UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
FACULTY CURRICULUM VITAE
Date: November 2007
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
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Thomas Richard Vetter, M.D.
United States
11/16/57
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5675 Chestnut Trace
Hoover, Alabama 35244
205-987-5234
tvetter@uab.edu
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama School
of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Director, Pain Treatment Division, Department of Anesthesiology,
University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Organization, University of
Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL
Other Appointments:
Scholar, Lister Hill Center for Health Policy, University of Alabama at
Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL
Scientist, Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and
Education, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Associate Scientist, Minority Health and Research Center, University of
Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Business Address:
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Jefferson Tower, Room 862
619 South 19th Street
Birmingham, Alabama 35249-6810
Phone:
Tel: 205/934-6501 (Office)
Fax: 205/996-9804
EDUCATION:
Institution
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Degree
A.B. in Biology
Month/Year
May 1980
Ohio State University College of
Medicine, Columbus, OH
M.D.
June 1984
Emory University Rollins School of
Public Health, Atlanta, GA
M.P.H. in Healthcare
Outcomes Management
May 2007
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Delta Omega: National honorary society for graduate studies in public health, May 2007
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LICENSURE INFORMATION:
Licensure: Alabama (current) - 6/26/07: MD28231; Indiana (current) - 3/5/04: 01058776A;
Ohio (inactive) - 3/16/90: 35-05-9671-V; presently lapsed in Florida, Pennsylvania and New Mexico
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners - 7/1/85: 293890
Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) - 4/14/89: 16938
ABA Certificate of Added Qualification in Pain Management - 9/12/98: 16938
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
Month/Year
Institution
09/2005-11/2005
Indiana University Physician Leadership Program, School of Public &
Environmental Affairs, Indianapolis, IN, 60 hours of AMA Category I
Continuing Medical Education
06/2003
Clinical Training Program in Mind/Body Medicine, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, MA, 30 hours of AMA Category I Continuing Medical
Education
11/1998 – 06/1999
Medical Acupuncture for Physicians, University of California at Los
Angeles School of Medicine, 300 hours of AMA Category I Continuing
Medical Education
07/1988 – 06/1989
Pediatric Anesthesia & Critical Care Fellowship, Children's Hospital of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
07/1986 – 06/1988
Anesthesiology Residency, University of Florida Hospitals, Gainesville,
FL
07/1984 – 06/1986
Pediatric Residency, University of Florida Shands Hospital, Gainesville,
FL
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
08/2004 – 09/2007
Medical Director, The Riley Pain Center and Director of the Anesthesia
Pain Medicine Service, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN
08/2004 – 09/2007
Attending Anesthesiologist (Pediatric Pain Medicine), Riley Hospital for
Children, Indianapolis, IN
08/2004 – 09/2007
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Indiana University School
of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
06/1999 – 06/2004
Medical Director, The Pain Center at Akron Children's, Akron, OH
01/1993 – 06/2004
Director of Pediatric Pain Management, Children's Hospital Medical
Center of Akron, Akron, OH
07/2003 – 06/2004
Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Northeastern Ohio
Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH
07/1997 – 06/2003
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Northeastern Ohio
Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH
07/1991 – 06/1997
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Northeastern Ohio Universities
College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH
06/1990 – 06/2004
Attending Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital Medical Center of
Akron, Akron, OH
07/1989 – 05/1990
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, University of New Mexico
School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Indiana Society of Anesthesiologists
Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
International Anesthesia Research Society
International Association for the Study of Pain
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COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine:
Human Subjects Research Committee, Chairperson: 2007 - present
Quality and Patient Safety Committee: 2007 - present
Education Committee: 2007 - present
Promotion and Tenure and Professional Development Committee: 2007 - present
Department of Anesthesia, Riley Hospital for Children:
Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship Research Coordinator: 2005 - 2007
Riley Palliative Care Medicine Steering Committee: 2005 - 2007
Clarian Health Partners of Indianapolis:
Clarian Pain Management Steering Committee: 2005 - 2007
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron:
Research Committee, Chairperson: 1991 - 2004
Anesthesia Education Committee: 1991 - 2004
Clinical Competence Committee: 1991 - 2004
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron:
Pediatric Pain Management Committee, Chairperson: 1994 - 2004
Conscious Sedation Committee, Chairperson: 1998 - 2000
Procedural Sedation & Analgesia Committee, Chairperson: 2000 - 2004
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee: 1991 - 1998, 2001 - 2003
Ethics Committee: 1991 - 2000
Equipment Standardization Committee: 1992 - 1995
Trauma Committee: 1992 - 1998
Credentials Committee: 1992 - 1997
End of Life Care Committee: 2000 - 2002
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron:
Physician-Hospital Organization Steering Committee: 1994
Physician-Hospital Organization Interim Board of Directors: 1995
Physician-Hospital Organization Board of Directors: 1996 -1997
Secretary-Treasurer of the Medical Staff: 1992 - 1997
Summit County (Ohio) Medical Society:
Editorial Advisory Committee: 1992 - 1994
Ethics Committee: 1992 – 1994
American Society of Anesthesiologists: Pediatric Anesthesia Subcommittee: 2006 - 2007
Society for Pediatric Anesthesia: Publication Committee: 1996 - 2000
Ohio Department of Health: Ohio Pain Advisory Committee on the Treatment of Intractable Pain:
1996 - 2004
Ohio State Medical Association: Ad Hoc Committee on Pain Education: 1997 - 1999
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron:
Pediatric Pain Management Committee*, Founder and Chairperson: 1994 - 2004
Procedural Sedation & Analgesia Committee*, Chairperson: 1998 - 2004
* Completely revamped hospital-wide medical policies regarding both pain management and
procedural sedation and analgesia to meet new 2001 JCAHO standards
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Ad hoc manuscript reviewer in the areas of pediatric anesthesia and pain management
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, Boston, MA, 1993 - 2000
Anesthesia and Analgesia, San Francisco, CA, 1998 - 2000; 2005 - present
Food and Drug Administration, Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee, Panel Member,
September 2000 – March 2004.
MAJOR LECTURES AND VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 5/88: Pediatric
Pain Management.
Fort Worth/Cook County Children's Hospital, Fort Worth, TX, Pediatric Grand Rounds, 12/89: Pediatric
Patient-Controlled Analgesia.
Fairview General Hospital, Cleveland, OH, Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, 8/90: A Potpourri of Pediatric
Anesthesiology.
Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, Acute Pain Management Workshop, Las Vegas,
NV, 10/90: Pediatric Pain Management.
Child Life Department, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Above and Beyond: Pain
Management and Stress Reduction for Pediatric Medical Encounters, 3/91: Pushing the Button: PatientControlled Analgesia.
Akron Area Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Monthly Meeting, 3/91: Patient - Controlled Analgesia.
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, Ohio, Pediatric Grand Rounds, 5/91: An
Anesthesiologist's Perspective on Relief and Comfort Care.
Akron Chapter of the Association Operating Room Nurses, Monthly Meeting, 6/91: "Pediatric Patient Controlled Analgesia."
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH, Pediatric Grand Rounds, 9/91: Acute Pediatric
Pain Management.
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH, Department of Nursing Monthly Lecture, 9/91:
Pediatric Pain Management.
Ohio Society of Anesthesiologists, Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH, 9/91: How to Make a Research
Presentation - A Research Triptik.
Child Life Association of Northeastern Ohio, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH,
10/91: Developmental Aspects of Pediatric Pain.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco, CA, 10/91: A Comparison of
Pediatric Patient-Controlled Analgesia with Morphine versus Meperidine.
