Dr. Subramanian received the SCA's Participant User File award for his research project "Association Effects of Social Determinants of Health on Complications After VAD Implantation: Exploration of the ZIP Code and Outcomes."
They participated in the “Protect PT and Pittsburgh Area Community Schools Back to School Donation Drive” to support students in the East Allegheny School District, and they hosted a lemonade stand on August 11, 2024, to benefit Make-A-Wish and 412 Gives Back.
Residents from our department have come together to organize a special event with a purpose: a Cornhole Tournament to raise funds for the ASA-Lifebox Resident Challenge on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at noon. The event will take place in North Park's Sesqui Pavilion.
Nicole Nowe, a CRNA at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, was honored for her consistent efforts to go above and beyond her job responsibilities, maintain a high morale in the workplace, and exemplify UPMC’s core values.
John O’Donnell, DrPH, CRNA, CHSE, FSSH, FAANA, FAAN, CHSE, received the prestigious John F. Garde Researcher of the Year Award during the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) 2024 Annual Congress.
This annual competition pits anesthesiology residency programs in a friendly competition to raise funds for Lifebox, a global nonprofit dedicated to making surgery and anesthesia safer worldwide.
A consensus statement will be published in the journals Anesthesia & Analgesia and the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Dr. Lim and Dr. Cresta Jones from the University of Minnesota also presented the guidelines in a webinar, which is available for viewing on Vimeo.
Steven B. Edelstein, MD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Loyola Medicine and a distinguished alum of our department.
The program, the first of its kind in Western Pennsylvania and among all UPMC hospitals, offers an alternative for surgical patients seeking to manage pain without opioids and addresses the numerous risks associated with perioperative opioid use.
Shiv K. Goel, MD, Chief Anesthesiologist at UPMC Shadyside, was featured in an article spotlighting a new MRI-guided brain cancer treatment in the Winter 2023-2024 issue of The Voice of UPMC Shadyside magazine.
The research will investigate the effectiveness of non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation in reducing the incidence and complications of postoperative ileus after abdominal surgery at UPMC Shadyside hospital.
The grant will support the study “Telemedicine-Delivered Digital Cognitive Behavioral Intervention to Decrease Postoperative Opioid Use Among Patients Undergoing Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty” and will be led by principal investigators Drs. Jacques Chelly and Murat Kaynar.
