Dr. Issam A. Mardini is working as an Assistant Professor of Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care at The University of Pennsylvania Health System. He is also working as Attending Anesthesiologist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He received his MD (Medicine) from University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria, 1978 and Ph.D. (Physiology & Pharmacology) from University of South Dakota, 1985.. His research interests include: Acute pain management, perioperative pain control, chronic pain medicine, nerve blocks and regional anesthesia, injection/ablation for chronic pain, anesthesia for orthopedic and gynecological surgery,anesthesia for urological surgery, anticoagulation agents in the perioperative period and their interactions with regional anesthesia.

Acute pain management, perioperative pain control, chronic pain medicine, nerve blocks and regional anesthesia, injection/ablation for chronic pain, anesthesia for orthopedic and gynecological surgery,anesthesia for urological surgery, anticoagulation agents in the perioperative period and their interactions with regional anesthesia.