James Riopelle, MD

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

LSUHSC School of Medicine
1542 Tulane Ave, Ste. 659
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 568-2315
jriope@lsuhsc.edu

Degrees

Doctor of Medicine

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

 

Bachelors of Science

Tulane University 

New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Bio

Residency

Charity Hospital

Louisiana State University

 

Clinical Interests

 -Technical aspects of central venous cannulation success & safety

 - New ways of avoiding inadvertent dural puncture during spinal-epidural anesthesia

 - Ultrasound for assessing quantity & nature of stomach contents

Selected Publications

Riopelle J, de Lanzac K & Thomas M, Anesthesia, Chapter in in O'Leary JP (ed), The Physiologic Basis of Surgery Baltimore, 3d Edition: Williams & Wilkins, pp. 602 - 617, 2002.

Riopelle J, Use of ultrasound to control depth of needle insertion [letter-to-the-editor]., Reg Anes Pain Med 26:384-5, 2001.

Riopelle J, Busch E, Wood DG, Viswanathan S, Mitchell MR, Celentano WJ, Eyrich JE, Rigol JA, Ferlita MA & Miller M, Ultrasound-guided internal jugular cannulation: an introduction for non-radiologists to a tecnique that is here to stay., J La State Med Soc 153:142-152, 2001.

Riopelle J, Stroke from mistaken carotid puncture promotes interest in neck vein finders: small ultrasounds believed affordable. [letter-to-the editor], Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter Fall, 2000.

Riopelle J, Mitchell M, Viswanathan S, Campbell C, Use of a Rod/Sleeve System for Double- to Single-Lumen Tracheal Tube Exchange [letter-to-the-editor]., Anesthesia & Analgesia 87:744, 1998.

Additional Info

Curriculum Vitae