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Douglas G. Ririe, MD, PhD, MHA

Douglas G. Ririe, MD, PhD, MHA

  • Professor, Pediatric Anesthesia, Anesthesiology (Winston-Salem)

Research Interests

  • Skin
  • Mechanoreceptors
  • Ganglia, Spinal
  • Hyperalgesia
  • Neural Conduction
  • Pain, Postoperative
  • dririe@wakehealth.edu
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Education
MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 1990
Internship
Intern, Cambridge Hospital Harvard Medical Center, 1991
Residency
Anesthesiology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 1994
Fellowship
Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Harvard Medical, 1995
Board Certifications
American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology
Memberships
Society of Pediatric Anesthesia
Society for Neuroscience
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Positions
Section Head, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Professor, Pediatric Anesthesia, Anesthesiology (Winston-Salem)
Departments and Affiliations
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Pediatric Anesthesia, Anesthesiology (Winston-Salem)

Research

  • Publications
  • Characterization of a rat model expressing Cre recombinase in oxytocinergic neurons: NTac:SD-Oxtem1(cre)Sage. Martin TJ, Martin CW, Murulikanth N, Parker R, das Dores Fonseca M, Romero-Sandoval EA, Peters CM, Abbott J, Gordon S, Zhao G, Ririe DG, Eisenach JC. Neuroscience. 2025 Sep; 586:130-143.
  • Plasma pharmacokinetics of intravenous and intranasal oxytocin in nonpregnant adults. Shafer SL, Ririe DG, Miller S, Curry RS, Hsu DT, Sullivan GM, Eisenach JC. Br J Anaesth. 2025 Mar;
  • Perioperative considerations for patients exposed to hallucinogens: an infographic. Emerick T, Marshall T, Martin TJ, Ririe D, Schwenk ES. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 Mar;
  • Effects of multiple anesthetic exposures on rhesus macaque brain development: a longitudinal structural MRI analysis. Kim J, Barcus R, Lipford ME, Yuan H, Ririe DG, Jung Y, Vlasova RM, Styner M, Nader MA, Whitlow CT. Cereb Cortex. 2023 Dec;
  • Perioperative Considerations for Patients Exposed to Psychostimulants. Emerick TD, Martin TJ, Ririe DG. Anesth Analg. 2023 Sep; 137(3):474-487.
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Research Interests

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Anesthetics
  • Brain Circuitries
  • Ganglia, Spinal
  • Hyperalgesia
  • Mechanoreceptors
  • Neural Conduction
  • Neuroscience
  • Pain, Postoperative
  • Skin
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