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November 2, 2022

Toni Orsino Wins UPMC Physician Services Division Extra Mile Quarterly Recognition

The award recognizes staff members and physicians who go above and beyond their job duties and actively display UPMC’s values.
November 2, 2022

2022 FAER Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellows Alice Chen and Bianca Elias

Alice Chen and Bianca Elias

We were one of 33 sites nationwide selected to host 2022 Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellows. FAER created the Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship (MSARF) program to encourage talented medical…

Grace Lim
October 28, 2022

Paper by Dr. Grace Lim, et al. Published in A&A as Featured Article of the Month with Podcast

The authors from our department were Grace Lim, MD, MS, (first author) and Anne Wanaselja, MD, an alum of our Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program.
October 27, 2022

Nexus Issue #4 (Fall 2022) Published

Nexus is our e-magazine showcasing the latest news, contributions, accomplishments, and events from our department.
October 26, 2022

New NIH Grant Funding in 2022

We are having a phenomenally successful year for grant funding, especially grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Our researchers have already been awarded over $7 million in new NIH funding from January through October of 2022, and several additional NIH grants are anticipated to…

October 24, 2022

Michael Jordan and Emily Whitco to Receive Cameos of Caring Awards

The Cameos of Caring Program & Awards honors exceptional bedside nurses who work at acute care hospitals. 
October 24, 2022

Projects by Drs. Gaurav Chauhan and Trent Emerick Win PInCh 2022 Awards

Dr. Chauhan’s BIONIC team project won a $25,000 award in the virtual Elevator Pitch Competition and Dr. Emerick’s Vanish project won a $100,000 award as well as a $15,000 Bonus Award for Engineering Good Health.
October 24, 2022

News Release Spotlights Innovative Blood Pressure Monitor

The EurekAlert/AAAS news release spotlights a revolutionary blood pressure monitoring device under development by Feng Xiong, PhD, with our faculty members Ramakrishna Mukkamala, PhD, and Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD, MBA, along with Matthew Muldoon, MD, and Sanjeev Shroff, PhD.
Ajay Wasan
October 24, 2022

AAPM October Member Article Focuses on Dr. Ajay Wasan

Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc, was featured in the American Academy of Pain Medicine October 2022 Member Focus article.
October 24, 2022

PIP Care Launched

PIP Care and its new perioperative care app to help patients prepare for and recover from surgeries was recently announced. The app, which we partnered with PIP Care to develop, will be piloted this fall at our Centers for Perioperative Care (CPCs) at UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Shadyside, and UPMC…
October 20, 2022

ISMETT Anesthesiology’s Work Published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (impact factor 102.642) is considered the world-leading respiratory medicine and critical care journal, ranking first among 35 critical care and 65 respiratory system journals.
October 18, 2022

ASA Mentoring Grant Awarded to Drs. Andrea Ibarra, Grace Lim, and Kristin Ondecko Ligda

The ASA Mentoring Grant program provides funding to mentor/mentee pairs who submit a project that addresses the goals of the ASA Committee on Professional Diversity.
October 17, 2022

Pain Medicine Fellowship Match 2023-2024

We are proud to announce our Pain Medicine Fellowship 2023-2024 class! 
October 17, 2022

Bold Department Presence at ASA 2022 Meeting

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), an organization of educational, research, and scientific physicians working to raise and maintain the medical practice standards of anesthesiology and improve patient care, is one of the largest and most influential professional societies in our…

October 7, 2022

Nicole Kuchta Appointed Assistant CRNA Clinical Director of UPMC Passavant

Congratulations to Nicole Kuchta, MSN, CRNA, who was appointed Assistant CRNA Clinical Director of UPMC Passavant McCandless/Cranberry Hospitals, effective September 25, 2022.