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Dr. Brad Taylor Research Team Wins 2022 Pain Challenge Award
Congratulations to the research team of Bradley K. Taylor, PhD (principal investigator); Abigail Hellman, PhD; Tyler Nelson; Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD, MBA; and Kimberly Howard-Quijano, MD, MS, FASE, who were awarded a $50,000 Virginia Kaufman Pain Research Challenge…
Drs. Erin Sullivan and James Ibinson Achieve Faculty Promotions
These physicians are distinguished leaders who have been making a tremendous impact in academic anesthesiology and advancing the mission of our department.
UPMC Magee Leadership Recognizes Accomplishments of CRNAs Laura Wiggins and Danielle Meholic
Laura received the Daniel D. Vigness Federal Political Director Award at the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology Mid-Year Assembly in Washington, D.C. on April 2-6, 2022, and Danielle received the 2022 Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists CRNA of the Year Award on…
2022 Educational Seed Grant Awarded
An Educational Seed Grant proposal from Mackenzie Noonan Haase, MD, and mentor Steven L. Orebaugh, MD, entitled "Developing, Implementing, and Testing a VR Simulation to Teach Peripheral Nerve Blockade” was accepted for full funding ($8,000) for the one-year support period starting…
Dr. Tetsuro Sakai Selected for ILTS Special Interest Groups Steering Committee
Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA, was selected as a member of the Steering Committee of the Live Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT) Special Interest Groups of the International Liver Transplant Society for a three-year term. Dr. Sakai is the only anesthesiology representative among the…
Resident Book Club Funds Donated to Light of Life
Our residents organized a book club last month focused on the recently published fiction book The Stairs on Billy Buck Hill authored by our faculty member, Steven L. Orebaugh, MD. Participating residents, faculty, and staff from our department purchased copies of the book in…
Tenth edition of Smith’s Anesthesia for Infants and Children
The 10th edition of Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children, edited by Peter J. Davis, MD, and Franklyn P. Cladis, MD, was published in December 2021.
AME Members Appointed to Mentoring in Medical Education Committee
Our University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Academy of Master Educators members Scott A. Brancolini, MD, MPH; William R. McIvor, MD, FASA; and Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA, were recently appointed to the AME’s Mentoring in Medical Education Committee.
REGAIN Trial Update Published with Editorial
Annals of Internal Medicine published an update on the REGAIN trial (“Regional Versus General Anesthesia for Promoting Independence After Hip Fracture”) by the study’s investigators, who include Charles B. Luke, MD, MBA, FASAM.
Academic Year 2022 Outstanding Clinical Resident and Faculty Teaching Award Recipients
Our Residency Program is excited to announce the recipients of the 2021-2022 Outstanding Clinical Resident Awards and Faculty Teaching Awards, which were presented during the 2022 Resident and Fellow Graduation Ceremony held on June 10th, 2022. Congratulations to these outstanding residents…
Faculty and CRNAs Receive Chair’s Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the faculty and CRNAs who were selected as recipients of our department’s Chair’s Excellence Award. These individuals are recognized by our Chair Dr. Aman Mahajan and department leaders for going above and beyond in their service to our patients and department.
Dr. John Williams Appointed Chair of AMA Council on Medical Education
Congratulations to John P. Williams, MD, who has been appointed Chair of the Council on Medical Education for the American Medical Association (AMA). The Council on Medical Education recommends educational policies to the AMA House of Delegates.
The AMA is the only medical…
2022 Safar Symposium and Multi-Departmental Trainees' Research Day
Building upon the Peter and Eva Safar Lectureship established in 1980 by Peter M. Winter, MD (former chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine), this yearly event honors the late Dr. Peter Safar and his wife Eva for their contributions to the scientific community and…
News Release on Aromatherapy Research by Dr. Jacques Chelly
The study, presented at the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care meeting in Milan, Italy, June 4-6, showed that aromatherapy reduced post-surgical opioid use by half in hip replacement patients who were anxious before surgery.