Veena Graff, MD
Pain Management, Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 12 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care Penn Presbyterian
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Division Chief of Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine
  • Program Director of Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
  • Perioperative Pain Management Lead, Penn Medicine Opioid Task Force
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Education and training

  • Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Vermont Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Vermont Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

209 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

September 2025
outstanding physician who looks after the needs of her patients!
September 2025
good communication
September 2025
cares about you
September 2025
listened. great plan.

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Graff is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Polina Ferd MD, Blaze Kelly MD, Arthur Thomas MD, Allen Yang MD, Taras Grosh MD, Veena Graff MD Comparing Rebound Pain after Adductor Canal Block with 0.2% Ropivacaine vs 0.5% Bupivacaine in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients , 50th Annual Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, Orlando, FL: 2025

Xiaoxi Zhang, Jenny Ferry, David W. Hewson, Gary S. Collins, Matthew D Wiles, Yi Zhao, Alexander P. L. Martindale, Michael Tomaschek, James S. Bowness, GRAITE-USRA Working Group* Delphi Consensus Study: Guidance for Reporting Artificial Intelligence Technology Evaluations for Ultrasound Scanning in Regional Anaesthesia (GRAITE-USRA) , Anaesthesia: 2025

Mital Lavani DO, Chase Jennings MD, Veena Graff MD Comprehensive Perioperative Pain Management: From Preoperative Optimization to Transitional Postoperative Care , Comprehensive Perioperative Pain Management: 2025

Veena Graff MD, Stephanie Cheng MD. Music and Medicine - HSS Presents Podcast , HSS Presents: 2025

Rolfzen M, Shah K, Rodriguez ES, Hoffman J, Clauw D, Mascha E, Graff V, Bartels K. “Postsurgical Medication Awareness, Recovery, and Tracking using a Phone-Based App (SMART-APP): a randomized clinical trial. , Regional anesthesia and pain medicine: 2025

Gerner P, Graff V, Herman M, Stone AB Cost of sterility: probe covers should not be mandated for single-shot peripheral nerve blocks , Reg Anesth Pain Med: 2024

Mark D Neuman, Glyn Elwyn, Veena Graff, Viktoria Schmitz, Mary C Politi My anesthesia Choice-HF: development and preliminary testing of a tool to facilitate conversations about anesthesia for hip fracture surgery , BMC Anesthesiology: 2024

Osemeke Edobor MD, Veena Graff MD, Taras Grosh MD Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity , Anesthesiology: A Problem-Based Learning Approach: 2023

Dan Maloney MD, Vivian Wung MD, Veena Graff MD Removing Gabapentinoids from ERAS Protocol for Total Knee & Hip Arthroplasty may lead to a reduction in hypotensive episodes post-operatively , 48th Annual Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Meeting, Hollywood, FL: 2023

Kelsey R. Lawrence, DO, MBS, Gautam Sharma, MD, and Veena Graff, MD, MS The Pain Medicine Paradox: Why Women Avoid this Field, and What Can be Done About It , ASRA Pain Medicine News: 2022