Cameron R Smith, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology; Clinical Director of Research, Division of Acute Pain Medicine
Department:
MD-ANEST-ACUTE PAIN SERVICE
Business Phone:
(352) 273-8651
Business Email:
csmith@anest.ufl.edu
About Cameron R Smith
My name is Cameron Smith, MD, PhD, and I am an associate professor with the UF Department of Anesthesiology, as well as the clinical director of research for the Division of Acute and Perioperative Pain Medicine. I’m also the assistant director of the North American Malignant Hyperthermia Registry, which is housed at the University of Florida.
I joined the department in 2017 as an assistant professor in the Division of Acute and Perioperative Pain Medicine. I earned my medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, where I also completed a PhD in physiology and biophysics. Here at the University of Florida, I completed both my anesthesiology residency and an acute and perioperative pain medicine fellowship. I also completed a research fellowship at UF as the Gravenstein Scholar in Clinical and Translational Science.
Outside of work, I’m an avid SCUBA diver and an accomplished bassist.
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2018
MDC7700 Req Anes Crit Care
Board Certifications
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AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of Anesthesiology
Clinical Profile
Specialties
- Anesthesiology
Publications
Academic Articles
2025
Rationale and Design for the BLOCK-SAH Study (Pterygopalatine Fossa Block as an Opioid-Sparing Treatment for Acute Headache in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage): A Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial with a Sequential Parallel Comparison Design.
Neurocritical care.
42(1):290-300
[DOI] 10.1007/s12028-024-02078-z.
[PMID] 39138719.
2024
Empirical guide to a safe thoracic paravertebral block based on dimensions of paravertebral space when ultrasound visualization is challenging
Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.
49(2):133-138
[DOI] 10.1136/rapm-2022-104181.
2024
Refractory primary and secondary headache disorders that dramatically responded to combined treatment of ultrasound-guided percutaneous suprazygomatic pterygopalatine ganglion blocks and non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation: a case series.
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine.
49(2):144-150
[DOI] 10.1136/rapm-2023-104967.
[PMID] 37989499.
2024
Smallest Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Amputation-Related Pain and Brief Pain Inventory Scores as Defined by Patient Reports of Global Improvement After Cryoneurolysis: a Retrospective Analysis of a Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial.
Anesthesia and analgesia.
139(6):1325-1331
[DOI] 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006833.
[PMID] 38478876.
2023
Comparing Spinal Chloroprocaine to Hyperbaric and Isobaric Bupivacaine for Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasties: A Retrospective Study.
Cureus.
15(3)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.35729.
[PMID] 37016653.
2023
Letter to the Editor: Preoperative Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery: A Guide to Diagnosis-Based Treatment
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
31(9):e459-e460
[DOI] 10.5435/jaaos-d-22-00151.
2023
Staying proper with your personal protective equipment: How to don and doff.
Journal of clinical anesthesia.
86
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jclinane.2023.111057.
[PMID] 36696834.
2023
Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Cryoneurolysis to Treat Chronic Postamputation Phantom Limb Pain: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.
Anesthesiology.
138(1):82-97
[DOI] 10.1097/ALN.0000000000004429.
[PMID] 36512721.
2022
Gastric Emptying of Orange Juice With and Without Pulp: A Point-of-Care Ultrasound Study.
Cureus.
14(11)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.30959.
[PMID] 36465215.
2022
Role of an Intercostobrachial Nerve Block in Alleviating Tourniquet Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Cureus.
14(2)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.22196.
[PMID] 35308761.
2022
Ultrasound-Guided Suprazygomatic Nerve Blocks to the Pterygopalatine Fossa: A Safe Procedure.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.).
23(8):1366-1375
[DOI] 10.1093/pm/pnac007.
[PMID] 35043949.
2021
Predicting long-term postsurgical pain by examining the evolution of acute pain.
European journal of pain (London, England).
25(3):624-636
[DOI] 10.1002/ejp.1698.
[PMID] 33171546.
2021
Pterygopalatine Fossa Blockade as Novel, Narcotic-Sparing Treatment for Headache in Patients with Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
Neurocritical care.
35(1):241-248
[DOI] 10.1007/s12028-020-01157-1.
[PMID] 33403584.
2021
Sphenopalatine ganglion block: do not give up on it just yet!
British journal of anaesthesia.
126(6):e198-e200
[DOI] 10.1016/j.bja.2021.02.020.
[PMID] 33795136.
2021
Visceral versus somatic pain: an educational review of anatomy and clinical implications.
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine.
46(7):629-636
[DOI] 10.1136/rapm-2020-102084.
