Dr. Eugene R. Viscusi M.D.
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
111 S 11th St Suite 8490 Philadelphia PA, 19107About
Dr. Eugene Viscusi is an anesthesiologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Viscusi ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Viscusi also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Jefferson Med Coll-Thos Jefferson Univ, Philadelphia Pa 1981
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 1981
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Epidural analgesia compared with intravenous morphine patient-controlled analgesia: postoperative outcome measures after mastectomy with immediate TRAM flap breast reconstruction.
- Spinal agents for acute pain management.
- Patient-controlled transdermal fentanyl hydrochloride vs intravenous morphine pump for postoperative pain: a randomized controlled trial.
- Emerging techniques in the treatment of postoperative pain.
- The evolving role of spinal agents in acute pain.
- Liposomal drug delivery for postoperative pain management.
- Alvimopan, a peripherally acting mu-opioid receptor antagonist, compared with placebo in postoperative ileus after major abdominal surgery: results of a randomized, double-blind, controlled study.
- Emerging techniques in the management of acute pain: epidural analgesia.
- An iontophoretic fentanyl patient-activated analgesic delivery system for postoperative pain: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
- Patient-controlled analgesia: Finding a balance between cost and comfort.
- Acute post-surgical pain management: a critical appraisal of current practice, December 2-4, 2005.
- A lovely idea: forming an ASRA Acute Postoperative Pain (AcutePOP) database.
- Single-dose extended-release epidural morphine for pain following hip arthroplasty.
- Extended-duration agents for perioperative pain management.
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