Padma Gulur, MD

Position

Director, Inpatient Pain Service; Director, Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care Service; Director, Center for Pain Medicine MGWest Waltham; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Clinical Specialty

Interventional pain management, cancer pain, pediatric pain management

Professional Activities

• My clinical interest lies in the treatment of acute, chronic and cancer-related pain.
• Program development of the first Pediatric Pain Program here at the MGHfc
• Current Research:
  • Computer Assessment of Mood and Pain
  • Pediatric procedure-related pain study 
  • Child computer assessment of pain, NIH SBIR award
  • Clinical Trial Anesiva "Zingo" for local anesthetic prior to IV placement
• Active Projects:
  • An Open-label, Multicenter Study of the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Efficacy of Buprenorphine Transdermal System (BTDS) in Children From 7 to 16 Years of Age, Inclusive, Who Require Continuous Opioid Analgesia for Moderate to Severe Pain
  • Optimal Method of Pain Management in Patients with Multiple Rib Fractures, a comparative study of the ON-Q Pain Relief System and epidural catheter
  • Incidence of Urinary Tract Infections in Patients with Epidural Catheters for Acute Pain Management
  • Analysis of Epidural Hematoma and Abcesses and Frequency of Imaging Ordered

Medical Training

• Bangalore Medical College
• Boston University, Residency in Anesthesiology and Critical Care
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Fellowship in Pain Management

Publications

• Concepts in pain management.
  Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2007 Apr;24(2):333-51. Review.
  PMID: 17430773 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
  
• Regional anaesthesia versus general anaesthesia, morbidity and mortality.
  Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2006 Jun;20(2):249-63. Review.
  PMID: 16850776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
• Jamison RN, Washington TA, Gulur P, Fanciullo GJ, Arscott JR, McHugo GJ, Baird JC. Reliability of a preliminary 3-D pain mapping program. Pain Med 2011; 12(3):344-51. PMID: 21276186
• Bookman JC, Sair HI, Benkwitz C, Gulur P. Wandering epidural catheter. Anesthesiology 2010; 113(5):1198. PMID: 20938338
• Lehmann N, Joshi GP, Dirkmann D, Weiss M, Gulur P, Peters J, Eikermann M. Development and longitudinal validation of the overall benefit of analgesia score: a simple multi-dimensional quality assessment instrument. Br J Anaesth. 2010; 105(4):511-8. PMID: 20693179
• Gulur P, Rodi SW, Washington TA, Cravero JP, Fanciullo GJ, McHugo GJ, Baird JC. Computer Face Scale for measuring pediatric pain and mood. J Pain 2009; 10(2):173-9. PMID:19010740
• Gulur P, Soldinger SM, Acquadro MA. Concepts in pain management. Clin Podiatr Med Surg 2007; 24(2):333-51. Review. PMID: 17430773
• Gulur P, Nishimori M, Ballantyne JC. Regional anaesthesia versus general anaesthesia, morbidity and mortality. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol 2006; 20(2):249-63. Review. PMID: 16850776

Contact Information

Clinical Office:

Center for Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Wang Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 340
15 Parkman Street Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-8810
Fax: 617-726-3341

Academic Office:

Division of Pain Medicine
Administrative Assistant, Lisa Shriver, lshriver@partners.org
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Wang Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 330
15 Parkman Street Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-643-7093
Fax: 617-724-2719