Suman Rajagopalan, M.D., FASA
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Suman Rajagopalan, M.D., FASA
Professor
Positions
- Professor
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Anesthesiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
Education
- MBBS from Bangalore University
- 01/1998 - Bangalore, India
- Residency at Karnatak Institute of Medical Sciences
- 08/2004 - Hubli, India
- Residency at Baylor College of Medicine
- 02/2011 - Houston, Texas United States
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic
- 02/2007 - Cleveland
Certifications
- Board Certified Anesthesiologist
- The American Board of Anesthesiology
- Board Certified in Basic Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography
- The National Board of Echocardiography
Honors & Awards
- Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, Ben Taub and Trauma Anesthesiology
- 2015
- Chairman's Award for establishing Anesthesiology services at Baylor-St.Lukes Medical Center
- 2015
- Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Faculty Excellence Award
- For Teaching and Evaluation
- 04/2016
- Star Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care
- Baylor College of Medicine (05/2020)
- Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award
- For Educational Research
- Baylor College of Medicine (02/2020)
- Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award
- Baylor College of Medicine (02/2021)
Professional Interests
- Clinical Anesthesiology
- Trauma Anesthesiology
- Simulator Based Training
- Resident Education
- Clinical Research
Websites
Selected Publications
- Rajagopalan S, Mascha E, Na J, Sessler DI. "The effects of mild perioperative hypothermia on blood loss and transfusion requirement.." 2008 Jan;108:71-77. Pubmed PMID: 18156884
- I. Kurz A, Fleischmann E, Sessler DI, et al. "Effects of supplemental oxygen and dexamethasone on surgical site infection: a factorial randomized trial.." 2015 Sep;115(3):434-43. Pubmed PMID: 25900659
- Akça O, Kurz A, Fleischmann E, et al. "Hypercapnia and surgical site infection: a randomized trial.." Br J Anaesth. 2013 Nov;111(5):59-67. Pubmed PMID: 23887247
- Rajagopalan S, Nwazota N, Chandrasekhar S. "Outcomes in pregnant women with acute aortic dissections: a review of the literature from 2003 to 2013.." Int J Obstet Anesth.. 2014 Nov;23(4):348-56. Pubmed PMID: 25223644
- Rajagopalan S, Harbott M, Ortiz J and Bandi V. "Anesthetic management of a large mediastinal mass for tracheal stent placement." Rev Bras Anestesiol 2014. 2016 Mar;66(2):215-218.
- Rajagopalan S, Palvadi RR. "A unique case of pulmonary artery catheter bleeding from the oximetry connection port." Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2014 Nov;64(6):443-5.
- Oritz J, Rajagopalan S "A review of local anesthetic techniques for analgesia after laparoscopic surgery." Journal of minimally invasive surgical scienc. 2013;3(2):e11310..
- Rajagopalan S, Suresh M, Clark SL, Serratos B, Chandrasekhar S "Airway management for cesarean delivery performed under general anesthesia." Int J Obstet Anesth. 2017;29:64-69.
- Lee SC, Minard C, Rajagopalan S "The use of podcast videos for airway skills." Clin Teacher. 2019;16:585-588.
- Lee SC, Nguyen V, Nguyen A, Minard CG "Teaching anesthesiology residents how to obtain informed consent." J Educ Perioper Med. 2019;21(e632)
- Chang LC, Lee SC, Ding AL, Rajagopalan S "Fiberoptic orotracheal intubation of obese patients using Parker Flex tip vs. standard endotracheal tube." Turkish Journal of Anesth. 2019;35:387-91.
- Rajagopalan S, Gopinath S, Trinh VT, Chandrasekhar S "Anesthetic considerations for labor and delivery in women with cerebrospinal fluid shunts." Int J Obstet Anesth. 2017;29:23-29.
Memberships
- American Society of Anesthesiology
- Member (01/2006)
- Texas Society of Anesthesiology
- Member
- Trauma Anesthesiology Society
- Member
Languages
Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil
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