66th Congress of the International Anesthesia Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 3/92: A Comparison
of Midazolam and Diazepam as Oral Pediatric Anesthetic Premedicants.
66th Congress of the International Anesthesia Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 3/92: An Alternate
Method for Pediatric Anesthetic Inductions.
Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, New York, 4/92: A Comparison of Pediatric
Patient - Controlled Analgesia with Morphine versus Meperidine.
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Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, New York, 4/92: A Comparison of Midazolam and
Diazepam as Oral Pediatric Anesthetic Premedicants.
Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, New York, 4/92: An Alternate Method for Pediatric
Anesthetic Inductions.
Second Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses, Atlanta, GA, 4/92: Pediatric
Pain Management.
Sixth Annual Meeting of the North American Cystic Fibrosis Society, Washington, D.C., 10/92: Pain and
Anxiety Management in the Cystic Fibrosis Patient.
The Ethical Dimension in Medicine - Decisions at the End of Life: The Value of Many Voices, Children's
Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH, 10/92: Pain Management at the End of Life.
Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, Tampa, FL, Visiting Professor, 12/92: Pediatric Pain: Some Old
and Some New Concepts.
Selected Issues in Acute and Chronic Pain Management, Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Champion, PA,
2/93: Management of Acute Pediatric Pain.
Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago, 3/93: Intravenous Ketorolac as an
Adjuvant to Patient-Controlled Analgesia with Morphine.
Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago, 3/93: The Selective Identification of
Children at Risk for Preoperative Anxiety Reactions.
67th Congress of the International Anesthesia Research Society, San Diego, CA, 3/93: The Epidemiology
of Preoperative Separation Anxiety in Children.
67th Congress of the International Anesthesia Research Society, San Diego, CA, 3/93: The Selective
Identification of Children at Risk for Preoperative Anxiety Reactions.
All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, Visiting Professor, Pediatric Grand Rounds, 5/93: Pediatric
Pain: Some Old and Some New Concepts.
Managing Pediatric Pain in the 90's, The Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 5/93: New and Maybe
Improved Drug Delivery Systems.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Washington, D.C., 10/93: Intravenous
Ketorolac as an Adjuvant to Patient-Controlled Analgesia with Morphine.
The Ethical Dimension in Medicine - The Many Faces of Resuscitation, Children's Hospital Medical Center
of Akron, Akron, OH, 10/93: DNR in the OR: To Be or Not To Be?
Selected Issues in Acute and Chronic Pain Management, Hidden Valley Resort, Champion, PA, 2/94:
Management of Acute Pediatric Pain.
68th Congress of the International Anesthesia Research Society, Orlando, FL, 3/94: Blood Loss During
Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy with a Propofol Infusion Versus a Potent Inhalational Technique.
68th Congress of the International Anesthesia Research Society, Orlando, FL, 3/94: A Comparison of
EMLA Cream and Nitrous Oxide Analgesia in Children Undergoing Intravenous Catheter Placement.
Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ, Visiting Professor, Department of
Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, 11/94: Pediatric Pain Management - New and Maybe Improved Drug
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Delivery Systems.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics,
Phoenix, AZ 2/95: The Role and Assessment of Contingent Social Reinforcement in Pediatric Pain
Perception.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics,
Phoenix, 2/95, AZ: The Relationship in Children between Contingent Social Reinforcement and Pediatric
Self-Reported Pain Scores.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics,
Phoenix, AZ, 2/95, Workshop: Non-Caudal Regional Anesthesia.
69th Congress of the International Anesthesia Research Society, Honolulu, HI, 3/95: Discordance
between Self-Reported Pain Scores and Observed Pain-Related Behavior in Older Children after Surgery.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, Tampa,
FL, 2/96, Workshop: Organization of a Pediatric Pain Management Service.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia, San Diego, CA, 3/96, Workshop:
Common Pediatric Regional Blocks.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia, San Diego, CA, 3/96, Parallel Session:
Pediatric Pain Management in the 90's - The Private Setting.
