Instructor, Anesthesiology
Division of Pain Management
Specialty Areas
Pain Management
Acute and Chronic Pain
Patients Seen At
Center for Advanced Medicine
4921 Parkview Place, Suite A, 10th Floor
St. Louis, MO 63110
314-362-8820
Fax: 314-362-9471
Mailing Address
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
660 South Euclid Avenue
Campus Box 8054
St. Louis, MO 63110
Areas of Clinical Interest
cancer pain management; interventional pain therapies including vertebroplasty, spinal cord stimulation, and radiofrequency ablation techniques.
Board Certification
American Board of Anesthesiology -- Certified
Medical Education
BA, Biology, Spanish Literature: University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, 2001
Medical Degree: St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2006
Residency, Anesthesiology: Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 2010
Fellowship in Pain Management: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2012
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis
Major or Recent Publications/Awards
Selected Publications
Montana MC, Conrardy BA, Cavallone LF, Kolber BJ, Rao LK, Greco CS, Gereau RW: Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Antagonism with Fenobam: Examination of Analgesic Tolerance and Side Effect Profile in mice. Anesthesiology. 2011 Dec;115(6):1239-50.
Rao LK, Francis AM, Wilcox U, Miller JP, Nagele P: Preoperative B-Vitamin Infusion and Prevention of Nitrous Oxide-induced Homocysteine Increase. Anaesthesia 2010; 65: 710-5.
Nagele P, Rao LK, Penta M, Kallogjeri D, Cavallone LF, Nussenbaum B, Piccirillo JF: Postoperative myocardial injury after major head and neck cancer surgery. Head Neck 2010.