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Maria de Venecia Wins UPMC Physician Services “The Extra Mile” Quarter 1 Award
The award recognizes staff members who go above and beyond their job duties, maintain a high office morale, and actively display UPMC’s values.
UPMC Shadyside Team Participates in CRT Virtual TAVI Symposium
On February 5th, Rachel Bekavac, MSN, CRNA, and Rama Joshi, MBBS, MPM, provided anesthesia services with a select group of cardiac surgery specialists in a virtual transcatheter aortic valve implantation symposium co-hosted by UPMC and Cardiovascular Research Technologies.
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital CRT Team Performs First TESE Procedure
Clinicians at the UPMC-Magee-Womens Hospital Center for Reproduction and Tissue Transplantation, a multidisciplinary, national leader in cutting-edge fertility treatments, performed their first anesthesia procedure on February 11 for a testicular sperm extraction.
Seventh MedTASS Unites Anesthesiology Experts from Around the World in Palermo
Our 2022 Mediterranean Transplantation Anesthesiology and Simulation Symposium recently concluded in Palermo, Sicily.
Drs. Trent Emerick and Ajay Wasan Recognized in Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2022 “Top Doctors” List
Trent D. Emerick, MD, MBA, FASA, and Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc, were named in the specialty of pain medicine in Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2022 “Top Doctors” list, an annually published selection of the region’s top physicians.
Drs. Phil Adams and Michael Best Named Among 2022 PAMED Top Doctors Under 40
Phillip Adams, DO, FASA, and Michael W. Best, MD, FASA, Maj, USAFR, were selected as two of the 2022 Pennsylvania Medical Society Top Physicians Under 40.
Vote for Our Residency Program on Doximity on April 28th!
Doximity identifies anesthesiology residency programs that provide exceptional clinical training. There are so many reasons to vote for our residency program as a top residency program! Voting opens on April 28th and closes on June 3rd.
Dr. James Ibinson Chosen as VAPHS 2022 Outstanding Physician of the Year
Congratulations to James W. Ibinson, MD, PhD, who was selected as the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) 2022 Outstanding Physician of the Year. Read more
Our Presenters and Participants at the 2022 SCA Annual Meeting
We will participate and present the following work at the 2022 Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting & Workshops, which will be held May 14 – 17 in Palm Springs, CA.
Our Presentations and Participation at SOAP 2022
We will participate and present work at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology 54th Annual Meeting, which will be held in-person in Chicago, Illinois on May 11-15, 2022.
Dr. S. Zach Frabitore Receives Philip Liu, MD Innovations in Anesthesia Education Award
S. Zach Frabitore, MD, received the Philip Liu, MD Innovations in Anesthesia Education Award for Overall Best Curriculum at the 2022 Society for Education in Anesthesia meeting.
First PITTrack Resident Matched
We are very excited to share that we matched our first PITTrack resident! Congratulations to incoming CBY resident Paul Lecker, DO, MBA, who was awarded the PITTrack Scholar position for the 2022-2023 academic year. As a PITTrack Scholar, Paul will receive expert multidisciplinary…
Maya Maurer Wins 2022 USASP Travel Award
Maya L. Maurer won a travel award to present her poster “Cortical Activity During Pain Relief: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study of Offset Analgesia” at the 2022 US Association for the Study of Pain meeting on May 18 in Cincinnati, OH.
Dr. Kimberly Howard-Quijano Appointed Associate Vice Chair for Research
In her new role, Dr. Howard-Quijano will work closely with other department leaders to help further our research goals, coordinate various aspects of departmental and institutional research with the Chair’s office, and help with the administration, mentoring, and daily operational oversight of our…