Dr. Pardeep Sood

Dr. Pardeep

EDUCATION 

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 
Special Clinical Fellowship – Pain Management & Anesthesiology 01/1996-01/1997

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 
Post Doctoral Fellowship – Pain Management 01/1995-09/1996

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 
Residency – Department of Anesthesiology 10/1994-09/1995

Royal Bournemouth & Poole General Hospital, U.K. 
Registrar – Department of Anesthesiology 06/1992-09/1994

South Tyneside District Hospital, South Shields, U.X, 
Senior House Officer – Department of Anesthesiology 08/1991-06/1992

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India 
Senior Resident – Department of Anesthesiology 07/1982-02/1983

Post Graduate institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India 
Junior Resident —- Department of Anesthesiology 07/1979-06/1982

Dayanand Hospital, Ludhiana, India 
Internship 09/1978-08/1979

Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India 
Medical School 07/1973-06/1978

HONORS 

  • Designated East Coast Trainer In “Advanced Neurostim Techniques” for Medtronic 2001 – 2004
  • Designated Trainer Spinal Cord Stimulation for Boston Scientific 2005 – 2008
  • Kataria Memorial Gold Medal for the Best Post-Graduate of the Year 1983
  • Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, Indla 
  • Examiner for Certification In Anesthesiology 1990
  • Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION 

  • Board Certification in Pain Medicine  Sept. 1998
  • American Board of Anesthesiology 
  • Recertification in Pain Medicine 
  • American Board of Anesthesiology 2010
  • Board Certification in Anesthesiology April 1997
  • American Board of Anesthesiology 
  • Fellow Royal College of Anesthetists 1993
  • FRCA, UK 
  • Fellow Faculty of Anesthetists at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1993
  • FFARCSI, Ireland 
  • M.D. In Anesthesiology 1982
  • Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India 

GRANTS

  • Efficacy of Intrathecal opioids and adjuvants in the treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy 1998 – 2000
    Sponsor: Medtronic 
  • Multicenter study of the “Isomed” Infusion pump 1998 – 2000 
    Sponsor: Medtronic 
  • A Prospective, Randomized, Multi-centered Crossover Study to Evaluate the Effects of Percutaneously Inserted Spinal Cord Stimulation; Comparing 8 electrodes with 16 electrodes 2001
    Sponsor: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems 
  • Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Headache 2002 
    Sponsor: Medtronic 

LECTURES 

Neurological Alterations of Chronic Pain 
International Pelvic Pain Society Meeting, Simsbury, Connecticut 

Advanced Spinal Cord Stimulation Techniques
Grand Round Presentation, Divisions of Pain Management 
Cornall Medical Center and Hospital for Special Surgery 

Management of Neuropathic Pain 
Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, Vale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 

Role of Neuraxial infusion in Management of Cancer Pain 
Oncology Grand Rounds, Yale University Schoof of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Pain Management in Podiatry Practice 
Annual Conference of Connecticut Podiatry Association, Connecticut 

Central Modulation of Pain 
Surgical Grand Rounds, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut 

Neuromodulation and Chronic Pain 
Combined Surgery and Anesthesia Grand Rounds St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut 

Brain-Stem Dysfunction and Chronic Pain 
Grand Rounds, Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Connecticut 

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: Fact or Fancy? 
Grand Rounds, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 

Circulatory changes during tracheal extubation 
Annual National Conference of Indian Society of Anesthesiologists, Chandigarh, Indla 

Comparison of time of onset and hypotensive effects of alkalinized and non-alkalinized lidocaine for epidural anesthesia 
Annual National Conference of Indian Society of Anesthesiologists, Udaipur, India 

Perioperative management of patients with coronary artery disease 
Association of Surgeons of India, Ludhiana, India 

Problems of Transurethral resection of prostrate 
Association of Surgeons of India, Ludhiana, Indla 

Practice of Anesthesiology 
Indian Society of Anesthesiologists, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, Indla 

Epidurals Revisited 
Grand Rounds, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, UK 

Update on Trans Esophageal Echocardiography 
Grand Rounds, Poole General Hospital, UK 

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS 

  • Chief – Division of Pain Management 2000 – Present
    St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut 
  • Anesthesiologist – Pain Management Specialist – Partner Feb. 2012 – Present
    Pain and Spine Specialists of Connecticut, LLC, Trumbull, Connecticut 
  • Anesthesiologist – Pain Management Specialist – Partner Jan. 2002 – Jan. 2012
    Connecticut Pain Care, PC, Trumbull, Connecticut 

