Lu Fan Cai, MD
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director of Anesthesia, Penn Medicine University City
- Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery
Spoken languages
English
English
中文 / 普通话
Chinese - Mandarin
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Capital Blue Cross/Capital Advantage Insurance Company
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Anesthesiology, 2014
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, National
- American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Cai,L Grosh,T Graff,V Impact of Eliminating Gabapentinoids from an Orthopedic Enhanced Recovery Protocol on Postoperative Hypotension After Total Joint Arthroplasty , Anesthesia and Analgesia Practice: 2026
K.Konja, T.Grosh, V.Wung, L.Cai, T.Gaulton, A.Horan, M.Dooley, R.Eckenhoff, D. Rader An Anesthetic Biobank of Cerebrospinal Fluid for Further Characterization of Postoperative Cognitive Changes in an Aging Population , American Society of Anesthesiology Meeting, 2023: 2023
Ochroch J, Qi V, Badiola I, Grosh T, Cai L, Graff V, Nelson C, Israelite C, Elkassabany NM Analgesic efficacy of adding the IPACK block to a multimodal analgesia protocol for primary total knee arthroplasty , Reg Anesth Pain Med, 45(10): 2020,799-804
Iglesias R, Cai L Opioid Conversion , Anesthesia Education Toolbox : 2020
Graff V, Cai L, Badiola I, Elkassabany NM Music versus midazolam during preoperative nerve block placements: a prospective randomized controlled study , Reg Anesth Pain Med, 44(8): 2019,796-799
Ochroch J, Qi V, Grosh T, Badiola I, Cai L, Nelson C, Israelite C, Elkassabany N The Analgesic Efficacy of Adding the IPACK Block to a Multimodal Analgesia Protocol for Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty , 44th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, Las Vegas NV: 2019
Elkassabany NM, Cai LF, Badiola I, Kase B, Liu J, Hughes C, Israelite CL, Nelson CL A prospective randomized open-label study of single injection versus continuous adductor canal block for postoperative analgesia after total knee arthroplasty , Bone Joint J, 101-B(3): 2019,340-7
Graff V, Badiola I, Cai L, Elkassabany N Music vs Midazolam during Preoperative Nerve Block Placement: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study , 43st Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, New York NY : 2018
Cai L, Liu J, Elkassabany N Anesthesia and Pain Management in Geriatric Fractures , Fractures in the Elderly, 2nd Edition: 2018,113-127
Cai L, Huang S Infectious Complications of Central Neuraxial Block , Complications in Anesthesia, 3rd Edition: 2017,579-581