News
March 2, 2023
Dr. Tram Duran Wins 2023 UPSOM Clerkship Preceptor of the Year Award
Tram Duran, MD, received the award for her for outstanding achievements in educating future physicians.
February 17, 2023
Dr. Ajay Wasan Ranks Among Top 10 NIH-Funded Anesthesiology Investigators in 2022
Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc, ranked in the top 10, per the recently released NIH funding rankings from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
February 17, 2023
Dr. Ajay Wasan Wins AAPM Founders Award
The Founders Award is given for outstanding contributions for the basic or clinical science of pain medicine or for demonstration of clinical excellence or innovation in the practice of pain medicine.
February 17, 2023
UPMC Pain Management and Perioperative Care Tele-Town Halls Educate Patients and Promote Awareness
Each event attracted over 1,700 attendees and was very well received.
February 17, 2023
Dr. Theresa Gelzinis to Serve as KoreAnesthesia 2023 Distinguished International Speaker
The event will be held as a full in-person meeting from November 9 -11, 2023 in Seoul, Korea.
February 14, 2023
Department Rises in Ranking to Top Five NIH-Funded Anesthesiology Department in the Nation
Our department was ranked #5 in fiscal year 2022.
February 8, 2023
Tang Team Work Showing that SARS-CoV-2 Significantly Suppresses Functional Expression of the Human α7nAChR Published in ACS Chemical Neuroscience
The research team of Pei Tang, PhD, identified a helical motif in the SARS-CoV-2 spike neck that is responsible for α7nAChR downregulation.
February 7, 2023
CRNA Week 2023
CRNA Week 2023 took place January 23-29 and marked another year of celebration, appreciation, and community service.
February 3, 2023
ASA ADVANCE 2023
The ASA ADVANCE meeting is considered the ultimate business event for physician anesthesiologists and practice administrators and among ASA-sponsored events, is second in attendance only to the ASA Annual Meeting.
February 1, 2023
PARRC 2023 in Pittsburgh
We are proud to host the 17th Annual Pennsylvania Anesthesiology Resident Research Conference (PARRC) on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at Herberman Conference Center at UPMC Shadyside! The event will showcase the research and talent of Pennsylvania residents from the seven residency programs across the…
February 1, 2023
Dr. Tetsuro Sakai Co-Chairs Anesthesia Section of ILTS-iLDLT-LTSI 2023 Consensus Conference
Results from the Anesthesia Section activities will be published in Transplantation as a conference Consensus Statement.
January 31, 2023
Drs. Scott Licata and Michael Schnetz Earn ABPM Clinical Informatics Certification
Scott E. Licata, MD, and Michael Schnetz, MD, PhD, recently earned board certification in Clinical Informatics through the American Board of Preventive Medicine.
January 27, 2023
Presbyterian CRNA Sarah Robison Featured on UPMC Careers Website
“There & Back Again: Sarah’s Life Changing Experience on the Appalachian Trail” on the UPMC Careers website tells the fascinating tale of our UPMC Presbyterian nurse anesthetist Sarah E. Robison, MSN, CRNA, and her adventures hiking the entire Appalachian Trail.
January 27, 2023
Maria Stangrecki Wins DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses
Congratulations to Maria Stangrecki, RN (Division of Chronic Pain Medicine, UPMC Mercy), who received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses in recognition of the super-human work she does for patients and families every day.
January 19, 2023