Our 2nd Annual Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship Research Symposium was held at UPMC Shadyside on June 2, 2018. This yearly event is a showcase for our regional anesthesiology fellows’ quality improvement projects and attendees are offered continuing education credits for their participation. This year, fellows presented five posters and seven lectures:
Posters
- Mazin Albert, DO: Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Analgesia After Lung Transplant Surgery with “Clamshell” Approach
- Rajamani Battula, MD: Costo-Clavicular Block for Surgery Below the Elbow
- Nicole, Hollis, DO: Quadratus Lumborum Block for Postoperative Analgesia after Cesarean Delivery
- Niranjan Maganti, MD: Shoulder Surgery with Suprascapular Block
- Wayne Wang, MD: Epidural Analgesia for End-of-Life Care: Collaboration Between the Acute Pain Service and Palliative Care Service
Lectures
- Jazelle Campbell, MD: Mark Before You Block: Preventing Wrong Side Blocks
- Hector Casiano-Pagan, MD: Fascial Plane Block in Anticoagulated Patients - A Literature Review
- D’onior Felton, MD: Same Day Total Hip Arthroplasty: Identifying Appropriate Patients
- Karthik Hiremath, MD: A Survey of Regional Anesthesia Practices on Anticoagulants at UPMC
- Andrew Hudson, MD: A Case Report of a Potentially Novel Role for Intralipid in Nerve Block Reversal
- Archana Hudson, MD: The Role of Dexmedetomidine for Post-Operative Analgesia Following Thoracic Surgery
- Ata-ul Rahman, MD: The Curious Case(s) of the Serratus Anterior Plane Block
Symposium attendees will vote on the best presentation and the winning fellow will receive the “Research Award” at our graduation ceremony later this month.