Sean Wayne Dobson, MD, PhD
- Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Sean Wayne Dobson, MD, PhD
Research Interests
- Anesthetics, Local
- Nerve Block
- Regional Anesthesia
- Education
- BS, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996
- PhD, University of Southern Alabama, 2001
- MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 2005
- Residency
- Internal Medicine, Moses Cone Health System, 2006
- Anesthesiology, Duke University Hospital, 2009
- Fellowship
- Regional and Ambulatory Anesthesia, Duke University Hospital, 2010
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
- Memberships
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- American Society of Regional Anesthesia
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
- Departments and Affiliations
- Anesthesiology
Research
- Comparison of Femoral Nerve Catheter, Adductor Canal Catheter, and Periarticular Liposomal Bupivacaine Infiltration for Postoperative Analgesia After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. Dobson SW, Stouffer ND, Weller RS, Shields JS, Edwards CJ, Henshaw DS. J Arthroplasty. 2022 Dec;
- Surface Landmarks in the Lateral Decubitus Position Are Unreliable for Thoracic Epidural Catheter Placement: A Case Series. Dobson SW, Weller RS, Turner JD, Lack CM, Henshaw DS. A A Pract. 2022 Dec; 16(12):e01649.
- Pain, Analgesic Use, and Patient Satisfaction With Spinal Versus General Anesthesia for Hip Fracture Surgery : A Randomized Clinical Trial. Neuman MD, Feng R, Ellenberg SS, Sieber F, Sessler DI, Magaziner J, Elkassabany N, Schwenk ES, Dillane D, Marcantonio ER, Menio D, Ayad S, Hassan M, Stone T, Papp S, Donegan D, Marshall M, Jaffe JD, Luke C, Sharma B, Azim S, Hymes R, Chin KJ, Sheppard R, Perlman B, Sappenfield J, Hauck E, Hoeft MA, Tierney A, Gaskins LJ, Horan AD, Brown T, Dattilo J, Carson JL. Ann Intern Med. 2022 Jun;
- A randomized comparison of loss of resistance versus loss of resistance plus electrical stimulation: effect on success of thoracic epidural placement. Dobson SW, Weller RS, Edwards C, Turner JD, Jaffe JD, Reynolds JW, Henshaw DS. BMC Anesthesiol. 2022 02; 22(1):43.
- Mean plasma bupivacaine concentrations following pectoral nerve blocks (PECS II). Turner JD, Cortese KT, Kim ST, McKee ZL, Jaffe D, Henshaw DS, Dobson SW, Weller R, Edwards CJ, Reynolds JW, Russell G. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2021 Oct;