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH, Pediatric Grand Rounds, 4/96: Pediatric Pain
Management - A Potpourri of Pearls and Pitfalls.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, San
Antonio, TX, 2/97: A Study of Postoperative Analgesia in Children Undergoing Outpatient Analgesia.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, San
Antonio, TX, 2/97, Workshop: Setting Up a Pediatric Pain Service - Academic and Private Practice
Perspectives.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, San
Antonio, TX, 2/97, Workshop: Pediatric Anesthesia 1997 - Where Can I Go From Here?
71st Congress of the International Anesthesia Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 3/97: Evaluation of
Two Age Specific Continuing Quality Improvement (CQI) Surveys of Pediatric Postoperative Pain.
71st Congress of the International Anesthesia Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 3/97 (Scientific
Exhibit): The Development of a Pen-Based Handheld Computer Program for Use in Pediatric Total Quality
Pain Management (TQPM).
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics,
Phoenix, AZ, 2/98, Workshop: Setting Up a Pediatric Pain Service - Academic and Private Practice
Perspectives.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics,
Phoenix, AZ, 2/98, Workshop: Investigating Alternate Careers - What Are My Strengths?
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH, Pediatric Grand Rounds, 2/98: Pediatric Pain
Management 1998 - A Case Discussion Conference.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia, Seattle, WA, 5/98, Workshop: Common
Pediatric Regional Blocks.
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Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia, Seattle, WA, 5/98, Parallel Session:
Pediatric Outpatient Pain Management.
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH, Pediatric Grand Rounds, 7/98: A Multidisciplinary
End of Life Care.
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Nashville, TN, 8/98: Alternative
Medicine - Where Do CRNA's Fit In?
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, Las
Vegas, NV, 2/99, Workshop: Invigorating My Career - What Are My Options?
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, Las
Vegas, NV, 2/99, Workshop: Strategies for Physician Resilience and Renewal.
Eastern Great Lakes Burn Study Group, 27th Annual Meeting, Akron, OH, 10/99: A Point, Counterpoint:
The Need for Routine Conscious Sedation in the Burn Unit.
Eastern Great Lakes Burn Study Group, 27th Annual Meeting, Akron, OH, 10/99: The Role of a Pain
Treatment Service in the Burn Unit.
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH, Pediatric Grand Rounds, 12/99: A Clinical
Potpourri of Pediatric Chronic Pain.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, Fort
Myers, FL, 2/00, Workshop: Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Pediatric Pain Medicine.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, Fort
Myers, FL, 2/00, Problem Based Learning Discussion: Acute Postoperative Pain Management.
Exploring the Ethical Dimension in Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH,
3/00: The Double Edged Sword of the Double Effect.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation 2000 Survey of Current Issues in Surgical Anesthesia, Cleveland, OH, 11/00:
Acute Pain Management in Children.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, San
Diego, CA, 2/01, Workshop: The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Treatment of
Pain.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, San
Diego, CA, 2/01, Workshop: A Primer on Acupuncture.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, San
Diego, CA, 2/01, Abstract: The Use of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Adolescent Headache.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia, Vancouver, BC, 5/01, Parallel Session:
Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies for Pain.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia, Vancouver, BC, 5/01, Parallel Session:
A Primer on Acupuncture and Medical Energetics.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia, Vancouver, BC, 5/01, Workshop:
A Taste of Acupuncture.
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Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia, Vancouver, BC, 5/01, Problem-Based
Learning Discussion: Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies for Abdominal Pain.
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH, Pediatric Grand Rounds, 4/02: An Integrative
Medical Approach to Chronic Pain.
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH, Second Annual Nursing Pain Resource
Conference, 10/02: A Potpourri of Pediatric Pain Pearls and Pitfalls.
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH, Pediatric Grand Rounds, 1/03: A Review of
Practice Guidelines for Procedural Sedation and Analgesia by Non-Anesthesiologist.
Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, Pediatric Surgery
Seminar, 10/04: The Benefits of Pediatric Epidural Analgesia.
Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, Resident Practice
Management Seminar, 10/04: The Choosing the Right Practice.
Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children and Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, IN, Pediatric Grand Rounds, 12/04: Pediatric Integrative Pain Medicine.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, Miami
Beach, FL 2/05, Moderator: Management of DKA and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children and Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, IN, 40th Annual Indiana Multidisciplinary Child Care Conference, 5/05, Seminar: Common
Pediatric Pain Syndromes.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, Fort
Myers, FL, 2/06, Workshop: Complementary and Alternative Medical Techniques in the Treatment of Pain.
Annual Meeting of the Indiana Society of Anesthesiologists, Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, IN, 2/06: Pediatric Pain Management for the Community Anesthesiologist.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Chicago, IL, 10/06, Scientific and
Educational Exhibit: The Development, Implementation, and Current Clinical and Academic Achievements
of a Pediatric Pain Treatment Program in the Department of Anesthesia at a Children’s Hospital.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Chicago, IL, 10/06, Abstract Presentation:
A Comparison of Caudal Clonidine, Morphine or Hydromorphone in Pediatric Ureteral Reimplant Patients.
Annual Meeting of the Indiana Society of Anesthesiologists, Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, IN, 2/07, Problem-Based Learning Discussion: Pediatric Pain Management for the
Community Anesthesiologist.
Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, Anesthesia Grand
Rounds, 02/07: Morbidity & Mortality: Occupational Health in Anesthesiology.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics,
Phoenix, AZ, 3/07, Problem-Based Learning Discussion: The Management of a Pediatric Chronic
Headache.
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics,
Phoenix, AZ, 3/07, Poster-Discussion: A Case Series of Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion Who
Had Placement of an Elastomeric Pain Relief System with Lidocaine for Postoperative Analgesia.
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Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, Visiting
Professor and Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, 02/07: Morbidity & Mortality: Epidemiology and
Occupational Health in Anesthesiology.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Vancouver, BC, 4/07,
Poster: A Case Series of Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion Who Had Placement of an
Elastomeric Pain Relief System with Lidocaine for Postoperative Analgesia.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Vancouver, BC, 4/07,
Poster: The Effect of a Multidisciplinary Pediatric Chronic Pain Medicine Program on Patient HealthRelated Quality of Life.
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, Visiting
Professor and Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, 05/07: An Integrative Approach to Chronic Pain Medicine.
Indiana University School of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education, Clarian North Medical
Center, Carmel, IN, 07/07: Chronic Abdominal Pain in Children: One Anesthesiologist’s Perspective.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco, CA, 10/07, Poster
Discussion: The Effect of a Multidisciplinary Pediatric Chronic Pain Medicine Program on Patient HealthRelated Quality of Life.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco, CA, 10/07, Problem-Based
Learning Discussion: Pediatric Pain Management for the Community Anesthesiologist Is Way More Than
Just a One Shot Caudal.
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND GRANTS:
Adult and pediatric acute and chronic pain management; in particular, patient-reported outcomes
(postoperative; longitudinal, generic and condition-specific health-related quality of life); healthcare
economic evaluation of pain treatment modalities and programs; disparities in access to healthcare for
pain treatment; pediatric chronic pain and health-related quality of life in the developing world.
Akron Children's Hospital Foundation: A Pilot Study to Determine the Reliability and Validity of an Acute
Pain Assessment Instrument, 4/92: $5600.
Anaquest, Inc: A Comparison of Desflurane and Isoflurane as Maintenance Inhalation Agents in Children,
6/93: $5000.
Abbott Laboratories: Development of a Bedside Computerized Patient-Oriented Pediatric Pain Quality
Assurance/Continuing Quality Improvement Program, 10/95: $10,000.
