News
March 4, 2022
Presentations and Participation at IARS/AUA/SOCCA/SATA 2022
The annual meetings of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS), Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA), and Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) and the Symposium of the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA) have been aligned for 2022.…
March 4, 2022
IARS 2021 Work by Drs. Amanda Deis and Keith Vogt Featured in Anesthesiology News
The Anesthesiology News article “Common Factors Seen in Very Rare Patient Awareness Cases” features work presented at the…
March 2, 2022
Dr. Charles Lin Accepted into Pitt Ventures First Gear Program
Congratulations to Charles Lin, MD, Assistant Professor at UPMC Passavant and a FFAST Scholar, for his acceptance into the Pitt Ventures First Gear Program for his device concept, the Ignite Safe Electrocautery Pen to reduce operating room fires. The First Gear Program's goal is to…
February 25, 2022
Dr. Andrea Ibarra Selected as Pitt Race and Social Determinants of Equity, Health, and Well-Being Scholar
Andrea Ibarra, MD, MS, was selected as one of 25 faculty members from departments and schools across the University of Pittsburgh as a Race and Social Determinants of Equity, Health and Well-Being Scholar.
February 23, 2022
Dr. Grace Lim Presents 2022 BIDMC Obstetrics and Gynecology Amanda Turner Russell Memorial Lecture
Grace Lim, MD, MS, was invited to present the 2022 Amanda Turner Russell Memorial Lecture at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology on February 16.
February 22, 2022
Physicians Nominated for KIDS First Award
Congratulations to Daniela Damian, MD, and Cameron Sutton, MD, who were nominated by anesthesia technician Jeremy Brake-Zacherl for a KIDS First Award in recognition of efforts that re-enforce and demonstrate the vision, mission, and values of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
February 18, 2022
Annalisa Baratta Receives NIH F31 Fellowship Award
Annalisa Baratta from the lab of Gregg E. Homanics, PhD, and co-mentored by Sean P. Farris, PhD, received an F31 predoctoral fellowship award from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for her project “The Role of lncRNA MALAT1 in Controlling Behavior…
February 18, 2022
Dr. Ramakrishna Mukkamala Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows
The College comprises the top 2% of medical and biological engineers in the country.
February 17, 2022
Presentations at ASA® ADVANCE 2022
Seven of the meeting’s 12 total posters were from our Practice Management Research Team, a group of residents, faculty, and CRNAs investigating healthcare business and management.
February 10, 2022
Tang Lab Publishes New Structural Study in Nature Communications
A paper from the lab of Pei Tang, PhD, “Structures of Highly Flexible Intracellular Domain of Human α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor,” was published in the high-impact journal Nature Communications.
February 9, 2022
Spotlight on Innovation Pathway in ASA Monitor
The topic of the “Facility Spotlight” article in the February issue of the ASA Monitor was our Innovation Pathway program spearheaded by Dr. Zach Frabitore and led by Drs. Trent Emerick and Tetsuro Sakai.
February 3, 2022
CRNA Week 2022
Our CRNAs continued their traditions of celebration, appreciation, and community service during National CRNA Week, an annual celebration of the nation’s nearly 59,000 nurse anesthetists, which took place from January 23-29, 2022.
January 28, 2022
Article Featured in Dec. 2021 Anesthesiology & Analgesia Editorial and Infographic
Congratulations to the authors of the paper “Impact of Neuraxial Versus General Anesthesia on Discharge Destination in Patients Undergoing Primary Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement” recently published in Anesthesiology & Analgesia. The publication was the journal’s featured article for…
January 10, 2022
Dr. Robert Stough
Robert C. Stough, MD, a pediatric anesthesiologist who served as a faculty member in our department from 2006 to 2014, passed away on Friday, December 24, 2021.
January 7, 2022