Charles Griffis

Charles Griffis is a part-time Clinical Instructor at USC's Keck School of Medicine, specializing in anesthesia safety and opioid crisis response. His research focuses on buprenorphine protocols for pain management, non-opioid analgesics, and perioperative care for opioid use disorder patients. He investigates neuroinflammatory biomarkers in chronic pain and advocates for CRNA roles in overdose prevention.

Dr. Griffis publishes on wellness strategies for nurse anesthesia students and ERAS protocol optimization using α2-agonists. His work addresses longitudinal competency assessment in continuing certification programs.