How I Do It
Learn from your colleagues. ASRA Pain Medicine members share how they perform common procedures and accomplish other tasks.
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How I Do It: Caudal Block
Feb 9, 2026, 04:40 by Vrushali Ponde, MBBS, MD, Amrita Rath, MD, DNB, PDCC, EDAIC, FCAI, EDRA, and Rammurthy Kulkarni, MBBS, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Phrenic Sparing Shoulder Block
Nov 9, 2025, 18:38 by Hassan Rayaz, MD, Julia Newton, MD, and Eric Siu, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Basivertebral Nerve Ablation for Vertebrogenic Pain
Nov 9, 2025, 18:38 by Vafi Salmasi, MD, MS, Samir J. Sheth, MD, Ramana K. Naidu, MD, and Zachary L. McCormick, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Restorative Neuromodulation for Chronic Low Back Pain
Nov 9, 2025, 18:38 by Joseph Liao, MD, and Michael S. Leong, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Lumbar Plexus Block
Aug 12, 2025, 05:03 by Michelle Lim, MD, Chris Deeble, MD, and Rakesh Sondekoppam, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Denervation of the Hip Joint Under Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy
Aug 12, 2025, 05:02 by Abdulaziz Almazidi, MD, Anthony Machi, MD, and Howard Meng, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Thoracic Paravertebral Block
May 6, 2025, 08:10 by Ranjith Kumar Sivakumar, MD, EDRA, and Manoj Kumar Karmakar, MD, FRCA, DA (UK), FHKCA, FHKAMFull story -
How I Do It: X-Ray-Guided Thoracic Nerve Root Block
May 6, 2025, 08:10 by Hiroki Nakamura, MD, Keiji Hashizume, MD, PhD, and Ikuo Uekita, MD, PhDFull story -
How I Do It: Transversalis Fascia Plane Block
May 2, 2024, 06:05 by Joanne Tan, BMed, MD, FANZCA, and Ki Jinn Chin, MBBS, FANZCA, FRCPCFull story -
How I Do It: Erector Spinae Plane Block and Spinal Anesthesia for Same Day Lumbar Spine Surgery
Feb 8, 2024, 02:30 by Elird Bojaxhi, MD, and Eric Deloso, DO, MSFull story -
How I Do It: Implementing Virtual Reality for Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation
Feb 8, 2024, 02:00 by Kenneth Schmitt, BS, Robert Miller, BS, Ariana Nelson, MD, and Navid Alem, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Discontinuation of Opioid Prescription
Nov 6, 2023, 03:30 by Sudheer Potru, DO, FASA, and Ariana Nelson, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Distal Upper Extremity Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks
Nov 6, 2023, 00:30 by Herman Sehmbi, MBBS, MD, EDRA, EDAIC, MSC, Ushma Jitendra Shah, MBBS, FRCA, EDRA, EDAIC, and Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA, EDRA, MSCFull story -
How I Do It: PEricapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block
Aug 1, 2023, 04:00 by Sree Kolli, MD, EDRA, Sindhuja R. Nimma, MD, Promil Kukreja MD, PhD, CMQ, FASA, and Philip Peng MBBS, FRCPCFull story -
How I Do It: Occipital Nerve Stimulator Implant Procedure Guidance
Aug 1, 2023, 03:00 by Alexander Nurre, MD, Haider Ali, MD, Maddassir Sana, MBBS, Maged Guirguis, MD, and Yashar Eshraghi, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Weaning Strategy for Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: Sublingual Buprenorphine-Naloxone Microdosing Schedule
Aug 1, 2023, 02:00 by Vanessa Choi Yin Wong, BSc, MD, Jill Osborn, MD, PhD, FRCPC, and Vishal Varshney, MD, FRCPC, FRCPCFull story -
How I Do It: Celiac Plexus Block
Feb 1, 2023, 08:30 by Kevin Neal, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Stellate Ganglion Blocks for Refractory Ventricular Electrical Storm
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How I Do It: Genicular Nerve Blocks for Acute Pain
May 1, 2022, 03:30 by Sophia Dunworth, MD, and Jeff Gadsden, MD, FRCPC, FANZCAFull story -
How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Sciatic Nerve Block at the Popliteal Fossa
Feb 7, 2022, 04:00 by Poonam Pai B.H., MD, MS, and Samiat Jinadu, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Anterior Suprascapular Block, Superior Trunk, and the Significance of the Suprascapular Posterior Anterior Anatomy
