
Raj Gupta, MD, FASRA
@dr_rajgupta
Tweets are my own & not medical advice. Professor of Anesthesiology at VUMC. Photographer. Educator. Host of ASRA RAPP podcast. Developer for ASRA apps.
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https://linktr.ee/dr_rajgupta 31-03-2008 20:40:50
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I am speechless after Ryan D'Souza, MD โs talk (1/2) Non-pharmacologic tools for acute pain: โค๏ธMusic: Activates reward/emotion centers, raises pain threshold (esp. preferred music) โค๏ธAcupuncture: Taps into endorphins, NE, endocannabinoids #ASRASPRING25 #ASRA50 Next Aromatherapy


Steven Bradley, MD Dr Amit Pawa๐๐๏ธ ASRA Pain Medicine GE HealthCare Vscan Family Jeff Gadsden Raj Gupta, MD, FASRA Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA ๐บ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ Nadia Hernandez, MD, FASA Sandy Kopp James K. Kim Stephen Haskins Ki Jinn Chin AnahiPerlas @Alicia Lopez Warlick MD, FASA Amanda Kumar Steve Coppens Thank You! It was great fun! Jeff Gadsden Dr Amit Pawa๐๐๏ธ


SO MUCH #POCUS at ASRA Pain Medicine #ASRASPRING25 #ASRA50โผ๏ธ Amazing faculty for #FoCUS WS and session on #HOCUSPOCUS interactive extravaganza! ๐ฉบ Hari (เฐนเฐฐเฐฟ ๐ฎ๐ณ) Kalagara Nadia Hernandez, MD, FASA Siva Arumugam, MD, FASA Renuka George MD, FASA Jennifer Noerenberg Raj Gupta, MD, FASRA AnahiPerlas Jan Boublik Iyabo Muse, MD, FASA Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ


David Provenzano, MD ASRA Pain Medicine Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Samer Narouze,MD,PhD,MMM Stephen Haskins Stuart Grant Sandy Kopp Lynn Kohan Max Eckmann Eleni Moka Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA ๐บ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ meg rosenblatt CAS Regional & Acute Pain Section Nibras F. Bughrara, MD, FCCM, FASA AnahiPerlas HSS Anesthesiology Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society ASAยฎ Mayo Clinic Department of Anesthesiology Patrick Giam Balavenkat Subramanian Ezzat Aziz MD FRCA FFARCSI MSc DA AFSRA LASRA Internacional AORA India AOSRA-PM The American Board of Anesthesiology ESRA | European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Raj Gupta, MD, FASRA SuwimonTang Juan P. Cata๐ฆ๐ท๐บ๐ธ Harsha Shanthanna Rakesh Sondekoppam MD Anderson Cancer Center Stanford Anesthesiology Promil Kukreja MD.,PhD.,FASA Siva Arumugam, MD, FASA Sree H Praveen Kolli Mayo Clinic Cleveland Clinic Mayo Clinic Pain Medicine RLJohnson Nabil Elkassabany MD MBA MSCE Philip Jones Monica Harbell, MD, FASA #ASRASPRING25 ๐ฅ time . Congratulations to Rakesh Sondekoppam Rakesh Sondekoppam for the ASRA Pain Medicine 2025 Presedential Scholar Award! Ban Tsui for Gaston Labat Award ๐ฅ Ashok Kumar Buvanendran for Distinguished Service Award ! Congrats to Vishal Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Congrats to ALL


We are going to have so much content from ASRA Pain Medicine #ASRASpring25 #ASRA50 to Share ! Thanks to GE HealthCare Vscan Family for the collaboration! Jeff Gadsden and I are so excited for what we recorded and grateful for everyone joining in with Block It Like Itโs Hot Podcast #BILIH #BlockItLikeItsHot

Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA ๐บ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ doing a fantastic job too. #ASRASPRING25 #ASRA50 What an amazing PRO-CON ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ปASRA Pain Medicine


