Winston Clive Victor Parris

Winston Clive Victor Parris
Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Pain Management, Anesthesiology 2012

Contact Information

932 Morrene Road, Durham, NC 27710
Box 3094 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
winston.parris@duke.edu (919) 684-6736

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.B.B.S., University of West Indies (West Indies) 1968
Duke Appointment History
- Chief of the Division of Pain Management, Anesthesiology, Pain Management, Anesthesiology 2005 - 2012
- Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Pain Management, Anesthesiology 2005 - 2012
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Pain Management, Anesthesiology 2005
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Kennedy, JS, Gwirtsman, HE, Schmidt, DE, Johnson, BW, Fielstein, E, Salomon, RM, Shiavi, RG, Ebert, MH, Parris, WCV, and Loosen, PT. "Serial cerebrospinal fluid tryptophan and 5-hydroxy indoleacetic acid concentrations in healthy human subjects." Life Sciences 71, no. 14 (2002): 1703-1715. Full Text
  - Parris, WCV. "Chronic pain - The state of the art." Nowotwory 49, no. SUPPL. 3 (January 1, 2000): 7-9.
  - Kennedy, JS, Polinsky, RJ, Johnson, B, Loosen, P, Enz, A, Laplanche, R, Schmidt, D, Mancione, LC, Parris, WCV, and Ebert, MH. "Preferential cerebrospinal fluid acetylcholinesterase inhibition by rivastigmine in humans." Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 19, no. 6 (1999): 513-521. Full Text
  - Parris, WC, Johnson, BW, Croghan, MK, Moore, MR, Khojasteh, A, Reder, RF, Kaiko, RF, and Buckley, BJ. "The use of controlled-release oxycodone for the treatment of chronic cancer pain: a randomized, double-blind study." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 16, no. 4 (October 1998): 205-211. Full Text
  - Citron, ML, Kaplan, R, Parris, WC, Croghan, MK, Herbst, LH, Rosenbluth, RJ, Reder, RF, Slagle, NS, Buckley, BJ, and Kaiko, RF. "Long-term administration of controlled-release oxycodone tablets for the treatment of cancer pain." Cancer Investigation 16, no. 8 (January 1998): 562-571. Full Text
  - Kaplan, R, Parris, WC, Citron, ML, Zhukovsky, D, Reder, RF, Buckley, BJ, and Kaiko, RF. "Comparison of controlled-release and immediate-release oxycodone tablets in patients with cancer pain." Journal of Clinical Oncology 16, no. 10 (1998): 3230-3237.
  - Parris, WCV. "President's message." Pain Clinic 11, no. 1 (January 1, 1998): 3-4.
  - Parris, WC. "Post-dural puncture headache and epidural blood patch in an AIDS patient." Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 9, no. 1 (February 1997): 87-88. (Letter) Full Text
  - Livengood, JM, Parris, WC, Rudder, MB, Farrar, MS, and Strassle, CG. "TennCare patients in chronic pain: is Medicaid reform really different?." Tennessee medicine : journal of the Tennessee Medical Association 90, no. 5 (1997): 183-184.
  - Parris, WCV, Benson, RB, and Livengood, JM. "The importance of a multidisciplinary approach to pain management." Pain Digest 6, no. 2 (March 1, 1996): 94-96.
  - Parris, WCV. "Common chronic pain syndromes." Pain Digest 6, no. 2 (March 1, 1996): 83-93. (Review)
  - Livengood, JM, and Parris, WCV. "Post-traumatic stress disorder in chronic pain patients." Pain Digest 6, no. 5 (January 1, 1996): 290-294.
  - Parris, WCV, Janicki, PK, Jr, BJ, Livengood, J, and Mathews, L. "Persistent pain associated with long-term intrathecal morphine administration." Southern Medical Journal 89, no. 4 (1996): 417-419. Full Text
  - Parris, WCV, Janicki, PK, Jr, BJ, and Horn, J-L. "Intrathecal ketorolac tromethamine produces analgesia after chronic constriction iniury of sciatic nerve in rat." Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 43, no. 8 (1996): 867-870.
  - Parris, WCV. "Perspectives of chronic pain management: Present and future." Pain Digest 6, no. 2 (1996): 67-70.
  - Livengood, JM, and Parris, WCV. "Use of biofeedback with chronic pain patients: Are there ever contraindications?." Pain Digest 5, no. 2 (January 1, 1995): 90-92.
