
Sara Amaral, MD, EDRA, DESAIC
@saraamaralmd
@DukeU Research Scholar 🔬, @rapmonline SoMe Editor, Founder of Blocker Girl, @MSF anesthesiologist, regional anesthesia lover, wife and cat mom x 3 🐈🐈🐈
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Make sure to stop by this poster and put your pin into it. We want to know “Where did you start your regional anesthesia and pain medicine journey?” #ASRASpring #ASRA50 ASRA Pain Medicine


Chronic post surgical pain (CPSP) - a silent epidemic. How many of you have had or known someone with CPSP? Eleni Moka #ASRASpring #ASRA50 ASRA Pain Medicine


Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA 🇨🇦🇮🇳🏴 Rakesh Sondekoppam ASRA Pain Medicine ESRA | European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA 🇺🇸🇵🇭 Raj Gupta, MD, FASRA Amanda Kumar Stephen Haskins Samer Narouze,MD,PhD,MMM 🩺 Hari (హరి 🇮🇳) Kalagara 👨⚕️ meg rosenblatt Sara Amaral, MD, EDRA, DESAIC Missed that one to go exercise the flashmob dance 🫣






Controversies!! What’s best for thoracics? ESP vs PVB vs TEA Ki Jinn Chin gets it started “Pick the thing that works on the real world” Can’t ignore the pile of positive studies Better pain, opioid use, QoR, PONV But… also “I’m only going to be as good as I’m going to be” 😅


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


💥The #ASRASpring25 meeting was an absolute blast 🙏Kudos to Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA 🇨🇦🇮🇳🏴 for putting this amazing program together 🍛50th ASRA Pain Medicine anniversary dinner was 🔥 📖Educational content was novel Can’t wait for the next one!


This last few days, Jeff Gadsden and I took #BILIH #BlockItLikeItsHot Block It Like It’s Hot Podcast on the road for the first time ever, thanks to a collaboration with GE HealthCare Vscan Family We attended the ASRA Pain Medicine #ASRASPRING25 #ASRA50 meeting. Can you name ALL of the guests in this clip?…

#ASRASpring25 was unforgettable! 🤝 Incredible network 📚Outstanding lectures 💉Amazing opportunities to share knowledge 💃🏻 Infinite fun! Thank you Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA 🇨🇦🇮🇳🏴 and everyone involved in putting together such a great event! Already planning for the next 🏃🏻♀️🏃🏻♀️


I’m excited to share the incredible honor that was receiving the 2025 Excellence in Education Award. Thank you Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA 🇨🇦🇮🇳🏴 for the nomination. I could not be more grateful to 2 people directly involved in the success of my journey: Dr. David MacLeod and Jeff Gadsden #dukie



Would you do a lidocaine spinal in 2025? When I talk to other anesthesiologists, the answer is not clear cut...🤔 #LidoSpinal #TNS Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA 🇺🇸🇵🇭 Dr Amit Pawa💉🎙️ ASRA Pain Medicine Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine Association of Anaesthetists Tanya Dr. Ron George 🇨🇦 #Anesthesiologist Amy Pearson, MD, FASA Jonny Wilkinson ESRA | European Society of Regional Anaesthesia

Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA 🇺🇸🇵🇭 Dr Amit Pawa💉🎙️ ASRA Pain Medicine Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine Association of Anaesthetists Tanya Dr. Ron George 🇨🇦 #Anesthesiologist Amy Pearson, MD, FASA Jonny Wilkinson ESRA | European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Anesthesiology News Duke Anesthesiology Dr. Laura Duggan ASA® Orlando RPN Madhav Swaminathan Emily Sharpe, MD, FASA 🩺 Hari (హరి 🇮🇳) Kalagara Steve Coppens Samer Narouze,MD,PhD,MMM But maybe things have changed?? We recently looked at a series of over 1000 lidocaine spinal anesthetics at our institution and found a TNS incidence of....0.2%. Wait, how? What has changed?? Sara Amaral, MD, EDRA, DESAIC Amanda Kumar Michael Bullock Jennifer Noerenberg Nabil Elkassabany MD MBA MSCE Alan Macfarlane


Absolutely Jeff Gadsden it's a routine part of my arthroplasty practice! 👏 One of the best articles of 2025 in RA


🩺 Is Spinal LIDOCAINE Safe for Outpatient Joint Arthroplasty? • 🦵 TNS incidence: 0.2% (1,011 patients) • 📉 Multimodal protocols slash risk compared to historical rates >20% 🔗 doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2… Authors: Sara Amaral, MD, EDRA, DESAIC @THEsae253616 Joshua Dooley Jeff Gadsden #RAPM


Andrew Lovett Dr Huw Dr Amit Pawa💉🎙️ Siva Arumugam, MD, FASA ASRA Pain Medicine ASA® The American Board of Anesthesiology 🩺 Hari (హరి 🇮🇳) Kalagara Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA 🇺🇸🇵🇭 Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA 🇨🇦🇮🇳🏴 SankarK AORA India Renuka George MD, FASA Nadia Hernandez, MD, FASA Sree H Praveen Kolli Sara Amaral, MD, EDRA, DESAIC Block It Like It’s Hot Podcast Hey Dr Huw here’s a video showing the technique—hope it helps! youtu.be/l25Wy1FqWK4?si…