Pro Con Debate ongoing about probe covers! Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA ๐บ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ Alex Stone providing alternate sides to the topic. Butโฆ as Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA ๐บ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ cited Jeff Gadsden, I love my mom so Iโm personally unsure. To each their own. ASRA Pain Medicine Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Lynn Kohan


What did you love? What can we improve? Planning has already been underway for #asraspring26 with Drs. Le-Wendling and Porter. Reach out to ASRA Pain Medicine in any/all avenues to offer feedback. #workshops #lectures #experts #pblds #posters #ASRASPRING25 #asrs50


Our first guests on the #ASRASPRING25 #ASRA50 #BILIH #BlockItLikeItsHot Block It Like Itโs Hot Podcast live podcast in collaboration with GE HealthCare Vscan Family were a powerhouse combination of Sandy Kopp & Nadia Hernandez, MD, FASA Youโll have to wait for the pod to find out what they were talking about! Jeff Gadsden

Ki Jinn Chin (ESP) vs Karmakar (PVB) vs Coppens (TEA) for thoracic surgery. My favorite line from Steve Coppens: TEA failure rate was 10% (primary) & 5% (secondary), but ESP failure rate is 100%. ๐ Toronto, Hong Kong, and Belgium represent! ASRA Pain Medicine #ASRASPRING25 #ASRA50


Still smiling after an unforgettable #ASRA50 thanks to my amazing ASRA Pain Medicine family for making it so special! โค๏ธ Huge love to Elizabeth Smith & ๐ฉบ Hari (เฐนเฐฐเฐฟ ๐ฎ๐ณ) Kalagara, my right & left hand in planning couldnโt have done it without you both! Safe travels home โ๏ธ c u in Phoenix 2026๐ตโ๏ธ


Uchenna Umeh, MD, FASA Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ASRA Pain Medicine Monika Nanda Engy Tadros Said James K. Kim Raj Gupta, MD, FASRA Uppal is the real magician one of the best scientific ASRA scientific program . Congratulations and celebration

David Provenzano, MD ASRA Pain Medicine Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Samer Narouze,MD,PhD,MMM Stephen Haskins Stuart Grant Sandy Kopp Lynn Kohan Max Eckmann Eleni Moka Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA ๐บ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ meg rosenblatt CAS Regional & Acute Pain Section Nibras F. Bughrara, MD, FCCM, FASA AnahiPerlas HSS Anesthesiology Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society ASAยฎ Mayo Clinic Department of Anesthesiology Patrick Giam Balavenkat Subramanian Ezzat Aziz MD FRCA FFARCSI MSc DA AFSRA LASRA Internacional AORA India AOSRA-PM The American Board of Anesthesiology ESRA | European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Raj Gupta, MD, FASRA SuwimonTang Juan P. Cata๐ฆ๐ท๐บ๐ธ Harsha Shanthanna Rakesh Sondekoppam MD Anderson Cancer Center Stanford Anesthesiology Promil Kukreja MD.,PhD.,FASA Siva Arumugam, MD, FASA Sree H Praveen Kolli Mayo Clinic Cleveland Clinic Mayo Clinic Pain Medicine RLJohnson Nabil Elkassabany MD MBA MSCE Philip Jones Monica Harbell, MD, FASA Vrushali Ponde #ASRASpring25 What a fabulous ๐ฅฐ ASRA Pain Medicine #ASRASPRING25 golden jubilee meeting. The most memorable for me in my life time ! Glad I made my case for fluids as drugs with #VExUS ! #POCUS Live demo with experts Interactive sessions PBLD #regionalanesthesia #pain #ASRA50


Reflecting on #ASRASPRING25 !! Heartfelt congrats to Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ and the entire ASRA Pain Medicine team for a very successful meeting. The meeting was a showcase for the history of society and display of its bright future


One of the major highlights for me was connecting with our friends from across the globe ESRA | European Society of Regional Anaesthesia AFSRA AOSRA-PM Eleni Moka Afak Nsiri Balavenkat Subramanian UVA Anesthesiology UVA Regional