Feb 7, 2022, 03:30 by David B. AuyongFull story -
How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Quadratus Lumborum Block
Feb 6, 2022, 00:00 by Hesham Elsharkawy, MD, MBA, MSC, FASAFull story -
How I Do It: Scalp Blocks for the Neuroanesthesiologist
Nov 1, 2021, 02:30 by Cassandra Dean, MD, and Alexander Papangelou, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Neuraxial Ultrasound
Nov 1, 2021, 02:00 by Sree Kolli, MD, EDRA; Samer Narouze, MD, PhD; Hari Kalagara, MD, FCARCSIFull story -
How I Do It: Costoclavicular Brachial Plexus Block
Nov 1, 2021, 01:30 by Ranjith Kumar Sivakumar, MD, and Manoj Kumar Karmakar, MD, FRCAFull story -
How I Do It: Pediatric Regional Anesthesia - Ultrasound-Guided Pudendal and Caudal Blocks
Sep 8, 2021, 15:41 by Rani Sunder, MD, Seattle Children's HospitalFull story -
How I Do It: Introducing Procedural Simulation into Pain Fellowship
May 1, 2021, 20:00 by Dalia H. Elmofty, MD, University of ChicagoFull story -
How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Temporomandibular Dysfunction Prolotherapy
May 1, 2021, 20:00 by W. Francois Louw, CCFP(EM), FCFP, MBChB (Pret), DA(SA), ECFMG, Adv. Dipl Pain Mgt CAPM (Interventional Pain Management), Bill Nelems Pain and Research CentreFull story -
How I Do It: The Oblique “Scotty Dog” Approach to the S1 Transforaminal Epidural Injection
May 1, 2021, 19:02 by Mayank Gogna, MD, and Moustafa Ahmed, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical SchoolFull story -
How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Ankle Block
May 1, 2021, 19:00 by Herman Sehmbi, MBBS, MD, EDRA, EDAIC, MSc (Clinical Trials); Ushma Jitendra Shah, MBBS, FRCA, EDRA, EDAIC; Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA, EDRA, MSc (Clinical Trials)Full story -
How I Do It: Epidural Electrical Stimulation (Tsui Test) for Thoracic Epidural Catheter Confirmation
May 1, 2021, 17:00 by Kwesi Kwofie, MD, FRCPC, Dalhousie University, and Ban Tsui, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Stanford UniversityFull story -
How I Do It: Magic Potion for Spinal Anesthesia
May 1, 2021, 15:00 by Patrick Hartmann, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterFull story -
How I Do It: Perioperative Analgesia for Lower Limb Amputations
May 1, 2021, 14:00 by Duy A Do, MD, and John-Paul J. Pozek, MD, University of Kansas Medical CenterFull story -
How I Do It: Establishing a Pain Management Practice in the Middle East: Challenges We Face and How to Solve Them
May 1, 2021, 13:00 by Reda Tolba, MD, and Ammar Salti, MD, Cleveland Clinic Abu DhabiFull story -
How I Do It: Buprenorphine Conversions/Inductions in the Pain Clinic and Postoperative Settings
May 1, 2021, 12:00 by Sudheer Potru, DO, FASAM, Emory University School of Medicine; Eugene Viscusi, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFull story -
How I Do It: Managing an Obstetric Patient with Chronic Pain
May 1, 2021, 11:00 by Mark Zakowski, MD, FASA, Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterFull story -
How We Do It: Enhanced Recovery Pathway for Geriatric Hip Fracture
May 1, 2021, 10:00 by Anthony Machi, MD; Megan Sorich, DO; and Austin Street, MD, FASAFull story -
How I Do It: Shoulder Articular Nerve Blockade and Radiofrequency Ablation
Nov 1, 2020, 16:00 by Maxim Eckmann, MD; Mihir Joshi, MD; Brittany Bickelhaupt, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Suprainguinal Fascia Iliaca Block
Nov 1, 2020, 15:30 by Peter E. Amato, MD, and Matthew R. Thames, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression
Nov 1, 2020, 15:00 by Tariq Malik, MD, and Yamah Amiri, MBBSFull story -
How I Do It: Regional Anesthesia for Shoulder Surgery
Nov 1, 2020, 14:00 by Poonam Pai, BH, MD, MS, and Sonya Bohaczuk, MD, MPHFull story -
How I Do It: Hip Radiofrequency Ablation
Nov 1, 2020, 13:30 by Ameet Nagpal, MD, MS, MEdFull story -
Nerve Stimulator in Regional Anesthesia: Is it Out of Vogue?
