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Congratulations to Our 2021 ACES!
ACES honors the most outstanding employees within UPMC - staff who exemplify UPMC’s five core values — Quality & Safety, Dignity & Respect, Caring & Listening, Responsibility & Integrity, and Excellence & Innovation. Each year, fewer than one percent of UPMC staff from…
CHP CRNAs Organize Donation Drive for Displaced Ukrainian Citizens
With help and support from their hospital leadership and staff, a group of benevolent CRNAs from UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh organized a donation drive to help the displaced citizens of Ukraine.
Dr. Niyant Jain Wins ASRA Global Health Fellowship Rotation Spot
Congratulations to our regional anesthesiology fellow Niyant Jain, MD, who won the single spot for the 2022 ASRA Global Health Fellowship Rotation at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana in April 2022.
ASRA (American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine)…
Education Staff Receive Recognition at 2022 UPMC Medical Education Coordinator Symposium
Our Education Office staff members Susan Shelton, Jessica Warnock, Angela Schultz, and Ann Martin were recognized for their invaluable contributions at the 2022 UPMC Medical Education Coordinator Symposium.
Dr. Ben Alter Awarded NINDS Funding to Develop Tools to Personalize Chronic Pain Treatment
Congratulations to Ben Alter, MD, PhD, whose K23 research proposal “Integrating Brain and Behavioral Measures of Central Pain Inhibition to Personalize Treatment in Chronic Pain Management” will be funded by the National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Neurological Disorders and…
Danielle Meholic Wins 2022 PANA CRNA of the Year Award
Danielle M. Meholic, DNAP, CRNA, has been selected to receive the 2022 Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists CRNA of the Year Award.
Our Participation at SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology and CCAS 2022
Our work will be presented at the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia / American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Anesthesiology 2022 meeting on April 1-3, 2022, in Tampa, FL.
Our Work at AAPM 2022
We were well-represented at the 2022 American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting, which was held March 17-20 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Lt. Col. Laura Wiggins to Receive AANA Daniel D. Vigness Federal Political Director Award
The award is given annually in recognition of significant contributions to the advancement of the national healthcare agenda of certified registered nurse anesthetists.
2022 Anesthesiology Residency Match Results
We matched 20 top students (16 categorical, two advanced, one Panther Research Scholar, and one combined anesthesiology/pediatrics) from over 1,700 candidates who applied to our program. Our 2022 match class has an average USMLE Step 1 score of 250 and includes many members of the Alpha Omega Alpha…
SEA Spring 2022 Meeting to be Held in Pittsburgh
The 2022 Spring Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) meeting, which has the theme “Innovation: A Renaissance of Training, Practice, and Mindset in Anesthesiology," will be held in Pittsburgh on April 8-10. Meeting registration is now open. Please visit the …
Dr. William Simmons to Present C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Annual Ravitch Lecture
William Simmons, MD, will present the C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Annual Ravitch Lecture on his "Journey to Medicine" on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 6pm.
New Fiction Book by Dr. Steven Orebaugh Published
"The Stairs on Billy Buck Hill" was recently published. The book is Dr. Orebaugh’s second published work of fiction after his debut book, "A Night in the Life," was released in 2016.
Drs. Sean Farris and Gregg Homanics to Receive NIAAA Funding to Study Role of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Alcohol Use Disorder
Congratulations to principal investigators Sean P. Farris, PhD, and Gregg E. Homanics, PhD, who will receive U01 funding from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for the project “Epigenetic Regulation of Neuroimmune Pathways.”