Research Publications, Peer-Reviewed

• Ferd P, Kelly B, Thomas A, Yang A, Grosh T, Graff V. “Rebound Pain Comparison between Local Anesthetic Drug and Concentration in Adductor Canal Blocks for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Quality Improvement Initiative.” Accepted for publication in A&A Practice. 2026.

• Maloney D, Wung V, Grosh T, Cai L, Graff V. “Impact of Eliminating Gabapentinoids from an Orthopedic Enhanced Recovery Protocol on Postoperative Hypotension After Total Joint Arthroplasty.” Accepted for publication in A&A Practice. 2026.

• Graff V. “The Anesthesia Clinical Director as the OR’s DJ: Mixing Flow, Energy, and Safety in Real Time.” Accepted for publication in Anesthesia & Analgesia. 2026.

• Graff V, Yang A, Sztain J, Said E. “Billing Follow-Up for Single-Shot Nerve Blocks: A Documentation Solution to Preserve Patient Oversight and Revenue”. Anesth Analg. 2026 Jan 13. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007937. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41529666.

• Zhang, Xiaoxi et al. “Guidance for reporting artificial intelligence technology evaluations for ultrasound scanning in regional anaesthesia (GRAITE-USRA): an international multidisciplinary consensus reporting framework.” Anaesthesia vol. 80,12 (2025): 1528-1539. doi:10.1111/anae.16733. PMID: 40963489

• Rolfzen M, Shah K, Rodriguez ES, Hoffman J, Clauw D, Mascha E, Graff V, Bartels K. “Postsurgical Medication Awareness, Recovery, and Tracking using a Phone-Based App (SMART-APP): a randomized clinical trial.” Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, rapm-2025-106783. 2 Jul. 2025, doi:10.1136/rapm-2025-106783. PMID: 40602806

• Gerner P, Graff V, Herman M, Stone AB. Cost of sterility: probe covers should not be mandated for single-shot peripheral nerve blocks. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 May 22:rapm-2024-105519. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105519. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38777365.

• Neuman MD, Elwyn G, Graff V, Schmitz V, Politi MC. My anesthesia Choice-HF: development and preliminary testing of a tool to facilitate conversations about anesthesia for hip fracture surgery. BMC Anesthesiol. 2024 May 1;24(1):165. doi: 10.1186/s12871-024-02547-0. PMID: 38693498; PMCID: PMC11061990.

• Grosh T, Kim J, Graff V, Mariano ER, Elkassabany NM. Is there a correlation between Altmetric Attention Scores and citation count in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine journal articles? Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2022 May 17:rapm-2022-103554. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2022-103554. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35580935

• Graff V, Clapp JT, Heins SJ, Chung JJ, Muralidharan M, Fleisher LA, Elkassabany NM. Patient Involvement in Anesthesia Decision-making: A Qualitative Study of Knee Arthroplasty. Anesthesiology. 2021 Apr 23. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000003795. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33891695

• Graff V, Cai L, Badiola I, Elkassabany NM. Response to letter, “Music therapy as sole anxiolytic may not replace standard pharmaceutical agents, but it is definitely contributory” by Dr Bhakta and Dr Harmon. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2020;45(4):318. doi:10.1136/rapm-2019-101145. PMID: 31792029

• Ochroch J, Qi V, Badiola I, Grosh T, Cai L, Graff V, Nelson C, Israelite C, Elkassabany NM. Analgesic efficacy of adding the IPACK block to a multimodal analgesia protocol for primary total knee arthroplasty. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2020 Oct;45(10):799-804. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2020-101558. Epub 2020 Aug 31. PMID: 32868483

• Graff V, Cai L, Badiola I, Elkassabany NM. Music versus midazolam during preoperative nerve block placements: a prospective randomized controlled study. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2019;44(8):796-799. doi:10.1136/rapm-2018-100251. PMID: 31320504

• Graff V, Wingfield P, Adams D, Rabinowitz T. An Investigation of Patient Preferences for Music Played Before Electroconvulsive Therapy: The Journal of ECT. 2016;32(3):192-196. doi:10.1097/YCT.0000000000000315. PMID: 27075143

• Kalapatapu VR, Gilkey AP, Pascuzzi RM. Shostakovich and ALS. Front Neurol Neurosci. 2010;27:92-100. doi:10.1159/000311194. PMID: 20375524

Editorial Positions - Peer Reviewer for Following Journals

• 2017 - Present:

  • Anesthesia & Analgesia

  • Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine

  • A&A Practice

  • Journal of Opioid Management

  • The Clinical Journal of Pain

  • Pain Medicine Journal

  • Perioperative Medicine Journal