Methodist Hospital’s Department of Anesthesiology provides expert anesthesia care for all types of surgical and invasive procedures, as well as for the management of acute pain. The Department includes highly specialized, skilled physician Anesthesiologists and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) who have extensive experience in this specialty.

Prior to surgery, each patient’s anesthesiologist talks with them to determine the type of anesthesia care and, if necessary, the pain management method(s) that will best meet the patient’s individual needs.

A National Leader
The Department is a national leader in acute pain management for patients with conditions of the hand, wrist, arm, elbow and shoulder and specializes in ultrasound-guided upper extremity regional nerve blocks. Performing more than 2,000 of these procedures annually, the anesthesia team provides patients with prolonged periods of pain relief, while allowing for a more rapid emergence from general anesthesia and fewer side effects. When indicated, catheters can also be inserted along a specific nerve bundle to offer several days of relief.

Anesthesia residents, pain management physicians and students from around the region come to Methodist in South Philadelphia to study our upper extremity acute pain management techniques.

Our anesthesiologists also commonly perform lower extremity nerve blocks (femoral nerve blocks and popliteal nerve blocks) to manage acute pain in patients with conditions of the leg, knee, ankle or foot. These are often used in patients undergoing orthopedic and sports medicine procedures, including anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions and ruptured tendon and meniscus repairs.

Methodist Hospital has been caring for South Philadelphia since 1892. For a physician or referral, please call 1-800-JEFF-NOW, or use the online appointment request form. To schedule tests or procedures, call 215-952-1234.