Experience

 

Dr. Anitha Sanapala is an expert Anesthesiologist and Intensivist at the Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital & Research Institute, Visakhapatnam. Her areas of expertise and interests are specifically in Critical Care Medicine. She worked as Senior Resident at VIMS, and IDCCM at Seven Hills.

Expertise

 

Area(s) of Interest

• Hemodynamics
• Trauma
• Ultrasound For Optimizing Critically Ill (Including Echo)

Treatment(s)/ Procedure(s) Performed

• Ultrasound-guided adult/pediatric central line placement
• Lung ultrasound / 2D echo / EFAST / Abdominal Ultrasound / Compression Ultrasound for DVT
• Nasotracheal and Endotracheal intubations (Adult, Pediatric and Neonatal)
• Central Neuraxial Blocks and Peripheral nerve Blocks using nerve locator
• Difficult IV Cannulations / Venepuncture / Central vein cannulation
• Tracheostomies  
• Eye ultrasound for optic nerve diameter
• Ultrasound-guided ascetic fluid tapping
• Interpretation of CTs & MRIs
• Basic life support & Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Peripheral artery cannulation
• Epidural catheterization (Lumbar and Thoracic)
• Management of Ventilators and its accessories
• Transportation of critically ill patients
• Management of difficult airway

Treatment(s)/ Procedure(s) Offered

Anesthesiology and Intensivist

Doctor’s ScoreCard

The Number of cases of Anesthesiology and Intensive Performed by Dr. Anitha Sanapala is more than 21,000 Anesthetized, Chemoports – 70, Picclines 150.

Education & Training

 

Name of Institute(s)

• MD (Anesthesia) from Katuri Medical College
• IDCCM – Seven Hills Hospitals, Visakhapatnam
• MBBS from NRI Medical College, Guntur

Training

• Difficult Airway Management
• Vascular Accesses Including Chemo Port Placements And Picc Lines
• Critically Ill Management
• Labour Analgesia
• Fiberoptic Intubations and Bronchoscopy
• Percutaneous Tracheostomy

Professional Highlights

 

Awards

Distinction in MBBS and MD Practicals

Publications

• Management of bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paresis after thyroidectomy
• A comparative study-efficacy and safety of combined spinal epidural anesthesia versus spinal anesthesia in high-risk geriatric patients for surgeries around the hip joint
• Management of Meralgia Paresthetica with Pulsed Radio Frequency Ablation of the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve and Dorsal Root Ganglion at L2 & L3 Level
• Bilateral Splanchnic Nerve Radiofrequency ablation in patients with upper abdominal visceral Malignancy- Results in a tertiary care cancer hospital

Professional Achievements & Membership

• Bls And Acls Instructor-American Heart Association
• Joint Secretary-Indian Society Of Critical Care Medicine, Vizag Chapter
• Lifetime Member of the Indian Society Of Anesthesiologists
• Lifetime Member of the Indian Society Of Critical Care Medicine