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
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION
GRANTS
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
STAFF APPOINTMENTS
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
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