Research Studies

NIH sponsored research studies:

John Burns, PhD and Asokumar Buvanendran, MD.

Title: Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients: Identifying Resilience and Vulnerability Profiles.

Sponsored by: National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Investigator sponsored research studies:

Asokumar Buvanendran, MD

Analgesic Efficacy and Safety of Continuous 6-Week Epidural Sympatholytic Infusion for Orthopedic Knee Procedures

Retrospective Chart Review of Opioid Prescribing in the Rush Emergency Department

Enhanced recovery pathway for total knee replacements leading to same day or next day discharge home: Experience with 4000 patients

Preoperative cognitive therapy for reducing Persistent Postsurgical Pain after total knee replacement in high-risk catastrophizing subjects

Randomized, Placebo Controlled Pilot Clinical Trial of Oral Ketamine for Acute Pain Management after Amputation Surgery

Patients after Minor Surgery with Monitored Anesthesia Care - Is It Safe to Drive?

Timothy Lubenow, MD

Data Collection Study of Patients Undergoing Any Type of Spinal Cord Stimulator

David Kim, MD

A Randomized, Controlled Trial Reviewing the Effectiveness of a Preventative Delirium Protocol in Elderly Patients while analyzing its Consequential Effects on awareness, PONV, and/or pain control

Mario Moric, MS

Testing and evaluation of pattern matching software in medical diagnostic imaging