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Dr. Ajay Wasan Talks About Pain Management on WPXI-TV
Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc, was featured in a UPMC Community Matters segment that aired on WPXI-TV Pittsburgh on September 5, 2022.
Dr. Charles Lin Wins UPMC Physician Excellence Award
Congratulations to Charles Lin, MD, who won a UPMC Physician Excellence Award – UPMC Early- to Mid-Career Physician Excellence in Clinical Care.
This award recognizes a physician with four to 10 years of clinical practice who is an exceptional role model for applying UPMC’s…
Dr. Hannah Gloede Wins Registration Fee Award and Spot in NIMHD Health Disparities Course
Congratulations to our PGY-1 resident Hannah Gloede, MD, who was selected as one of only 15 participants for the course “Health Disparities: A Translational Research Approach” and received a registration fee award.
The course and award are funded by the National Institute on…
New Leadership Roles for Drs. Erin Sullivan and Kathirvel Subramaniam
In preparation to “pass the torch” of leadership, Kathirvel Subramaniam, MD, MPH, FASE, has been serving as Co-Chief of the division over the past months, sharing the role with Erin A. Sullivan, MD, D.ABA, FASA. Effective September 1, 2022, Dr. Sullivan assumed the new leadership role of…
Dr. Scott Brancolini Wins Excellence in Patient Experience Award
Dr. Brancolini’s patients rated him as a Top UPMC Physician by Specialty in the Medical Practice Provider Domains (Rate the Provider/Recommend the Provider/Provider Communication) for Anesthesiology and Pain Management. Of the more than 4,000 UPMC physicians, Dr. Brancolini is one of only 50…
Dr. Jacques Chelly Appointed to ASA Research and Pain Medicine Committees
Both committee appointments are for a two-year term and will become effective at the close of the second session of the House of Delegates at the annual ASA meeting in October 2022 and conclude in October 2024.
Reflections on a Global Health Fellowship in Ghana
Niyant Jain, MD (2021-2022 UPMC Regional Anesthesiology Fellow), who completed an American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Global Health Fellowship Rotation at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, wrote an article about his experiences in the June 2022 Global…
Dr. Ezeldeen Abuelkasem Receives FASE Designation
The Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography) designation is a peer-review process that recognizes dedicated American Society of Echocardiography members with an extraordinary commitment to the field of cardiovascular ultrasonography, designating those with proven professional…
Dr. Jacques Chelly and Senthil Sadhasivam Awarded New NIH/NIDA Auriculotherapy Grant
“Reduction of Opioid Requirement Associated with Auriculo-Nerve Stimulation Following Open Surgery” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse for four years starting August 1, 2022.
Dale Fleck Appointed New CRNA Clinical Director of UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore
Dale Fleck, MSN, CRNA, has accepted the role of CRNA Clinical Director of UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore Hospitals, effective August 14, 2022.
Dr. Susan Rooksby
Dr. Rooksby was a pediatric anesthesiologist who worked in our department from 2012 through 2018 at both UPMC Mercy and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Theresa Gelzinis to Serve on ISHLT 2023 Annual Meeting Program Committee
Theresa A. Gelzinis, MD, will be serving on the Program Committee for the 43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, which will be held April 19-22, 2023 in Denver, CO.
Dr. Ezeldeen Abuelkasem Awarded ASE Travel Grant
Ezeldeen Abuelkasem, MBBCh, MSc, was awarded an American Society of Echocardiography Foundation Council on Perioperative Echocardiography travel grant to present his work on intraoperative changes in myocardial strain during liver transplantation at the 2022 ASE Annual Scientific Sessions that was…
OB Anesthesiology Fellowship 2023-2024 Match Results
The results of our Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship match are in for academic year 2023-2024! Congratulations to Drs. Kumiko Chino and Kylie Grady!