  - Livengood, JM, Young, CM, and Parris, WCV. "Implications of multiple personality disorder for treatment of chronic pain." Pain Digest 4, no. 3 (January 1, 1994): 191-194. (Review)
  - Parris, WCV, Janicki, PK, Johnson, B, Mathews, L, and Horn, J-L. "Ketorolac tromethamine produces analgesia after intrathecal administration in rat model of chronic neuropathic pain." Regional Anesthesia 19, no. 2 SUPPL. (1994): 17--.
  - Parris, WCV, Janicki, PK, Jr, BWJ, and Mathews, L. "Infrared laser diode irradiation has no behavioral or biochemical effect on pain in the sciatic nerve ligation-induced mononeuropathy in rat." Anesthesia Progress 41, no. 4 (1994): 95-99.
  - Nagaro, T, Arai, T, Parris, WCV, and Kirshner, HS. "Anterior spinal artery syndrome? [15]." Anesthesiology 79, no. 5 (1993): 1156-1157. Full Text
  - PARRIS, WCV, SASTRY, BVR, KAMBAM, JR, NAUKAM, RJ, and JOHNSON, BW. "Immunoreactive Substance P in Human Saliva: A Possible Marker of Chronic Pain." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 694, no. 1 (January 1, 1993): 308-310. Full Text
  - Parris, WCV, and Kirshner, HS. "Motor paralysis of the lower extremities following lumbar sympathetic block." Anesthesiology 78, no. 5 (1993): 981-983.
  - Gibbons, JJ, Hyman, SA, and Parris, WCV. "Somatosensory evoked potentials and stellate ganglion block [1]." Clinical Journal of Pain 8, no. 2 (1992): 181-182. Full Text
  - Livengood, JM, and Parris, WCV. "Early detection measures and triage procedures for suicide ideation in chronic pain patients." Clinical Journal of Pain 8, no. 2 (1992): 164-169.
  - Parris, WCV, and Klein, DS. "Chronic headache resulting from postoperative supraorbital neuralgia [9]." Anesthesia and Analgesia 74, no. 6 (1992): 934-935. Full Text
  - Hyman, SA, Parris, WCV, Prysi, NH, Skelly, C, and Lindsey, K. "Somatosensory evoked potentials are unchanged by reflex sympathetic dystrophy and by stellate ganglion block." Clinical Journal of Pain 7, no. 3 (1991): 226-229.
  - Jamison, RN, Stetson, BA, and Parris, WCV. "The relationship between cigarette smoking and chronic low back pain." Addictive Behaviors 16, no. 3-4 (1991): 103-110. Full Text
  - Kambam, JR, Franks, JJ, Parris, W, Naukam, RJ, and Wright, W. "Prophylactic administration of nicardipine protects from cocaine induced cardio-respiratory toxicity in rats." Regional Anesthesia 16, no. 1 SUPPL. (1991): 1--.
  - Naukam, RJ, Parris, WCV, Kambam, JR, and Kruskal, JB. "The effects of neurokinin A, neurokinin B, and eledoisin on substance P analysis." Journal of Clinical Monitoring 7, no. 2 (1991): 181-185.
  - Parris, WCV, Reddy, BC, White, HW, and McGrath, DM. "Stellate ganglion blocks in pediatric patients." Anesthesia and Analgesia 72, no. 4 (1991): 552-556.
  - Parris, WCV, and Lee, EM. "Anaesthesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy [22]." Anaesthesia 46, no. 11 (1991): 997--.
  - Jamison, RN, Stetson, B, Sbrocco, T, and Parris, WCV. "Effects of significant weight gain on chronic pain patients." Clinical Journal of Pain 6, no. 1 (1990): 47-50.
  - Kambam, JR, Merrill, W, Parris, W, Alhaddad, R, Naukam, R, Stewart, J, Bender, H, and Sastry, BVR. "Substance P, acetylcholinesterase, and β-endorphin levels in the plasma and pericardial fluid of patients with and without angina pectoris." Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine 116, no. 5 (1990): 707-710.
  - Kambam, JR, Parris, WCV, Naukam, RJ, Franks, JJ, and Sastry, BVR. "In vitro effects of fluoride and bromide on pseudocholinesterase and acetylcholinesterase activities." Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 37, no. 8 (1990): 916-919.
