Barbara M. Scavone, MD

- Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
- Chair, Clinical Competence Committee

Training / Education

Undergraduate
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Honors in Biology and Psychology)
Medical
Washington University School of Medicine
Residency
Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes Hospital

Awards, Honors, & Recognitions

Awards
Toledo P, Scavone BM, Research in Education Award, at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2008.
Golden Apple Teacher of the Year Award, awarded June 2006.
Scavone BM, Sproviero MT, Siddall VJ, Wade L, McCarthy RJ: Reliability and Validity of a Scoring System Used to Measure Resident Performance during an Obstetric Anesthetic Scenario on a Human Patient Simulator. Nominated for “Best Paper of the Meeting” at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Palm Desert, CA, May 2005.
First Prize for Research in Education. "Development of a Unified Assessment Tool for Measuring Resident Performance During an Obstetric Anesthetic Scenario on a High Fidelity Human Patient Simulator." Sproviero MT, Scavone BM, Siddal VJ, Wade L. SOAP, Ft. Meyers, Florida: May, 2004.

Research & Bibliography

Original, Peer-Reviewed Research Publications
Sullivan JT, Grobman WA, Bauchat JR, Grouper S, Scavone BM, McCarthy RJ, Wong CA: A randomized controlled trial of the impact of combined spinal-epidural analgesia on the success of external cephalic version for breech delivery. IJOA 2009; 18:328-334.
Wong CA, McCarthy RJ, Sullivan JT, Scavone BM, Gerber SE, Yaghmour EA: Early compared with late neuraxial analgesia in nulliparous labor induction: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol 2009; 113:1066-74.
Scavone BM: Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology 2008 Annual Meeting Summary.Anesth Analg 2009; 108:576-8
Scavone BM, Sproviero MT, McCarthy RJ, Wong CA, Sullivan JT, Siddall VJ, Wade LD: Development of an Objective Scoring System for Measurement of Resident Performance on the Human Patient Simulator. Anesthesiology 2006; 105:260-6.
Wong CA, Ratliff JT, Sullivan JT, Scavone BM, Toledo P, McCarthy RJ: A Randomized Comparison of Programmed Intermittent Epidural Bolus with Continuous Epidural Infusion for Labor Analgesia. Anesth Analg 2006; 102:904-9.

Wong CA, Scavone BM, Peaceman AM, McCarthy RJ, Sullivan JT, Diaz NT, Yaghmour E, Marcus RL, Sherwani SS, Sproviero MT, Yilmaz M, Patel R, Robles C, Grouper S: The Risk of Cesarean Delivery with Neuraxial Analgesia Given Early versus Late in Labor. NEJM 2005; 352:655-65.
Scavone BM, Wong CA, Sullivan JT, Yaghmour E, Sherwani SS, McCarthy RJ: Efficacy of a Prophylactic Epidural Blood Patch in Preventing Post Dural Puncture Headache in Parturients after Inadvertent Dural Puncture. Anesthesiology 2004; 101:1422-7.

Wong CA, Scavone BM, Slavenas JP, Vidovich MI, Peaceman AM, Ganchiff JN, Strauss-Hoder T, McCarthy RJ. Efficacy and side effect profile of varying doses of intrathecal fentanyl added to bupivacaine for labor analgesia. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia. 2004;13:19-24.
Wong CA, Scavone BM, Dugan S, Smith JC, Prather H, Ganchiff JN, McCarthy RJ. The incidence of postpartum lumbosacral spine and lower extremity nerve injuries. Obstet Gynecol. 2003;101:279-88.
Scavone BM. Altered Level of Consciousness after Combined Spinal-Epidural Labor Analgesia with Intrathecal Fentanyl and Bupivacaine. Anesthesiology 96:1021-2, 2002.
Wong CA, Scavone BM, Loffredi M, Wang WY, Peaceman AM, Ganchiff JN. "The Dose-Response of Intrathecal Sufentanil Added to Bupivacaine for Labor Analgesia." Anesthesiology 92:1553, 2002.
Letters to the Editor/Case Reports
Scavone BM, Wong CA: Why Does Prophylactic Epidural Blood Patch Fail to Demonstrate Efficacy in Preventing Post-Dural Puncture Headache in Parturients after Dural Puncture? Anesethesiology 2005; 103:900. (Letter)
Scavone BM: Altered Level of Consciousness after Combined Spinal-Epidural Labor Analgesia with Intrathecal Fentanyl and Bupivacaine. Anesthesiology 2002; 96:1021-2. (Case Report)

Chapters
Braveman, FR, Scavone BM, Wong CA, Santos AC: Obstetric Anesthesia. In Clinical Anesthesia, 6th edition, Barash P, Cullen B, Stock, C,. Stoelting R, eds. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2009.
Scavone BM: Local Anesthetics and Toxicity. In Practical Approach to Obstetric Anesthesia, Bucklin B, Gambling D, Wlody D, eds. Philadelphia: Lipincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2009, pp 27-103.

