Unyime S. Ituk, MBBS, MBA, FCARCSI

Clinical Professor of Anesthesia

Current Positions

Division Chief, Obstetric Anesthesia
Division of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Division of Obstetrical Anesthesia
Division of Regional Anesthesia

Education

MBBS in Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Internship in Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Resident in Emergency Medicine, Mater University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Resident in Trauma and Orthopedics, Sligo General Hospital, Sligo, Ireland
Resident in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Sligo General Hospital, Sligo, Ireland
Resident in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Letterkenny General Hospital, Letterkenny, Ireland
Resident in Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Resident in Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Resident in Anesthesia, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Resident in Obstetric and Women's Anesthesia, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Research Interests

Analgesia During Labor and Delivery
Patient Safety and Quality Assurance
Cardiac Diseases in Pregnancy
Outcomes in High Risk Parturients

Licenses & Certifications

Fellow of the College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FCARCSI), Ireland
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), United States
Member Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (MRCSI), Ireland

Selected Publications

Ciechanowicz, S., Carvalho, B., Berger, J., Duch, P., Flood, P., Ffrench-O'Carroll, R., Sviggum, H., Hakimi, S., Jethava, D., Mieszkowski, M., Merriam, A., Osmundson, S., Ituk, U., Wagner Kovacec, J. & Sultan, P. (2025). Delphi study to develop a core outcome set for inpatient pain assessment after cesarean delivery. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101556. PMID: 40441486.
Ituk, U. S. & Ravindranath, S. (2025). Predicting postcesarean pain: a prospective cohort study using a 3-question questionnaire, local anesthesia infiltration, and observer rating. Pain Res Manag 2025 6903333. DOI: 10.1155/prm/6903333. PMID: 40297538. PMCID: PMC12037255.
Ituk, U., Anderson, E., Bremer Gama, M. N. & Skoog, C. (2025). Noise perception, sensitivity, and patient outcomes during cesarean delivery. Anesthesiol Res Pract 2025 5707084. DOI: 10.1155/anrp/5707084. PMID: 40230812. PMCID: PMC11996264.
Dexter, F., Pomeroy, M. G., Marian, A. A., Ituk, U. S. & Epstein, R. H. (2025). Incorrectly charted operating rooms, with resulting overlapping times, corrected using meta-data from monitors transmitting pulse oximetry measurements. A&A Pract 19 (2) e01917. DOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001917. PMID: 39950703.
Ituk, U. S., Dexter, F., Patel, P., Bremer Gama, M. N. & Sibenaller, Z. A. (2024). Positive predictive value of administrative diagnosis codes, for all patient encounters in the electronic health record, to detect postoperative infections: retrospective cohort study after cesarean delivery. JCA Advances 1 (3-4) 100058. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcadva.2024.100058.
Ituk, U. S., Dexter, F. & Hadlandsmyth, K. E. (2024). Lateness of acetaminophen and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug administrations in a retrospective cohort of medication administration records among patients after cesarean delivery. Cureus 16 (5) e61433. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.61433. PMID: 38947679. PMCID: PMC11214743.
Ituk, U. S. & Mueller, R. N. (2023). Implementation and evaluation of an event reporting system in an academic anaesthesia department. BMJ Open Qual 12 (4) e002389. DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002389. PMID: 38123473.
Skoog, C. M., Katzer, J. F., Wendt, L. H. & Ituk, U. S. (2023). The association of anesthesia type and neonatal outcomes following category-1 cesarean delivery: a retrospective cohort study. Cureus 15 (3) 10.7759/cureus.35910. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.35910. PMID: 37033505. PMCID: PMC10081886.
VanderWielen, B., Ituk, U. S., Landau, R., Sultan, P. & Habib, A. (2023). Post-cesarean delivery analgesia and the role of peripheral nerve blocks: a review. ASRA Pain Medicine News 47 9. DOI: 10.52211/asra020123.009.
Ravindranath, S. & Ituk, U. S. (2022). Reply to: Weight and height adjusted dose regimen or fixed ED95 dose of intrathecal hyperbaric bupivacaine for cesarean delivery in parturients with different BMIs: which would be optimal? Curr Med Res Opin 38 (11) 2011-2012. DOI: 10.1080/03007995.2022.2131305. PMID: 36190506.