Abbott Laboratories: Development of a Multimedia CD-ROM Anesthesia Education Program, 5/97: $5000.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Vetter TR: Postoperative Analgesia for the Pediatric Patient. Wellcome Trends in Anesthesiology 7(3),
6/89.
Vetter TR: Acute Pediatric Pain Management. Advances in Anesthesia 8:29 - 54, 1991.
Layon AJ, Vetter TR, Hana PG, Bingham HG: An Anesthetic Technique to Fabricate a Pressure Mask for
Controlling Scar Formation from Facial Burns. Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation 12:349-352, 1991.
Vetter TR: Pediatric Patient-Controlled Analgesia with Morphine versus Meperidine. Journal of Pain and
Symptom Management 7:204-208, 1992.
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Walsh MJ, Vetter TR: Anesthesia for Pediatric Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Journal of Clinical
Anesthesia 4:406-408, 1992.
Vetter TR: Acute Pediatric Pain Management in the Community Hospital Setting. Analgesia 3 (3): 10-14,
1992.
Vetter TR: A Comparison of Midazolam, Diazepam and Placebo as Oral Anesthetic Premedicants in
Younger Children. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 5:58-61; 1993.
Vetter TR: An Alternative Method for Paediatric Anaesthetic Induction: Critical Incidents and Historical
Antecedents. Paediatric Anaesthesia 3:173-177, 1993.
Vetter TR: The Epidemiology and Selective Identification of Children at Risk for Preoperative Anxiety
Reactions. Anesthesia & Analgesia 77:96-99, 1993.
Vetter TR, Heiner EJ: Intravenous Ketorolac as an Adjuvant to Patient-Controlled Analgesia with
Morphine. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 6:110-113, 1994.
Vetter TR: Acute Airway Obstruction with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Anesthesia & Analgesia 79:11981200, 1994.
Vetter TR: Pain Management in the Burned Child. Problems in Surgery 11 (4): 680-687, 1994.
Vetter TR: A Comparison of EMLA Cream versus Nitrous Oxide for Pediatric Venous Cannulation. Journal
of Clinical Anesthesia 7:486-490, 1995.
Vetter TR, Heiner EJ: Discordance between Patient Self-Reported Visual Analog Scale Pain Scores and
Observed Pain-Related Behavior in Older Children after Surgery. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 8:371375, 1996.
Vetter TR: A Clinical Perspective on the Use of Sevoflurane in Pediatric Anesthesia. Analgesia 8 (#3): 1315, 1997.
Gibson MP, Vetter TR, Crow JP: Use of Continuous Retropleural Bupivacaine in Postoperative Pain
Management for Pediatric Thoracotomy. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 34:199-201, 1999.
Vetter TR: A Primer on Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic Pain Medicine. Anesthesia & Analgesia
104:703-718, 2007.
Vetter TR, Carvallo D, Johnson JL, Mazurek MS, Presson RG: A Comparison of Single-Dose Caudal
Clonidine, Morphine or Hydromorphone Combined with Ropivacaine in Pediatric Patients Undergoing
Ureteral Reimplantation. Anesthesia & Analgesia 104:1356-63, 2007.
Vetter TR: The Application of Economic Evaluation Methods in the Chronic Pain Medicine Literature.
Anesthesia & Analgesia 105:114-118, 2007.
Vetter TR: A Comprehensive Clinical Profile of a Cohort of Patients Referred to an Anesthesiology-Based
Pediatric Chronic Pain Medicine Program. Anesthesia & Analgesia (in press), 2008.
Robinson RL, Vetter TR: Healthcare Economic Evaluation of Chronic Pain: Measuring the Economic,
Social and Personal Impact of Chronic Pain and its Management. In Moore RJ (Ed). Pain: A Biobehavioral
Approach. New York: Springer, 2008, (in press).
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Vetter TR: Assessment Tools in Chronic Pain: Specificity and Validity. In McClain BC, Suresh S (Eds).
Pediatric Chronic Pain: Current Science and Integrative Practice. New York: Springer, 2008,
(in manuscript).
Vetter TR: Health-Related Quality of Life in Pain Medicine. In Preedy VR (Ed). The Handbook of Disease
Burdens and Quality of Life Measures. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2008, (in manuscript).
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL: Consultant to the business sector of the Hospital Products Division
on select topics in general anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia and pain management - including the sales
and marketing of sevoflurane, Fentanyl OraletJ and OxyContinJ; and long-range anesthesia product
development strategy, 10/94 – 06/99.
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL: Technical Writer for the business sector of Hospital Products
Division - responsible for creating educational, training and sales & marketing materials for Ultane,
Fentanyl Oralet and OxyContin, 10/94 - 6/98.
Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL, National Anesthesia Specialist Training Session for Sevoflurane, 11/94:
A Clinical Comparison of Sevoflurane and Halothane.
Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL, National Anesthesia Specialist Training Session for Sevoflurane, 11/94:
A Review of Pediatric Anesthesia.
Abbott Laboratories, Phoenix, AZ, Western Regional Sales and Marketing Meeting, 1/95:A Review of
Pediatric Anesthesia and the General Clinical Use of Sevoflurane.
Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL, Sevoflurane Update, CRNA Roundtable Meeting, 6/96: Induction and
Maintenance with Sevoflurane in Pediatric Anesthesia.
Abbott Laboratories, New Orleans, LA, Pediatric Anesthesia Advisory Panel (Moderator), 10/96: The
Pediatric Use of Sevoflurane.
Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL, National Anesthesia Specialist Training Session for Sevoflurane, 5/97:
A Clinician's Perspective on the Potent Inhalation Agents.
Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL, National Anesthesia Specialist Training Session for Sevoflurane, 5/97:
A Crash Course in Pediatric Anesthesia.
Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL, National Anesthesia Specialist Training Session for Sevoflurane, 5/97:
An Analysis of the Oral Analgesic Market.
Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL, National Pharmacy CME Audiotape, 6/97: Ways of Reducing Anesthetic
Medication Errors.
Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL, National Anesthesia Specialist Training Session for Sevoflurane, 7/97:
The Clinical Concerns of Renal Toxicity and Lower Flow Anesthesia with Sevoflurane.
Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL, Pain Management Advisory Panel, 10/97: Present Concerns and Future
Trends in Pain Management.
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PUBLISHED RESEARCH ABSTRACTS:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida: Blood-brain barrier function during general
anesthesia in children undergoing ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement. Anesthesiology 69 (3A): A626,
1988.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: A Comparison of Pediatric
Patient - Controlled Analgesia with Morphine versus Meperidine. Anesthesiology 72 (3A): A692, 1991.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: A Comparison of Midazolam
and Diazepam as Oral Pediatric Anesthetic Premedicants. Anesthesia & Analgesia 74(2S): S334, 1992.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: An Alternate Method for
Pediatric Anesthetic Induction. Anesthesia & Analgesia 74(2S): S335, 1992.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: The Effect of Age on the
Initial Rate of Change in FE/FI with Nitrous Oxide, Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics,
New York, NY, April, 1992.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: Vomiting after Strabismus
Surgery with a Propofol Infusion versus a Potent Inhalational Technique, Spring Meeting of the American
Academy of Pediatrics, New York, NY, April, 1992.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: Vomiting after Strabismus
Surgery with a Propofol Infusion versus a Potent Inhalational Technique, Anesthesiology 74 (3A): A13,
1992.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: Intravenous Ketorolac as an
Adjuvant to Patient-Controlled Analgesia with Morphine, Spring Meeting of the American Academy of
Pediatrics, Chicago, IL, March, 1993.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: The Epidemiology of
Preoperative Separation Anxiety in Children, Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics,
Chicago, IL, March, 1993.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: The Epidemiology of
Preoperative Separation Anxiety in Children, Anesthesia & Analgesia 76(2S): S447, 1993.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: The Selective Identification of
Children at Risk for Preoperative Anxiety Reactions, Spring Meeting of the American Academy of
Pediatrics, Chicago, IL, March, 1993.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: The Selective Identification of
Children at Risk for Preoperative Anxiety Reactions, Anesthesia & Analgesia 76(2S):S448, 1993.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: The Epidemiology and
Predictors of Postoperative Behavioral Changes in Pediatric Outpatients, Spring Meeting of the American
Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago, IL, March, 1993.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: Intravenous Ketorolac as an
Adjuvant to Patient-Controlled Analgesia with Morphine, Anesthesiology 76 (3A): A1191, 1993.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: Blood Loss During
Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy with a Propofol Infusion Versus a Potent Inhalational Technique,
Anesthesia & Analgesia 78(S2): S461, 1994.
