Sher-Lu Pai, M.D.

  1. Anesthesiologist
  1. Kelsey M, Pai S, Lander H, Atkins JH, Lang T, Gloff M. Perioperative Medicine for Ambulatory Surgery International Anesthesiology Clinic. 2024.
  2. Gitman M, Bezinover D, Pai SL. Current Practices and Recent Advances in Perioperative Pain Management for Liver Transplantation Living Donors and Recipients. Transplantation. 2024 Oct 8 Epub 2024 Oct 08
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  3. Pai SL, Gloff M, Blitz J. Preoperative Considerations for Ambulatory Surgery: What Is New, What Is Controversial Current Anesthesiology Reports. 2024; 14:263-273. Epub 2024 Feb 22.
  4. Pai SL, Torp KD, Insignares VC, DeMaria S Jr, Giordano CR, Logvinov II, Li Z, Chadha R, Aniskevich S 3rd. Use of hydroxocobalamin to treat intraoperative vasoplegic syndrome refractory to vasopressors and methylene blue during liver transplantation. Clin Transplant. 2024 Mar; 38 (3):e15271
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  5. Furtado-Pessoa-de-Mendonca L, Hunt C, Mosquera-Moscoso J, Encalada S, Porkop L, Pai S, Eldrige J. Perioperative Management of Patients on Buprenorphine: A Literature Review Current Anesthesiology Reports. 2024.
  6. Pai S, Smith MA, Beam WB, Harbell MW. Perioperative Considerations for Patients on Semaglutide Current Anesthesiology Reports. 2024.
  7. Hong AD, Fleissner ZJ, Campos-Cuellar C, Gonzalez-Estrada A, Mao SA, Doris Wang R, Pai SL. Kounis Syndrome, an Unrecognized Presentation of Perioperative Anaphylaxis in a Transplant Candidate. Prog Transplant. 2023 Sep; 33 (3):270-271 Epub 2023 Aug 02
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  8. Lee J, Allen WL, Scott CL, Aniskevich S, Pai SL. Preemptive Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Liver Transplantation-Judicious Candidate Selection. J Clin Med. 2023 Jul 28; 12 (15) Epub 2023 July 28
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  9. Jankowska AE, Pai S, Lee JK, Austin TM, Nyshadham S, Diachun CAB, Byerly SI, Hertzberg LB, Berenstain LK. Gender Disparity in the Effects of COVID-19 on Academic Productivity and Career Satisfaction in Anesthesiology in the US: Results of a National Survey of Anesthesiologists Gender, Work & Organization. 2023.
  10. Pai SL, Grech D, Gayer S, Rodriguez L, Joshi GP, Rajan N. Should rocuronium and sugammadex replace succinylcholine for airway emergencies in class B ambulatory anesthesia settings? Minerva Anestesiol. 2023 Mar; 89 (3):197-205 Epub 2022 Nov 03
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  11. Pai SL, Selzner N. In Response: Women Leadership in Liver Transplantation. Transplantation 2023 Mar 1; 107 (3):e85 Epub 2023 Feb 21
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  12. Gonzalez-Estrada A, Avila-Castano K, Irizarry-Alvarado JM, Pai SL, Volcheck GW. Incidence of perioperative hypersensitivity reactions: A single-center, prospective, US cohort experience. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2023 Feb; 2 (1):88-92 Epub 2022 Oct 30
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  13. Pai SL, Haehn DA, Pitruzzello NE, Rao SN, Meek SE, Irizarry Alvarado JM. Reducing Infection Rates with Enhanced Preoperative Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis and Optimization Processes. South Med J. 2023 Feb; 116 (2):215-219
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  14. Andacoglu O, Izzy M, Adelmann D, Aguilera V, Becchetti C, Berenguer M, Berlakovich GA, Ghosh S, Giorgakis E, Kemmer N, Lunsford KE, Montasser IF, Montenovo MI, Mrzljak A, Pai SL, Scalera I, Selzner N. Addressing the Burden and Management Strategies for Disparities and Inequities Among Liver Transplant Professionals: The ILTS Experience. Transpl Int. 2023; 36:11240 Epub 2023 June 02
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  15. Pollok JM, Tinguely P, Berenguer M, Niemann CU, Raptis DA, Spiro M, ERAS4OLT.org collaborative. Enhanced recovery for liver transplantation: recommendations from the 2022 International Liver Transplantation Society consensus conference. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jan; 8(1):81-94.
