ArunKalavaMD,FASA, EDRA

Pain Medicine

Consultant in Pain Medicine

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Office
3606 W Swann Ave
Tampa, FL 33609
Phone+1 813-533-6259

Fax+1 813-441-7425

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville)Fellowship, Pain Medicine, 2014 - 2015
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist HospitalResidency, Anesthesiology, 2011 - 2014
Mercy Catholic Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2010
Siddhartha Medical College NTRClass of 2002

Marquis Who's Who in America Marquis, 2015
Best Anesthesiology Resident New York Methodist Hospital, 2013-2014
Course Instructor: Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, St Petersburg, FL, 2016
The Brokenshire-Forsythe Memorial Award for Best Original Scientific Paper Presented by the Physicians Alumni Association of the Methodist Hospital New York Methodist Hospital, 2012, 2103
Editor in Chief, Pain Medicine Stat Pearls, Clearwater, Florida, 2018
Editorial Board Member International Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 2015
Member at Large: Resident Section Committee the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA), 2013-2015
2nd Prize, Oral Presentation, Anesthesiology Residents’ Night New York Academy of Medicine, New York, 2013
1st place, American College of Physicians (ACP) Pennsylvania Southeastern 2010 Poster Competition; Title: Excessive Test Ordering American College of Physicians ( ACP), 2010
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PubMed

34 citations
A Review of Nonanesthetic Uses of Ketamine.
Abby M. Pribish, Nicole Wood, Arun Kalava
Anesthesiology Research and Practice. 2020-04-01
23 citations
Efficacy of ginger on intraoperative and postoperative nausea and vomiting in elective cesarean section patients
Arun Kalava, Sandipkumar Darji, Allison Kalstein, Joel Yarmush, Joseph SchianodiCola
European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology. 2013-07-01
5 citations
Pudendal nerve blocks in men undergoing urethroplasty: a case series.
Arun Kalava, Abby M. Pribish, Lucas Wiegand
Romanian Journal of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 2017-10-01

Journal Articles

Bilateral thoracic paravertebral nerve blocks for placement of percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a case series,
Kalava A, Clendenen S, McKinney JM, Bojaxhi E, Greengrass R, Romanian Journal of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Continuous L2 Paravertebral Block for Postoperative Analgesia After Direct Anterior Hip Arthroplasty: A case series,
AE Ardon, RR Reed, RL McClain, A Kalava, J Lee, J Redmond, R Greengrass, Middle Eastern Journal of Anesthesia
Utilization of paravertebral nerve blocks as part of a multimodal analgesic regimen in a patient with Bernard-Soulier syndrome undergoing a Nuss procedure
Bojaxhi E, Kalava A, Greengrass R, Romanian Journal of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 2016
Mistaken Endobronchial Placement of a Nasogastric Tube During Mandibular Fracture Surgery
Kalava A, Clark K, McIntyre J, Yarmush JM, Lizardo T, Anesthesia Progress, 2015
What’s new in Regional Anesthesiology? Introduction to the Pecs Block
Kalava A, Lam N, Kalava A, Lam N,, 2/2014
Anesthetic Management of Undiagnosed Advanced Extrauterine Pregnancy under Combined Spinal Epidural Anesthesia,
Kalava A, Mardakh S, Weinberg J, SchianodiCola J, Yarmush JM, Ahmed KY, Journal of Anesthesiology and Clinical Science,, 11/3/2012
How clean are the overhead lights in operating rooms?
Kalava A, Midha M, Kurnutala LN, SchianodiCola J, Yarmush JM, American Journal of Infection Control,, 10/11/2012
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T1, T2 Paraverterbal Blocks Provide Opioid Sparing in First Rib Resection for Thoracic Outlet SyndromeDecember 2017
T1, T2 Paraverterbal Blocks Provide Opioid Sparing in First Rib Resection for Thoracic Outlet SyndromeDecember 2017