Our department, along with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, hosted the 14th Annual Pennsylvania Anesthesiology Resident Research Conference (PARRC) on May 4, 2019 at UPMC Passavant Cumberland Woods Village Legacy Theater Conference Center. PARRC is an annual forum for residents from programs across the state of Pennsylvania to present original research and case reports and win awards for the top presentations. This year marked the second time our department hosted the event after hosting PARRC 2014 at UPMC Shadyside.
Over 110 faculty members and residents attended the conference and residents submitted an overall total of 82 abstracts (43 original research and 39 case reports). Residents from our program submitted 21 original research abstracts and four case reports, and five original research abstracts and two case reports submitted by our residents were selected among the top 10 oral presentations in each category.
Course Director Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA and Associate Course Director Phillip Adams, DO were instrumental in making PARRC 2019 a success, along with our department chair Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD, MBA and Vice Chair for Education and Faculty Affairs David G. Metro, MD, FASA, who presented awards and gave opening and closing remarks, as well as Conference Manager Barb Chismar and Senior Administrative Assistant Susan Shelton. Faculty from programs across the state of PA participated as judges, reviewing abstracts and selecting the award-winning presentations. From our department, Drs. Phil Adams, Kim Howard-Quijano, and Stephen McHugh were abstract judges; Dr. Jim Ibinson helped judge the original research oral presentations; Drs. Jim Ibinson and A. Murat Kaynar were judges for the original research posters; and Drs. Stephen McHugh and Keith Vogt served as case report poster judges.
Congratulations to all the PARRC 2019 award winners!
Oral Presentations - Original Research
- 1st place: Nabil Thalji, MD, PhD (University of Pennsylvania), “Two-Photon Fluorescence Microscopy to Image Coagulation in Brain Vasculature in Vivo”
- 2nd place: David Wen Riu Wang, MD (UPMC), “Coagulation Factor Levels and Underlying Thrombin Generation Patterns in Adult Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients”
- 3rd place: Christopher (Tyler) Smith, MD (UPMC), “Midazolam Sedation during the Periodic Experience of Pain Decreases Functional Connectivity Both Within and Between Brain Systems for Pain Processing and Memory Encoding”
Oral Presentations - Case Reports
- 1st place: Evan Lebovitz, MD (UPMC), “Use of Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) to Guide Placement of Venous Air Embolism (VAE) Suction Cannula in Neurosurgical Patients”
- 2nd place: Renee Coleman, MD (Penn State), “Intra-arterial Lidocaine Injection for Blunting of the Trigeminocardiac Reflex in Endovascular Repair of Carotid-Cavernous Fistula: A Case Report”
- 3rd place: Kris Vasant, MD (Temple University), “Treatment of Electrical Storm with a Stellate Ganglion Block, A Case Series and Literature Review”
Original Posters
- 1st place: E. Railey White, MD (University of Pennsylvania), “Characterization of Fropofol-induced Cardiac Depression with the Novel Photoaffinity Label Ortho-azi-fropofol
- 2nd place: Elise Strickler, DO (Thomas Jefferson University Hospital), “Low Tidal Volume and High Respiratory Rate Ventilation Strategy in Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation”
- 3rd place: Audrey Spelde, MD (University of Pennsylvania), “Beers Criteria in the Perioperative Period: Incidence of Perioperative Diphenhydramine, Midazolam and Scopolamine Use in Elderly Surgical Patients”
Case Report Posters
- 1st place: Philip Carullo, MD (UPMC), “Administration of High-Dose Hydroxocobalamin in the ICU for the Treatment of Refractory Vasodilatory Shock in a Post Renal Transplant Patient”
- 2nd place: Kris Vasant, MD (Temple University), “Anesthetic Management of a Patient with Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1”
- 3rd place: David Carroll, DO (Penn State), “ECMO as Bridging Therapy: LVAD Implantation in a Patient with Endocarditis and Severe Aortic Insufficiency”