Wallis T. Muhly, MD
Areas of expertise: Regional anesthesia, Anesthesia for orthopedic surgery, Quality improvement
About Wallis T. Muhly
Titles
Attending Anesthesiologist
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Certifications
Anesthesiology – American Board of Anesthesiology
Pediatric Anesthesiology – American Board of Anesthesiology
Awards and Honors
2014, First Place - Safe Keeping Achievement Award presented as part of the CHOP Fifth Annual Quality and Patient Safety Day
2005, Alliance Medical Scholarship Fund Scholarship, Pennsylvania Medical Society
2002, Arthur Mirsky Award for Outstanding Biomedical Science Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
2000, College of Natural Sciences Briggs-Kerst Undergraduate Scholarship, Colorado State University
2000, College of Liberal Arts Donna Weyrick Memorial Scholarship, Colorado State University
2000, Summa Cum Laude Graduate, Colorado State University
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
2009-present, American Society of Regional Anesthesia
2008-present, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
2005-present, American Society of Anesthesiologists
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Positions
2014-present, Anesthesia and Analgesia Case Reports, peer-reviewer
2014-present, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, peer-reviewer
2013-present, British Journal of Anaesthesia, peer-reviewer
Academic and Institutional Committees
2014, Office of Quality Improvement: Clinical team leader for development of an adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) spinal fusion rapid recovery pathway for inpatient care optimization
2012-present, Perioperative Liaison to Orthopedic Surgery (non-scoliosis)
Research Interests
Acute pain management Pediatric regional anesthesia Quality improvement Outcomes based research
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Internship
Transitional Internship - Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Residency
Anesthesiology - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship
Research - Howard Hughes Institute, Bethesda, MD
Pediatric Anesthesiology - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Chronic Pain Management, Perioperative and Pain Medicine - Children's Hospital Boston, Boston MA
Publications
Publications
2018
Goodbody CM1, Sankar WN, Flynn JM. Presentation of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: The Bigger the Kid, the Bigger the Curve. J Pediatr Orthop. 2015 Jun 16. [Epub ahead of print]. Read the abstract.
2015
Gurnaney H, Muhly WT, Kramer FK, Cucchiaro G, Ganesh A: Safety of pediatric continuous interscalene block catheters placed under general anesthesia - A single center's experience. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2015 Mar;59(3):377-83. doi: 10.1111/aas.12471.
2014
Muhly WT, Maxwell LG, Cravero JP: Pain management following the Nuss procedure: A survey of practice and review. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2014 Oct;58(9):1134-9. doi: 10.1111/aas.12376. Epub 2014 Aug 4.
Gurnaney H, Kraemer FW, Maxwell L, Muhly W, Schleelein L, Ganesh A: Ambulatory continuous peripheral nerve blocks in children and adolescents: A longitudinal eight year single center study. Anesthesia and Analgesia Peter Davis, MD (eds.). Anesthesia and Analgesia, 118(3): 621-7, March 2014.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2015
Wallis T. Muhly, MD and Arjunan Ganesh, MBBS: Infraclavicular Block. Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia in Children. Stephen Mannion, Arjunan Ganesh, Gabrielle Iohom, Christopher Daudre and Mark Reisbig (eds.). Cambridge University Press, in press 2015.
Arjunan Ganesh, MBBS and Wallis T Muhly, MD: Performance of Regional Anesthesia in Children. Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia in Children. Stephen Mannion, Arjunan Ganesh, Gabrielle Iohom, Christopher Daudre and Mark Reisbig (eds.). Cambridge University Press, in press 2015.