Penn Medicine Provider
Anesthesiology
Lu Fan Cai, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
Call 800-789-7366

About me

  • Director of Anesthesia, Penn Medicine University City
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Cai is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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

Elkassabany N, Kase B, Badiola I, Cai L, Hughes C, Israelite C, Nelson C, Liu J Comparison between single shot versus continuous adductor canal block for postoperative analgesia after total knee arthroplasty, a prospective randomized open label study , 42nd Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, San Francisco CA: 2017