da Cunha, Anderson  Favaro
	Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anesthesiology and Pain Management Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences  (12/1/2006)
	Anesthesiologist
	Service Chief, Anesthesiology, Veterinary Teaching Hospital & Clinics
	D.V.M., Federal University of Parana, 2000 M.S., Federal University of Santa Maria, 2002
	Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists

Email	adacunha@vetmed.lsu.edu
Departmental Phone	225-578-9786
Clinical Service	Anesthesiology
Clinical Interests	Clinical veterinary anesthesia: exotic, small and large animal
Research Interests	Local anesthesia in birds Analgesi
Biographic Sketch Positions held Internship in anesthesia and pain management – LSU 2003 Anesthesiology residency – North Carolina State University - 2006 Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anesthesiology and Pain Management 2006-present Personal interests and skills: Traveling, hiking, barbecue and languages Fully bilingual – Portuguese and English Selected referred publications da Cunha, AF, Ashley M. Stokes, Sharon Chirgwin, Glenn Pettifer, Rustin M. Moore. Quantitative Expression of the TRPV-1 Gene in Central and Peripheral Nervous Tissue in Horses. Intern J Appl Res Vet Med, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2008. da Cunha, AF; Carter, J; Grafinger,M; Montgomery,H; Marks, S; Posner,L; Burns, P. Intrathecal Morphine Overdose in a Dog - Journal of the American Veterianry Medical Association J Am Vet Med Assoc 2007;230:1665–1668) da Cunha, AF; Chirgwin, S; Stokes, A; Pettifer, G; Moore, R. Equus caballus transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily v member 1-like (trpv1) mrna, partial cds. Gene Bank – ACCESSION # DQ267483. November 2005 da Cunha, AF; Natalini, CC; Alves, SDL; et al. Positive end-expiratory pressure in isoflurane or halothane anesthetized pigs submitted to carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum or pneumothorax. Master Degree Thesis – Achieves of Veterinary Science, 2002 v.7 (2), 143 -150. Cunha, O; da Cunha, A.F; Souza, C; et al. NEW DEHORNING METHOD IN CATTLE. Arq. ciên. vet. zool. UNIPAR, 5(1): p.059-063, 2002.
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