Education

• M.D., Madras Medical College
• Residency, Anesthesiology, New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
• Internship, Internal Medicine, Westchester Medical Center

Publications

• Vallejo MC, Kumaraswami S, Zakowski MI, et. al. "American Society of Anesthesiologists 2023 Guidance on Neurologic Complications of Neuraxial Analgesia/Anesthesia in Obstetrics." Anesthesiology, 140(6), (2024) 1235-1236. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000004967
• Koltenyuk V, Mrad I, Choe I, et. al. "Multimodal Acute Pain Management in the Parturient with Opioid Use Disorder: A Review." Journal of pain research, 17(), (2024) 797-813. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S434010
• Chin P, Kumaraswami S. "Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder: A Continuing Conundrum for the Perioperative Physician." Cureus, 15(7), (2023) e42011. doi: 10.7759/cureus.42011
• Poteau S, Genis A, Kumaraswami S, et. al. "Postdural puncture headache and cerebral venous thrombosis in obstetric anaesthesia." British journal of anaesthesia, 130(2), (2023) e196-e198. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.11.011
• Kumaraswami S, Butwick A. "Latest advances in postpartum hemorrhage management." Best practice & research. Clinical anaesthesiology, 36(1), (2022) 123-134. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2022.02.004
• Metzger L, Teitelbaum M, Weber G, et. al. "Complex Pathology and Management in the Obstetric Patient: A Narrative Review for the Anesthesiologist." Cureus, 13(8), (2021) e17196. doi: 10.7759/cureus.17196
• Kostyk P, Kumaraswami S, Rajendran GP, et. al. "Management of a parturient with the ACTA2 gene mutation." International journal of obstetric anesthesia, 47(), (2021) 103173. doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2021.103173

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Recent Presentations

• Grand Rounds to the Obstetric Anesthesiology Faculty on June 2021 — Obstetric Anesthesia — A review of best practices, guidelines and consensus statements
• Moderator for an Anesthesiology panel discussion at the Pan-American Society for the Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS Squared) meeting in September 2021.
• PBLD presentation — NY State Society of Anesthesiologists PGA Meeting December 2021 PDPH — Formulating a plan for management.

Memberships and Affiliations

Westchester Medical Center, NY Committee Appointments:

• Regional Perinatal Center, Westchester Medical Center, September 2019-Present
• New York Maternal Health Collaborative, Westchester Medical Center Health Group of Hospitals, January 2020-Present
• OB Quality and Patient Safety Committee, Westchester Medical Center, 2015 to Present

National Committees:

• ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) Abstract Review Subcommittee on Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, Oct 2021-Oct 2022
• SOAP (Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology) Academic Practice Outreach Subcommittee, 2021-Part of the Member Value Committee
• NYSSA (New York State Society of Anesthesiologists) Committees, 2021-2022
  • Committee on Continuing Medical Education & Remediation, 2022-2023
  • PGA Committee on Spotlight Sessions, 2022-2023

Papers

• What is an Epidural and how does it work? Online Magazine — May 2018