🔍 This scoping review on chest wall analgesia shows fascial plane blocks offer: ✅ Pain relief ✅ Opioid reduction ✅ Safer options when TEA isn’t feasible 🤔May ESP & SAPB be the future of trauma pain care? 🔗doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2… Authors 👏 👏 Ahtsham Niazi Aneurin Moorthy (Ano)

And let's also give a shout out to all our Excellence in Education Awardees! Congratulations to Drs. Sara Amaral, MD, EDRA, DESAIC, Siva Arumugam, MD, FASA, Stephanie Cheng, MD, DABMA, FAAMA, Sandeep Dhanjal, Shravani Durbhakula, MD, MPH, MBA, Christy Hunt, Brinda Kamdar, Keith May, Daniel McMillan, Alopi Patel, M.D., FASA, & Peter Yi. We applaud your #meded!

🚨 Join Alopi Patel, MD, FASA at PAINWeek 2025! 🚨 Don’t miss her 2 sessions on pelvic pain at PAINWeek 2025! 🩺 Gain expert insights on diagnosis & treatment! 🩻💡 👉 hubs.li/Q03grs_K0 Alopi Patel, M.D., FASA #PAINWeek2025 #PelvicPain #PainManagement

It’s 2025. We know the power of advanced pain medicine—from pharmaceuticals to regional anesthesia. Yet many hospitals still lack an ACUTE PAIN SERVICE. Healthcare is 17.6% of GDP. Money isn't the issue. Patients suffer. This must change. #MedTwitter ASRA Pain Medicine ASA Monitor

🎙️If we look this happy just recording the ASRA Sneak Peek podcast Imagine the energy at the actual meeting!✨ youtube.com/live/k3_T7_GJj… Don’t miss #ASRASpring25 ASRA Pain Medicine Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA 🇨🇦🇮🇳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Raj Gupta, MD, FASRA Ryan D'Souza, MD

💡 Flip the switch, cut the carbon! 🌱 Shutting down ultrasound machines between scans = 80% less energy, C$40K+ saved, and 106 tons CO₂ avoided yearly in Alberta 🌍💸 That’s like taking 26 cars off the road! 📖 Full Article: doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2… Deirdre Kelleher

Want to learn how I make infographic content for Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine journal? Sign up for #ASRASpring25 #PBLD on May 1 where I will be breaking it down step-by-step with real examples and tips to level up your own visuals Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA 🇨🇦🇮🇳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Sara Amaral, MD, EDRA, DESAIC Alopi Patel, M.D., FASA Siva Arumugam, MD, FASA Brian D. Sites, M.D., M.S.

Join Dr. Alopi Patel at #PAINWeek2025! 🎉 A double board-certified anesthesiologist, pain physician, and lifestyle medicine expert, Dr. Patel is also the creator of The Hurt by The Female Pain Docs podcast. 🎧💡 Alopi Patel, M.D., FASA #PAINWeek #PainManagement #LifestyleMedicine

Discover the power of collaboration in the OR! Anesthesiologists and surgeons unite under ERAS protocols to revolutionize patient recovery and outcomes. @asamonitor @asalifeline @apsforg buff.ly/SMnuCZq

📘 Preparing for #ASRASPRING25? Begin with the April issue of RAPM, featuring high-impact studies on regional techniques, pain pathways, and perioperative care. 🧠 bit.ly/42P0fDp #PainMedicine

💥The #ASRASpring25 meeting was an absolute blast 🙏Kudos to Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA 🇨🇦🇮🇳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for putting this amazing program together 🍛50th ASRA Pain Medicine anniversary dinner was 🔥 📖Educational content was novel Can’t wait for the next one!

Thank you ASA® for the opportunity to discuss the safety of epidurals! Having had 2 epidurals myself, the length may seem daunting but the gauge (thickness) is actually the tip of a pen! Epidural or not, vaginal or c-section, anesthesiologists are ready to help!

Learn how policies in these areas can make a meaningful difference: 🔸 Flexibility during fertility treatments 🔸 Paid maternity leave 🔸 Lactation spaces with adequate break time 🔸 Support for menopause ow.ly/XwlF50VJZhk Meera Kirpekar, M.D. Alopi Patel, M.D., FASA #WomenInMedicine

Hearts & Nerves: Preventing Chronic Pain in Cardiac Surgery ✅ Bilateral ESP block after cardiac surgery reduces acute pain & opioid use ❌ Doesn’t impact chronic postsurgical pain at 3 or 6 months doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2… Burhan DOST, MD esra turunc Alessandro De Cassai Hesham| BTCBULL_Token Team

Healing isn’t just for our patients—it’s for us, too. 💬💙 In the latest RAPM Focus, Courtney J. Burns, Elliott Higgins, MD 👨‍🎤 on Bluesky & Alopi Patel, M.D., FASA explore well-being & reflection in anesthesiology—featuring Healing Emotional Wounds by Morgan Granzow. 🎧👇 🔗 bit.ly/4kCMjEx

Grateful that the @asalifeline Committee on Women Anesthesiologists has been supportive of new ways to advocate for women in all career and life stages. Great @asamonitor article by Alopi Patel, M.D., FASA Meera Kirpekar, M.D. buff.ly/VQYnG6n

💥 Ganglion Impar Block - Relief for Tailbone Pain? Meta-analysis: 📊 11 studies, 625 pts ⬇️Decreased pain throughout study ✅ No serious side effects 🔗 doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2…

The moment you've all been waiting for... abstract submission for #ASRAFALL25 is now open! 👀 Get your scientific abstracts, medically challenging cases, and safety QA/QI projects in by Thursday, August 7, and be part of the meeting! Details here: asra.com/pain/abstracts

🧠 Should Sedation During Nerve Blocks Be Personalized? 🔥 High pain catastrophizing = less pain with sedation 😊 Low pain catastrophizing = more satisfaction with reassurance 💡 Tailor care to mindset. 🔗 Read more about this study here: doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2…

🎧 New on RAPM Focus: Drs. Ryan D’Souza & Nasir Hussain join Dr. Brian Sites to discuss COIs in spinal cord stimulation trials. Can financial ties skew results? Listen now! 🔗 bit.ly/3TGshNp Ryan D'Souza, MD Brian D. Sites, M.D., M.S.