Scavone BM, Ratliff JT, Wong CA: Physiologic Effects of Neuraxial Anesthesia. In Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia, Wong CA, ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007, pp. 111-126.
Abstracts & Posters
Toledo P, Scavone BM, Wojciechowski K, Higgins N, McCarthy RJ: The Impact of Simulator Training on Resident Performance in an Obstetric Emergency. Presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, October 2008 and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2008.

Toledo P, Higgins N, Scavone BM, Sullivan JT, Wong CA: A Successful Instrumental Vaginal Delivery in a Parturient With an Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma. Presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2008.

Cambic CR, Scavone BM, McCarthy RJ, Eisenberg P, Sanchez E, Wong CA: The Incidence of Positive Antibody Screens at Delivery after Administration of Rhogam in the Prenatal Period. Presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, October 2008 and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2008.

Spitznagel RA, Scavone BM, McCarthy RJ: Epidural Space Pressures in Parturients. Presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, October 2008 and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2008.

Eisenberg P, Scavone BM, Toledo P, Sanchez EM, McCarthy RJ, Wong CA: The Impact of an Obstetric Anesthesia Directed Algorithm on Blood Bank Testing Utilization. Presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, October 2008 and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2008.

Scavone BM, Wong CA, Green D, Ebvaria MJ, McCarthy RJ: Coagulation Changes during and after Postpartum Hysterectomy. Presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 2007.
Wong CA, Sullivan JT, McCarthy RJ, Scavone BM, Patel R, Ebarvia MJ. Randomized Trial of Neuraxial vs. Systemic Analgesia for Labor Induction: Effect on Incidence of Cesarean Delivery. Presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 2007 and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Banff, Canada, May 2007.
Scavone BM, Wong CA, McCarthy RJ: Back Pain Associated with Epidural Injections in Parturients. Poster presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 2007 and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Banff, Canada, May 2007.
Sullivan JT, Scavone BM¸ Grouper S, Patel R, Robles C, McCarthy RJ, Wong CA: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of Combined Spinal-Epidural Analgesia on the Success of External Cephalic Version for Breech Presentation. Abstract presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, April 2006 and at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2006.
Scavone BM, McCarthy RJ, Wong CA, Sullivan JT, Chassard D: Influence of Chronopharmacology on Duration of Intrathecal Fentanyl Labor Analgesia. Poster presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, April 2006 and poster discussion presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2006.
Chassard D, Boselli E, Thenoz N, Bouvet L, Scavone BM, Lemmer B, Bryssine B: Chronobiology of Spinal Bupivacaine During Initial Phase of Labor. Poster presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, April 2006.
Scavone BM, McCarthy RJ, Sullivan JT, Robles C, Wong CA: Influence of Chronopharmacology on Labor Analgesia. Poster presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 2005.
Scavone BM, Sproviero MT, Siddall VJ, Wade L, McCarthy RJ: Reliability and Validity of a Scoring System Used to Measure Resident Performance during an Obstetric Anesthetic Scenario on a Human Patient Simulator. Presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Palm Desert, CA, May 2005 and the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 2005.
Diaz NT, Ratliff JT, Scavone BM, McCarthy RJ, Wong CA: Risk Factors for Transfusion in Obstetric Patients. Poster-Discussion presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 2005.
Ratliff JT, Scavone BM, Patel R, Robles CM, McCarthy RJ, Wong CA: Risk Factors for Transfusion in Obstetric Patients. Presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Palm Desert, CA, May 2005.
Scaccia NM, Scavone BM, Wong CA: Cerebral Hemorrhage and Death in an Eclamptic Parturient. Presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Palm Desert, CA, May 2005.
Scavone BM, McCarthy RJ, Sherwani SS, Yaghmour E, Sullilvan JT, Marcus R, Wong CA: The Efficacy of a Prophylactic Blood patch in the Parturient after Dural Puncture with a 17-gauge Epidural Needle. Presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Fort Meyers, FL, May 2004 and the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, October 2004.
Sproviero MT, Scavone BM, Siddall VJ, Wade L: Development of a Unified Assessment Tool for Measuring Resident Performance During an Obstetric Anesthetic Scenario on a High Fidelity Human Patient Simulator. Presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Fort Meyers, FL, May 2004, the Society for Education in Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Harrisburg, PA, 2004 and the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, October 2004.
Wong CA, Scavone BM, Sullivan JT, Patel R, Robles C, McCarthy RJ: Early Labor Neuraxial Analgesia Does Not Increase the Incidence of Cesarean Delivery. Presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Fort Meyers, FL, May 2004 and the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, October 2004.
Scavone BM, Wong CA, Goldner JD, Patel R, Robles C: Comparison of Pain Symptoms in Patients With and Without Uterine Rupture. Presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, October 2003.
Sullivan JT, McCarthy RJ, Fitzgerald PC, Scavone BM, Wong CA: A Cluster Analysis Model for Labor Progress and Outcome. Presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, May 2003.
