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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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.”
Department Participation at Spring 2022 ASRA Meeting
We will present 19 abstracts at ASRA’s 47th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting on March 31-April 2, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dr. Jacques Chelly to Study Use of nCAP NeuroCuple for Pain Management after Hip Replacement Surgery
The University of Pittsburgh and the Utah corporation nCAP Medical, a company involved in the development of pain relief patches, signed a contract to conduct “A Pilot Study Investigating the nCAP NeuroCuple in Subjects Undergoing Primary Hip Replacement Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized, Open…
Dr. Siamak Salavatian to Present at Neuromodulation and Experimental Biology Meetings
Siamak Salavatian, PhD, will present the poster “Spinal Cord Stimulation Mitigates the Myocardial Ischemia Induced Sympathoexcitation by Suppressing the Spinal Neural Synchrony and Intermediolateral Nucleus Hyperactivity” at the Experimental Biology annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA on April…
2022-2023 Chief Residents
We are proud to announce our 2022-2023 chief residents!
Drs. Trent Emerick and Stephen McHugh Promoted to Associate Professor
Congratulations to Drs. Trent Emerick and Stephen McHugh, who recently attained faculty rank promotions. These physicians have been proving themselves as strong academic leaders and are playing important roles in advancing our academic excellence.
Trent D. Emerick, MD, MBA, FASA,…