Neels Groenewald, MB ChB

Anesthesia, Pain Medicine

On staff since September 2012

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

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  • Awards and Honors

    Award Name Award Description Awarded By Award Date
    Early Career Research Grant Award International Association for the Study of Pain 2017
    Young Investigator Travel Award American Pain Society, Palm Springs, CA 2014 - 2015
    Best Abstracts in Clinical Science Selected 3rd overall from 92 posters Annual Academic Evening, University of Washington Department of Anesthesiology

  • Publications

    Manuscripts in Refereed Journals

    • Livingstone, M.E., Groenewald, C.B., Rabbitts, J.A., Palermo, T.M
      Codeine use among children in the United States: a nationally representative study from 1996-2013
      27779367 Paediatric Anaesthesia, 2017 Jan. : 27(1)19-27
    • Groenewald, C.B., Palermo, T.M
      Commentary: Legitimate opioid prescription increases the risk for future opioid misuse in adolescent
      27056838 Evidence based nursing, 2016 July : 19(3)83
    • Palermo, T
      The price of pain: The economics of chronic adolescent pain
      Pain Management, 2015
    • Law, E., Bromberg, M. H., Noel, M., Murphy, L. K., Palermo, T
      Alcohol and tobacco use in youth with and without chronic pain
      Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2015
    • Wright, D. R., Palermo, T
      Healthcare expenditures associated with pediatric pain-related conditions in the United States
      Pain, 2015
    • Rabbitts, J., Tai, G. G., Palermo, T
      Pre-surgical psychosocial predictors of acute postsurgical pain and quality of life in children undergoing major surgery
      Journal of Pain, 2015 : 16(3)226-234
    • Groenewald, C. B., Essner, B. S., Wright, D., Fesinmeyer, M. D., Palermo, T
      The economic costs of chronic pain among a cohort of treatment seeking adolescents in the United States
      Journal of Pain, 2014 : 15(9)925-933
    • Groenewald, C. B., Latham, G
      An unexpected cause of cardiac arrest during laparoscopy in an infant with supravalvar aortic stenosis
      Pediatric Anesthesia, 2013 : 23(1)91-93
    • Groenewald, C.B., Latham G.J.
      An unexpected cause of cardiac arrest during laparoscopy in an infant with supravalvar aortic stenosis
      Paediatr Anaesth, 2012 Nov.
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Groenewald, C.B., Mauermann, W.J., Barbara D.W., Burkhart H.M., Warnes C. A., Oliver W., Flick R.P.
      Outcomes of general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery in a series of adults with Fontan palliation
      Paediatr Anaesth, 2012 Sept.
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Groenewald, C.B., Rsnen, J.
      Geographic differences in perioperative opioid administration in children
      Paediatr Anaesth, 2012 July : 22(7)676-81
    • Groenewald, C.B., Rabbitts, J.A., Harrison T.E.
      Prevalence of moderate-severe pain in hospitalized children
      Paediatr Anaesth, 2012 July : 22(7)661-8
    • Zendejas, B., Nasir, B., Groenewald, C.B., Farley, D.R.
      Obturator hernia: The Mayo Clinic experience
      Hernia, 2012 June : 16(3)315-9
    • Curry, T.B., Somaraju, M., Hines, C.N., Groenewald, C.B., Miles, J.M., Joyner, M.J., Charkoudian, N.
      Sympathetic support of energy expenditure and sympathetic nervous system activity after gastric bypass surgery. Obesity
      2012

    Other Publications

    • Groenewald, C. B
      Hot Stuff!
      Perioperative Drug-Drug Interactions/Springer, 2014 : 30
    • Groenewald, C. B
      Anaphylaxis and anaphylactoid reaction
      Faust's Anesthesiology Review, Fourth Edition/Churchill Livingstone, 2014 : 4584-585
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Groenewald, C.B.
      Acute Pain in Children, Post-Operative
      Encyclopedia of Pain, 2nd Edition, 2013
    • Groenewald, C.B.
      Anaphylaxis and anaphylactoid reaction
      Anesthesiology Review, 4th edition, 2012

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  • Presentations

    Presentations Title Event Location Date
    Opioid use among children in the United States University of Washington Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Grand Rounds Seattle, WA July 2016
    Economics of pediatric pain International Symposium on Pediatric Pain Seattle, WA June 2015
    Healthcare expenditures associated with pediatric pain-related conditions in the USA Oral presentation at the American Pain Society Special Interest Group on Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents. American Pain Society Palm Springs, CA 2015
    John Silas Lundy: Seattle anesthesiology pioneer history committee meeting of the King County Medical society and at the University of Washington Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine grand rounds April 10, 2012
    Airway Length in Children with Down Syndrome. Is it Different? WARC Los Angeles, CA 2012
    A near miss during laparoscopy in an infant with congenital supravalvar aortic stenosis Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting Tampa, FL 2012
    Applying A3 methodology to reduce waste and avoid dilutional medication errors in the pediatric operating room Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting Tampa, FL 2012

  • Research Funding

    Grant Title Grantor Amount Award Date
    Faculty Fellowship Endowment Seattle Children's Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine $2000 Nov. 2013 - 2014

Overview

Board Certification(s)

Anesthesiology
Pediatric Anesthesiology

Medical/Professional School

University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch

Residency

Surgery - General, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester
Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester

Fellowship

Anesthesiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle