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December 5, 2018

Summer 2019 Anesthesiology Research Fellowship Applications Due January 31, 2019

Our department regularly serves as a host site for the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship (MSARF). Since 2008, the University of Pittsburgh has hosted 19 medical students in this summer research fellowship program, some from the…

December 5, 2018

UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore CRNAs Continue Annual Holiday Breakfast Tradition

 

Our CRNAs at UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore continued their annual holiday breakfast tradition for 2018. Every year, CRNA clinical site directors Helen Defranco, Dale Fleck, and Debbie Weimer host this event to thank the Presbyterian/Montefiore CRNAs for their continuous hard work,…

December 4, 2018

CRNAs Mary Beth Czerniak and Bettina Dixon Named 2018 Cameos of Caring Award Winners

 

Congratulations to our CRNAs Mary Beth Czerniak and Bettina Dixon (both from UPMC Presbyterian), who were named winners of the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing’s Cameos of Caring® awards for 2018.

Cameos of Caring® awards recognize exceptional bedside nurses who work…

November 29, 2018

Dr. Evan Lebovitz Receives ASA Practice Management Emerging Leaders Scholarship

 

Congratulations to our resident Evan Lebovitz, MD, who was selected by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Committee on Practice Management to receive the PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 2019 Emerging Leaders Scholarship. This scholarship was established to recognize outstanding 2nd-…

November 5, 2018

Department ACES Winners Honored at Recognition Dinner

2018 ACES Kim Wysocki and Dr. Cynthia Wells

Congratulations to Christine King (CRNA, UPMC East), Kim Wysocki (CRNA, UPMC Presbyterian), and Cynthia M. Wells, MD, who were recognized at the ACES Recognition Dinner on November 3, 2018 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. UPMC’s…

November 5, 2018

News Story Features Virtual Reality Work at WISER

 

A news story on WISER’s virtual reality work featuring Dr. William McIvor aired on Monday, November 5, 2018 at 10PM on WPGH, Fox 53. The story will also air at the following times/dates/channels:

Tuesday, November 6, 2018…
October 29, 2018

2018 Educational Seed Grants Awarded

 

Two curriculum development grant applications were accepted for funding for our second UPMC Anesthesiology Educational Grant 2018 funding cycle.

“The Impact of a Mindfulness App on Anesthesia Resident Wellbeing.” PIs: Phillip Carullo, MD and Phillip Adams, DO “Evaluation of an…
October 19, 2018

Department Participation in the 2018 ASRA Pain Medicine Meeting

 

Our following department members (names bolded) will participate in the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) 17th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting on November 15-17, 2018 in San Antonio, TX:

​​Hariharan Shankar, MBBS and Andrew Hall, MD: Matching into Your…
October 11, 2018

Image from Dr. Mihaela Visoiu Featured on Journal Cover

 

The cover of the October 2018 issue of Pediatric Anesthesia was based on a publication co-authored by Mihaela Visoiu, MD, et al. published in the same issue. Dr. Visoiu was also directly credited for the photo.

Kurtz W, Scholz S, Visoiu M. …
October 11, 2018

Poster by Dr. Phil Adams Wins 2018 Med Ed Day Award

 

Congratulations to Phillip Adams, DO, whose poster “Faculty Demonstrate Higher Well-being than Residents: Pennsylvania Anesthesiology Programs Results of the 2017-2018 ACGME Well-being Survey” won the Best Overall Poster Award at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Academy…

October 11, 2018

Pain Fellowship Match Results for Academic Year 2019-2020

After a highly competitive recruitment season, we are proud to announce our incoming pain medicine fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year!

October 10, 2018

Research from Xu/Tang Labs Subject of JGP Feature News Article

The Journal of General Physiology research news article “Propofol’s paradox, explained” spotlights a publication on work from the labs of Yan Xu, PhD, and Pei Tang, PhD.
October 9, 2018

Patricia Kitt Receives Star Award

 

Congratulations to Patricia K. Kitt, one of our CRNAs at UPMC Shadyside, who was selected to receive UPMC Physician Services Division’s “You are a Star” Award for the 1st quarter of fiscal year 2019 (July 1 through September 30, 2018). The Star award recognizes staff members for their…

October 5, 2018

Department to Show Strong Presence at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2018

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), an educational, research, and scientific association of physicians organized to raise and maintain medical practice standards of anesthesiology and improve patient care, is one of the largest and most influential professional societies in the…

October 4, 2018

Research from Tang and Xu Labs Published in High-Impact Journal Nature Communications

"Structural basis of neurosteroid anesthetic action on GABA(A) receptors" was published in the renowned open-access journal Nature Communications.