K.J.S. (’Sunny’) Anand
K.J.S. (’Sunny’) Anand, MBBS, D. Phil., FAAP, FCCM, FRCPCH, St. Jude Endowed Chair for Critical Care Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology & Neurobiology, Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
BIO: K.J.S. (“Sunny”) Anand received medical education from University of Indore (India) and D.Phil. from University of Oxford (UK). Post-doctoral fellowship and residency training occurred at Children’s Hospital Boston and fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He received the Dr. Michael Blacow Award from British Paediatric Association (1986), Pediatric Resident Research Award from American Academy of Pediatrics (1992), Young Investigator Award in Pediatric Pain from International Association for the Study of Pain (1994), Jeffrey Lawson Award from American Pain Society (2000), Windermere Honorary Lectureship at Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2004), and the 2009 Nils Rosén von Rosenstein Medal from the Swedish Pediatric Society. For community service in Arkansas, he received the Father Joseph Biltz Award (2007) and the Dr. Martin Luther King “Salute to Greatness” Award (2008). He has published 140 peer-reviewed articles, edited multiple books and journal issues on neonatal pain. He held the Morris & Hettie Oakley Chair in Critical Care Medicine at University of Arkansas (2001-2009) and currently holds the St. Jude Chair of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, as Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, & Neurobiology at University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.
PRESENTATION TITLE AND DESCRIPTION:
Consciousness, Cortical Function, and Pain Perception in Non-verbal Humans
Postulating the subcortical organization of human consciousness provides a critical link for pain in patients with impaired cortical function or cortical immaturity during early development. Practical implications of this proposal include: redefining pain, improved pain assessment in non-verbal humans, and advocating the benefits of adequate analgesia for these patients, and certainly justify the rigorous scientific efforts required to investigate it.
At the completion of this presentation, the participant will:
- Learn about the epidemiology of pain in early life.
- Understand the early development of cortical function and consciousness.
- Explore the links between consciousness, pain, and long-term development.