Theresa A. Gelzinis, MD, presented the lecture “Highlights in Thoracic Anesthesia.” Some of these highlights were recently published in the Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia.
Michael L. Boisen, MD, FASE, and Murat Kaynar, MD, MPH, were both elected to office in the Association of Anesthesiology Subspecialty Program Directors.
This multidisciplinary committee comprises blood bank professionals, quality improvement specialists, and physician stakeholders representing the hospital’s Transfusion Medicine, Anesthesiology, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, and Hematology Services.
In Dr. Abuelkasem’ s new role, he will oversee our Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Division’s missions of education of our residents and faculty in basic TEE and point of care ultrasound and our adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellows in advanced TEE, as well as conduct of Echocardiography Interdisciplinary Education Meetings, educational research related to perioperative echocardiography, and...
Congratulations to Ezeldeen Abuelkasem, MBBCh, MSc, FASE; Charles D. Boucek, MD, FASA; Joshua Knight, MD, FASE; Harikesh Subramanian, MBBS; Quratulain Samoon, MD; and Alice Whyte, MD, who all recently passed key exams administered by the National Board of Echocardiography.
In preparation to “pass the torch” of leadership, Kathirvel Subramaniam, MD, MPH, FASE, has been serving as Co-Chief of the division over the past months, sharing the role with Erin A. Sullivan, MD, D.ABA, FASA. Effective September 1, 2022, Dr. Sullivan assumed the new leadership role of our department’s Associate Vice Chair for Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) Clinical Services. She is...
The Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography) designation is a peer-review process that recognizes dedicated American Society of Echocardiography members with an extraordinary commitment to the field of cardiovascular ultrasonography, designating those with proven professional contributions, a diverse skill set, and knowledge of all aspects of cardiovascular ultrasound.
Theresa A. Gelzinis, MD, will be serving on the Program Committee for the 43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, which will be held April 19-22, 2023 in Denver, CO.
Ezeldeen Abuelkasem, MBBCh, MSc, was awarded an American Society of Echocardiography Foundation Council on Perioperative Echocardiography travel grant to present his work on intraoperative changes in myocardial strain during liver transplantation at the 2022 ASE Annual Scientific Sessions that was held in Seattle, Washington, June 10-13, 2022.