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, 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 are 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