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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.
Pain Medicine Fellowship Match 2023-2024
We are proud to announce our Pain Medicine Fellowship 2023-2024 class!
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…
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.
Faculty Pass NBE Exams
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.
Jennifer Fleegle-Vistas Appointed UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore CRNA Clinical Director
Jennifer Fleegle-Vistas, MSN, CRNA, has accepted the role of Assistant CRNA Clinical Director of UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore Hospitals effective October 9, 2022.
Dr. Hannah Gloede Wins Registration Fee Award and Spot in NIMHD Health Disparities Course
Congratulations to our PGY-1 resident Hannah Gloede, MD, who was selected as one of only 15 participants for the course “Health Disparities: A Translational Research Approach” and received a registration fee award.
The course and award are funded by the National Institute on Minority…
Dr. Monica Bolland Wins UPMC Physician Excellence Award
Congratulations to Monica A. Bolland, MD, who won a UPMC Physician Excellence Award – Physician Excellence in Leadership.
This award recognizes a physician with exceptional clinical leadership and innovative contributions to enhancing clinical infrastructure and professional fulfillment…
Dr. Charles Lin Wins UPMC Physician Excellence Award
Congratulations to Charles Lin, MD, who won a UPMC Physician Excellence Award – UPMC Early- to Mid-Career Physician Excellence in Clinical Care.
This award recognizes a physician with four to 10 years of clinical practice who is an exceptional role model for applying UPMC’s…
Dr. Ajay Wasan Talks About Pain Management on WPXI-TV
Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc, was featured in a UPMC Community Matters segment that aired on WPXI-TV Pittsburgh on September 5, 2022.
Dr. Scott Brancolini Wins Excellence in Patient Experience Award
Dr. Brancolini’s patients rated him as a Top UPMC Physician by Specialty in the Medical Practice Provider Domains (Rate the Provider/Recommend the Provider/Provider Communication) for Anesthesiology and Pain Management. Of the more than 4,000 UPMC physicians, Dr. Brancolini is one of only 50…
New Leadership Roles for Drs. Erin Sullivan and Kathirvel Subramaniam
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…
Dr. Jacques Chelly Appointed to ASA Research and Pain Medicine Committees
Both committee appointments are for a two-year term and will become effective at the close of the second session of the House of Delegates at the annual ASA meeting in October 2022 and conclude in October 2024.
Reflections on a Global Health Fellowship in Ghana
Niyant Jain, MD (2021-2022 UPMC Regional Anesthesiology Fellow), who completed an American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Global Health Fellowship Rotation at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, wrote an article about his experiences in the June 2022 Global Health SIG…