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Linda S. Polley, MD, is Director of the Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan Health System. She received her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1991. She completed residency training in Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan Hospitals and fellowship training in Obstetric Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Polley has investigated the Minimum Local Analgesic Concentration (MLAC) of local anesthetics and adjuncts during labor. This model represents the first systemic application of dose-response pharmacodynamics to regional anesthesia. She is also interested in clinical therapies to improve uteroplacental blood flow in severe preeclampsia. Her work has been recognized with the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Resident Research Award (1996), the First Prize of the European Academy of Anesthesiology (1997), and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) Best Paper of the Meeting Award (1999). She is an ad hoc reviewer for Anesthesiology and Anesthesia & Analgesia and Co-editor for Chestnut’s Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice 4th edition. At the national level, Dr. Polley is the current President-elect of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. She served as a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Task Force on Obstetric Anesthesia Practice Guidelines (2007) and is a member of the SOAP ad hoc committee on ACGME Obstetric Anesthesiology fellowship accreditation. Selected Publications: Polley LS, Columb MO, Naughton NN, Wagner DS, van de Ven CJM: Effect of Epidural Epinephrine on the Minimum Local Analgesic Concentration (MLAC) of Epidural Bupivacaine in Labor. Anesthesiology 2002; 96:1123-8. Polley LS, Columb MO, Naughton NN, Wagner DS, van de Ven CJM, Goralski KH: Relative Analgesic Potencies of Levobupivacaine and Ropivacaine for Epidural Analgesia in Labor. Anesthesiology 2003; 99:1354-8. Polley LS, Santos AC: Cardiac Arrest Following Regional Anesthesia with Ropivacaine: Here We Go Again! Anesthesiology 2003; 99:1253-4. Mhyre JM, Riesner MN, Polley LS, Naughton NN: A Series of Anesthesia–related Maternal Deaths in Michigan: 1985-2003. Anesthesiology 2007; 106:1096-104. [PubMed] American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Obstetric Anesthesia. Practice guidelines for obstetric anesthesia: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Obstetric Anesthesia. an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Obstetric Anesthesia. Anesthesiology 2007; 106;843-63. (Dr. Polley is a member of the Task Force and is a co-author of this publication.) Polley LS and Wlody D (editors). Obstetric Anesthesia, International Anesthesiology Clinics, 2007; 45:(1). Last Updated: August 24, 2007 Research Divisions | ||||||
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