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  16. Hogan BJ, Pai SL, Planinsic R, Suh KS, Hillingso JG, Ghani SA, Fan KS, Spiro M, Raptis DA, Vohra V, Auzinger G, ERAS4OLT.org Working Group. Does multimodal perioperative pain management enhance immediate and short-term outcomes after living donor partial hepatectomy? A systematic review of the literature and expert panel recommendations. Clin Transplant. 2022 Oct; 36 (10):e14649
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  17. de Rosner-van Rosmalen M, Adelmann D, Berlakovich GA, Francoz C, Selzner N, Berenguer M, Watt KD, Man NK, Burra P, Pai SL. Women Leadership in Liver Transplantation-Results of an International Survey. Transplantation 2022 Sep 1; 106 (9):1699-1702 Epub 2022 Aug 19
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  18. Malinzak EB, Hertzberg LB, Doyle CA, Flood P, Kraus MB, Rebello E, Pai SL, Pease S. In Response. Anesth Analg 2022 Apr 1; 134 (4):e23-e24
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  19. Pai SL, Chadha RM, Logvinov II, Brigham TJ, Watt KD, Li Z, Palmer WC, Blackshear JL, Aniskevich S. Preoperative echocardiography as a prognostic tool for liver transplant in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Clin Transplant. 2022 Feb; 36 (2):e14538 Epub 2021 Nov 29
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  20. Abcejo AS, Pai SL, Bierle DM, Jacob AK. Preoperative cognitive screening and brain health initiatives. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2022 Jan 1; 60 (1):43-47
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  21. Pai SL, Jacob AK, Wang RD. Preoperative optimization of geriatric and frail patients. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2022 Jan 1; 60 (1):33-42
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  22. Aguilera V, Andacoglu O, Francoz C, Berlakovich G, Pai SL, Adelmann D, Ghosh S, Lunsford KE, Montenovo M, Mrzljak A, Scalera I, Xie Q, Becchetti C, Berenguer M, Selzner N. Gender and Racial Disparity Among Liver Transplantation Professionals: Report of a Global Survey. Transpl Int. 2022; 35:10506 Epub 2022 Aug 16
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  23. Jacob AK, Belch LM, Pai SL. Telehealth in Anesthesia. Adv Anesth. 2021 Dec; 39:259-268 Epub 2021 Sept 08
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  24. Hertzberg LB, Miller TR, Byerly S, Rebello E, Flood P, Malinzak EB, Doyle CA, Pease S, Rock-Klotz JA, Kraus MB, Pai SL. Gender Differences in Compensation in Anesthesiology in the United States: Results of a National Survey of Anesthesiologists. Anesth Analg. 2021 Oct 1; 133 (4):1009-1018
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  25. Pai SL, Robards CB, Riutort KT, Torp KD. Oxygen delivery failure due to improper installation of carbon dioxide absorbent canister: a case report. Braz J Anesthesiol. 2021 Jul-Aug; 71 (4):443-446 Epub 2021 Apr 27
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  26. Smith NK, Zerillo J, Kim SJ, Efune GE, Wang C, Pai SL, Chadha R, Kor TM, Wetzel DR, Hall MA, Burton KK, Fukazawa K, Hill B, Spad MA, Wax DB, Lin HM, Liu X, Odeh J, Torsher L, Kindscher JD, Mandell MS, Sakai T, DeMaria S Jr. Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest During Adult Liver Transplantation: Incidence and Risk Factor Analysis From 7 Academic Centers in the United States. Anesth Analg. 2021 Jan; 132 (1):130-139
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  27. Porter SB, Hughes AJ, Ball CT, Hex KO, Brigham TJ, Pai SL. Complications of Peripherally Inserted, Large-Bore, Rapid-Infusion Catheters in Orthotopic Liver Transplant Patients. Transplant Proc. 2021 Jan-Feb; 53 (1):30-35 Epub 2020 Nov 25
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  28. Pai SL, Irizarry-Alvarado JM, Pitruzzello NE, Bosch W, Aniskevich S 3rd. Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A New Surgical Patient Flow Utilizing the Preoperative Evaluation Clinic. Am J Med Qual. 2020 Dec; 35 (6):444-449 Epub 2020 Aug 01
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  29. Hellinger WC, Haehn DA, Heckman MG, Irizarry Alvarado JM, Bosch W, Pai SL. Improving Value of Care: Cessation of Screening Urine Culture Prior to Orthopedic and Spinal Surgery. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2020 Apr; 4 (2):126-131 Epub 2020 Apr 06
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  30. Chadha R, Pai SL, Aniskevich S, McClain R, Egan B, Webb C, Sakai T. Nonopioid Modalities for Acute Postoperative Pain in Abdominal Transplant Recipients. Transplantation. 2020 Apr; 104 (4):694-699
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  31. Pai SL, Bojaxhi E, Logvinov II, Porter S, Feinglass NG, Robards CB, Torp KD. Gastric emptying of "clear liquid drinks" assessed with gastric ultrasonography: a blinded, randomized pilot study. Minerva Anestesiol. 2020 Feb; 86 (2):165-171 Epub 2019 Oct 14
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  32. Efune GE, Zerillo J, Zhou G, Mazzeffi MA, Demaria S, Wang C, Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia Research Committee Writing Group. Intravenous Fluid Management Practices in Kidney Transplant Patients: A Multicenter Observational Cohort Pilot Study. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Jan 29; 1089253220901665 [Epub ahead of print]
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  33. Chadha RM, Croome KP, Aniskevich S, Pai SL, Nguyen J, Burns J, Perry D, Taner CB. Intraoperative Events in Liver Transplantation Using Donation After Circulatory Death Donors. Liver Transpl. 2019 Dec; 25 (12):1833-1840 Epub 2019 Oct 18
