Positions

Professor

Anesthesiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Education

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

02/2011 - Houston, Texas, United States

Certifications

Board Certified Anesthesiologist

The American Board of Anesthesiology

Honors & Awards

Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, Ben Taub and Trauma Anesthesiology

2015

Chairman's Award for establishing Anesthesiology services at Baylor-St.Lukes Medical Center

2015

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Faculty Excellence Award

For Teaching and Evaluation

(04/2016)

Star Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care

Baylor College of Medicine (05/2020)

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award

For Educational Research

Baylor College of Medicine (02/2020)

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award

Baylor College of Medicine (02/2021)

Professional Interests

• Clinical Anesthesiology
• Trauma Anesthesiology
• Resident Education
• Clinical Research

Websites

Selected Publications

• Rajagopalan S, Mascha E, Na J, Sessler DI.. " The effects of mild perioperative hypothermia on blood loss and transfusion requirement. " 2008 Jan ; 108 : 71-77.
  Pubmed PMID: 18156884.
• I. Kurz A, Fleischmann E, Sessler DI, et al.. " Effects of supplemental oxygen and dexamethasone on surgical site infection: a factorial randomized trial. " 2015 Sep ; 115 (3) : 434-43.
  Pubmed PMID: 25900659.
• Akça O, Kurz A, Fleischmann E, et al.. " Hypercapnia and surgical site infection: a randomized trial. " Br J Anaesth. 2013 Nov ; 111 (5) : 59-67.
  Pubmed PMID: 23887247.
• Rajagopalan S, Nwazota N, Chandrasekhar S.. " Outcomes in pregnant women with acute aortic dissections: a review of the literature from 2003 to 2013. " Int J Obstet Anesth.. 2014 Nov ; 23 (4) : 348-56.
  Pubmed PMID: 25223644.
• Rajagopalan S, Harbott M, Ortiz J and Bandi V.. " Anesthetic management of a large mediastinal mass for tracheal stent placement " Rev Bras Anestesiol 2014. 2016 Mar ; 66 (2) : 215-218.
• Rajagopalan S, Palvadi RR.. " A unique case of pulmonary artery catheter bleeding from the oximetry connection port " Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2014 Nov ; 64 (6) : 443-5.
• Oritz J, Rajagopalan S. " A review of local anesthetic techniques for analgesia after laparoscopic surgery. " Journal of minimally invasive surgical scienc. 2013 ; 3 (2) : e11310..
• Rajagopalan S, Suresh M, Clark SL, Serratos B, Chandrasekhar S. " Airway management for cesarean delivery performed under general anesthesia. " Int J Obstet Anesth. 2017 ; 29 : 64-69.
• Lee SC, Minard C, Rajagopalan S. " The use of podcast videos for airway skills. " Clin Teacher. 2019 ; 16 : 585-588.
• Lee SC, Nguyen V, Nguyen A, Minard CG. " Teaching anesthesiology residents how to obtain informed consent. " J Educ Perioper Med. 2019 ; 21 (e632)
• Chang LC, Lee SC, Ding AL, Rajagopalan S. " Fiberoptic orotracheal intubation of obese patients using Parker Flex tip vs. standard endotracheal tube. " Turkish Journal of Anesth. 2019 ; 35 : 387-91.
• Rajagopalan S, Gopinath S, Trinh VT, Chandrasekhar S. " Anesthetic considerations for labor and delivery in women with cerebrospinal fluid shunts. " Int J Obstet Anesth. 2017 ; 29 : 23-29.

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Memberships

American Society of Anesthesiology

Member (01/2006)

Texas Society of Anesthesiology

Member

Trauma Anesthesiology Society

Member