Seval Gunes, M.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE 

Practice Address    4927 Lake Ridge Parkway, Suite #170

                                    Grand Prairie, TX 75052-3073

                                    Phone: 972-606-8980

                                    Fax: 972-606-8923

  Education

 12/89        M.D.          University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Postgraduate Training

 01/90 - 06/92             Resident in Cardiac Surgery

                                    German Heart Center, Munich

 07/92 - 06/93             Research Fellow in Laparoscopic Surgery

                                    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

 07/93 - 06/94             Intern in General Surgery

                                    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Postgraduate Training (Cont'd)

 07/94 - 06/97             Resident in Anesthesiology

                                    Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

 07/97 - 09/98             Fellowship in Pain Management

                                    University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

 
Medical Licensure

09/97                          Texas State Board of Medical Examiners - #K3744

 
Certifications

04/98                          Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology

09/01                          Pain Management Subspecialty Certification

                                    American Board of Anesthesiology

Academic and Hospital Appointments

10/04 – present         Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management

                                    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

09/04 – 10/04            Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management

10/98 - 08/04             Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management

10/98 - present          Active Staff in Anesthesiology and Pain Management

                                    Dallas VA Medical Center (VAMC)

05/01 - 09/01             Assistant Chief of the Pain Management Section

                                    Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service

                                    Dallas VA Medical Center

10/01 - 05/02             Acting Chief of the Pain Management Section

                                    Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service

                                    Dallas VA Medical Center

06/02 – 10/04            Section Chief of the Pain Management Section

                                    Dallas VA Medical Center

06/02 – 10/04            Assistant Chief of the Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service

                                    Dallas VA Medical Center

10/04 – present         Part-time staff anesthesiologist VA Dallas

 Dallas VA Medical Center Committees

 2001                           Member, Medication Use and Nutrition Committee

2001                           Member, Department of Anesthesiology Information Technology

                                         Workgroup

2003                           Chairman, Pain Management Committee

2003                           Member, Ethics Committee

2003                           Member, PA Professional Standards Board

2003                           Member, Patient Care Committee

2003                           Member, Renal Vascular Interventional Committee

Professional Activities and Awards

06/96                          Editorial Board, Internet Journal of Anesthesiology

05/97                          Book reviewer for Williams and Wilkins Publishers

03/00                          Co-organizer, 1^st Annual VA Dallas Pain Management Symposium

04/00                          Reviewer for Federal Practitioner

05/00                          Dallas-Fort Worth Federal Executive Board, Public Service Excellence

                                         Finalist for Outstanding Team Work Award for the

                                         Pain Management Clinic at Dallas VA Medical Center

03/01                          Co-organizer, 2^nd Annual VA Dallas Pain Management Symposium

07/01                          Attended Leadership Summit on Pain Management in Los Angeles

04/02                          Co-organizer, 3^rd Annual VA Dallas Pain Management Symposium

05/03                          Co-organizer, 4^th Annual VA Dallas Pain Management Symposium

05/04                          Co-organizer, 5^th Annual VA Dallas Pain Management Symposium

 Medical Associations

                                    American Society of Anesthesiologists

                                    International Anesthesia Research Society

                                    International Spine Intervention Society

                                    American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

                                    American Society of Regional Anesthesia

                                    Texas Society of Anesthesiologists

Investigative Reports

1.   Robinson BL, Donohue JH, Gunes S, Thompson GB, Grant CS, Sarr MG, Farnell MB, van Heerden JA: Selective operative cholangiography: appropriate management for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.  Archives of Surgery 1995; 130(6):625-30; discussion 630-1.

2.   Kollmorgen CF, Gunes S, Donohue JH, Thompson GB, Sarr MG: Proximal gastric vagotomy.  Comparison between open and laparoscopic methods in the canine model. Annals of Surgery 1996; 224(7):43-50.

