Doralina Anghelescu, MD

Doralina Anghelescu, MD

Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Pain Management Service

Divisions

Anesthesiology

Contact Information

Doralina Anghelescu, MD
Anesthesiology
MS 130, Room B3053
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: doralina.anghelescu@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-4034
FAX: (901) 595-4061

Education

MD - Bucharest University School of Medicine, Romania
Certificate in Business Administration - American Society of Anesthesiologists
Certification in Palliative Care Education and Practice - Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care


Research Interests

  • Pediatric pain management
  • Pediatric regional anesthesia
  • Anesthetic implications of mediastinal masses
  • Anesthesia for painful procedures
  • Sedation and anesthesia for diagnostic imaging

Selected Publications

Hoffer FA, Daw NC, Xiong X, Anghelescu D, Krasin M, Yan X, Davidoff AM, Furman WF, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Spunt SL A phase I pilot study of radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of recurrent pediatric solid tumors. Cancer Mar 15;115(6):1328-37, 2009.

Baker JN, Anghelescu DL, Kane JR. Pain still lords over children. J Pediatr Jan;152(1):6-8, 2008.

Burgoyne LL, Anghelescu DL. Intervention steps for treating laryngospasm in pediatric patients. Pediatr Anaesthesth Apr;18(4):297-302, 2008.

Anghelescu DL, Burgoyne LL, Khun RB. Multiple mechanisms of postoperative brachial plexus injury. Anaesth Intensive Care Mar;36(2):276-8, 2008.

Anghelescu DL, Burgoyne LL., Liu W, Hankins GM, Cheng C, Beckham PA, Shearer J, Norris AL, Kun LE, Bikhazi GB.  Safe Anesthesia for Radiatiotherapy in Pediatric Oncology: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Experience, 2004-2006. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys Jan 17, 2008; (Epub ahead of print).

Oakes LL, Anghelescu DL, Windsor KB, Barnhill D. An Institutional Quality Improvement Initiative for Pain Management for Pediatric Cancer Inpatients. J Pain Symptom Manage Mar 7, 2008; (Epub ahead of print)

Anghelescu DL, Ross CE, Oakes LL, Burgoyne LL. The Safety of Concurrent Administration of Opioids via Epidural and Intravenous Routes for Postoperative Pain in Pediatric Oncology Patients. J Pain Symptom Manage Apr;35(4)412-9, 2008. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

Swarm R, Anghelescu DL, Benedetti C, Boston B, Cleeland C, Coyle N, Deleon-Casasola OA, Eidelman A, Eilers JG, Ferrell B, Grossman SA, Janjan NA, Levy MH, Lynch M, Montana GS, Nesbit S, Oakes L, Obbens EA, Paice J, Syrjala KL, Urba S, Weinstein SM. Adult cancer pain. J Natl Compr Canc Netw Sep;5(8):726-51, 2007.

Anghelescu D, Burgoyne L, Li  C-H, Liu T, Pui C-H, Hudson M, Furman W, Sandlund JT. Clinical and Diagnostic Imaging Factors Predict Anesthetic Complications in Children With Malignant Mediastinal Masses. Pediatr Anaesth Nov;17 (11):1090-8, 2007.

Pershad J, Wan J, Anghelescu DL. Comparison of propofol with pentobarbital/midazolam/fentanyl for magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in children. Pediatrics Sep;120(3):e629-36, 2007. Epub 2007 Aug 14.

Anghelescu DL, Oakes L, Hinds PS. Palliative care and pediatrics. Anesthesiol Clin Mar; 24(1):145-61, 2006.

Anghelescu DL, Burgoyne LL, Oakes LL, Wallace DA. The safety of patient-controlled analgesia by proxy in pediatric oncology patients. Anesth Analg Dec; 101(6):1623-7, 2005.

Hinds PS, Oakes LL, Hicks J, Anghelescu DL. End-of-life care for children and adolescents. Semin Oncol Nurs Feb;21(1):53-62, 2005.

Burgoyne LL, Anghelescu DL, Tamburro RF, de Armendi AJ. A pediatric patient with a mediastinal mass and pulmonary embolus. Paediatr Anaesth Apr;16(4):487-91, 2006.

Anghelescu DL, Oakes LL. Ketamine use for reduction of opioid tolerance in a 5-year old girl with end-stage abdominal neuroblastoma. J Pain Symptom Manage Jul;30(1):1-3, 2005.

Anghelescu D, Oakes L. Working toward better cancer pain management for children. Cancer Pract May-Jun;10 Suppl 1:S52-7, 2002.

Anghelescu DL, de Armendi AJ, Thompson JW, Sillos EM, Pui CH, Sandlund JT. Vincristine-induced vocal cord paralysis in an infant. Paediatr Anaesth Feb;12(2):168-70, 2002.

Anghelescu D, Kaplan RF. Defining levels of sedation in pediatric patients. Anesth Analg Dec;87(6):1454-5, 1998.

Anghelescu D. A clinical study of temporal epilepsy: an extensive report on temporal epilepsy. IMF Press, Bucharest, Romania 1985.

Last update: May 2009

 

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