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Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: A Comparison of EMLA
Cream and Nitrous Oxide Analgesia in Children Undergoing Intravenous Catheter Placement, Anesthesia
& Analgesia 78(2S): S460, 1994.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: The Role and Assessment of
Contingent Social Reinforcement in Pediatric Pain Perception, Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for
Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, Phoenix, AZ, February, 1995.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: The Relationship in Children
Between Contingent Social Reinforcement and Pediatric Self-Reported Pain Scores, Joint Winter Meeting
of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, Phoenix, AZ, February,
1995.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: A Comparison of Desflurane
and Isoflurane as Maintenance Inhalation Agents in Children, Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for
Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics, Phoenix, AZ, February, 1995.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: An Intraoperative and
Postoperative Comparison of Methadone and Alfentanil Anesthesia for Pediatric Posterior Spinal Fusion,
Joint Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and American Academy of Pediatrics,
Phoenix, AZ, February, 1995.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: Discordance between SelfReported Pain Scores and Observed Pain-Related Behavior in Older Children after Surgery, Anesthesia &
Analgesia 80(2S): S527, 1995.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: Evaluation of Two Age
Specific Continuing Quality Improvement (CQI) Surveys of Pediatric Postoperative Pain, Anesthesia &
Analgesia 84(2S): S461, 1997.
Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: The Use of Acupuncture for
the Treatment of Adolescent Headache, Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, San
Diego, CA, February, 2001.
Department of Anesthesia, Riley Hospital for Children: A Comparison of Single-Dose Caudal Clonidine
versus Morphine in Pediatric Ureteral Reimplant Patients, Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric
Anesthesia, Miami Beach, FL, February, 2005.
Department of Anesthesia, Riley Hospital for Children: A Comparison of Single-Dose Caudal Clonidine
versus Morphine in Pediatric Ureteral Reimplant Patients. Anesthesiology 103 (3A): A1336, 2005.
Department of Anesthesia, Riley Hospital for Children: A Comparison of Caudal Clonidine, Morphine or
Hydromorphone in Pediatric Ureteral Reimplant Patients. Anesthesiology 105 (3A): A589, 2006.
Department of Anesthesia, Riley Hospital for Children: A Case Series of Patients Undergoing Posterior
Spinal Fusion Who Had Placement of an Elastomeric Pain Relief System with Lidocaine for Postoperative
Analgesia, Winter Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, Phoenix, AZ, March, 2007.
Department of Anesthesia, Riley Hospital for Children: The Effect of a Multidisciplinary Pediatric Chronic
Pain Medicine Program on Patient Health-Related Quality of Life, Annual Meeting of the American Society
of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Vancouver, BC, April, 2007.
Department of Anesthesia, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine: The Effect
of a Multidisciplinary Pediatric Chronic Pain Medicine Program on Patient Health-Related Quality of Life
Anesthesiology 107 (3A): A1371, 2007.
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