis
8. Quantifying Cardiovascular Risks in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty
9. A review of opioids for in-hospital pain management.
10. Reply to Dr. Carvalho
11. Persistent postsurgical pain after abdominal surgery
12. Challenges in acute pain management
13. Uncomplicated removal of epidural catheters in 4365 patients with international normalized ratio greater than 1.4 during initiation of warfarin therapy
14. Safety of multiple-dose intravenous acetaminophen in adult inpatients
15. Preemptive multimodal pain regimen reduces opioid analgesia for patients undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
16. Alvimopan for the management of postoperative ileus after bowel resection: characterization of clinical benefit by pooled responder analysis.
17. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in orthopaedics.
18. Alvimopan for the Management of Postoperative Ileus After Bowel Resection: Characterization of Clinical Benefit by Pooled Responder Analysis
19. Lessons learned with extended-release epidural morphine after total hip arthroplasty
20. A randomized study of the serum pharmacokinetics of lower thoracic extended-release epidural morphine (DepoDur®) after lidocaine-epinephrine test dose administration in patients undergoing upper abdominal surgery

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