Arjunan Ganesh, MBBS, FRCS

Phone: 215-590-1858
MBBS - Kilpauk Medical College, University of Madras, India
General Surgery - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Anesthesiology - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatric Anesthesiology and Cardiac Anesthesiology - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Anesthesiology – American Board of AnesthesiologyPediatric Anesthesiology – American Board of Anesthesiology
MS - University of Delhi, Delhi, India
FRCS - Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Attending Anesthesiologist
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Muhly WT, Gurnaney HG, Kraemer FW, Ganesh A, Maxwell LG. A retrospective comparison of ropivacaine and 2-chloroprocaine continuous thoracic epidural analgesia for management of postthoracotomy pain in infants. Paediatr Anaesth. 2015 Nov;25(11):1162-7. doi: 10.1111/pan.12745. Epub 2015 Aug 26.
Gurnaney H, Muhly WT, Kraemer FW, Cucchiaro G, Ganesh A. Safety of pediatric continuous interscalene block catheters placed under general anesthesia – A single center’s experience. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2015 Mar;59(3):377-83. doi: 10.1111/aas.12471.
Gurnaney H, Kraemer FW, Maxwell L, Muhly WT, Schleelein L, Ganesh A. Ambulatory continuous peripheral nerve blocks in children and adolescents-A longitudinal eight year single center study. Anesth Analg. 2014 Mar;118(3):621-7. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182a08fd4.
2013
Muhly W, Gurnaney H, Hosalkar H, Kraemer F, Davidson R, Ganesh A. Continuous perineural infusion after lower extremity osteotomies in children: a feasibility and safety analysis. Br J Anaesth. 2013 May;110(5):851-2. doi: 10.1093/bja/aet100.
Schleelein LE, Perate AR, Ganesh A. Supraclavicular block as a sole anesthetic technique in craniopagus twins. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2013 Sep-Oct;38(5):456-8. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e318296227e.
Gurnaney H, Ganesh A. Incidence and effects of unintentional intraneural injection during ultrasound-guided subgluteal sciatic nerve block. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2013 Jan-Feb;38(1):72. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e318273b91b.
Ambardekar AP, Ganesh A, Schwartz AJ. The value of ultrasound in the safe care of a patient with neurofibromatosis. Anesthesiology. 2013 May;118(5):1206. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31826e704c.
Muhly WT, Ganesh A. Ultrasound Guided Infraclavicular Block. Chapter 9. In: Mannion S, Iohom G, Dadure C, Reisbig MD, Ganesh G. Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia In Children- A Practical Guide. Cambridge University Press; 2015.
Ganesh A, Muhly WT. Performance of Regional Anesthesia in Children. Chapter 2. In: Mannion S, Iohom G, Dadure C, Reisbig MD, Ganesh G. Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia in Children- A Practical Guide. Cambridge University Press; 2015.
Gurnaney H, Ganesh A. Ultrasound Guided Rectus Sheath Block. Chapter 16. In: Mannion S, Iohom G, Dadure C, Reisbig MD, Ganesh G. Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia in Children- A Practical Guide. Cambridge University Press; 2015.
Gurnaney H, Ganesh A. Ultrasound Guided Interscalene Block. Chapter 10. In: Mannion S, Iohom G, Dadure C, Reisbig MD, Ganesh G. Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia in Children- A Practical Guide. Cambridge University Press; 2015.
A Retrospective Comparison of Ropivacaine and Chloroprocaine Continuous Epidural Analgesia for Management of Post Thoracotomy Pain in Infants Presented at the American Society of Anesthesiology Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. October 2014
Ganesh A. Ultrasound Guided Tracheal Intubation (UGTI): A Novel Intubation Technique Presented at the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV. March 2013.
2007, "Anesthesia and Analgesia" Journal's editor's pick as the best paper in the year 2007 for the paper titled "Continuous peripheral nerve blockade for inpatient and outpatient post-operative analgesia in children"
2007, Chair award for faculty. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2006, Chair award for faculty. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2005, Chair award for faculty. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2002, Joseph L. Seltzer Alumni Award for Academic Excellence (Anesthesiology), Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
2002, Outstanding Graduate Resident (Anesthesiology), Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
1995-1998, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, United Kingdomanesh
1987, First in Surgery, Kilpauk Medical College, Madras, India
1986, Distinction in Forensic Medicine
1980, National Merit Scholarship (India)