Dr. Valerie A Arkoosh MD
Anesthesiologist
3400 Spruce St 4 Dulles Building Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Valerie Arkoosh is an anesthesiologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Arkoosh ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Arkoosh also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Univ of Ne Coll of Med, Omaha Ne 1986
University of Nebraska, Omaha, NB Medicine
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Multiport epidural catheters: does the air test work?
- What's new in obstetric anesthesia, 1993?: a review presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, May 1994, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Heart rate variability changes during pregnancy: an observational study.
- Hemodynamic effects of aortocaval compression and uterine contractions in a parturient with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
- Choosing wisely in anesthesiology: the gap between evidence and practice.
- Does continuous intravenous infusion of low-concentration epinephrine impair uterine blood flow in pregnant ewes?
- Spinal opioid analgesia for labor.
- Complications of labor analgesia: epidural versus combined spinal epidural techniques.
- Continuous spinal analgesia and anesthesia in obstetrics.
- Ilioinguinal iliohypogastric nerve blocks--before or after cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia?
- The dermatomal spread of epidural bupivacaine with and without prior intrathecal sufentanil.
- A comparison of meperidine and lidocaine for spinal anesthesia for postpartum tubal ligation.
- Maternal and fetal effects of isoproterenol in the gravid ewe.
- The effect of maternal position on fetal heart rate during epidural or intrathecal labor analgesia.
Awards
- 2007-2012 Recognized by Best Doctors in America2005-2006
Professional Memberships
- Member American Society of Regional Anesthesia
- Member International Anesthesia Research Society
- Member Society of Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine
- Member Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine
- Member Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists
- Member Philadelphia Society of Anesthesiologists
Dr. Valerie A Arkoosh MD's Practice location
Practice At 3400 Spruce St 4 Dulles Building
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