Alicia Z. Karas
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
Anesthesia
Phone: 508-887-4638
Fax: 508-839-7922
Email: alicia.karas@tufts.edu
Education
DVM - Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine - 1989
MS - Tufts School of Nutrition - 1985
BA - Harvard University - 1981
Board Certification
American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists
General Research Interest
Pain medicine, refinement research, anesthesia methods
Research Sponsor Interest
- Privately Funded Research
- Federally Funded Research
Selected Research Projects
Evidence-based surgical analgesia in the laboratory rabbit
Evaluation of surgical analgesia in the laboratory mouse
Hydromorphone pharmacokinetics and analgesic efficacy in the dog
Research and Clinical Interests
- Clinical assessment of pain
- Assessment and treatment of pain or distress in laboratory animals
- Animal well-being
- Peripheral local anesthetics for pain management
- Chronic and cancer pain
Major Specialized Equipment Items Available
- Remote video recording
- Palpometer
- Algometer
Selected Publications
Chevalier HC, Provost P, and Karas AZ. Effect of caudal epidural xylazine on intra-operative distress and postoperative pain in Holstein heifers. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 31(1):1-10, 2004.
Karas AZ, Gostyla K, Aronovitz M, Wolfe E, Karas RH. Diminished body weight and activity patterns in mice following surgery: implications for control of post-procedural pain/distress in laboratory animals. Contemp.Topics. Lab.Anim.Sci. 40:83, 2001.
Karas AZ. Postoperative analgesia in the laboratory mouse, Mus musculus. Lab Animal 31(7):49-52, 2002.
Brianceau P, Chevalier H, Karas AZ, Court MH, Bassage L, Kirker-Head C, Provost P, Paradis MR. Intravenous lidocaine and small-intestinal size, abdominal fluid, and outcome after colic surgery in horses. J Vet Intern Med 16:736-741, 2002.