Anesthesia and Pain Management
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Anesthesia services
The Anesthesia Service provides the following:
- Multi-species general anesthesia, pain management, and local anesthetic services for patients in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital's Small Animal and Large Animal hospitals
- Anesthetic services for all surgeries performed in the hospitals, as well as for animals undergoing diagnostic procedures that require general anesthesia
- Consultation for other sub-specialties within the hospitals seeking solutions to sedation and pain management problems
- Consultation with the Animal Cancer Care and Research Center and the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center for routine and emergent patients
- Consultation with local veterinarians on anesthetic emergencies or on planning for difficult or challenging anesthetic cases
All of our patients undergo a careful physiological assessment prior to being premedicated and anesthetized. Extensive monitoring with state-of-the-art equipment, analgesia, and intra-operative fluid administration are conducted throughout the procedure and until the patient has fully recovered consciousness.
Anesthesia personnel
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Bio ItemRachael E. Carpenter, DVM , bio
Clinical Instructor, Anesthesiology
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Bio ItemLi-Jen Chang, BVM, MVM, CVA, PhD , bio
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Management
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Bio ItemNatalia Henao-Guerrero, DVM, MS, DACVAA , bio
Department Head, Small Animal Clinical Sciences; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology; Service Chief, Anesthesiology
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Bio ItemVaidehi Paranjape, BVSc, MVSc, MS, DACVAA , bio
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Pain Management
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Central sterile services (CSS) personnel
The Veterinary Teaching Hospital's CSS technicians assist surgeons during multi-species procedures for routine, emergency, and after-hours cases; instruct senior veterinary students by demonstrating and maintaining aseptic technique preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively; maintain the daily flow of surgical operations to ensure availability of personnel and operating rooms for all procedures; and perform central sterile procedures, including cleaning, packing, and sterilizing surgical instruments and supplies.
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