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
- 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;
- Ilioinguinal/Iliohypogastric versus quadratus lumborum nerve blockade for elective open inguinal herniorrhaphy: a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, equivalency trial. Edwards CJ, Weller RS, Turner JD, Dobson SW, Jaffe JD, Reynolds JW, Russell G, Henshaw DS. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2020 Dec; 45(12):970-974.
- Analgesic Benefit of Pectoral Nerve Block II Blockade for Open Subpectoral Biceps Tenodesis: A Randomized, Prospective, Double-Blinded, Controlled Trial. Reynolds JW, Henshaw DS, Jaffe JD, Dobson SW, Edwards CJ, Turner JD, Weller RS, Graves BR, Freehill MT. Anesth. Analg. 2019 08; 129(2):536-542.
- Preprocedural checklist for regional anesthesia: impact on the incidence of wrong site nerve blockade (an 8-year perspective). Henshaw DS, Turner JD, Dobson SW, Douglas Jaffe J, Wells Reynolds J, Edwards CJ, Weller RS. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2019 Jan;
- Single-Injection Adductor Canal Block With Multiple Adjuvants Provides Equivalent Analgesia When Compared With Continuous Adductor Canal Blockade for Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Double-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled, Equivalency Trial. Turner JD, Dobson SW, Henshaw DS, Edwards CJ, Weller RS, Reynolds JW, Russell GB, Jaffe JD. J Arthroplasty. 2018 10; 33(10):3160-3166.e1.