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Dmitri Souza, MD, Anesthesiology, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Western Reserve Hospital

DmitriSouzaMDPhD

Anesthesiology • Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Pain Medicine, Perioperative Care, Regional Anesthesiology

Director of Clinical Research, Center for Pain Medicine, Western Reserve Hospital, Adj. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Ohio University, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

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Summary

  • Dr. Dmitri Souza earned his medical degree in 1987 and Doctor of Science degree in 2000. He graduated from the anesthesiology residency program at Yale University School of Medicine in Connecticut; from the internal medicine residency at Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland, which is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University; and from the pain medicine program at Cleveland Clinic.

    He is a Clinical Professor at Ohio University. He serves as a Chair, Member-at-Large and a Board Member at national physician associations, and a faculty at national physician symposia where he teaches pain medicine. He is board-certified in pain medicine, anesthesiology, internal medicine, and headache medicine.

    He has authored more than a hundred chapters, articles, research presentations and other publications, including books "Chronic Pain Management for the Hospitalized Patient" published by Oxford University Press, and "Bedside Pain Management Interventions", which is currently being published by Springer Science Publishing.

    His clinical expertise that includes, but is not limited to, the advanced management of widespread pain, intractable pain, headaches, neck and lower back pain, shoulder, hip, knee and other joint pain, abdominal pain, pelvic pain, cancer pain, and persistent pain in the elderly.

Education & Training

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2010 - 2011
  • Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Anesthesiology, 2007 - 2010
  • Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland
    Good Samaritan Hospital of MarylandResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
  • Irkutsk State Medical University
    Irkutsk State Medical UniversityClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 2010 - 2026
  • American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
  • American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Headache Management Headache Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Member of the Board of Directors The American Interventional Headache Society, 2015
  • Faculty The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2014
  • Best of Meeting Award, the Annual Pain Medicine Meeting Abstracts The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2014
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Books/Book Chapters

  • Interventional Pain Management 
    Chapter: Biacuplasty 
    Page 139 - 149Souzdalnitski D, Vrooman B, Cheng J.Editors: Gupta A..Oxford University PressEdition 1,2012
  • Understanding Pain 
    Chapter: Treating Pain is a Team Effort ("Multidisciplinary") 
    Page 33 - 39Souzdalnitski D, Hansen M, Cheng J.Editors: Kaye AA. et al..Praeger/ABC PressEdition 1,2012
  • Pain Medicine and Management: Just the Facts 
    Chapter: Ultrasound-Guided Interventional Pain Procedures. 
    Page 364 - 367Souzdalnitski D, Lerman I.Editors: Staats P, Wallace M..McGraw-Hill MedicalEdition 2,2015
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Authored Content

  • Corrigendum to “Point-of-Care Viscoelastic Testing Improves the Outcome of Pregnancies Complicated by Severe Postpartum Hemorrhage” [J Clin Anesth 44(2018) 50–56]April 2018

Press Mentions

  • Better Understand Regenerative Medicine and Use It in Your Practice
    Better Understand Regenerative Medicine and Use It in Your PracticeAugust 23rd, 2017

Committees

  • Member of the Board of Directors, The American Interventional Headache Society
  • Member, The American Society of Anesthesiologists, Chronic Pain Committee, Educational Track Subcommittee on Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain, Chronic Pain and Cancer Abstract Review Subcommittee
  • Chair, Regenerative Medicine Special Interest Group; Chair, Pain Freestanding Course Subcommittee; Faculty, The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

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