Rachel A. Achu, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

-Board-certified anesthesiologist specializing in obstetric anesthesia, with experience in managing complex deliveries, high-risk pregnancies, maternal hemorrhage and post-partum pain management.
-Actively involved in research/quality improvement projects on optimizing post-cesarean pain management with abdominal wall plane blocks and thoracic/lumbar post-partum epidurals; the management of
interscapular/upper back pain with labor epidural infusions; the utilization of tranexamic acid for the management of post-partum hemorrhage.
-Director of Obstetric Anesthesiology and Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for department of Anesthesiology

Publications

  • Published 8/22/2024

    Achu-Lopes R, Tsen LC, Ovsak G, Raheel NA, Farber MK, Maeda A. Upper back, neck, and shoulder pain during labor epidural analgesia: a quality improvement initiative. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2024 Nov; 60:104255. PMID: 39255553.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 8/16/2024

    Brook K, Achu-Lopes RA, Richards JL, Holland E, Langlois WO. In Response. Anesth Analg. 2024 Sep 01; 139(3):e28-e29. PMID: 39151140.

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  • Published 12/15/2023

    Holland E, Richards JL, Langlois WO, Zhu J, Achu-Lopes RA, Brook K. Ethical and Medicolegal Issues: When Obstetric Patients Who Refuse Blood Products Change Their Minds. Anesth Analg. 2024 Jan 01; 138(1):89-95. PMID: 38100802.

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  • Published 10/21/2023

    Martinez NG, Roberts SCM, Achu-Lopes RA, Samura TL, Seidman DL, Woodhams EJ. Reconsidering the use of urine drug testing in reproductive settings. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 Dec; 5(12):101206. PMID: 37871695.

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  • Published 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.

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Education

  • Ross University School of Medicine, MD
  • Northeastern University, BS

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