News
June 19, 2020
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship 2021 Match Results
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2021 San Francisco Match for our Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship program!
June 19, 2020
Dr. Siamak Salavatian to Receive UPMC Competitive Medical Research Fund Award
In his project, Dr. Salavatian will investigate the neuronal interactions in the cardiac nervous system in the setting of cardiac disease and evaluate the efficacy of neuromodulation therapy in mitigating the adverse effect of cardiac pathology.
June 16, 2020
Pain Medicine Celebrates Tina Blem’s Retirement
Tina worked as a nurse for 48 years, 22 of them with our Pain Medicine Division at Mercy.
June 15, 2020
2020 Educational Seed Grants Awarded
Grants were awarded to Steve McHugh, MD, and Daniel Huettner, MD.
June 10, 2020
Brett Fadgen Spotlighted in Duquesne University School of Nursing Magazine
Brett M. Fadgen, MSN, CFRN, CRNA was spotlighted in the Alumni Profile section of Duquesne University School of Nursing Magazine (Vol. 5, 2020), pp. 18-19.
June 10, 2020
Dr. Keith Vogt Nominated for NIH Pain Consortium Award
Dr. Vogt was invited to present his nominated poster, “During Acute Intermittent Pain, Midazolam and Ketamine Distinctly Alter Functional Connectivity Between Memory, Pain, and Fear Response Centers in the Human Brain” at the symposium.
May 28, 2020
Local Restaurant Donates Meals to AIPPS Teams
Thank you so much to Fogo de Chão in Pittsburgh who dropped off lunches for clinical teams at our Acute Interventional Perioperative Pain & Regional Anesthesiology sites.
May 28, 2020
Dr. Benedict Alter Awarded AAPM Grant
Dr. Alter was awarded an American Academy of Pain Medicine Inaugural Early Investigator Research Grant for his research project “Brain Biomarker of Endogenous Analgesia in Patients with Chronic Knee Pain.”
May 28, 2020
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Obstetric Anesthesiology Lecture and Videos Available Online
A special lecture from our department’s Obstetric (OB) Anesthesiology Quality Assurance Conference on May 26, 2020 has been posted online:
Mitigating Risk and Improving Outcomes: Communication Strategies and Trauma-Informed Care of the Obstetric Patient Elizabeth M. Hovis, MD…
May 28, 2020
Team including Bill Pileggi and Amanda Beckstead Win VA Award
The team was recognized for developing of a safety initiative for patients receiving and staff administering anesthesia to prevent the avoidable risk of emergence delirium.
May 28, 2020
Susan Kelly Appointed Children’s CRNA Clinical Director
Sue has accepted the role effective June 7, 2020.
May 26, 2020
Dr. Brad Taylor Among Pain Research Challenge Awardees
The project “AtTACC Pain” was one of three projects to receive $50,000 in the 2020 Pain Research Challenge.
May 11, 2020
Danielle Meholic Earns DNAP
Danielle was conferred the degree of Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice from LaRoche College.
May 5, 2020
New Video Spotlights Pain Medicine Fellowship Program
Our Pain Medicine Fellowship has made a new video giving applicants a “virtual interview” and a glimpse into the program, its training locations, and living in the city of Pittsburgh.
May 5, 2020
Sarah Robison Refuses to Let COVID-19 Stop Her from Completing Marathon
Earlier this year, Sarah Robison, one of our CRNAs working at UPMC Presbyterian, resumed training after a previous injury to reach the ambitious goal of running her first full marathon in Pittsburgh. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck and the 2020 Pittsburgh marathon was canceled, Sarah refused…