Nov 1, 2020, 13:00 by Jaasmit Khurana, MD; Vivian H.Y. Ip, MBChB, MRCP, FRCA; Rakesh Sondekoppam Vijayashankar, MD; and Ban Tsui, MD, MSc, FRCPCFull story -
How I Do It: Right C8 Selective Nerve Root Block in Prone Position
Oct 6, 2020, 16:44 by Brendan Thelen M.D., Pain Medicine Fellow; Wyndam Strodtbeck M.D., Faculty Anesthesiologist; Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WAFull story -
How I Do It: A Pathway for Total Knee Arthroplasty
Aug 1, 2020, 19:33 by Rahul Guha, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Stellate Ganglion Blocks
Aug 1, 2020, 17:12 by Dalia Elmofty, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Transversus Thoracic Plane Block
Jun 24, 2020, 19:46 by Renuka George, MD; Kirsten Dahl, MD; Johanna Blair de Haan, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Infiltration Between Popliteal Artery and Capsule of Knee (iPACK)
May 3, 2020, 13:21 by Sanjay Sinha, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Saphenous Nerve Block
May 1, 2020, 22:10 by Ashley Matthews Shilling, MD, and Paul DeMarco, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Rib Fractures
May 1, 2020, 20:00 by Reva Ramlogan, MD, FRCPC, and Sarah Tierney, MD, FRCPCFull story -
How I Do It: The Anterior Sciatic Nerve Block in the Original Ultrasound-Guided, Long-Axis, In-Plane Approach
May 1, 2020, 19:00 by Timur J.P. Ozelsel, MD; Vivian H.Y. Ip, MBChB, MRCP, FRCA; Rakesh Sondekoppam Vijayashankar, MBBS, MD; Ban Tsui, MD, MSc, FRCPCFull story -
How I Do It: Obturator Nerve Block
May 1, 2020, 18:14 by Brett Elmore, MD, and Matt Thames, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Transversus Thoracic Plane and Pecto-Intercostal Fascial Block
May 1, 2020, 16:00 by Renuka George, MD; Kirsten Dahl, MD; and Johana Blair de Haan, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Infiltration Between Popliteal Artery and Capsule of Knee (iPACK)
May 1, 2020, 15:19 by Sanjay Sinha, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Erector Spinae Block for Rib Fractures: The Penn State Health Experience
May 1, 2020, 14:00 by Hillen Cruz Eng, MD; Ki Jinn Chin, MB, BS, FANZCA; Sanjib D. Adhikary, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Retroclavicular Approach to the Infraclavicular Region (RAPTIR) Block
May 1, 2020, 11:00 by Jonathan Bailey, BA, MD, MSc, FRCPC, and Vishal Uppal, MBBS, FRCA, EDRAFull story -
How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Sacral Lateral Branch Blocks
Feb 7, 2020, 17:36 by Marta Vargas-Salazar, MD; Jan A. Venter, MD, CCFP; Roderick J. Finlayson, MD, FRCPCFull story -
How I Do It: Objective Structured Clinical Examination for Training in Regional Anesthesia
Feb 7, 2020, 16:19 by Amanda Kumar, MD, and Jeff Gadsden, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Real-Time Ultrasound-Guided Spinal Anesthesia
Aug 7, 2019, 14:03 by Paul McHardy MD FRCPCFull story -
How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Bilateral Rectus Sheath Blocks
Aug 7, 2019, 14:01 by Francis V. Salinas, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Thoracic Paravertebral Blockade
Aug 7, 2019, 14:01 by Myles Conroy, MBBS, DRANZCOG, FANZCAFull story -
How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Combined Suprascapular and Axillary Nerve Block
Aug 7, 2019, 14:01 by Darcy J. Price, MBChB, FANZCAFull story -
How I Do It: TAP Block
Aug 7, 2019, 14:00 by Rishi Modi, MD Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TXFull story -
How I Used to Do It: Anesthesia and Analgesia for Total Knee Arthroplasty: Four Decades of Evolution
Aug 6, 2019, 15:54 by James D. Turner, MD, and Robert S. Weller, MDFull story -
How I Do It: Learning Lessons From Organizing an Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Course at the Cleveland Clinic
Aug 6, 2019, 15:43 by Hari Krishna Prasad Kalagara, MD, FCARCSI, EDRAFull story -
How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Injection for the Shoulder (Part 1)
Aug 6, 2019, 14:30 by Philip Peng, MBBS, FRCPC Founder (Pain Medicine)Full story -
How I Do It: Ultrasound-Guided Injection for the Shoulder (Part 2)
Aug 6, 2019, 14:28 by Philip Peng MBBS, FRCPC, Founder (Pain Medicine)Full story -
How I Do It: Managing an “Inherited” Intrathecal Pump Patient
Aug 6, 2019, 14:18 by Lynn R. Kohan, MD, MSFull story -
How I Do It: Edmonton Perspectives in Providing Sustainable Anesthesia
Nov 5, 2018, 20:08 by Vivian H.Y. Ip, MBChB, MRCP, FRCA; Rakesh Sondekoppam Vijayashankar, MBBS, MD; Timur J.P. Ozelsel, MD; Ban Tsui, MD, MSc, FRCPCFull story