In the show's latest episode, the ER team treats 81-year-Willie, who was once a medic for the Freedom House Ambulance Service, which was founded by our first chair, Dr. Peter Safar.
Effective March 1, 2025, Dr. Sadhasivam has been appointed as the UPMC Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology Research Excellence within the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
The event, organized by Salina Torgerson, DNP, CRNA, took place on Saturday, February 15, and featured a warm and welcoming meal prepared and served by the UPMC Children's CRNAs.
Alexis Hanjorgiris, anesthesia technologist at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, is a winner of this year's UPMC Award for Commitment and Excellence in Service.
Our 8th Mediterranean Transplantation Anesthesiology and Simulation Symposium (MedTASS) will take place May 16-17, 2025, at the Saracen Sands Hotel and Congress Centre in Palermo, Italy.
Danielle M. Meholic, DNAP, CRNA, who serves as the CRNA Clinical Director at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, has been awarded the 2024 Faculty Excellence in Continuing Education/Professional Development Award by the Department of Physician Assistant Studies.
Richard Henker, PhD, CRNA, FAAN, FAANA, a CRNA at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital and Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, is on a mission to help train future generations of nurse anesthetists across the world.
Trent D. Emerick, MD, MBA, FASA, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and Bioengineering, and Program Director of our Pain Medicine Fellowship, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM).
Funding from the University of Pittsburgh Center for Medical Innovation (CMI) will be used to further develop the "One-Pass Epidural Needle" (OPEN), a device aimed at enhancing the safety and efficiency of spinal cord stimulator lead placement procedures.
