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5/29/25 - Anesthesiology Grand Rounds - Hospital Based Perioperative Acupuncture - Stephanie Cheng MD, DABMA, FAAMA

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 0.75

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Summarize how perioperative acupuncture can help in decreasing opioid usages post operatively.
  • Identify areas to incorporate acupuncture into perioperative period.
  • Recognize potential roadblocks of implementation of a perioperative program.

Suggested Additional Reading & Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.


Suggested Additional Reading

  • Thor P, Moreno A, Zhong H, Sheetz M, Popovic M, Strickland SM, Ast MP, Cheng SI. A qualitative analysis of the use of intraoperative acupuncture for patients with nosocomephobia. Acupunct Med. 2024 Nov 22:9645284241298717. doi: 10.1177/09645284241298717. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39575847.
  • Cheng SI, Kelleher DC, DeMeo D, Zhong H, Birch G, Ast MP. Intraoperative Acupuncture as Part of a Multimodal Analgesic Regimen to Reduce Opioid Usage After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Cohort Trial. Med Acupunct. 2022 Feb 1;34(1):49-57. doi: 10.1089/acu.2021.0072. Epub 2022 Feb 14. PMID: 35251437; PMCID: PMC8886900.
  • Cheng SI, Norman RM, DeMeo D, Zhong H, Turteltaub LH, McCarthy MM, Marx RG, Strickland SM, Kelly AM. The Feasibility of Blinding Intraoperative Electro-Auricular Acupuncture Under Neuraxial Anesthesia. Med Acupunct. 2021 Aug 1;33(4):286-294. doi: 10.1089/acu.2021.0003. Epub 2021 Aug 17. PMID: 34471447; PMCID: PMC8403191.

Authors:
Stephanie Cheng, MD, DABMA, FAAMA — Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.