Bio
Years of Experience in Anesthesiology : 27 Years
1988 – 1994 – MBBS – Kilpauk Medical College MGR University, Chennai
1995 – 1998 – MD Anesthesiology at JIPMER Pondicherry University
1998 – Completed DNB Anesthesiology
1998 – 2001 – Lecturer/Tutor in Anesthesia
2001 – 2005 – Asst Prof
2005 – 2008 – Associate Prof
Since 2008 – Professor
Since 2017 – Professor and HOD
Position held in Associations :
1.Vice President, AOA
2.Specialist Board Member, DNB
Areas of interest
Obstetric anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia, Airway management, Regional anesthesia, Anesthesia machine and physics, Transfusion medicine
Publications
- Paul, Anisha Pauline MD; Parameswari, Aruna MD. Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting Prevention After Intrathecal Morphine—Pondering the Permutations. Anesthesia & Analgesia ():10.1213/ANE.0000000000007574, May 09, 2025. | DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007574
- Paul AP, Parameswari A, Pavazhakannan P, Sankar M, Salim J. Point-of-care ultrasound-guided fluid management to prevent hypotension after induction of general anesthesia-a conundrum to conquer! Can J Anaesth. 2025 Apr 25. doi: 10.1007/s12630-025-02954-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40281331.
- Parameswari, Aruna & Manivannan, Kishore & Geethesh, M.. (2025). Anaesthetic Challenges in An Adolescent with Segawa Syndrome and Recurrent Aspiration Pneumonitis Scheduled For Laparoscopic Fundoplication. A Rare Presentation. Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology. 33. 93-97. 10.4038/slja.v33i01.9520.
- Parameswari A, Paul AP, U K. Assessment of the Incidence of Hemi-Diaphragmatic Paralysis Following Infraclavicular and Supraclavicular Approaches for Brachial Plexus Block: A Randomized Controlled Study. Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim. 2025 Feb 11;53(1):20-27. doi: 10.4274/TJAR.2025.241648. PMID: 39932065; PMCID: PMC11827513.
- Rajesh Kumar Kodali V , Varun Karuppaiah Thiagarajan , Mahesh Vakamudi , Aruna Parameswari . Effect of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to bupivacaine in bilateral posterior quadratus lumborum block for postoperative analgesia after cesarean delivery: A prospective randomized double-blinded study 2024-11-02 November 2024 Indian Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia11(4):501-510 DOI:18231/j.ijca.2024.092 License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. 21:S1053-0770(24)00540-8.
- Parameswari A, Manivannan K, Salim J, Sankar M, Ramu L. Bilateral Superficial Cervical Plexus Block to Avoid Airway Manipulation in a Patient With Tracheal Compression and Bleeding Nodular Tracheal Infiltration: A Safe and Feasible Option. Cureus. 2024 Oct 17;16(10):e71693. doi: 10.7759/cureus.71693. PMID: 39553161; PMCID: PMC11568517.
- Manickam A, Fathima K, Bagri VA, Ganesh Prabu AVP, R VP. Balancing Anesthesia in a Child With Mitochondrial Disease: A Case Report. Cureus. 2024 Oct 3;16(10):e70756. doi: 10.7759/cureus.70756. PMID: 39493163; PMCID: PMC11531197.
- Parameswari A, Kanishka S, Kalaimani K, Saif Ali SK, Baskar G. Anesthetic Challenges in Laparoscopic Surgery for a Child with Juvenile Dermatomyositis. Cureus. 2024 Oct 8;16(10):e71056. doi: 10.7759/cureus.71056. PMID: 39525238; PMCID: PMC11543366
- Sree Kumar EJ, Aruna Parameswari, Akilandeswari Manickam, Purva Makani.
Establishment of a simulation centre: Challenges and Solutions. Indian J Anaesth
2024;68:45-51.
- Deepshika R, Aruna Parameswari, Balasubramanian Venkitaraman, Mahesh Vakamudi,
Akilandeswari Manickam. A randomized clinical study to compare the perioperative
analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block over thoracic epidural in
modified radical mastectomy. Cureus 15(12):e51103. DOI:10.7759/cureus.51103.
- Hariharan S, Ramasamy Arul Murugan, Parameswari Aruna, Kumar Kodali V R, Vakamudi
M. Comparison of the Efficacy of Opioid-Free Anesthesia With Conventional Opioid-Based
Anesthesia for Nasal Surgeries – A Prospective Randomized Parallel Arm Triple-Blinded
Study. Cureus. 2023 Jul 24;15(7):e42409. doi: 10.7759/cureus.42409.
- Anisha Pauline, Arthi K, Aruna Parameswari et al. Prophylactic fixed-rate phenylephrine
versus norepinephrine infusion in the prevention of post-spinal anesthesia hypotension during
Cesarean delivery. Cureus 15(7):e41251. DOI 10.7759/cureus.41251
- Arulmurugan Ramasamy, Senthilkumar Sukumar, Prabhavathi Srinivasan, Rajesh Kumar
Kodali, Akilandeswari M, Aruna Parameswari, Mahesh Vakamudi. A comparative study on
the analgesic efficacy of bilateral suprazygomatic maxillary nerve block under ultrasound
guidance with 0.25% bupivacaine and 0.25% bupivacaine with dexmedetomidine in pediatric
patients undergoing cleft palate repair – randomized prospective double blinded study.
JARSS 2022;30(1):1-8.
- Navya Kollipara, Rajesh Kumar Kodali, Aruna Parameswari. A randomized double-blinded
controlled trial comparing ultrasound-guided versus conventional injection for caudal block in children undergoing infra-umbilical surgeries. Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology 2021;37(2):249.
- Aishwarya Prateep, Gowripriyadharshini Vijayaraj, Aruna Parameswari, Prasanna Kumar
Saravanam. Early-onset respiratory distress in a child: A rare presentation. Journal of
Laryngology and Voice 2021;11(1):17.
- Somaganesh Neethirajan, Aishwarya Ramesh, Aruna Parameswari. Regional anesthesia in
Harris Platelet syndrome for Transurethral Resection of Prostate – A Clinical Conundrum or
Certitude? Turkish Journal of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation 2020;49:67-69
- Pankaj Kundra, Shreya Goswami, Aruna Parameswari. Advances in vaporization: A
narrative review. Indian Journal of Anesthesia 2020;64(3):171-180.
- Soma Ganesh Neethirajan, Nivash Chandrasekaran, Aruna Parameswari. Effectiveness of
dexmedetomidine for controlled hypotension in providing optimum surgical conditions for
functional endoscopic sinus surgeries: A double-blinded randomized controlled trial. Journal
of Anesthesiology and Reanimation Specialists’ Society. 2020;28(1):12-7.
- Sree Kumar EJ, Makani Purva, Sarat Chander, Aruna Parameswari. Impact of repeated
simulation on learning curve characteristics of residents exposed to rare life threatening
situations. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning 2019; 6(6):351-55.
12. Soma Ganesh Neethirajan, Santoshi Kurada, Aruna Parameswari. Efficacy of
dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to bupivacaine in ultrasound-guided transverse abdominis
plane block for laparoscopic appendicectomy: A randomized controlled study. Turkish
Journal of Anesthesiology and Reanimation 2020;48:364-370.
- Ramkumar D, Gautam D M, Aruna Parameswari. A propective randomized comparative
study between Baska mask, Proseal LMA and I Gel during positive pressure ventilation in
laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Journal of Anesthesiology and Reanimation Specialists’
Society 2019;27(2):106-111.
- Aruna Parameswari, Bhavya Krishna, Akilandeswari Manickam, Mahesh Vakamudi.
Analgesic efficacy of dexamethasone as an adjuvant to caudal bupivacaine for infraumbilical
surgeries in children: A prospective, randomized study. Journal of Anesthesiology Clinical
Pharamcology 2017;33(4):509-513.
- Correlation between preoperative ultrasonographic airway assessment and laryngoscopic
view in adult patients: A prospective study. Journal of Anesthesiology Clinical
Pharamcology 2017;33(3):353-358.
- Aruna Parameswari, Mahesh Vakamudi. Are we now counting calories. British Journal of
Anaesthesia 2015;116(1):141.
- Akilandeswari Manickam, Aruna Parameswari, Mahesh Vakamudi. Anaesthetic management
of a patient with Cushing’s syndrome and non-compaction cardiomyopathy for adrenal tumor
resection. Indian Journal of Anesthesia 2012;56(4):401-4.
- Akilandeswari Manickam, Mahesh Vakamudi, Aruna Parameswari, Chetana Chetan.
Efficacy of clonidine as an adjuvant to ropivacine for caudal analgesia in children
undergoing subumbilical surgery. Journal of Anesthesiology and Clinical Pharmacology
2012;28(2):185-9.
- Aruna Parameswari, Mahesh Vakamudi, Akilandeswari Manickam, Arul Murugan
Ramasamy. Nasal fiberoptic-guided oral tracheal intubation in neonates and infants with
Pierre Robin sequence. Pediatric Anesthesia 2011;21(2):170-1.
- Aruna Parameswari, Anand M Dhev, Mahesh Vakamudi. Effiacy of clonidine as a adjuvant
to bupivacaine for caudal analgesia in children undergoing sub-umbilical surgery. Indian
Journal of Anesthesia 2010;54(5):458-63.
- Aruna Parameswari, Mahesh Vakamudi, Raghypathy V, Siddhartha R. Anaesthetic
management of total craniopagus twins for magnetic resonance imaging and cerebral
angiography. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2010;105(3):368-70.
- Aruna Parameswari, Gudapati Maheedar, Mahesh Vakamudi. Sedative and anxiolytic effects
of midazolam and triclofos oral premedication in children undergoing elective surgery: A
comparison. Journal of Anesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology 2010;26(3):340-44.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Pain Relief Following Caesarean Section. In World Clinics in Anesthesia, Critical Care and
Pain July 2013 Vol 1 Number 2. Pages 472-489.
2. Airway management equipment. In Principles of Anaesthesia Equipment: Post-Graduate
Review. Editors: Yasodananda K Areti and Bhavani Shankar Kodali. In print
3. Aruna Parameswari, Akilandeswari Manickam. Awareness under anesthesia. In Year book of
Anesthesiology – 5.Eds R. Sehgal, A. Trikha. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers.
4. Aruna Parameswari, Akilandeswari Manickam. Transdermal drug delivery. In Yearbook of
Anesthesiology-6. January 2017. DOI:10.5005/jp/books/12984_7.
5. Six Chapters in Stoeltings Coexisting Diseases – Nutritional diseases: Obesity and
malnutrition, Skin and Musculoskeletal diseases, Infectious diseases, Pediatric diseases,
pregnancy associated diseases, burns and postburn contracture.
6. Adaptation editor, Stoelting’s coexisting diseases, South Asian edition.
7. Aruna Parameswari, Akilandeswari Manickam. Anesthesia for the high-risk parturient. In:
Kulkarni PA, Divatia JV, Agarwal V, Patil VP, editors. Comprehensive Clinical Anesthesia,
India: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers; 2022.
