Hariharan Shankar, MD | Professor | Medical College of Wisconsin

Hariharan Shankar, MD, MBBS

Professor

Contact Information

hshankar@mcw.edu

Biography

Education

MBBS, Stanley Medical College, India
Diploma in Anesthesiology, Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, India
Residency, Anesthesiology, Clinical Scientist Track, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Fellowship, Pain Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Research Interests

Ultrasound Imaging in Pain Medicine
Translational work on cannabinoid receptors and chronic pain

In Ultrasound Images, All That Is Black Is Not Always Fluid.

(Gorski R, Shankar H.) Anesthesiology. 2018 May;128(5):1047-1048.
Ultrasound-Assisted Versus Fluoroscopic-Guided Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglion Block: A Prospective and Randomized Study.

(Ryu JH, Lee CS, Kim YC, Lee SC, Shankar H, Moon JY.) Anesth Analg. 2018 Apr;126(4):1362-1368.
Ultrasound-Guided Peristyloid Steroid Injection for Eagle Syndrome.

(Maher T, Shankar H.) Pain Pract. 2017 04;17(4):554-557.
Ultrasound-guided interventional procedures in pain medicine: a review of anatomy, sonoanatomy, and procedures. Part V: knee joint.

(Peng PW, Shankar H.) Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2014 Sep-Oct;39(5):368-80.
Targeting myofascial taut bands by ultrasound.

(Thomas K, Shankar H.) Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2013 Jul;17(7):349.
Ultrasound imaging of embedded shrapnel facilitates diagnosis and management of myofascial pain syndrome.

(Shankar H, Cummings C.) Pain Pract. 2013 Jun;13(5):405-8.
Recurrent neuromas: a therapeutic challenge?

(Rajput K, Shankar H.) Clin J Pain. 2013 May;29(5):469.
Transient neuronal injury followed by intravascular injection during an ultrasound guided stellate ganglion block.

(Shankar H, Simhan S.) Anesth Pain Med. 2013;2(3):134-7.
Painful neuromas.

(Rajput K, Reddy S, Shankar H.) Clin J Pain. 2012 Sep;28(7):639-45.
Two- and three-dimensional ultrasound imaging to facilitate detection and targeting of taut bands in myofascial pain syndrome.

(Shankar H, Reddy S.) Pain Med. 2012 Jul;13(7):971-5.
Correlation between spinous process dimensions and ease of spinal anaesthesia.

(Shankar H, Rajput K, Murugiah K.) Indian J Anaesth. 2012 May;56(3):250-4.
Review of Sympathetic Blocks: Anatomy, Sonoanatomy, Evidence, and Techniques.

(Baig S, Moon JY, Shankar H.) Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2017 May/Jun;42(3):377-391.

Shankar Hariharan, MD