  - Parris, WC, Kambam, JR, Naukam, RJ, and Rama Sastry, BV. "Immunoreactive substance P is decreased in saliva of patients with chronic back pain syndromes." Anesthesia and Analgesia 70, no. 1 (January 1990): 63-67. Full Text
  - Parris, WCV. "Suprascapular nerve block: A safter technique." Anesthesiology 72, no. 3 (1990): 580-581.
  - Kambam, J, Parris, W, Franks, JJ, Sastry, BVR, Naukam, R, and Smith, BE. "Reply." Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 36, no. 6 (November 1989): 729-730. Full Text
  - Graham, SG, Burgess, AM, Kambam, J, Parris, W, Franks, JJ, Sastry, BVR, Naukam, R, and Smith, BE. "Metoclopramide inhibits plasma cholinesterase." Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 36, no. 6 (1989): 729-730.
  - Jamison, RN, Sbrocco, T, and Parris, WCV. "The influence of physical and psychosocial factors on accuracy of memory for pain in chronic pain patients." Pain 37, no. 3 (1989): 289-294.
  - Kambam, JR, Hammon, J, Parris, WCV, and Lupinetti, FM. "Intrapleural analgesia for postthoracotomy pain and blood levels of bupivacaine following intrapleural injection." Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 36, no. 2 (1989): 106-109.
  - Kambam, JR, Horton, B, Parris, WCV, Hyman, SA, Berman, L, and Sastry, BVR. "Pseudocholinesterase activity in human cerebrospinal fluid." Anesthesia and Analgesia 68, no. 4 (1989): 486-488.
  - Parris, WC. "Reverse Sellick maneuver." Anesthesia and Analgesia 68, no. 3 (1989): 423--.
  - Parris, WCV, and Dettbarn, WD. "Muscle atrophy following bupivacaine trigger point injection." Anesthesiology Review 16, no. 3 (January 1, 1989): 50-54.
  - Kambam, JR, Horton, BF, Parris, WC, and Holaday, DA. "Effect of sevoflurane on P50 and on measurement of oxygen tension." Journal of Clinical Monitoring 4, no. 4 (October 1988): 261-263. Full Text
  - Gaukroger, PB, Brownridge, P, and Parris, WCV. "Epidural blood patch in treatment of chronic headache." Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 35, no. 3 (May 1, 1988): 322-323. Full Text
  - Jamison, RN, Matt, DA, and Parris, WCV. "Treatment outcome in low back pain patients: Do compensation benefits make a difference?." Orthopaedic Review 17, no. 12 (1988): 1210-1215.
  - Jamison, RN, Matt, DA, and Parris, WCV. "Effects of time-limited vs unlimited compensation on pain behavior and treatment outcome in low back pain patients." Journal of Psychosomatic Research 32, no. 3 (1988): 277-283.
  - Jamison, RN, Rock, DL, and Parris, WCV. "Empirically derived Symptom Checklist 90 subgroups of chronic pain patients: A cluster analysis." Journal of Behavioral Medicine 11, no. 2 (1988): 147-158.
  - Jamison, RN, Sbrocco, T, and Parris, WCV. "The influence of problems with concentration and memory on emotional distress and daily activities in chronic pain patients." International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 18, no. 2 (1988): 183-191.
  - Kambam, JR, Parris, WCV, Franks, JJ, Sastry, BVR, Naukam, R, and Smith, BE. "The inhibitory effect of metoclopramide on plasma cholinesterase activity." Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 35, no. 5 (1988): 476-478.
  - Parris, WC, and Dettbarn, WD. "Muscle atrophy following nerve block therapy." Anesthesiology 69, no. 2 (1988): 289--.
  - Parris, WCV, Kambam, J, and Adkins, B. "Typical and atypical presentation of malignant hyperpyrexia in nonwhite patients." Anesthesia Progress 35, no. 5 (1988): 208-211.
  - Parris, WCV, Lin, S, and Jr, WF. "Use of stellate ganglion blocks for chronic chest pain associated with primary pulmonary hypertension." Anesthesia and Analgesia 67, no. 10 (1988): 993-995.
  - Parris, WCV, Matt, D, Jamison, RN, and Maxson, W. "Anxiety and postoperative recovery in ambulatory surgery patients." Anesthesia Progress 35, no. 2 (1988): 61-64.
  - Parris, WCV, Oates, JA, Kambam, J, Shmerling, R, and Sawyers, JF. "Pre-treatment with somatostatin in the anaesthetic management of a patient with carcinoid syndrome." Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia 35, no. 4 (1988): 413-416.
