Alicia Z. Karas
Assistant Professor, Anesthesia
Department of Clinical Sciences
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
Teaching
- Anesthesiology & Pain Management
- An Introduction to Animal Welfare
- Animals in Society: Research
General Research Interest
- Pain medicine, refinement research
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
- Effects of Bowen on stress in hospitalized dogs
- Nest behavior as an indicator of well-being in laboratory mice
Research & Clinical Interests
- Clinical assessment of pain
- Acute pain management
- Assessment and treatment of pain or distress in laboratory animals
- Animal well-being and quality of life
- Chronic and cancer pain
- Complementary medicine, acupuncture, manual therapies
Major Specialized Equipment Items Available
- Remote video recording
- Palpometer
- Algometer
- Thermographic camera
Selected Publications
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Weaver LA, Blaze CA, Linder D, Andrutis KA, Karas AZ. A Model for Clinical Evaluation of Perioperative Analgesia in the Rabbit. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci 49(6):845-851, 2010.
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Abelson A, McCobb EM, Shaw S, Armitage-Chan E, Wetmore LA, Karas AZ, Blaze CA. Use of wound soaker catheters for the administration of local anesthetic for post-operative analgesia: 56 cases. Vet Anaesth Analg. 36(6):597-602, 2009.
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Abelson A, Faissler D, Karas A. Anesthesiology Case of the Month., J Am Vet Med Assoc 232(9):1298-1300, 2008.
- Karas, AZ. Barriers to Assessment and Treatment of Pain. Lab Animal, 35(7):38-45, 2006.