STAFF APPOINTMENTS 

  • St. Vincent’s Medical Center 1998 – Present
    Bridgeport, Connecticut 
  • Bridgeport Hospital 2005 – Present
    Bridgeport, CT 
  • Griffin Hospital 1997 – 2011 
    Derby, Connecticut 
  • Hospital of St. Raphael’s 1998 – 2002 
    New Haven, Connecticut 
  • Norwalk Hospital 2000 – 2002 
    Norwalk, Connecticut 
  • Special Clinical Feltow, Pain Management and Anesthesiology 1996 – 1997 
    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 
  • Post-Doctoral Associate In Pain Management 1995 – 1996
    Yale University Schoo! of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • Attending Anesthesiologist 1993 – 1994
    Royal Bournemouth & Poole General Hospitals, UK 
  • Reader In Anesthesiology 1988 – 1991 
    Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India 
  • Senior Lecturer in Anesthesiology 1983 – 1988 
    Dayanand Medica! College, Ludhiana, India 

PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS 

Thromboembolic deterrent stockings fail to prevent hypotension associated with spinal anesthesia for elective cesarean section.”
Sood PK, Cooper PIF, Michal MZ, Wee MYK, Pickering RM. 
International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia; Vol.5, No.3, pages 172-175 July 1996

Esophageal detector device: Ellick’s evacuator vs. syringe.
Sook PK, Hamschmidt M, Bayils R. 
Anesthesiology; Vol,82, No.1, pages 324-315 Jan. 1995

Comparison of time of onset and hypotensive effect of alkalinized ond non-alkalinized lidocaine for epidural anesthesia.
Sood PK, Singh B, Sood S, 
Asian Archives of Anesthestology; Vol. XXXUI, No.2, pages 205-211 Oct.-Dec 1990

Chronic Pelvic Pain: Evaluation and Management.”
Sook PK, Saberski L, edited by Blackwall RE & Olive DL, 
Chronic Pelvic Pain: Role of the Pain Management Specialist 1997

Correlation of quantitative sensory testing (QST} to pain and symptoms in chronic pain patients.
Thimineur MA, Kita} M, Sood P, Gudin J. 
(Abstract) American Pain Society Scientific Meeting 1999 

Efficacy of Intrathecal opiates and adjuvants in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome.
Thimineur MA, Kitaj M, Sood P, Gudin J. 
(Abstract) American Patn Society Scientific Meeting 1999 

Efficacy of intrathecal ketamine In the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome.
Thimineur MA, Kitaj M, Seed P, Gudin J. 
(Abstract) American Pain Society Scientific Meeting 1999

Malingering and symptom magnification: A case report illustrating the limitations of clinical judgement.
Thimineur MA, Kalizewsky T, Sood P. 
Connecticut Medicare (in press) 

Central Nervous System Abnormalities in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CAPS): Clinical and 
Quantitative Evidence of Medullary Dysfunction.
Thimineur Mark, Sood Pardeep, Kravitz Edward, Gudin Jeff, and Kita) Madeline. 
The Clinical Journal of Pain; Vol.14, No.3, pages 256-267    Sept. 1998 

Dermoid tumors occurring at the site of previous meningocele repair.
Pansey BK, Verma A, Sood PK, Chhabra SC, Pansey M, 
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery; Vol.90, No.2, pages 137-140      1988 

Medullary dysfunction in complex regional pain patients.
Thimineur MT, Kravitz E, Gudin 5, Sood PK 
Poster Abstract at the American Pain Society, New Orleans, Louisiana           Oct. 23-26 1997 

Psychological assessment and sensory-motor dysfunction in complex regional pain syndrome.
Kravitz E, Thimineur MT, Gudin J, Sood PK 
Poster Abstract at the American Pain Society, New Orleans, Louisiana           Oct, 23-26 1997 

Cardiovascular effects of vecuronium.
Dogra SK, Sood PK 
Thesis for Panjab University, Chandigarh, India 

MEMBERSHIPS 

  • American Neuromodulation Society 
  • American Pain Society 
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists 
  • American Society of Interventional Pain Specialists 
  • Connecticut Pain Society 
  • Indian Society of Anesthesiologists