Ravindra Prasad, MD
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POST-GRADUATE TRAINING	University of North Carolina Hospitals Chapel Hill, North Carolina  Residency, Anesthesiology  July 1994 – June 1997
	Greenville Hospital Systems Greenville, South Carolina  Internship, Transitional  July 1993 - June 1994
EDUCATION	University Of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, Michigan  Doctor of Medicine  August 1989 - June 1993
	University Of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan  Bachelor of Sciences with distinction September 1986 - May 1990
EMPLOYMENT	Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine  October 1998 – present.
	Clinical Instructor Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine  October 1997 – September 1998.
	Visiting Clinical Instructor Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine  July 1997 - October 1997.
APPOINTMENTS	Director, QA/CQI Program Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine  November 1998 – December 2000
	Co-Chair, JCAHO Task Force Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine  October 1998 – January 1999
	Member, Liver Transplant Team Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine  September 1998 – Present
	Co-director, UNC Anesthesiology Resident Simulation Program Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine  July 1997 – June 1999
	Resident Coordinator for Medical Student Teaching Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine  July 1996 - June 1997
ACTIVITIES Committees	Co-chair, Web Site Committee Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine  August 2002 – present
	Member, Clinical Competence Committee Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine  June 1998 – present
	Member, Academic and Clinical Compensation Committee Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine  February 1998 - March 1998
	Member, Educational Advisory Committee Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine  July 1997 – present
Memberships	American Society of Anesthesiologists American Society of Regional Anesthesia International Anesthesia Research Society North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists
PRESENTATIONS Workshops	Regional Anesthesia and Anatomy Workshop (Instructor). Changes and Challenges in Anesthesiology 2000. Kiawah Island, South Carolina. June 8, 2000
	Novation’s Education in Anesthesia Techniques (NEAT) Program. Anesthesia training using the METI human patient simulator. University of Wisconsin. November 30, 1999 - December 2, 1999.
	Regional Anesthesia and Anatomy Workshop (Instructor). The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. November 6, 1999.
Meetings
Lecture	Outpatient Regional Blocks: Faster? Better? Carolina Refresher Lectures, Kiawah Island, South Carolina. June 14, 2003.
Lecture	Continuous Peripheral Nerve Block Techniques. Carolina Refresher Lectures, Kiawah Island, South Carolina. June 14, 2003.
Lecture	What is the Optimal Technique for High Risk Patients: Regional Anesthesia. Carolina Refresher Lectures, Kiawah Island, South Carolina. June 13, 2003.
Educational Exhibit	How to Create a PDA-Compatible Web Site for Free The 77^th Congress of the International Anesthesia Research Society, New Orleans, Louisiana. March 21-25, 2003.
Session Coordinator	Using Handheld PDAs for Education Computers in Anesthesia Annual Meeting XXIII, Cape Canaveral, Florida. October 16-19, 2002.
Educational Exhibit (accepted; unable to attend)	How to Create a PDA-Compatible Web Site for Free The 76^th Congress of the International Anesthesia Research Society, San Diego, California. March 16-20, 2002.
Lecture	How to Develop a PDA-Compatible Web Site. Computers in Anesthesia Annual Meeting XXII, Mobile, Alabama. October 18-20, 2001.
Educational Exhibit	Creating a PDA-Compatible Web Site … for Free! American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, New Orleans. October 13-17, 2001.
Poster Presentation	Early Stages of a PDA-Compatible, Departmental Educational Web Site. Computers in Anesthesia Annual Meeting XXI.  October 20, 2000.
Lecture	Regional Anesthesia for Anesthesia Technicians. North Carolina Society of Anesthesia Technicians, Annual Meeting.  September 16, 2000.
Facilitator, PBLD	A 33-year-old with Klippel-Feil Syndrome, on Lovenox for Cesarean Section. Changes and Challenges in Anesthesiology 2000.  June 9, 2000.
Lecture	Recent advances in lower extremity anesthesia. Changes and Challenges in Anesthesiology 2000. June 8, 2000.
Poster Presentation	The level of difficulty of intubation (LDI). International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting 2000. March 2000.
Poster Presentation	Factors responsible for accidental dural puncture in parturients. Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting 1998  May 1998.
Poster Discussion	Classifying the difficulty of intubation: a new method. International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting1998  March 1998.
Poster Presentation	Ketamine and propofol in combination for sedation during laparoscopic tubal ligation. Gulf Atlantic Anesthesia Residents’ Research Conference 1995, May 1995. North Carolina Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting1996, September 1996. SAMBA Annual Meeting, May 1997.
