Dr. Shilpa Nikhil Chouhan, MD is a board-certified anesthesiologist certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology, with fellowship training in Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She also completed advanced training in Neuroanesthesiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Her clinical interests include regional anesthesia, acute and perioperative pain management, orthopedic and ambulatory anesthesia, and neuroanesthesiology. She currently practices as a physician anesthesiologist at a Level I Trauma Center in Philadelphia, providing anesthesia care for a wide range of surgical subspecialties and medical direction to certified registered nurse anesthetists. She has extensive experience in managing complex trauma, neurosurgical, thoracic, and high-risk obstetric cases. She is actively engaged in academic anesthesiology, with peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, national conference presentations, and service as a peer reviewer for international anesthesia journals. Dr. Chouhan is also a member of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation’s Patient Safety Priority Advisory Group.