Yury Zasimovich

Yury Zasimovich, MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology; Chief, Acute Pain Medicine Division

Department: MD-ANEST-ACUTE PAIN SERVICE
Business Phone: (352) 273-8954
Business Email: yzasimovich@anest.ufl.edu

About Yury Zasimovich

Dr. Zasimovich completed his Anesthesiology residency at the University of Florida and was chief resident in 2013. He then followed with a fellowship in our Acute Pain and Perioperative Pain Medicine Division. Prior to coming to the United States he was a practicing anesthesiologist in Belarus.

Some of Dr. Zasimovich’s current research interests include: “Transferrable training in thoracic epidural and paravertebral blocks using an advanced mixed-reality simulator”, Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia, and anesthetic management of total joint replacements. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Pain Medicine, has many publications, and is an active member in several professional societies.

Board Certifications

  • Anesthesiology
    American Board of Anesthesiology

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Anesthesiology

Publications

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.
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
Incidence of acute compartment syndrome with routine use of regional anesthesia for patients with long bone fractures: a large single-center retrospective review from a level I trauma tertiary academic institution.
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine. [DOI] 10.1136/rapm-2023-104460. [PMID] 37696649.
2022
Femoral artery block: the relationship between visceral and ischemic pain.
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine. 47(1):70-71 [DOI] 10.1136/rapm-2021-102622. [PMID] 33658316.
2022
Rescue therapy for symptomatic spinal cord ischemia after thoracic endovascular aortic repair.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. [DOI] 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.10.045. [PMID] 36509568.
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
Safety of cerebrospinal fluid drainage for spinal cord ischemia prevention in thoracic endovascular aortic repair.
JTCVS techniques. 14:9-28 [DOI] 10.1016/j.xjtc.2022.05.001. [PMID] 35967198.
2021
Efficacy of Phrenic Nerve Catheter in Ipsilateral Shoulder Pain After Thoracic Surgery.
Cureus. 13(2) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.13330. [PMID] 33738173.
2021
Percutaneous sphenopalatine ganglion block: an alternative to the transnasal approach.
International journal of obstetric anesthesia. 45:163-164 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ijoa.2020.10.002. [PMID] 33199256.
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
Another (Internal) Epineurium: Beyond the Anatomical Barriers of Nerves.
Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.). 33(2):199-206 [DOI] 10.1002/ca.23442. [PMID] 31381188.
2020
Pterygopalatine Ganglion Block as a Rescue Technique for Failed Epidural Blood Patch.
Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation. 48(6):502-504 [DOI] 10.5152/TJAR.2020.06887. [PMID] 33313591.
2020
Vulnerability of different nerves to intrafascicular injection by different needle types and at different approach angles: a mathematical model.
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine. 45(4):306-310 [DOI] 10.1136/rapm-2019-100784. [PMID] 31992578.
2020
Yet another perineural layer: so what?
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine. 45(6):483-484 [DOI] 10.1136/rapm-2019-100765. [PMID] 31690646.
2019
Gastric ultrasound: deep inspiration for stomach identification and localization.
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine. [DOI] 10.1136/rapm-2019-100660. [PMID] 31085576.
2017
Economic Considerations of Acute Pain Medicine Programs.
Techniques in orthopaedics (Rockville, Md.). 32(4):217-225 [DOI] 10.1097/BTO.0000000000000241. [PMID] 29403150.
2015
Long-acting local anesthetic agents and additives: snake oil, voodoo, or the real deal?
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 16(1):13-7 [DOI] 10.1111/pme.12614. [PMID] 25377181.

Grants

Jun 2016 – Sep 2018
Is there a difference between posterior approach ultrasound-guided continuous interscalene block and dual-guided continuous cervical paravertebral block? A prospective randomized double-blinded study
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: HEERMANN ANESTHESIA FOU, I

Education

Fellowship, Acute Pain and Perioperative Medicine
2015 · University of Florida
Residency, Anesthesiology
2014 · University of Florida
Residency, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
2001 · Soligorsk City Hospital
MD
2000 · Belarussian State Medical University

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