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Dr. Siamak Salavatian to Present at Neuromodulation and Experimental Biology Meetings
Siamak Salavatian, PhD, will present the poster “Spinal Cord Stimulation Mitigates the Myocardial Ischemia Induced Sympathoexcitation by Suppressing the Spinal Neural Synchrony and Intermediolateral Nucleus Hyperactivity” at the Experimental Biology annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA on April 4.Drs. Trent Emerick and Stephen McHugh Promoted to Associate Professor
Congratulations to Drs. Trent Emerick and Stephen McHugh, who recently attained faculty rank promotions. These physicians have been proving themselves as strong academic leaders and are playing important roles in advancing our academic excellence.
Trent D. Emerick, MD, MBA, FASA, has…
AY23 Educational Seed Grant Applications Now Being Accepted
We are now accepting Educational Seed Grant applications for the academic year (AY) 2022-2023, for funding commencing on July 1, 2022.
Up to $8,000 per project Submission deadline: May 31, 2022 Please direct submission and questions to Dr. Tetsuro Sakai & Barb ChismarThe purpose…
IARS 2021 Work by Drs. Amanda Deis and Keith Vogt Featured in Anesthesiology News
The Anesthesiology News article “Common Factors Seen in Very Rare Patient Awareness Cases” features work presented at the…
Presentations and Participation at IARS/AUA/SOCCA/SATA 2022
The annual meetings of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS), Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA), and Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) and the Symposium of the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA) have been aligned for 2022.…
Sonja Plasil Receives NIH F31 Fellowship Award
Sonja received an F31 predoctoral fellowship award from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for her project “LncRNA Gas5 Dysregulation Alters Ethanol Drinking Behavior and Ethanol-Related Phenotypes.”Dr. Charles Lin Accepted into Pitt Ventures First Gear Program
Congratulations to Charles Lin, MD, Assistant Professor at UPMC Passavant and a FFAST Scholar, for his acceptance into the Pitt Ventures First Gear Program for his device concept, the Ignite Safe Electrocautery Pen to reduce operating room fires. The First Gear Program's goal is to…