Ashley M. Shilling | University of Virginia School of Medicine

Bio & Overview

Ashley Shilling, MD, is an anesthesiologist specializing in regional anesthesia (when a specific area of the body is numbed). She serves as co-chief of the regional anesthesiology division and co-director of the Outpatient Surgical Center at UVA. Dr. Shilling earned a BS in biology from Washington and Lee University and her MD from UVA. After medical school, she continued at UVA for her residency in anesthesiology, and then joined the faculty in 2005. Her research interests include regional anesthesiology, ambulatory anesthesiology and medical education. In addition to her clinical and research work, Dr. Shilling directs the third-year anesthesiology rotation and co-directs the peri-operative and acute care medicine clerkship at the School of Medicine.

Academic Information

Department: Anesthesiology

Research Interests

Regional anesthesiology, medical student and resident education

Selected Publications

2022

Deiling, B., Mullen, K., & Shilling, A. M. (2022). Continuous Catheter Techniques. CLINICS IN SPORTS MEDICINE, 41(2), 317-328. doi:10.1016/j.csm.2021.11.011

Riccio, A., & Shilling, A. M. (2022). Unique Medical Considerations for the Athlete Undergoing Anesthesia. CLINICS IN SPORTS MEDICINE, 41(2), 185-201. doi:10.1016/j.csm.2021.11.009

Shilling, A. M. (2022). Pulling Down the Surgical Drape Between the Anesthesiologist and the Orthopedic Surgeon ... Preface. CLINICS IN SPORTS MEDICINE, 41(2), XV-XVI. doi:10.1016/j.csm.2022.01.002

2021

Mariano, E. R., Dickerson, D. M., Szokol, J. W., Harned, M., Mueller, J. T., Philip, B. K., . . . Buvanendran, A. (2022). A multisociety organizational consensus process to define guiding principles for acute perioperative pain management. REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND PAIN MEDICINE, 47(2), 118-127. doi:10.1136/rapm-2021-103083

Kane, W. J., Shilling, A. M., & Schroen, A. T. (2021). A Surgeon Badge or Text Message Sign-in Intervention Improves Operating Room Start Efficiency. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH, 264, 129-137. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2021.02.009

2020

Thiele, R. H., Sarosiek, B. M., Modesitt, S. C., McMurry, T. L., Tiouririne, M., Martin, L. W., . . . Hedrick, T. L. (2021). Development and Impact of an Institutional Enhanced Recovery Program on Opioid Use, Length of Stay, and Hospital Costs Within an Academic Medical Center: A Cohort Analysis of 7774 Patients. ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA, 132(2), 442-455. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000005182

Ardon, A., Gillespie, N., Kolli, S., Shilling, A. M., & Warrick, M. (2020). Patient-Controlled Analgesia in High-Risk Populations: Implications for Safety. CURRENT ANESTHESIOLOGY REPORTS, 10(4), 463-472. doi:10.1007/s40140-020-00406-5

2019

Meneveau, M. O., Mehaffey, J. H., Turrentine, F. E., Shilling, A. M., Showalter, S. L., & Schroen, A. T. (2020). Patient and personnel factors affect operating room start times. SURGERY, 167(2), 390-395. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2019.08.011

Potter, J. F., Kleiman, A. M., Myers, E. G., Herberg, T. J., Bechtel, A. J., Forkin, K. T., . . . Nemergut, E. C. (2019). Generative Retrieval Does Not Improve Long-Term Retention of Regional Anesthesia Ultrasound Anatomy in Unengaged Learners.. The journal of education in perioperative medicine : JEPM, 21(2), E623.

2018

Trowbridge, E. R., Kim, D., Caldwell, L., Franko, D., Jackson, J. N., Shilling, A., & Hullfish, K. L. (2018). Use of Ketorolac After Outpatient Urogynecologic Surgery: A Randomized Control Trial. FEMALE PELVIC MEDICINE AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, 24(4), 281-286. doi:10.1097/SPV.0000000000000459

2017

Shilling, A. (2017). Can It Be Done-Opioid-Free Recovery?: Commentary on an article by Gijs T.T. Helmerhorst, MD, et al.: "Pain Relief After Operative Treatment of an Extremity Fracture: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial".. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 99(22), e123. doi:10.2106/jbjs.17.00856

2015

Terkawi, A. S., Tsang, S., Sessler, D. I., Terkawi, R. S., Nunemaker, M. S., Durieux, M. E., & Shilling, A. (2015). Improving Analgesic Efficacy and Safety of Thoracic Paravertebral Block for Breast Surgery: A Mixed-Effects Meta-Analysis. PAIN PHYSICIAN, 18(5), E757-E780. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/

2014

Durbin, C. G. J., Bell, C. T., & Shilling, A. M. (2014). Elective Intubation. RESPIRATORY CARE, 59(6), 825-846. doi:10.4187/respcare.02802

2013

Tullmann, D. F., Shilling, A. M., Goeke, L. H., Wright, E. B., & Littlewood, K. E. (2013). Recreating simulation scenarios for interprofessional education: an example of educational interprofessional practice. JOURNAL OF INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE, 27(5), 426-428. doi:10.3109/13561820.2013.790880

2012

Littlewood, K. E., Shilling, A. M., Stemland, C. J., Wright, E. B., & Kirk, M. A. (2013). High-fidelity simulation is superior to case-based discussion in teaching the management of shock. MEDICAL TEACHER, 35(3), E1003-E1010. doi:10.3109/0142159X.2012.733043

Shilling, A. (2012). The continued search for the perfect analgesic.. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 94(22), e170. doi:10.2106/jbjs.l.01066