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Dr. Andrea Ibarra Selected as Pitt Race and Social Determinants of Equity, Health, and Well-Being Scholar
Andrea Ibarra, MD, MS, was selected as one of 25 faculty members from departments and schools across the University of Pittsburgh as a Race and Social Determinants of Equity, Health and Well-Being Scholar.
Dr. Grace Lim Presents 2022 BIDMC Obstetrics and Gynecology Amanda Turner Russell Memorial Lecture
Grace Lim, MD, MS, was invited to present the 2022 Amanda Turner Russell Memorial Lecture at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology on February 16.
Physicians Nominated for KIDS First Award
Congratulations to Daniela Damian, MD, and Cameron Sutton, MD, who were nominated by anesthesia technician Jeremy Brake-Zacherl for a KIDS First Award in recognition of efforts that re-enforce and demonstrate the vision, mission, and values of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Ramakrishna Mukkamala Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows
The College comprises the top 2% of medical and biological engineers in the country.
Annalisa Baratta Receives NIH F31 Fellowship Award
Annalisa Baratta from the lab of Gregg E. Homanics, PhD, and co-mentored by Sean P. Farris, PhD, received an F31 predoctoral fellowship award from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for her project “The Role of lncRNA MALAT1 in Controlling…
Presentations at ASA® ADVANCE 2022
Seven of the meeting’s 12 total posters were from our Practice Management Research Team, a group of residents, faculty, and CRNAs investigating healthcare business and management.
Tang Lab Publishes New Structural Study in Nature Communications
A paper from the lab of Pei Tang, PhD, “Structures of Highly Flexible Intracellular Domain of Human α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor,” was published in the high-impact journal Nature Communications.
Spotlight on Innovation Pathway in ASA Monitor
The topic of the “Facility Spotlight” article in the February issue of the ASA Monitor was our Innovation Pathway program spearheaded by Dr. Zach Frabitore and led by Drs. Trent Emerick and Tetsuro Sakai.
CRNA Week 2022
Our CRNAs continued their traditions of celebration, appreciation, and community service during National CRNA Week, an annual celebration of the nation’s nearly 59,000 nurse anesthetists, which took place from January 23-29, 2022.
Article Featured in Dec. 2021 Anesthesiology & Analgesia Editorial and Infographic
Congratulations to the authors of the paper “Impact of Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia on Discharge Destination in Patients Undergoing Primary Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement” recently published in Anesthesiology & Analgesia. The publication was the journal’s featured article for…
Dr. Robert Stough
Robert C. Stough, MD, a pediatric anesthesiologist who served as a faculty member in our department from 2006 to 2014, passed away on Friday, December 24, 2021.
Monograph Coauthored by Dr. Jim Ibinson Featured on Cover of January 2022 Edition of ASA Monitor
The monograph “Aducanumab, the Novel $56,000 Drug: Perioperative Considerations” by James W. Ibinson, MD, PhD, and Daniel J. Cole, MD, FASA, (Dept. of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, UCLA) was featured on the cover of the January 2022 issue of ASA Monitor.
Dr. Phil Adams Elected to AUA as Associate Member
Phillip Adams, DO, FASA, who was elected to the Association of University Anesthesiologists as an Associate Member.
FAER MSARF Application Submissions for Summer 2022 Program Now Open
The Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) is now accepting applications for their Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship (MSARF) for the Summer 2022. We have hosted 23 MSARF medical students since 2008. Feedback on the program has been excellent and a number of the…