[PMID] 34145074.
2020
A Flexible Enclosure to Protect Respiratory Therapists During Aerosol-Generating Procedures.
Respiratory care.
65(12):1923-1932
[DOI] 10.4187/respcare.08568.
[PMID] 33229369.
2020
Complete Tracheal Transection in a 3-Year-Old After Blunt Neck Trauma: a Case Report.
Romanian journal of anaesthesia and intensive care.
27(1):4-10
[DOI] 10.2478/rjaic-2020-0003.
[PMID] 34056117.
2018
A Better Way to Evaluate Postoperative Pain?
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.).
19(12):2334-2335
[DOI] 10.1093/pm/pny193.
[PMID] 30339242.
2017
Faculty Opinions recommendation of The contribution of reflex inhibition to arthrogenous muscle weakness.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature.
[DOI] 10.3410/f.721356437.793536754.
2016
Use-Dependent Curvature Changes in the GlideRite® Reusable Intubation Stylet.
A & A case reports.
6(10):299-304
[DOI] 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000303.
[PMID] 27075422.
2013
Molecular characterization of inhibiting biochar water-extractable substances using electrospray ionization fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry.
Environmental science & technology.
47(23):13294-302
[DOI] 10.1021/es4034777.
[PMID] 24180747.
2012
The effect of intravenous perfluorocarbon emulsions on whole-body oxygenation after severe decompression sickness.
Diving and hyperbaric medicine.
42(1):10-7
[PMID] 22437970.
2010
Combined treatment of traumatic aortic transection and Kommerell diverticulum.
Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.).
5(5):372-4
[DOI] 10.1097/IMI.0b013e3181f63be5.
[PMID] 22437525.
2010
The two faces of Eve: gaseous anaesthesia and inert gas narcosis.
Diving and hyperbaric medicine.
40(2):68-77
[PMID] 23111897.
2009
Effects of perfluorocarbon infusion in an anesthetized swine decompression model.
The Journal of surgical research.
153(1):83-94
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jss.2008.02.045.
[PMID] 18541265.
2009
Retinal angiography: noninvasive, real-time bubble assessment from the ocular fundus.
Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc.
36(3):169-81
[PMID] 19860139.
2008
Pt-catalyzed cyclization/migration of propargylic alcohols for the synthesis of 3(2H)-furanones, pyrrolones, indolizines, and indolizinones.
Tetrahedron.
64(29):7008-7014
[PMID] 22593605.
2007
Dialkyl phenyl phosphates as novel selective inhibitors of butyrylcholinesterase.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications.
355(2):371-8
[PMID] 17307152.
2007
Pt-catalyzed cyclization/1,2-migration for the synthesis of indolizines, pyrrolones, and indolizinones.
Organic letters.
9(6):1169-71
[PMID] 17309277.
Grants
Sep 2024
ACTIVE
Simulator for Learning Psychomotor Skills for Placement of Greater and Lesser Occipital Nerve Blocks Under Ultrasound Guidance
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: HEERMANN ANESTHESIA FOU, I
Mar 2023
ACTIVE
Pterygopalatine Fossa (PPF) Block as an Opioid Sparing Treatment for Acute Headache in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NINDS
May 2022
ACTIVE
Eliminating Post-Mastectomy Pain and Opioids with Percutaneous Cryoneurolysis: A Single-Administration, Non-Opioid, Non-Addictive, Multiple-Month Analgesic
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
via US ARMY MED RES ACQUISITION
Sep 2018
– Sep 2022
Simulator for learning the manual skills required for the placement of regional anesthetic blocks in the pterygopalatine fossa.
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: HEERMANN ANESTHESIA FOU, I
Sep 2018
– Sep 2021
Functionalized Thiel-embalmed cadavers as a clinical model for ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia training.
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: HEERMANN ANESTHESIA FOU, I
Sep 2017
– Apr 2022
Cryoanalgesia to Treat Post-Amputation Phantom Limb Pain: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Masked, Placebo-Controlled, Definitive Human Subjects Clinical Trial
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
via US ARMY MED RES AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND
Education
Fellowship, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine
2017
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University of Florida
Fellowship, Research
2016
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University of Florida
Residency, Anesthesiology
2016
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University of Florida
MD
2012
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Virginia Commonwealth University
PhD, Physiology and Biophysics
2008
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Virginia Commonwealth University
MS, Pharmacology
2004
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University of Toronto
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 273-8651
Emails:
- Business:
- csmith@anest.ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100254
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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1600 SW ARCHER RD
1345 SW Center Drive, PO Box 100254
GAINESVILLE FL 326103003