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
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Selected Research Projects

  1. Evidence-based surgical analgesia in the laboratory rabbit
  2. Evaluation of surgical analgesia in the laboratory mouse
  3. Effects of Bowen on stress in hospitalized dogs
  4. 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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Abelson A, Faissler D, Karas A. Anesthesiology Case of the Month., J Am Vet Med Assoc 232(9):1298-1300, 2008.

  4. Karas, AZ. Barriers to Assessment and Treatment of Pain. Lab Animal, 35(7):38-45, 2006.

 

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