Michael J. Buys

Michael J. Buys, MD

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

  • Michael "Jay" Buys, MD is a board certified anesthesiologist who specializes in providing perioperative care for patients of all ages. His clinical expertise includes acute pain management and regional anesthesia techniques.

    Specialties

    • Anesthesiology

    Board Certification

    American Board of Anesthesiology

  • Michael "Jay" Buys, MD is a board certified anesthesiologist who specializes in providing perioperative care for patients of all ages. His clinical expertise includes acute pain management and regional anesthesia techniques.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Anesthesiology -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Anesthesiology

    Education history

    Residency Anesthesiology and Critical Care - University of New Mexico Resident
    Medicine - University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Exercise Physiology with Honors - Brigham Young University B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Brooke BS, Bayless K, Anderson Z, Holeman TA, Zhang C, Hales J, Buys MJ (2023). Opioid tapering after surgery and its association with patient-reported outcomes and behavioral changes: a mixed-methods analysis. Reg Anesth Pain Med. (Read full article)
    2. Mahyar L, Missair A, Buys MJ, Kou A, Benedetti de Marrero E, Sandbrink F, Matadial CM, Mariano ER, Veterans Affairs Acute Pain Medicine Committee (2023). National review of acute pain service utilization, models of care, and clinical practices within the Veterans Health Administration. Reg Anesth Pain Med, 49(2), 117-121. (Read full article)
    3. Ilfield BM, Khatibi B, Maheshwari K, and 38 others including Buys MJ (2023). Patient-centered results from a multicenter study of continuous peripheral nerve blocks and postamputation phantom and residual limb pain: secondary outcomes from a randomized, clinical trial. . Reg Anesth Pain Med, 48(9), 471-477.
    4. Buys MJ, Anderson Z, Bayless K, Zhang C, Presson AP, Hales J, Brooke BS (2022). Postsurgical Opioid Use Among Veterans Discharged to Skilled Care Facilities Compared to Veterans Discharged to Home After Orthopedic Surgery. J Am Med Dir Assoc, 24, 258-262.e1. (Read full article)
    5. Holeman TA, Buys MJ, Bayless K, Anderson Z, Hales J, Brooke BS (2022). Complete opioid cessation after surgery improves patient-reported pain measures among chronic opioid users. Surgery, 172(3), 943-948. (Read full article)
    6. Bleicher J, Brooke BS, Bayless K, Anderson Z, Beckstrom J, Zhang C, Presson AP, Huang LC, Buys MJ (2022). Postoperative opioid prescribing, use and pain trends following general surgery procedures: a retrospective cohort study among veterans comparing non-opioid versus chronic opioid users. Reg Anesth Pain Med, (47), 487-493. (Read full article)
    7. Featherall J, Anderson JT, Anderson LA, Bayless K, Anderson Z, Brooke BS, Gililland JM, Buys MJ (2022). A Multidisciplinary Transitional Pain Management Program Is Associated With Reduced Opioid Dependence After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty, 37, 1048-1053. (Read full article)
    8. Brown-Taylor L, Beckner A, Scaff KE, Fritz JM, Buys MJ, Patel S, Bayless K, Brooke BS (2021). Relationships between physical therapy intervention and opioid use: A scoping review. PM R, 14(7), 837-854. (Read full article)
    9. Meier AW, Buys MJ, Gill M, Piacenza EW, Nguyen L, Allen CM, Stuart AR, Gililland J, Johnson KB (2020). The effect of audiovisual distraction on patient-controlled sedation under spinal anesthesia: a prospective, randomized trial. J Clin Monit Comput, 35(2), 355-361. (Read full article)
    10. Ladha KS, McLaren-Blades A, Goel A, Buys MJ, Farquhar-Smith P, Haroutounian S, Kotteeswaran Y, Kwofie K, Le Foll B, Lightfoot NJ, Loiselle J, Mace H, Nicholls J, Regev A, Rosseland LA, Shanthanna H, Sinha A, Sutherland A, Tanguay R, Yafai S, Glenny M, Choi P, Ladak SSJ, Leroux TS, Kawpeng I, Samman B, Singh R, Clarke H (2020). Perioperative Pain and Addiction Interdisciplinary Network (PAIN): consensus recommendations for perioperative management of cannabis and cannabinoid-based medicine users by a modified Delphi process. Br J Anaesth, 126(1), 304-318. (Read full article)
    11. Buys MJ, Johnson KB (2020). Blocking Blindly: How to Navigate Risks of Local Anesthetic Toxicity When Liposomal Bupivacaine Has Been Used and the Patient Is Still in Pain. Anesth Analg, 131(6), 1840-1842. (Read full article)
    12. Buys MJ, Bayless K, Romesser J, Anderson Z, Patel S, Zhang C, Presson AP, Brooke BS (2020). Opioid use among veterans undergoing major joint surgery managed by a multidisciplinary transitional pain service. Reg Anesth Pain Med, 45(11), 847-852. (Read full article)
    13. Meier AW, Buys MJ, Johnson KB (2020). Multimodal Analgesia for Spine Surgery: Comment. Anesthesiology, 133(4), 953. (Read full article)
    14. Wan HY, Weavil JC, Thurston TS, Georgescu VP, Bledsoe AD, Jessop JE, Buys MJ, Richardson RS, Amann M (2020). The muscle reflex and chemoreflex interaction: ventilatory implications for the exercising human. J Appl Physiol (1985), 129(4), 691-700. (Read full article)
    15. Buys MJ, Bayless K, Romesser J, Anderson Z, Patel S, Zhang C, Presson AP, Beckstrom J, Brooke BS (2020). Multidisciplinary Transitional Pain Service for the Veteran Population. Fed Pract, 37(10), 472-478. (Read full article)
    16. Wan HY, Weavil JC, Thurston TS, Georgescu VP, Hureau TJ, Bledsoe AD, Buys MJ, Jessop JE, Richardson RS, Amann M (2020). The exercise pressor reflex and chemoreflex interaction: cardiovascular implications for the exercising human. J Physiol, 598(12), 2311-2321. (Read full article)
    17. Buys MJ (2020). Life in Pain: Affective Economy and the Demand for Pain Relief. Anesth Analg, 130(5), e124. (Read full article)
    18. Sidhu SK, Weavil JC, Rossman MJ, Jessop JE, Bledsoe AD, Buys MJ, Supiano MS, Richardson RS, Amann M (2019). Exercise Pressor Reflex Contributes to the Cardiovascular Abnormalities Characterizing: Hypertensive Humans During Exercise. Hypertension, 74(6), 1468-1475. (Read full article)
    19. Hureau TJ, Weavil JC, Thurston TS, Wan HY, Gifford JR, Jessop JE, Buys MJ, Richardson RS, Amann M (2019). Pharmacological attenuation of group III/IV muscle afferents improves endurance performance when oxygen delivery to locomotor muscles is preserved. J Appl Physiol (1985), 127(5), 1257-1266. (Read full article)
    20. Koniuch KL, Buys MJ, Campbell B, Gililland JM, Pelt CE, Pace NL, Johnson KB (2019). Serum ropivacaine levels after local infiltration analgesia during total knee arthroplasty with and without adductor canal block. Reg Anesth Pain Med. (Read full article)
    21. Buys MJ, Murphy MF, Warrick CM, Pace NL, Gililland JM, Pelt CE, Bankhead BR, Patzkowsky JL, Johnson KB (2017). Serum Bupivacaine Concentration After Periarticular Injection With a Mixture of Liposomal Bupivacaine and Bupivacaine HCl During Total Knee Arthroplasty. Reg Anesth Pain Med, 42(5), 582-587. (Read full article)
    22. Buys MJ, Alphonso C (2014). Novel use of perineural pregabalin infusion for analgesia in a rat neuropathic pain model. Anesth Analg, 119(2), 481-8. (Read full article)
    23. Buys MJ, Arndt CD, Vagh F, Hoard A, Gerstein N (2010). Ultrasound-guided sciatic nerve block in the popliteal fossa using a lateral approach: onset time comparing separate tibial and common peroneal nerve injections versus injecting proximal to the bifurcation. Anesth Analg, 110(2), 635-7. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Michael J Buys (January 2023). Use of Opioids for Postoperative Pain Control. [Review]. UpToDate.

