Andrea Horan, a CRNA at UPMC Presbyterian, passionately advocated for careers in nurse anesthesia at her alma mater, Seneca Valley Senior High School, sharing her expertise and inspiring junior and senior students to consider a future in the field.
Pioneering pain research by Senthil Sadhasivam, MD, MPH, MBA, FASA; Jacques E. Chelly, MD, PhD, MBA; and Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc was the feature topic of an article published in the Winter 2024 issue.
This year, PARRC and the annual meetings of the Pennsylvania Pain Society and the Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists will be linked, forming the 2024 Tri-Alliance Symposium on February 29 – March 3, 2024, at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh.
In an exclusive honor, Dr. Mark Hudson will deliver keynote lecture at the Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors (AACD) Perioperative Leadership Summit.
Dr. Abigail Hellman from the research lab of Dr. Aman Mahajan received a fellowship award for her project “Oxytocin Receptor in the Spinal Neuraxial Modulation of Ventricular Excitability” from the American Heart Association.
Laura Wiggins, a CRNA at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, has been honored with the 2024 Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing Alumni Achievement Award.
From January 21-27, 2024, we celebrated National CRNA Week—an annual event dedicated to honoring the teamwork, dedication, and exceptional care provided by our department’s nurse anesthetists.
Dr. Stephen Esper, Joshua Knight, Luca La Colla, Harikesh Subramanian, and Elizabeth Ungerman passed the inaugural American Board of Anesthesiology Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology Exam.
