Arissa M. Torrie, MD, MHS

• 2006-2010 B.S., Biology, Towson University
• 2010-2012 M.H.S., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health
• 2012-2016 M.D., Penn State University College of Medicine
• 2016-2017 Internship, Internal Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• 2017-2020 Residency, Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• 2020-2021 Fellowship, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain, Hospital for Special Surgery
• 2021-2021 Medical Acupuncture, Helms Medical Acupuncture Institute
• 2021-2022 Fellowship, Trauma Anesthesiology, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma University of Maryland
• 2023 - current, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of Maryland Baltimore

Dr. Arissa Torrie is a dual-appointed Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Orthopedics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, with fellowship training in trauma anesthesiology from the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center and regional anesthesia and acute pain from the Hospital for Special Surgery. Practicing at one of North America's busiest orthopaedic trauma centers, she integrates clinical care with research to advance evidence-based perioperative management. Her research focuses on improving outcomes for patients with orthopaedic injuries through innovative perioperative interventions. Her work bridges critical knowledge gaps between anesthesiology and orthopaedics, with an emphasis on developing practice-changing clinical trials that enhance recovery and quality of care/

Torrie AM, Brookman JC, Samet RE. Regional Analgesia and Acute Compartment Syndrome. Curr Anes Reports. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40140-022-00528-y

Torrie AM, Brookman JC. Case Report on Apparent Reversal of a Successful Peripheral Neural Blockade by Intralipid 20% after treating patient for LAST. A&A Practice. 2020 Nov;14(13).

Bicket MC, Park J, Torrie AM, Allen S, Weir B, Sherman S. Factors associated with chronic pain and non-medical opioid use among people who inject drugs. Addict Behav. 2020;102.

Shahbazian JH, Hahn P, Ludwig S, Ferguson J, Baron P, Christ A, Spicer K, Tolomeo P, Torrie AM, Bilker WB, Cluzet VC, Hu B; Julian K, Nachamkin I, Rankin S, Morris DO, Lautenbach E, Davis MF. Multidrug and mupirocin resistance in environmental methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) collected from the homes of people diagnosed with a community-onset (CO-) MRSA infection. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2017;83(22).

Torrie AM, Sharma J, Mason, M. Cruz-Eng, H.  Regional Anesthesia did not delay diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome: A case report of Anterior Compartment Syndrome in the Thigh not masked by an Adductor Canal Catheter. Am J of Case Rep. 2017;18: 444-447.

Torrie AM, Kesler W, Elkin J, Gallo R. Osteochondral allografts. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2015;8(4):413-422.