Melissa Wheeler, M.D.

Research interests and specialties
    Chronic pediatric pain management
    Pain treatments
    Drug pharmacology
    Difficult airway management

Year started practice: 1990

Certifications
    Anesthesiology
    Pain medicine

Undergraduate education
    Northwestern University

Medical education
    Northwestern University Medical School

Residency
    Northwestern University Medical School

Fellowship
    Children’s Memorial Hospital

Memberships in professional/support groups
    American Academy of Pediatrics, 
        Anesthesia Subspecialty Section
    American Society of Anesthesiology
    International Anesthesia Research Society
    Society of Pediatric Anesthesia
    Illinois Society of Anesthesiology,
        Education Committee
    International Association for the 
        Study of Pain
    American Pain Society

Phone: (773) 385-5463
Email

Representative research projects:

• Wheeler M, Roth AG, Dunham ME, Rae B, Coté CJ: A Bronchoscopic, Computer-Assisted Examination of the Changes in Dimension of the Infant Tracheal Lumen with Changes in Head Position: Implications for Emergency Airway Management. Anesthesiology 88:1183-7, 1998. Selected for abstraction in Anesthesia file.
• Wheeler M: Management Strategies for the Difficult Pediatric Airway. Anesthesiology Clinics of North America 16:743-761, 1998.
• Dsida RM, Wheeler M, Birmingham PK, Wang Z, Heffner CL, Avram MJ, Coté CJ: Age-Stratified Pharmacokinetics of Ketorolac Tromethamine in Pediatric Surgical Patients. Anesth Analg. 94:266-70, 2002.
• Suresh S, Wheeler M. Practical Pediatric Regional Anesthesia. Mason LJ, Kim MS, eds. Anesthesiology Cl North Am 20:83-113, 2002.
• Wheeler M, Birmingham PK, Dsida RM, Wang Z, Coté CJ, Avram MJ: Uptake Pharmacokinetics of the Fentanyl Oralet^® in Children Scheduled for Central Venous Access Removal: Implications for the Timing of Initiating Painful Procedures. Paediatric Anaesthesia. 12:594-599, 2002.
• Suresh S, Wheeler M, Patel A. Intravenous Regional Anesthesia with Ketorolac and Lidocaine: Is it Effective for the Management of CRPS 1 in Children and Adolescents? Anesth Analg 2003; 96:694-5.
• Birmingham PK, Wheeler M, Suresh S, Dsida RM, Rae BR, Obrecht J, Andreoni VA, Hall SC, Coté CJ. Patient Controlled Epidural Analgesia in Children: Can They Do It? Anesth Analg 2003; 96:686-91.
• Wheeler M, Birmingham PK, Lugo RA, et al. The pharmacokinetics of the intravenous formulation of fentanyl citrate administered orally in children undergoing general anesthesia. Anesth Analg 2004;99:1347-51.
• Wheeler M, Patel A, Suresh S, Birmingham PK. Does Clonidine 2 mg/kg added to 0.125% Bupivacaine with Epinephrine 1:200,000 improve postoperative analgesia in caudal blocks? Pediatric Anesthesia 2005; 15:476-83.
• Wheeler M. The ProSeal™ LMA™ in 102 Pediatric Surgical Patients: A Prospective Evaluation of Characteristics and Performance. Paediatr Anaesth. 2006; 16(3):297-301.