Goldner JD, Scavone BM: Uterine Rupture and Neuraxial Analgesia. Presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, May 2003.
Scavone BM, Sullivan JT, Peaceman AM, McCarthy RJ, Strauss-Hoder TP, Wong CA. "Fetal Heart Rate and Uterine Contraction Pattern Abnormalities after Combined Spinal/Epidural vs. Systemic Labor Analgesia." Abstract presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, NC, April 2002.
Sullivan JT, Scavone BM, McCarthy RJ, Wong CA. "Does Type of Labor Analgesia Alter the Pattern of Oxytocin Use?" Abstract presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, NC, April 2002.
Wong CA, Scavone BM, Sullivan JT, Marcus RL, Sherwani SS, Strauss-Hoder TP, Yaghmour EA, McCarthy RJ. "Randomized Trial of Neuraxial vs. Systemic Analgesia for Latent Phase Labor: Effect on Incidence of Cesarean Delivery." Abstract presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, NC, April 2002.
Scavone BM, Wong CA, Krejcie TC. "Anesthesia for Postpartum Tubal Ligation: Utilization of an Indwelling Epidural catheter Vs. Administration of Spinal." Abstract presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, October 2001.
Sullivan JT, Scavone BM, Wong CA, Avram MJ. "Use of IUPC to Evaluate the Effect of CSE on Uterine Contraction Patterns." Abstract presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, October 2001.
Sullivan JT, Scavone BM, Wong CA, Avram MJ. "Use of IUPC to Evaluate the Effect of CSE on Uterine Contraction Patterns." Abstract presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, San Diego, April 2001.
Scavone BM, Greenbaum R, Wong CA. "Is Frequent Redosing of Labor Analgesia Epidural Catheters Associated with Cesarean Delivery?" Poster presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, October 2000.
Wong CA, Scavone BM, Ganchiff JN, Strauss-Hoder T. "Dose/Response of Intrathecal Fentanyl Added to Bupivacaine for Labor Analgesia." Poster presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, October 2000.
Scavone BM, Greenbaum R, Wong CA. "Is Frequent Redosing of Labor Analgesia Epidural Catheters Associated with Cesarean Delivery?" Poster presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Montreal, May 2000.
Scavone BM, Wong CA, Slavenas JP, Vidovich M. "Inadvertent Dural Puncture and the Efficacy of Prophylactic Blood Patches at a University Hospital." Poster presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Montreal, May 2000.
Wong CA, Scavone BM, Peaceman AM, Ganchiff JN, Strauss-Hoder T. "The Dose-Response of Intrathecal Fentanyl Added to Bupivacaine for Labor Analgesia." Poster presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Montreal, May 2000.
Presentations
Judge at Residents’ Forum at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2008.
Coagulation Status in Postpartum Hemorrhage: Implications for Treatment. Presented at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology grand rounds, Chicago, IL, February 1, 2008.
Coagulation Status in Postpartum Hemorrhage: Implications for Treatment. Presented at the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, January 29, 2008.
A Closer Look at Obstetric Anesthesia Dogma. Participant in Panel Discussion presented at American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October, 2007.
Transfusion in the Parturient. Presented at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology grand rounds, Chicago, IL, June 22, 2007.
Judge at Residents’ Forum at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Banff, Canada, May 2007.
High Spinal. Presented at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology grand rounds, Chicago, IL, April 20, 2007.
Moderator at Pro-Con session at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 2006.
High Risk Obstetrics Workshop: Allergy and Analphylaxis. Presented at the joint Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology – Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association meeting, Dublin, Ireland, August 9, 2006.
Combined Spinal Epidural Labor Analgesia. Presented at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds, Chicago, IL, May 27, 2006.
Resolved: Combined Spinal Epidural is the Preferred Method for Labor Analgesia, Pro position. Presented at the Midwest Anesthesia Conference, Chicago, IL, May 22, 2006.
Moderator at scientific session at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, April 2006.
High Risk Obstetrics Workshop. Presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, April 2006.
Simulation in Medicine. Faculty at the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ “Simulation Saturday,” Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, March 11, 2006.
IV PCA Labor Analgesia, Presented at the Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 19, 2005.
Maternal Mortality. Presented at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology grand rounds, Chicago, IL, January 21, 2005.

High Risk Obstetrics Workshop: Hemodynamic Monitoring. Presented at the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, January 30, 2006.

Wong CA, Scavone BM, Sullivan JT, Patel R, Robles C, McCarthy RJ. "Early labor neuraxial analgesia does not increase the incidence of cesarean delivery." SOAP, Fort MEyers, FL, May 2004.
Scavone B, McCarthy RJ, Sherwani S, Yaghmour E, Sullivan JT, Marcus R, Wong CA. "The efficacy of a prophylactic epidural blood patch in the parturient after dural puncture with a 17 guage epidural needle." SOAP, Fort Meyers, FL, May 2004.
"Update on Combined Spinal-Epidural Analgesia for Labor." Presented at Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists Fall Meeting, Oak Brook, IL, October 2000.
"What's New in Obstetric Anesthesia?" Presented at Grand Rounds, Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Anesthesiology, Chicago, IL, February 5, 2000.