Tolga Suvar, MD

Tolga Suvar, MD

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Dept of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Attending Physician, Rush Pain Center

Education

Certifications

• Licensed Physician, State of Illinois
• Board Certified in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support & Basic Life Support

Society Memberships

• American Society of Anesthesiologists
• American Society of Regional Anesthesia
• North American Neuromodulation Society
• Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists

Committees

• Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists - Wellness Committee
• American Society of Anesthesiologists - Committee on Pain Medicine
• Rush University - Educational Committee on Chronic Pain Medicine
• Ad Hoc Member of the ASRA Pain Abstract Review Committee

Publication

• Christopher Paul, MD, Tolga Suvar, MD et al. "Comparisons of Monopolar Lesion Volumes with Hypertonic Saline Solution in Radiofrequency Ablation: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Ex Vivo Study." Pain Physician. March/April 2020 – Vol 23 Issue 2
• Tolga Suvar , Jill Mhyre and Nadir Sharawi. "Life Threatening Pulmonary Embolism During Pregnancy Requiring Emergency Embolectomy." JCAO, an open access journal 4 (2020): 113.
• Woodle B, Bingham D, Suvar T, Ramsey J, Stewart A. Malignant Hyperthermia: When You Least Expect It. Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society. August 2019; Vol. 116, No. 2
• Suvar T, Shah A, Crabtree D, Mhyre J (2018) A Retrospective Pilot Study: The Efficacy of Serratus Anterior Plane Nerve Catheters as an Alternative to Thoracic Epidural Catheters in the Treatment of Pain for Thoracic Surgeries. Anesth Commun 2: 103.
• Suvar T, Stevens M, Mehaffey G, Shah A, Arambulo M. Regional Anesthetic Technique for a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and an Unusual Appearance of the Lower Extremity Nerves. Am J Anesth Clin Res. 2017;3(2): 034-036.
• Irby J, Suvar T, Mehaffey C. Incidental Finding in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit after a Post-Anesthetic Seizure. Am J Anesth Clin Res. 2017;3(2): 037-039.
• Suvar T, Choi H and Arambulo M. Brachial Plexus Neuritis, a Rare Presentation of Parsonage-Turner Syndrome. Austin J Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2017; 5(3): 1064.

Research

• Lubenow, TR; Landphair, W;Rezvani, R; Suvar, T. Description of Cervical Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation for Upper Extremity Neuropathic Pain
• Suvar T, Shah A, Crabtree D, Mhyre J (2018) A Retrospective Pilot Study: The Efficacy of Serratus Anterior Plane Nerve Catheters as an Alternative to Thoracic Epidural Catheters in the Treatment of Pain for Thoracic Surgeries. Anesth Commun 2: 103.
• Christopher Paul, MD, Tolga Suvar, MD et al. “Comparisons of Monopolar Lesion Volumes with Hypertonic Saline Solution in Radiofrequency Ablation: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Ex Vivo Study.” Pain Physician. March/April 2020 – Vol 23 Issue 2