Dr. Santhanam Suresh
Dr. Suresh is the Arthur C. King Professor and Chair-Emeritus as well as senior vice president and chief of provider integration for the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. He is also a professor of anesthesiology and pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Dr. Suresh earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Madras Stanley Medical College in Madras, India. He completed a residency in pediatrics at Cook County Hospital and a residency in anesthesiology at Loyola University Medical Center. His fellowship took him to Children’s Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Medical School. He earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago.
He is considered one of the pioneers in pediatric regional anesthesia. He has created Pediatric Regional Anesthesia Network(PRAN), which is a database that has thousands of records of pediatric regional anesthesia practise, their success and complications. This data base is a guide for any physician practising pediatric regional anesthesia.
Dr. Suresh is an active member of a number of societies including service on the Education Committee for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia; oral board examiner, Board member, and former president of the American Board of Anesthesiology; chair, Board of Trustees of the International Anesthesia Research Society and service on the committees on Regional Anesthesia and the Scientific and Educational Exhibits, and past chair of the Annual Meeting Oversight Committee for the American Society of Anesthesiologists; and former member of the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Anesthesiology. He served on the ASRA Pain Medicine Board of Directors from 2011-2015 and received the Distinguished Service Award in 2016.
He has been awarded the 2023 Gaston Labat Award recipient and will present his lecture at the 48th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting on April 22, 2023, in Hollywood, FL
