Dr. Lucy Hostetter - CV

Expert Witness Consultant, Board Certified Anesthesiologist

Board-certified, fellowship-trained anesthesiologist with over 15 years of experience in anesthesia, pain management and management of patients with musculoskeletal and spine injuries using both biologic and traditional treatments. Extensive experience evaluating and providing interventional treatments for personal injury patients as well as providing expert opinion and testimony in these cases.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Anesthesiology
Pain management
Back injury
Low back pain
Nerve damage

Motor vehicle accident injury
Lumbar disc bulge/herniation
Cervical disc bulge/herniation
Sciatica
Musculoskeletal injury

Whiplash injury
Opioids
Radiculopathy
Regional anesthesia

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Fellowship: Regional Anesthesia, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 2011
Residency: Anesthesiology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 2010
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles, 2006
Undergraduate: B.S. in Biochemistry, University of California, Davis, Magna cum laude, 2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Interventional Pain Group, Bellevue, WA | 2019 – Present
Seattle Regenerative Medicine Center, Bellevue | 2018 – Present
Director of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Service, St. Francis Hospital, WA | 2014 – 2019
Chair, Quality Improvement and Quality Control Compliance Committee | 2015 – 2018
Swedish Medical Center, Physician’s Anesthesia Service, Seattle, WA | 2011 – 2014

FACULTY POSITIONS HELD

Clinical Instructor: Dept. of Anesthesiology, Univ of Washington School of Medicine | 2012 – 2016

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

Medical license: State of Washington | 2010 – Present
Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology | 2012 – Present

PUBLICATIONS

“Evaluation of Ultrasound-Assisted Thoracic Epidural Placement in Patients Undergoing Upper Abdominal and Thoracic Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study.” Reg Anesth Pain Med 2017;42:204-9
“Continuous Ultrasound-Guided Adductor Canal Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial.” Anesth Analg 2014;118:1370-7
Book Chapter: “Epidural and Spinal Anesthesia.” Clinical Anesthesia, 7th edition, pp. 905-933

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