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Arissa M. Torrie, MD, MHS

Academic Title:

Assistant Professor

Primary Appointment:

Anesthesiology

Secondary Appointment(s):

Orthopaedics

Location:

UMMC Midtown Campus

Phone (Primary):

(410) 225-8422

Fax:

(410) 328-5531

Education and Training

  • 2006-2010 B.S., Biology, Towson University
  • 2010-2012 M.H.S., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health
  • 2012-2016 M.D., Penn State University College of Medicine
  • 2016-2017 Internship, Internal Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
  • 2017-2020 Residency, Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • 2020-2021 Fellowship, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain, Hospital for Special Surgery
  • 2021-2021 Medical Acupuncture, Helms Medical Acupuncture Institute
  • 2021-2022 Fellowship, Trauma Anesthesiology, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma University of Maryland
  • 2023 - current, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of Maryland Baltimore

Highlighted Publications

Torrie AM, Brookman JC, Samet RE. Regional Analgesia and Acute Compartment Syndrome. Curr Anes Reports. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40140-022-00528-y

Torrie AM, Brookman JC. Case Report on Apparent Reversal of a Successful Peripheral Neural Blockade by Intralipid 20% after treating patient for LAST. A&A Practice. 2020 Nov;14(13).

Bicket MC, Park J, Torrie AM, Allen S, Weir B, Sherman S. Factors associated with chronic pain and non-medical opioid use among people who inject drugs. Addict Behav. 2020;102.

Shahbazian JH, Hahn P, Ludwig S, Ferguson J, Baron P, Christ A, Spicer K, Tolomeo P, Torrie AM, Bilker WB, Cluzet VC, Hu B; Julian K, Nachamkin I, Rankin S, Morris DO, Lautenbach E, Davis MF. Multidrug and mupirocin resistance in environmental methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) collected from the homes of people diagnosed with a community-onset (CO-) MRSA infection. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2017;83(22).

Torrie AM, Sharma J, Mason, M. Cruz-Eng, H.  Regional Anesthesia did not delay diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome: A case report of Anterior Compartment Syndrome in the Thigh not masked by an Adductor Canal Catheter. Am J of Case Rep. 2017;18: 444-447.

Torrie AM, Kesler W, Elkin J, Gallo R. Osteochondral allografts. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2015;8(4):413-422.

Research Interests

Orthopaedic Trauma, Regional Anesthesiology, Trauma Anesthesiology, Acute Pain in Orthopaedic Trauma, Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Clinical Specialty Details

  • Anesthesiology - Board Certified
  • ASA Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) - Certified/Mentor
  • Medical Acupuncture - Certified
  • Transthoracic Echocardiography
  • Transesophageal Echocardiography

 

Awards and Affiliations

  • Gold Humanism Honor Society
  • Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society - Alpha Chapter