The Department of Anesthesiology

Che A. Solla, MD, MBA

Associate Professor
Assistant Fellowship Director

Clinical Focus

Pain Medicine

Education

Medical School
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis TN, 2010

Residency
Anesthesiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda MD, 2014

Fellowship
Pain Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York NY, 2019

Graduate School
Physician Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Tennessee Knoxville Haslam College of Business, Knoxville TN, 2021

Certification

Diplomate American Board of Anesthesiology, 2015
Subspecialty certification in Pain Medicine, American Board of Anesthesiology, 2019

Current Publications

Hutcheson S, Pehrson A, Gassert RB, Guffey E, Shanahan PC, Sisk L, Patton S, Solla CA.
Risk stratification for postoperative opioid induced respiratory depression: A retrospective case-control analysis of existing validated tools. J Pain Res. 2025 Apr 28;18:2233-2240. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S495181. eCollection 2025.

Current Presentations

Alwahaidy A , Solla C. Pain fellow. Presented at American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine; 2024 Nov - 21; Las Vegas, NV.

Barrilleaux BJ, Cato PJ, Solla CA. Multimodal pain management approach to avoid complex regional pain syndrome flare in patient undergoing total knee arthroplasty. Presented at American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine; 2024 March - 23; San Diego ,California.

Madigan J, Cato P, Solla C. Intrathecal morphine for pain control in three patients undergoing deep inferior epigastric flap breast reconstruction. Presented at American Society of Regional Anesthesia Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting; 2024 March - 23; San Diego ,California.