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Dale Fleck Appointed New CRNA Clinical Director of UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore
Dale Fleck, MSN, CRNA, has accepted the role of CRNA Clinical Director of UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore Hospitals, effective August 14, 2022.
Dr. Susan Rooksby
Dr. Rooksby was a pediatric anesthesiologist who worked in our department from 2012 through 2018 at both UPMC Mercy and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Theresa Gelzinis to Serve on ISHLT 2023 Annual Meeting Program Committee
Theresa A. Gelzinis, MD, will be serving on the Program Committee for the 43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, which will be held April 19-22, 2023 in Denver, CO.
Dr. Ezeldeen Abuelkasem Awarded ASE Travel Grant
Ezeldeen Abuelkasem, MBBCh, MSc, was awarded an American Society of Echocardiography Foundation Council on Perioperative Echocardiography travel grant to present his work on intraoperative changes in myocardial strain during liver transplantation at the 2022 ASE Annual Scientific Sessions that was…
OB Anesthesiology Fellowship 2023-2024 Match Results
The results of our Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship match are in for academic year 2023-2024! Congratulations to Drs. Kumiko Chino and Kylie Grady!
Joseph Manilla Appointed CRNA Clinical Director for UPMC Passavant Hospitals
Joseph Manilla, MSN, CRNA, who has accepted the role of CRNA Clinical Director for UPMC Passavant McCandless/Cranberry hospitals, effective July 31, 2022.
Dr. Brad Taylor Research Team Wins 2022 Pain Challenge Award
Bradley K. Taylor, PhD; Abigail Hellman, PhD; Tyler Nelson; Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD, MBA; and Kimberly Howard-Quijano, MD, MS, FASE, were awarded $50,000 for their project “A Non-Invasive Nasal Spray to Treat Neuropathic Pain.”
Drs. Erin Sullivan and James Ibinson Achieve Faculty Promotions
These physicians are distinguished leaders who have been making a tremendous impact in academic anesthesiology and advancing the mission of our department.
UPMC Magee Leadership Recognizes Accomplishments of CRNAs Laura Wiggins and Danielle Meholic
Laura received the Daniel D. Vigness Federal Political Director Award at the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology Mid-Year Assembly in Washington, D.C. on April 2-6, 2022, and Danielle received the 2022 Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists CRNA of the Year Award on…
2022 Educational Seed Grant Awarded
An Educational Seed Grant proposal from Mackenzie Noonan Haase, MD, and mentor Steven L. Orebaugh, MD, entitled "Developing, Implementing, and Testing a VR Simulation to Teach Peripheral Nerve Blockade” was accepted for full funding ($8,000) for the one-year support period starting…
Dr. Tetsuro Sakai Selected for ILTS Special Interest Groups Steering Committee
Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA, was selected as a member of the Steering Committee of the Live Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT) Special Interest Groups of the International Liver Transplant Society for a three-year term. Dr. Sakai is the only anesthesiology representative among the…
AME Members Appointed to Mentoring in Medical Education Committee
Our University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Academy of Master Educators members Scott A. Brancolini, MD, MPH; William R. McIvor, MD, FASA; and Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA, were recently appointed to the AME’s Mentoring in Medical Education Committee.
Tenth edition of Smith’s Anesthesia for Infants and Children
The 10th edition of Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children, edited by Peter J. Davis, MD, and Franklyn P. Cladis, MD, was published in December 2021.
Resident Book Club Funds Donated to Light of Life
Our residents organized a book club last month focused on the recently published fiction book The Stairs on Billy Buck Hill authored by our faculty member, Steven L. Orebaugh, MD. Participating residents, faculty, and staff from our department purchased copies of the book in…