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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…
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,…
AY23 Educational Seed Grant Applications Now Being Accepted
We are now accepting Educational Seed Grant applications for the academic year (AY) 2022-2023, for funding commencing on July 1, 2022.
Up to $8,000 per project Submission deadline: May 31, 2022 Please direct submission and questions to Dr. Tetsuro Sakai & Barb Chismar…
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…
Sonja Plasil Receives NIH F31 Fellowship Award
Sonja received an F31 predoctoral fellowship award from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for her project “LncRNA Gas5 Dysregulation Alters Ethanol Drinking Behavior and Ethanol-Related Phenotypes.”
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…