Biographical Sketch
Kenneth Cummings, MD, is Medical Director of the Hillcrest Hospital Preadmission Testing Center.
Dr. Cummings is a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is an advocate for continuous peripheral nerve blocks as an element of multimodal analgesia for acute pain.
Dr. Cummings is Co-Investigator for several multicenter clinical trials.
Specialty Interests
acute postoperative pain management, ambulatory anesthesia, anesthesia for trauma surgery, anesthesiology, anesthesiology and pain, anesthesiology practice, clinical research, difficult airway management, general anesthesiology, neuroanesthesia, orthopaedic, outpatient anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, pediatric anesthesiology, peripheral nerve blocks, regional and obstetric anesthesiology, total intravenous anesthesia
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connections with industry and those of their immediate
family members. As of 7/31/2008,
Dr. Cummings has reported no financial relationship with
industry that is applicable to this listing. Patients
should feel free to contact their doctor about
relationships with industry and how the relationships are
overseen by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about
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