Departmental	Hepatic and Renal Disease, July 14, 2003
	Anesthesia Delivery Systems, July 3, 2002
	Brachial Plexus Blocks (Grand Rounds), March 26, 2003
	Hepatic and Renal Disease, July 18, 2002
	Introduction to the Anesthesia Machine, July 5, 2002
	Hepatic and Renal Disease, July 16, 2001
	Introduction to the Anesthesia Machine, July 3, 2001
	Anesthesia for the Patient with Spinal Cord Injury (Grand Rounds), January 17, 2001
	QA, M&M Conferences (Coordinator/Lecturer), November 1998 – December 2000 (15-20 meetings per year)
	Review of Recent QA Issues, December 2000
	Preoperative Procedural Issues – Patient Identification, Laterality, July 2000
	Introduction to the Anesthesia Machine, July 5, 2000.
	Lower Extremity Regional Anesthesia: Anatomy, June 2000
	The Anesthesia Ventilator, July 1999
	Anesthesia for Renal Disease, July 1999
	Case Presentation: Difficult Airway in the Ambulatory Care Center, May 1999
	Regional Anesthesia in the Outpatient Setting, April 1999
	Case Presentation: High Spinal After Lumbar Plexus Block, January 1999
	Anesthesia Machine, November 1998 (anesthesia technicians)
	Case Presentation: Patient with Sickle Cell Disease in Pulmonary Edema for C-section, September 1998
	Anesthesia Systems, July 1998
	Anesthesia for Renal Disease, July 1998
	Management of the Difficult Airway, August 1997
	Effects of General Anesthesia on the Pulmonary System, May 1997 (anesthesia technicians)
	Venous Air Embolism, April 1997
	Preeclampsia and Eclampsia, a Review, November 1996
	The Anesthesia Machine, September 1996
	New and Old Modes of Ventilation, March 1996
	Myasthenia Gravis, September 1995
To Students	Shock and Sepsis, intermittently 2002-present (Fundamentals of Acute Care course)
	Pulmonary Artery Catheters, intermittently 2002-present (Fundamentals of Acute Care course)
	Basic Airway Management, intermittently 1999-present (Anesthesia elective)
	Difficult Airway Management, intermittently 1999-present (Anesthesia elective)
	Regional Anesthesia, intermittently 1999-present (Anesthesia elective)
	Preoperative Evaluation, March 1997
	Central Neuraxial Anesthesia, monthly July 1996 through June 1997
	Neuromuscular Blockade, monthly July 1996 through June 1997
	Local Anesthetics, September 1996
	Anesthesia Machine Basics, July 1996
	Poisoning (First Responder Course), August 1996
	Heat and Cold Emergencies (First Responder Course), August 1996
Other	Basics of Arterial Blood Gas Interpretation, March 2002, February 2003 (School of Dentistry residents)
	Basic Neuroanatomy for Peripheral Nerve Blockade, March 19, 2002 (lectures and cadaver review, East Chapel Hill High School human biology students)
PUBLICATIONS	Johnson, EL, Roberts, MW and Prasad, R. “Complication associated with general anesthesia: Report of case.” J Dent Child 2001; 68(5): 332-4.
	Eller, KM and Prasad, R. “Integrating Human Patient Simulation into Anesthesia Resident Training: Our Experience at the University of North Carolina.” North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists Newsletter, March 1999.
Abstracts	Prasad, RV, Dogra, S and Keogh, E. “The level of difficulty of intubation (LDI).” Anesth Analg 2000; 90(2S), S178.
	Prasad, RV, Dogra, S and Johnson, B. “Classifying the difficulty of intubations: a new method.” Anesth Analg 1998; 86; S1-S551. (S175)
CERTIFICATION, LICENSURE	American Board of Anesthesiology: October 9, 1998 North Carolina Medical License: 97-01111  California Medical License: G084547
HONORS, AWARDS Post-Graduate	Student Teaching Award, June, 1997 North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists Research Fellow: 1996
Undergraduate	Class Honors: 1990, 1989, 1987 James B. Angell Scholar: 1989  William J. Branstrom Freshman Prize: 1987  Admitted to Inteflex (integrated premedical-medical program): 1986  National Merit Scholar: 1986
PERSONAL INFORMATION	Business address: Department of Anesthesiology University of North Carolina School of Medicine N2201 UNC Hospitals CB#7010 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7010 Business phone: (919) 966-5136 E-mail me for more information.

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