Skip to main content

News

CHP CRNAs Organize Donation Drive for Displaced Ukrainian Citizens

With help and support from their hospital leadership and staff, a group of benevolent CRNAs from UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh organized a donation drive to help the displaced citizens of Ukraine. 

Dr. Niyant Jain Wins ASRA Global Health Fellowship Rotation Spot

Congratulations to our regional anesthesiology fellow Niyant Jain, MD, who won the single spot for the 2022 ASRA Global Health Fellowship Rotation at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana in April 2022.

ASRA (American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine)…

Dr. Benedict Alter

Dr. Ben Alter Awarded NINDS Funding to Develop Tools to Personalize Chronic Pain Treatment

Congratulations to Ben Alter, MD, PhD, whose K23 research proposal “Integrating Brain and Behavioral Measures of Central Pain Inhibition to Personalize Treatment in Chronic Pain Management” will be funded by the National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Neurological Disorders and…

Education Staff Receive Recognition at 2022 UPMC Medical Education Coordinator Symposium

Our Education Office staff members Susan Shelton, Jessica Warnock, Angela Schultz, and Ann Martin were recognized for their invaluable contributions at the 2022 UPMC Medical Education Coordinator Symposium.

Our Participation at SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology and CCAS 2022

Our work will be presented at the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia / American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Anesthesiology 2022 meeting on April 1-3, 2022, in Tampa, FL.

Our Work at AAPM 2022

We were well-represented at the 2022 American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting, which was held March 17-20 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Lt. Col. Laura Wiggins to Receive AANA Daniel D. Vigness Federal Political Director Award

The award is given annually in recognition of significant contributions to the advancement of the national healthcare agenda of certified registered nurse anesthetists.

Danielle Meholic Wins 2022 PANA CRNA of the Year Award

Danielle M. Meholic, DNAP, CRNA, has been selected to receive the 2022 Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists CRNA of the Year Award.

2022 Anesthesiology Residency Match Results

We are thrilled to share our 2022 residency match results! We matched 20 top students (16 categorical, two advanced, one Panther Research Scholar, and one combined anesthesiology/pediatrics) from over 1,700 candidates who applied to our program. Our 2022 match class has an average USMLE…

New Fiction Book by Dr. Steven Orebaugh Published

A new fiction book by Steven L. Orebaugh, MD, The Stairs on Billy Buck Hill, was recently published. The book is Dr. Orebaugh’s second published work of fiction after his debut book, A Night in the Life, was released in 2016. 

On March 15, 

SEA Spring 2022 Meeting to be Held in Pittsburgh

The 2022 Spring Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) meeting, which has the theme “Innovation: A Renaissance of Training, Practice, and Mindset in Anesthesiology," will be held in Pittsburgh on April 8-10. Meeting registration is now open. Please visit the …

Dr. William Simmons to Present C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Annual Ravitch Lecture

William Simmons, MD, will present the C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Annual Ravitch Lecture on his "Journey to Medicine" on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 6pm.

WISER Hosting Event on the Importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Healthcare Simulation

The Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research is hosting the event “Getting WISER on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Healthcare Education: The Roles of Simulation” on April 8, 2022, both virtually and on-site at 230 McKee Place, Pittsburgh, PA.

Department Participation at Spring 2022 ASRA Meeting

We will present 19 abstracts at ASRA’s 47th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting on March 31-April 2, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Drs. Sean Farris and Gregg Homanics to Receive NIAAA Funding to Study Role of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Alcohol Use Disorder

Congratulations to principal investigators Sean P. Farris, PhD, and Gregg E. Homanics, PhD, who will receive U01 funding from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for the project “Epigenetic Regulation of Neuroimmune Pathways.”