    Case Report

    1. Koniuch KL, Harris B, Buys MJ, Meier AW (2018). Case Report of a Massive Thigh Hematoma after Adductor Canal Block in a Morbidly Obese Woman Anticoagulated with Apixaban. Case Rep Anesthesiol, 2018, 7653202. (Read full article)

    Abstract

    1. Wan H-Y, Weavil JC, Thurston TS, Hureau TJ, Georgesgcu VP, Bledsoe AD, Buys MJ, Jessop JE, Richardson RS, Amann M (2018). Exercise Pressor Reflex and Carotid chemoreflex interaction: Consequences for the Cardiovascular Response to Exercise in Healthy Humans. [Abstract]. The Faseb Journal.
    2. Jureau TJ, Weavil JC, Thurston TS, Wan H-Y, Gifford JR, Jessop JE, Buys MJ, Richardson RS, Amann M (2018). Muscle Afferent Blockade Improes Endurance Exercise Performance When O2 Transport To Locomotor Muscles is Preserved. [Abstract]. Med Sci Sports Exerc.
    3. Buys MJ, Alphonso, C (01012012). Perineural Pregabalin in a Rat Neuropathic Pain Model [Abstract]. 2012 American Society of Regional Anesthesia.
    4. Buys MJ, Brennan, T (01012012). Novel Femoral Fracture/Repair Pain Model in a Rat [Abstract]. 2012 American Society of Regional Anesthesia.

    Other

    1. Buys MJ (2021). How We Do It: Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center Transitional Pain Service. American Society of Regional Anesthesia.

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