3.   Gunes S, Varon J, Walsh G: Mediastinal teratoma presenting as massive hemoptysis in an adult. J Emerg Med 1997; 15(3):313-6.

4.   Wong ET, Gunes S, Gaughan E, Patt RB, Ginsberg L, Hassenbusch SJ, Payne R: Palliation of intractable cancer pain by MRI-guided cingulotomy.  Clin J Pain 1997; 13(3):260-3.

5.   Patt RB, Gunes S: Cancer pain management.  General Surgery News; 10/1998; 15-20.

6.   Hassenbusch SJ, Gunes S, Wachsman S, Willis KD: Intrathecal clonidine in the treatment of intractable pain. A phase I/II study. Pain Med 2002;3:85-91.

TEACHING PORTFOLIO 

Year 1999

03/15         "Treatment of Intractable Chronic Pain with Intrathecal Clonidine" 8^th John J. Bonica Maui Pain Conference, Maui, Hawaii

06/09         "Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia" Grand Rounds, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Dallas VA Medical Center

09/08         "The Internet - From Cookies to URL" Grand Rounds, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Dallas VA Medical Center

Year 2000

03/16         "Cancer Pain Management" 1^st Annual Pain Management Symposium, Dallas VA Medical Center

11/22         "Does a Perioperative Continuous Infusion of Nitroglycerine Improve Outcome in Non-Cardiac Operations?" Grand Rounds, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Dallas VA Medical Center

Year 2001

06/20          "The Role of Computers and the Internet in Anesthesia Education" Grand Rounds, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, UT Southwestern

Year 2002

02/27         "Surgical Airway" Grand Rounds, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Dallas VA Medical Center

04/06         "Management of Chronic (Benign) Pain" 3^rd Annual Pain Management Symposium, Dallas VA Medical Center

04/06         "Myths and Realities of Opioid Management in Chronic Pain" 3^rd Annual Pain Management Symposium, Dallas VA Medical Center

06/05         "Use of Surgical Airway (Cricothyroidotomy Kit) in Emergencies", Grand Rounds, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Dallas VA Medical Center

06/26         "New Medications in Anesthesiology: Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Blockers and Fenoldopam" Grand Rounds, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Dallas VA Medical Center

09/18         "Case Presentation: Aortic Occlusion" Grand Rounds, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Dallas VA Medical Center

11/25         "Opioids" Multidisciplinary Pain Conference, Dallas VA Medical Center

12/11         "Centers of Excellence for Regional Anesthesia Preceptorship" Grand Rounds, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Dallas VA Medical Center

Year 2003

02/12         "Regional Anesthesia For Day Surgery. The Duke Experience" Grand Rounds, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, UT Southwestern

05/17         "Interventional Procedures for Pain Management" 4^th Annual Pain Management Symposium, Dallas VA Medical Center

06/11         "Basics of Pain Management" Grand Rounds, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Dallas VA Medical Center

11/04         "Complex Regional Pain Syndrome" PBLD, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, UT Southwestern

Year 2004

02/11         Morbidity and Mortality Conference, Grand Rounds, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Dallas VA Medical Center

02/18         "Fluid restriction and its effect on outcomes after elective colon resection" Journal Club Presentation Grand Rounds, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Dallas VA Medical Center

02/25         "Vertebroplasty and IDET from the Anesthesiology Standpoint", Grand Rounds, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Dallas VA Medical Center

03/18         "The Addicted Brain" Presentation Multidisciplinary Pain Conference, Dallas VA Medical Center

04/29         "Driving Impairment in opioid-tolerant patients?" Journal Club Presentation Multidisciplinary Pain Conference, Dallas VA Medical Center

05/06         "Management of Patients with Chronic Pain at The Dallas VA Medical Center" 5^th Annual Pain Management Symposium, Dallas VA Medical Center

07/07         "Emergency Vertebroplasty" Presentation Grand Rounds, Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Dallas VA Medical Center

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