Dr. Shashi Rao

MD Anesthesia, DM Neuroanesthesia

Anesthesia, Pain Medicine & Critical Care 

Work Experience

• Anesthetist with sub-specialisation in Neuroanesthesia with over 9 years in UAE & 22 years overall experience in Anesthesia, Pain Medicine & Critical Care.
• One of the first to do Doctorate (DM) in Neuroanesthesia & Neurocritical Care. Trained in two Institutes of National Importance in India.
• Value based additional strengths apart from routine anesthesia activities are Anesthesia for Complex Spine & Neurosurgery, Bariatric & Orthopedic Surgeries, Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring, Acute (Perioperative) & Chronic Pain Medicine, Neurocritical Care & Multimodality Neurophysiological Monitoring in ICU.
• Established two divisions of Neuroanesthesia and three divisions of Neurocritical in Major Coporate Private Medical Intitutions.

Special Interests

• Anesthesia for Scoliosis & Neurovacular Procedures & Surgeries
• Chronic Pain Medicine, Peripheral & Central Nerve Blocks
• Neurocritical Care

Research / Publications:-

• Trancranial Doppler-guided cerebral blood flow augmentation resulting in near complete resolution of cerebral infarct. A case report of intractable intracranial hypertension. J Neuroanesthesiol Crit Care 2016;3:141-4.
• Case series : CSF LDH, proteins and electrolyte levels in patients of acute lymphocytic leukemia. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry 2012;413(13-14):1045-8.
• Complications of Unrecognized Urinary Bladder Distension. Anesth Analg 2007 Jan;104(1):226-7.
• Von Hippel Lindau Syndrome And Anaesthetic Considerations. Indian J. Anaesth, 2006; 50 (6):472-5.
• Mandibular Dislocation From Yawning During Induction Of Anaesthesia. Can J Anaesth, 2006 Nov; 53(11): 1164-5.
• Comparative Evaluation Of Effect Of Rocuronium And Succinylcholine On Intraocular Pressure. Journal Of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2004; 20(3): 255-261.