Douglas G. Ririe, MD
- Professor, Anesthesiology

Douglas G. Ririe, MD
Research Interests
- Skin
- Mechanoreceptors
- Ganglia, Spinal
- Hyperalgesia
- Neural Conduction
- Pain, Postoperative
- Education
- BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1981
- MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 1990
- PhD, Wake Forest University, 2008
- MHA, Louisiana State University - Shreveport, 2019
- Internship
- Henry Holt Bradshaw Research Fellowship, Cambridge Hospital, 1991
- Residency
- Anesthesiology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 1994
- Fellowship
- Pediatric Anesthesia, Boston Children's Hospital, 1995
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
- American Board of Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology
- Memberships
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Society of Pediatric Anesthesia
- Society for Neuroscience
- Positions
- Section Chief, Anesthesiology - Pediatric Anesthesia
- Professor, Anesthesiology
- Departments and Affiliations
- Anesthesiology - Pediatric Anesthesia
- Anesthesiology
Research
- A comparison of the breathing apparatus deadspace associated with a supraglottic airway and endotracheal tube using volumetric capnography in young children. Goenaga-Díaz EJ, Smith LD, Pecorella SH, Smith TE, Russell GB, Johnson KN, Downard MG, Ririe DG, Hammon DE, Hodges AS, Templeton TW. Korean J Anesthesiol. 2020 Nov;
- Recovery from nerve injury induced behavioral hypersensitivity in rats parallels resolution of abnormal primary sensory afferent signaling. Boada MD, Martin TJ, Parker R, Houle TT, Eisenach JC, Ririe DG. Pain. 2020 05; 161(5):949-959.
- Nociceptive input after peripheral nerve injury results in cognitive impairment and alterations in primary afferent physiology in rats. Boada MD, Ririe DG, Martin CW, Martin SJ, Kim SA, Eisenach JC, Martin TJ. Pain. 2020 05; 161(5):960-969.
- Assessment of Common Criteria for Awake Extubation in Infants and Young Children. Templeton TW, Goenaga-Díaz EJ, Downard MG, McLouth CJ, Smith TE, Templeton LB, Pecorella SH, Hammon DE, O'Brien JJ, McLaughlin DH, Lawrence AE, Tennant PR, Ririe DG. Anesthesiology. 2019 10; 131(4):801-808.
- Incisional Nociceptive Input Impairs Attention-related Behavior and Is Associated with Reduced Neuronal Activity in the Prefrontal Cortex in Rats. Ririe DG, Boada MD, MacGregor MK, Martin SJ, Strassburg TJ, Kim SA, Eisenach JC, Martin TJ. Anesthesiology. 2018 10; 129(4):778-790.