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Papers for Discussion:

1. Mihalko WM, Kerkhof AL, Ford MC, Crockarell JR Jr, Harkess JW, Guyton JL. Cryoneurolysis before total knee arthroplasty in patients with Severe osteoarthritis for reduction of postoperative pain and opioid use in a single-center randomized controlled trial. J Arthroplasty. 2021 May;36:1590-8. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2020.11.013.
2. Ilfeld BM, Finneran JJ, Swisher MW, et al. Preoperative ultrasound-guided percutaneous cryoneurolysis for the treatment of pain after mastectomy: a randomized, participant- and observer-masked, sham-controlled study. Anesthesiology. 2022 Nov 1;137(5):529-42. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000004334.

3. Finneran JJ 4th, Kobayashi L, Costantini TW, et al. Ultrasound-guided percutaneous cryoneurolysis for the treatment of pain after traumatic rib fracture: a randomized, active-controlled, participant- and observer-masked study. Anesthesiology. 2025 Mar 1;142(3):532-45. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005328.

Moderator and Presenter:

Che Solla, MD, MBA, is an anesthesiologist and interventional pain specialist and associate professor of anesthesiology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Graduate School of Medicine. A native of Knoxville, Dr. Solla's clinical practice includes perioperative anesthesiology as well as acute and chronic pain management. He completed undergraduate and medical school at the University of Tennessee. Prior to returning to his alma mater, Dr. Solla served for 8 years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, deploying to Iraq in 2017.

Presenters:

Robert Gassert, MD, is an assistant professor in the division of regional anesthesiology in the department of anesthesiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine-Knoxville. He obtained his MD from Medical College of  Georgia and completed his residency and fellowship in regional anesthesiology and acute pain at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology and a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and ASRA Pain Medicine.

John Madigan, MD, is a regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine fellow in the department of anesthesiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine-Knoxville in Knoxville, TN. He attended the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine.