Oscar A. deLeon-Casasola MD
Oscar A. deLeon-Casasola
MD
Professional Summary:
Program Director, UB Anesthesiology Pain Management Fellowship
Education and Training:
- Residency, Anesthesiology, University at Buffalo (1990)
- Residency, Critical Care track, Downstate Medical Center (1987)
- Internship, General Surgery, Downstate Medical Center (1986)
- Residency, General Surgery, Military Hospital (1983)
- Internship, Military Hospital (1982)
- MD, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (1982)
Employment:
- Professor, Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (2006-present)
- Professor with Tenure, Anesthesiology, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (2001-present)
- Chief, Pain Medicine and Symptom Management, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (1999-present)
- Director, Anesthesia Research, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (1998-present)
- Anesthesiologist, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (1990-present)
- Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (1996–2001)
- Chief, Critical Care Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (1994–1998)
- Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (1991–1996)
- Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (1993–1994)
- Director of the Acute Pain Service, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (1991–1993)
Awards and Honors:
- Castle Connolly Medical List of America's Top Doctors (2011)
- Top Doctors List (2011)
- Top Doctors List (2010)
- Best Dctors in America (2009)
- Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals in Medicine and Healthcare (2007)
- ESRA Distinguished Service Award (2007)
- M/Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Pain Medicine (2006)
- 100 Top Docs in Buffalo (2006)
- America's Top Doctors (2006)
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer (2006)
- America's Top Doctors (2005)
- Empire Who‘s Who Among Executives and Professional in Healthcare and Medicine (2005)
- Chair, Scientific Committee (2004)
Research Expertise:
- Acute Pain: Postoperative and Acute on Chronic Pain Management
- Cancer Pain Management: Multidisciplinary approach to cancer pain management
- Neuropathic Pain: Non-Cancer and Cancer Related Neuropathic Pain
Grants and Sponsored Research:
- January 2002
Cancer Pain Education in the Community
Janssen Laboratories
Role: Co-Investigator - January 2001
A Multi-Modal Rehabilitation Program for Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomies
Astra Zeneca
Role: Co-Investigator - January 2001
A Multi-Modal Rehabilitation Program for Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomies
Roxane Laboratories Research Grant
Role: Co-Investigator
Journal Articles:
- deLeon-Casasola OA. (2016) Interventional Management of Head and Face Pain. Anesthesiology 2016 (Jan), 124(515).
- Chou R, Gordon DB, deLeon-Casasola OA, Rosenberg JM. (2016) Management of Postoperative Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Pain Society, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Regional Anesthesia, Executive Committe. Journal of Pain (Jan), 17: 131-157.
- deLeon-Casasola OA, Mayoral V. (2016) The Topical 5% lidocaine medicated plaster in localized neuropathic pain: a reappraisal of the clinical evidence. Journal of Pain Research (Jan), 9: 67-79.
- Gordon DB, deLeon-Casasola OA, Wu CL, Sluka K, Brennan T, Chou R. (2015) Research Gaps on Practice Guidelines for Acute Postoperative Pain Management in Adults: Findings from a Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society Clinical Practice Guideline. J Pain (Dec).
- Nalamachu S, deLeon-Casasola OA, Robinson CY, Galer BS, Gould E, Gammaitoni A. (2015) An Analysis of Rescue Medication Utilization from a 3-Month, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain Treated with Single-Entity, Twice-Daily, Extended-Release Hydrocodone. Pain Med (Dec), 16(12): 2338-2343.
- Swarm R, Abernethy AP, Anghelescu DL, Benedetti C, Blinderman CD, Boston B, Cleeland C, Coyle N, Deleon-Casasola OA, Eilers JG, Ferrell B, Janjan NA, Karver SB, Levy MH, Lynch M, Moryl N, Murphy BA, Nesbit SA, Oakes L, Obbens EA, Paice JA, Rabow MW, Syrjala KL, Urba S, Weinstein SM. (2010) Adult cancer pain. J Natl Compr Canc Netw (Sep), 8(9): 1046-1086.
- de Leon-Casasola OA, deLeon-Casasola OA. (2009) Spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation techniques for neuropathic pain. J Pain Symptom Manage (Aug), 38(2 Sup): 28-38.
- deLeon-Casasola OA. (2009) Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulatoin Techniques for Neuropathic Pain. J Pain and Symptom Mgmt (Jan), 38(2S): S28-S38.
- de Leon-Casasola OA, deLeon-Casasola OA. (2008) Current developments in opioid therapy for management of cancer pain. Clin J Pain (May), 24 Su: 3-7.
- deLeon-Casasola OA. (2008) Implementing Therapy with Opioids in Patients with Cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum (Jan), 35(6): S1-S6.
Books and Book Chapters:
- Hitt JM and deLeon OA. (2013) Complications in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, 2nd ed. In: Complications associated with Superior Hypogastric and Ganglion Impar Blocks. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- deLeon-Casasola OA. (2010) Maual Practico de Dolor Neuropatico. In: Topical Analgesia for Neuropathic Pain. Elsevier Espana, 167-176.
- Urie B, deLeon-Casasola OA. (2009) Acute Pain Management. In: Pharmacokinetics of Epidural Opioids. Cambridge University Press, 102-108.
- Sinatra RS, deLeon-Casasola OA, Ginsberg B, Viscusi ER. (2009) Acute Pain Management. Cambridge University Press.
- deLeon-Casasola OA, Yarussi AT. (2008) Practical Management of Pain, 4th ed. In: Cancer Pain. Mosby/Elsevier, 413-426.
- deLeon-Casasola OA. (2008) Raj's Practical Management of Pain 4th ed. In: Neurolysis of the Sympathetic Axis for Cancer Pain Management. Mosby/Elsevier, 917-926.
- deLeon-Casasola OA. (2007) Complications in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, 1st ed. In: Complications Associated with Superior Hypogastric and Ganglion Impar Blocks. Sunders/Elsevier, 221-226.
- Deschner C, Allen M, deLeon-Casasola OA. (2007) Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management. In: Epidural Blockade. McGraw Hill Medical, 229-267.
- deLeon-Casasola OA. (2006) Cancer Pain: Pharmacological, Interventional and Palliative Care Approaches, 1st Ed. In: Cancer Pain Management in the Opioid Tolerant Patient. Sunders/Elsevier, 231-234.
- deLeon-Casasola OA. (2006) Cancer Pain -- Pharmacological, Interventional, and Palliative Care Approaches. Saunders Elsevier.
Abstracts:
- Plancarte R, deLeon-Casasola OA, Lema MJ. (1995) Alternative approaches for super hypogastric plexus block. Reg Anesth, (Jan) 90
- Sands R, deLeon-Casasola OA, Harrison P, Velagapudi S, Lema MJ. (1995) Epidural fentanyl action, like intravenous fentanyl, occurs primarily at the supraspinal level. Reg Anesth, (Jan) 40
- deLeon-Casasola OA, Plancarte R, Lema MJ. (1995) Neurolytic superior hypogastric plexus block for cancer pain. Anesthesiology, (Jan) A843
- Plancarte R, deLeon-Casasola OA, Allende S, Lema MJ. (1995) The clinical effectiveness of two alternative aproaches for neurolytic superior hypogastric plexus blocks in patients with pelvic pain associated with extensive retroperitoneal cancer. Reg Anesth, (Jan) 90
- O'Leary KA, deLeon-Casasola OA, Lema MJ. (1995) The use of thoracic epidural anesthesia with sedatin for post-surgica bronchopleural fistula repair. Reg Anesth, (Jan) 100
- O'Leary KA, deLeon-Casasola OA, Lema MJ. (1995) Thoracic epidural anesthesia for the repair of bronchopleural fistulas. Reg Anesth, (Jan) 100
- Nader-Djalal N, deLeon-Casasola OA, Peer GL, Vladutiu AO, Lema MJ. (1994) Pre-operative levels of B-endorphin and Met-enkephalin and the Duration of Analgesia after TURP under Spinal Anesthesia. Anesthesiology, (Jan) A1056
- Bacon DR, deLeon-Casasola OA, Lema MJ. (1993) Society Seals: Symbls of Organized Anesthesia. Anesthesiology, (Jan) A1029
- Deleon-Casasola OA, McClintick EA, Harrison P, Massey J, Lema MJ. (1993) The addition of intramuscular ketorolac to epidural morphine-bupivicaine for post-thoracotomy analgesia. Regional Anesthesia, (Jan) 74-74
- deLeon-Casasola OA, Karabella D, Lema MJ. (1993) The effects of epidural bupivacaine-morphine and intravenous PCA morphine on bowel function and pain after radical hysterectomies. Anesth Analg, (Jan) S73
Presentations:
- "Breakthrough Pain: Physiopathology, Opioids in Neuropathic Pain" Meeting; Spanish Society of Pain Medicine (2010)
- "Chronic Opioids for Non-Cancer Pain: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, What is New in Neuropathic Pain Therapy" Meeting; Argentine Society of Pain (2010)
- "Chronic Pain in the Cancer Survivor" Annual Meeting; American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (2010)
- "Multi-modal Analgesic Therapy in the Postoperative Period" ; SAMBA (2010)
- "Pharmacological Management for Cancer Pain, Interventional Procedures for Cancer Pain" Annual Meeting; American Academy of Pain Medicine (2010)
- "Pharmacological Therapy for Cancer Pain" ; APS (2010)
- "Post-Surgical Pain Syndromes" Meeting; ERSA-Spain (2010)
- "Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain" Annual Meeting; American Society of Anesthesiology (2010)
- "Thoracic Epidural Workshop, Paravertebral Workshop, Neuropathic Pain 101" Spring Meeting; American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (2010)
- "Focus Session on Treatment Guidelines -- Treatment of Pain in the Elderly" PGA; New York State Society of Anesthesiologists (2009)
Service Activities:
- ASA Ad Hoc Scientific Content Subcommittee on Pain Medicine; Committee Member (2005–2006)
- ASRAPM Scientific Program Committee 2005 Fall Meeting; Committee Member (2005)
- NCCN Pain Menegement Guidelines Committee; Committee Member (2004–present)
- ASRAPM Scientific Program American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management -- 2004 Fall Meeting; Chair (2003–2004)
- ASRA Education Committee; Committee Member (2003–present)