Medical High School

Sudheer Potru, DO

**** *. ******* ***, **** ***9

Chicago, IL 60616

Mobile: 248-***-****

*******.*****@*****.***

Objective: To obtain a private practice, academic, or hospital-based

position as an interventional pain specialist.

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

07/2014 - Present Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Fellowship, Interventional Pain Medicine

06/2014 University of Miami-Jackson Health System, Miami, FL

Residency (Categorical), Anesthesiology

EDUCATION

05/2010 Michigan State University - College of Osteopathic

Medicine, East Lansing, MI

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine with Honors

05/2006 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

Bachelor of Science with High Honors, Electrical

Engineering

RESEARCH & PRESENTATIONS

11/2014 (accepted) "Use of Transdermal Buprenorphine in Treatment of

Central Pain Syndrome and Importance of Telemedicine in

Follow-Up: A Medically Challenging Case"

(for American Society of Regional Anesthesia Pain Medicine Meeting,

San Francisco, CA)

05/2014 (reviewing) "Optimal Management of Acute Post-Thoracotomy Pain:

A Review Article"

(with Rengarajan J, Rodriguez Y, Candiotti K, University

of Miami Dept. of Anesthesiology)

04/2014 "Treatment of Neuropathic Pain in a Postpartum Patient with

Presumptive Autoimmune Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A

Medically Challenging Case"

(Primary presenter, American Society of Regional Anesthesia, Chicago,

IL)

10/2013 "Cerebroprotective Hypothermia after Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Malfunction"

(Primary presenter, ANESTHESIOLOGY 2013, San Francisco, CA)

04/2013 "Postoperative Weakness: A Novel Presentation - The Unusual

Suspects"

(Presented with Weyers MD and Baik MD, Conference of Society of

Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, 4/5/2013, Miami, FL)

10/2012 "Difficult Airway in a Carotid Artery Transection Patient with

Questionable Acute Stroke: A Medically Challenging Case"

(Primary presenter, ANESTHESIOLOGY 2012, Washington, DC)

09/2010 "MR Carotid Plaque Imaging and Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography

Identifies Lesions Associated With Recent Ipsilateral

Thromboembolic Symptoms: An In Vivo Study at 3.0 Tesla"

(J.K. DeMarco, H. Ota, H.R. Underhill, D.C. Zhu, M.J. Reeves, M.J.

Potchen, A. Majid, A. Collar, J.A. Talsma, S. Potru, et al,

American Journal of Neuroradiology 31: 1395-1402, September

2010)

DEVICE COURSES (2014-2015)

11/2014 Boston Scientific Spinal Cord Stimulation Workshop for

Fellows

Prior to ASRA Meeting (San Francisco, CA)

10/2014 St. Jude Medical Spinal Cord Stimulation Workshop for

Fellows

Chicago, IL

10/2014 Kimberly-Clark Water-Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation

Cadaver Course

Rush Surgicenter, Chicago, IL

09/2014 Medtronic Balloon Kyphoplasty and Training Course

Orthopedic Learning Center, Rosemont, IL

08/2014 Boston Scientific Spinal Cord Stimulation Workshop for

Fellows

Rush SurgiCenter, Chicago, IL

08/2014 Medtronic Fundamentals of Implantable Pain Therapies

Workshop for Fellows

Pain and Spine Center, Burr Ridge, IL

OUTREACH

1/2014 Airway Management Workshop

Intravenous Access Workshop

(With Jerry Kalangara, MD)

- Instructed medical students about anesthesiology, in

addition to demonstrating airway management techniques

and methods for obtaining intravenous access

Sponsor: American Association of Physicians of Indian

Origin Winter Medical Conference

Location: Deauville Beach Resort, Miami Beach, FL

5/2013 AAPI Outreach Health Fair

(With Ashwin Mehta, MD, Kinjal Shah, MD, et al.)

- Helped organize health fair for elderly Indian-Americans

at a local Hindu temple in suburban Chicago

- Educated prospective patients about diabetes and

cardiovascular disease, specifically from a surgical

and/or anesthetic perspective in conjunction with

residents of other specialties

Sponsor: American Association of Physicians of Indian

Origin

Location: Aurora, IL

11/2012 ASRA Resident Section Committee Community Outreach Program

(With David Webb, MD; Vania Fernandez, MD, et al.)

- Educated North Miami Beach high school students about

the medical profession and anesthesiology, in addition

to demonstrating procedures including ACLS, intravenous

access, and endotracheal intubation

Sponsor: American Society of Regional Anesthesia Resident

Section Committee

Location: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine,

Miami, FL

MEMBERSHIPS

Fellow Member, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Resident Section Committee

Fellow Member, North American Neuromodulation Society

Fellow Member, American Society of Anesthesiologists

Fellow Member, American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists

Fellow Member, Sigma Sigma Phi Osteopathic Honor Fraternity

Medical Student/Resident/Fellow Chapter, American Association of Physicians

of Indian Origin

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