Nicole Z Spence, MD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Biography
Dr. Nicole Spence received her medical degree from Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed her residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University, New York, NY and an accredited regional anesthesiology/acute pain management fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. She is a board-certified anesthesiologist.
Dr. Spence is committed to improving perioperative pain control, patient satisfaction, encompassing regional anesthetic techniques, optimizing narcotic sparing modalities, researching anesthesia and women’s health, and fostering patient and trainee education. She spends most of her clinical practice as an orthopedic, obstetric, regional, and perioperative pain anesthesiologist and is committed to teaching students and trainees. She has developed various institutional guidelines to improve patient care in these areas.
Education
- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, MD
- Emory University, BS
Publications
- Published on 4/9/2024
Roth S, Wald HS, Spence NZ, Oratz R, Schwartz DM. Hypocrisy of moral imperatives in the Israel-Hamas war. Lancet. 2024 Apr 20; 403(10436):1542. PMID: 38608685.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2024
Das S, Vasudevan A, Nieves-Rivera A, Edwards H, Spence NZ. Perceptions about perioperative communication among anesthesiologists and surgeons and the impact of perceived status hierarchies on teamwork in the operating room. JCA Advances. 2024; 10012.
Read at: Custom - Published on 5/19/2023
Holland E, Gibbs L, Spence NZ, Young M, Werler MM, Guang Z, Saia K, Bateman BT, Achu R, Wachman EM. A comparison of postpartum opioid consumption and opioid discharge prescriptions among opioid-naïve patients and those with opioid use disorder. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 Aug; 5(8):101025. PMID: 37211090.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/25/2023
Wong ML, Achu RA, Spence NZ, White KO. Feasibility of methadone for pain relief in first trimester abortion (Boston, Massachusetts 2022). Contraception. 2023 Sep; 125:110052. PMID: 37105280.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2023
Yeh K, Spence N, Beaulieu-Jones BR, Taylor M, Jhaveri A, Centola K, Charise T, Orf J, Richman A. Reduced Rates of Pneumonia After Implementation of an Electronic Checklist for the Management of Patients with Multiple Rib Fractures at a Level One Trauma Center. Surgery in Practice and Science. 2023; (14):100192.
Read at: Custom - Published on 6/2/2022
Vasudevan A, Achu R, Perry A, Yarrington C, Norris M, Tracy L, Spence NZ. Impact of pregnancy on airway complications after intubation for COVID-19 infection: A case series. Am J Otolaryngol. 2022 Sep-Oct; 43(5):103522. PMID: 35696815.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2022
Tabbara AK, Krishnan S, Vaynberg E, Spence NZ, Lambert DH. Intraoperative methadone: Proceed with care. J Opioid Manag. 2022; 18(4):377-383. PMID: 36052934.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/1/2021
Katz D, Bateman BT, Kjaer K, Turner DP, Spence NZ, Habib AS, George RB, Toledano RD, Grant G, Madden HE, Butwick AJ, Lynde G, Minehart RD, Beilin Y, Houle TT, Sharpe EE, Kodali B, Bharadwaj S, Farber MK, Palanisamy A, Prabhu M, Gonzales NY, Landau R, Leffert L. The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Coronavirus Disease 2019 Registry: An Analysis of Outcomes Among Pregnant Women Delivering During the Initial Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Outbreak in the United States. Anesth Analg. 2021 08 01; 133(2):462-473. PMID: 33830956.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/16/2021
Hyland SJ, Brockhaus KK, Vincent WR, Spence NZ, Lucki MM, Howkins MJ, Cleary RK. Perioperative Pain Management and Opioid Stewardship: A Practical Guide. Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Mar 16; 9(3). PMID: 33809571.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/2/2020
Spence NZ, Lu ME, Larson AR, Ortega R. COVID-19 and occupational skin hazards for anaesthetists. Br J Anaesth. 2020 12; 125(6):e476-e478. PMID: 32977956.
Read at: PubMed
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