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  34. Irizarry-Alvarado JM, Lundy M, McKinney B, Ray FA, Reynolds VE, Pai SL. Preoperative Evaluation Clinic Redesign: An Initiative to Improve Access, Efficiency, and Staff Satisfaction. Am J Med Qual. 2019 Jul/Aug; 34 (4):348-353 Epub 2018 Dec 07
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  35. Pai SL, Bojaxhi E, Logvinov II, Porter SB, Feinglass NG, Robards CB, Torp KD. Ultrasound Assessment of Gastric Volume After Bariatric Surgery: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2019 Jan 1; 12 (1):1-4
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  36. Moss JL, Brown BW, Pai SL, Torp KD, Aniskevich S. [Fulminant hepatic failure after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation: a case report]. Braz J Anesthesiol. 2018 Sep - Oct; 68 (5):535-538 Epub 2018 June 19
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  37. Gitman M, Albertz M, Nicolau-Raducu R, Aniskevich S 3rd, Pai SL. Cardiac diseases among liver transplant candidates. Clin Transplant. 2018 Jul; 32 (7):e13296 Epub 2018 June 19
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  38. Pai SL, Aniskevich S 3rd, Logvinov II, Matcha GV, Palmer WC, Blackshear JL. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Liver Transplantation Patients. Transplant Proc. 2018 Jun; 50 (5):1466-1469 Epub 2018 Mar 10
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  39. Pai SL. Top 10 Things Women Anesthesiologists Must Do for Academic Promotion. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2018 Summer; 56 (3):96-109
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  40. Nguyen H, Pai S, Thammasithiboon S, Gasanova I. Anesthetic Considerations for Vascular Access Placement in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease SM Journal of Anesthesia.2017;3:(1):1010.
  41. Pai SL, Wang RD, Aniskevich S. Perioperative stroke: incidence, etiologic factors, and prevention. Minerva Anestesiol. 2017 Nov; 83 (11):1178-1189 Epub 2017 Sept 13
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  42. Aniskevich S, Chadha RM, Peiris P, Taner CB, Torp KL, Thomas CS, Yataco ML, Pai SL. Intra-operative predictors of postoperative Takotsubo syndrome in liver transplant recipients-An exploratory case-control study. Clin Transplant. 2017 Nov; 31 (11) Epub 2017 Sept 14
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  43. Pai SL, Chadha RM, Irizarry-Alvarado JM, Renew JR, Aniskevich S. Pharmacologic and Perioperative Considerations for Antihypertensive Medications. Curr Clin Pharmacol. 2017; 12 (3):135-140
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  44. Ramos J, Pai SL, Perry DK, Blackshear JL, Aniskevich S. Atrioventricular Sequential Pacing for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy During Liver Transplantation. A A Case Rep. 2015 Oct 15; 5: (8)134-8.
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  45. Aniskevich S, Ladlie BL, Pai SL, Perry DK, Canabal JM, Taner CB. Postoperative Stroke Following Administration of Intraoperative Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator for the Treatment of Intracardiac Thrombus During Liver Transplantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Oct; 29: (5)1314-8.
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  46. Peiris P, Pai SL, Aniskevich S 3rd, Crawford CC, Torp KD, Ladlie BL, Shine TS, Taner CB, Nguyen JH. Intracardiac thrombosis during liver transplant: A 17-year single-institution study. Liver Transpl. 2015 Oct; 21 (10):1280-5
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  47. Aniskevich S, Pai SL. Fast track anesthesia for liver transplantation: Review of the current practice. World J Hepatol. 2015 Sep 18; 7 (20):2303-8
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  48. Mcclain RL, Ramakrishna H, Aniskevich III, Cartwright JA, Phar LG, Pai SL, Rodrigues ES, Martin AK, Shine TS. Anesthetic pharmacology and perioperative considerations for the end stage liver disease patient. Curr Clin Pharmacol. 2015; 10 (1):35-46
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  49. Aniskevich S, Pai SL, Shine TS. Anesthetic pharmacology for kidney transplantation. Curr Clin Pharmacol. 2015; 10 (1):47-53
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  50. Pai SL, Aniskevich S 3rd, Feinglass NG, Ladlie BL, Crawford CC, Peiris P, Torp KD, Shine TS. Complications related to intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in liver transplantation. Springerplus. 2015; 4:480 Epub 2015 Sept 04
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  51. Pai SL, Aniskevich S, Rodrigues ES, Shine TS. Analgesic considerations for liver transplantation patients. Curr Clin Pharmacol. 2015; 10 (1):54-65
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  52. Renew JR, Pai SL. A simple protocol to improve safety and reduce cost in hemodialysis patients undergoing elective surgery. Middle East J Anaesthesiol. 2014 Jun; 22(5):487-92.
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  53. Pai SL, Bailey JC. Perioperative management for the removal of a massive ovarian cystadenoma. A A Case Rep. 2013 Dec 1; 1(5):69-71.
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  54. Mcclain RL, Pai SL. Acute aortic occlusion presenting as paraplegia: a catastrophic complication in an elective surgical patient. A A Case Rep. 2013 Nov 15; 1(4):64-6.
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