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Dr. Andrew Gray is Professor of Clinical Anesthesia at the University of California,
San Francisco where he directs the regional anesthesia program at San
Francisco General Hospital. He has written over 20 articles on ultrasound guided
regional anesthesia, two textbooks, and pursues investigations on safety with the
help of the Carl Koller Research Award from the American Society of Regional
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.
Awards: 2010 to 2013 American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain
Medicine, Carl Koller Research Award “Intravascular Contrast for Regional
Anesthesia"
Books: Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia ISBN 978-1-4377-05812 Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia, Second Edition ISBN 978-14557-2818-3
Website: http://nerveatlas.ucsf.edu
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications (in chronological order):
1. Gray AT, Collins AB. Ultrasound-guided saphenous nerve block. Reg Anesth
Pain Med 2003;28:148.
2. Gray AT, Schafhalter-Zoppoth I. Ultrasound guidance for ulnar nerve block in
the forearm. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2003;28:335-9.
3. Gray AT, Collins AB, Schafhalter-Zoppoth I. Sciatic nerve block in a child: a
sonographic approach. Anesth Analg 2003;97:1300-2.
4. Gray AT, Schafhalter-Zoppoth I. A concerning direction. Anesthesiology
2004;100:1325.
5. Schafhalter-Zoppoth I, Gray AT. Ultrasound-guided ulnar nerve block in the
presence of a superficial ulnar artery. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2004;29:297-8.
6. Schafhalter-Zoppoth I, Zeitz ID, Gray AT. Inadvertent femoral nerve
impalement and intraneural injection visualized by ultrasound. Anesth Analg
2004;99:627-8.
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7. Schafhalter-Zoppoth I, Younger SJ, Collins AB, Gray AT. The “Seesaw” Sign:
Improved Sonographic Identification of the Sciatic Nerve. Anesthesiology
2004;101:808-9.
8. Gray AT, Huczko EL, Schafhalter-Zoppoth I. Lateral Popliteal Nerve Block with
Ultrasound Guidance. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2004;29:507-9.
9. Schafhalter-Zoppoth I, McCulloch CE, Gray AT. Ultrasound Visibility of
Equipment Used for Regional Block: An In Vitro Study. Reg Anesth Pain Med
2004;29:480-8.
10. Gray AT, Collins AB, Schafhalter-Zoppoth I. An introduction to femoral nerve
and associated lumbar plexus nerve blocks under ultrasonic guidance.
Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management 2004; 8:155-63.
11. Gray AT, Schafhalter-Zoppoth I. “Bayonet Artifact” during Ultrasound-guided
Transarterial Axillary Block. Anesthesiology 2005;102:1291-2.
12. Schafhalter-Zoppoth I, Gray AT. The Musculocutaneous Nerve: Ultrasound
Appearance for Peripheral Nerve Block. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2005;30:385-90.
Gray AT. Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia: current state of the art.
Anesthesiology 2006;104:368-73.
13. Liebmann O, Price D, Mills C, Gardner R, Wang R, Wilson S, Gray A.
Feasibility of forearm ultrasonography-guided nerve blocks of the radial, ulnar,
and median nerves for hand procedures in the emergency department. Ann
Emerg Med 2006;48:558-62.
14. Soong J, Schafhalter-Zoppoth I, Gray AT. Sonographic imaging of the
obturator nerve for regional block. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2007;32:146-51.
15. Kessler J, Schafhalter-Zoppoth I, Gray AT. An ultrasound study of the phrenic
nerve in the posterior cervical triangle: implications for the interscalene brachial
plexus block. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2008;33:545-50.
16. Boyd BS, Wanek L, Gray AT, Topp KS. Mechanosensitivity of the lower
extremity nervous system during straight-leg raise; neurodynamic testing in
healthy individuals. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2009;39:780-90.
17. Gray AT, Drasner K. Safety of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia.
Anesthesiology 2010;112:1538-9.
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18. Cohen JM, Gray AT. Functional deficits after intraneural injection during
interscalene block. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010;35:397-9.
19. Gray AT, Laur JJ. Regional anesthesia for ambulatory surgery: where
ultrasound has made a difference. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;49:13-21.
20. Ma X, Gray AT. Acoustic shadowing from neuraxial bone. Anaesthesia.
2012;67:75-6.
21. Andersen HL, Gray AT. The Saphenous Nerve Block.ASRA News February,
2012, page 10-12.
22. Lew VK, Gray AT. An unusual transversus abdominis plane block: anatomic
variation in the internal oblique muscle. Anesthesiology. 2013;119:1209.
23. Wolf FA, Gray AT. Sonography of the paraneural sheath of the sciatic nerve
in the popliteal fossa: more than a bifurcation. Reg Anesth Pain Med.
2014;39:260-1.