  - Parris, WCW, Kambam, JR, Blanks, S, and Dean, R. "The effect of intentional hemodilution on P 50." Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 29, no. 5 (1988): 560-562.
  - Jamison, RN, Parris, WC, and Maxson, WS. "Psychological factors influencing recovery from outpatient surgery." Behaviour Research and Therapy 25, no. 1 (January 1987): 31-37. Full Text
  - Jamison, RN, Vasterling, JJ, and Parris, WCV. "Use of sensory descriptors in assessing chronic pain patients." Journal of Psychosomatic Research 31, no. 5 (1987): 647-652.
  - Lipman, JJ, Blumenkopf, B, and Parris, WCV. "Chronic pain assessment using heat beam dolorimetry." Pain 30, no. 1 (1987): 59-67.
  - Parris, WCV, Jamison, RN, and Vasterling, JJ. "Follow-up study of a multidisciplinary pain center." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2, no. 3 (1987): 145-151.
  - Parris, WCV, Kirshner, H, and Brin, E. "Herpes zoster ophthalmicus associated with contralateral hemiplegia." Clinical Journal of Pain 3, no. 4 (January 1, 1987): 219-222. Full Text
  - Parris, WCV, and Kamban, J. "Anesthetic considerations for the patient with polymyositis." Anesthesiology Review 14, no. 2 (January 1, 1987): 42-46.
  - Parris, WCV. "Use of epidural blood patch in treating chronic headache: Report of six cases." Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 34, no. 4 (1987): 403-406.
  - Parris, WC. "Use of the epidural blood patch in the treatment of chronic headaches." Anesthesiology 65, no. 3 (1986): 344--.
  - Parris, WCV, and Smith, BE. "Management of mastocytosis in pregnancy." Anesthesiology Review 13, no. 4 (January 1, 1986): 17-23.
  - Parris, WCV. "Chronic pain management: A logical approach." Journal of the Tennessee Medical Association 79, no. 11 (1986): 683-687.
  - Parris, WC, and Jamison, RN. "Chronic pain in adults with a history of childhood sexual abuse." Journal of the Tennessee Medical Association 78, no. 8 (1985): 493-495.
  - Parris, WCV. "Nerve block therapy." Clinics in Anaesthesiology 3, no. 1 (1985): 93-109.
  - Parris, WCV, Goldberg, MR, Hollister, AS, and Robertson, D. "Anesthetic management in autonomic dysfunction." Anesthesiology Review 11, no. 6 (January 1, 1984): 17-23.
  - Parris, WCV. "Management of post-herpetic neuralgia." Journal of the Tennessee Medical Association 77, no. 10 (1984): 575-578.
  - Jr, HWS, Parris, WCV, and Sandidge, PC. "Hazards in operative management of patients with systemic mastocytosis." Annals of Surgery 197, no. 5 (1983): 507-514.
  - Parris, WCV, and Johnson, AC. "Tracheomegaly." Anesthesiology 56, no. 2 (1982): 141-143.
  - Parris, WCV, and Jr, CWQ. "Anesthetic considerations for the patient with homocystinuria." Anesthesia and Analgesia 61, no. 8 (1982): 708-710.
  - Jr, AJG, Jr, RCM, Parris, WC, Richie, RE, Tallent, MB, Johnson, HK, Turner, BI, and Niblack, GD. "Partial splenic embolization: an alternative to splenectomy in the treatment of hypersplenism." Journal of the Tennessee Medical Association 74, no. 2 (1981): 126-128.
  - Parris, WCV, Jr, AJG, and Jr, RCM. "Intra-arterial chloroprocaine for the control of pain associated with partial splenic embolization." Anesthesia and Analgesia 60, no. 2 (1981): 112-115.
  - Parris, WCV, Sandidge, PC, and Petrinely, G. "Anesthetic management of mastocytosis." Anesthesiology Review 8, no. 12 (January 1, 1981): 32-35.
  - Parris, WCV. "Management of tetanus." Anesthesiology Review 8, no. 5 (January 1, 1981): 17-25.
  - Jr, RCM, Jr, AJG, Parris, WC, Richie, RE, Tallent, MB, Johnson, HK, Turner, BI, and Niblack, GD. "Therapeutic angiography in renal transplant complications." Proceedings of the Clinical Dialysis and Transplant Forum 10 (1980): 145-149.

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