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Dr. Ted Sakai to Serve on Inaugural AUA Leadership Advisory Board
The LAB will provide resources for AUA members’ professional development to succeed as academic anesthesiology leaders, inspire and empower the next generation of anesthesiologists and academic anesthesiology leaders, work to establish an equitable and inclusive environment for AUA members, and…
Melissa Dupilka to Serve as Assistant CRNA Clinical Director at CHP
Melissa has accepted the role effective September 27, 2020.
Dr. Wende Goncz Appointed Clinical Director of Anesthesiology at UPMC Passavant
In her role, Dr. Goncz will help coordinate anesthesia services hospital-wide, management of the daily OR schedule at UPMC Passavant-McCandless, and serve as a department clinical liaison. She will continue her significant clinical OR responsibilities.
Beekley Medical Grant to Assess the Role of Aromatherapy for Treatment of Perioperative Anxiety
The study, which will be conducted as a single-center, prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial at UPMC Shadyside, will explore aromatherapy’s potential to modulate perioperative anxiety.
Dr. Shiv Goel Appointed UPMC Shadyside Chief Anesthesiologist
Dr. Goel has been appointed to the position effective October 1, 2020, after serving as interim chief since July 2018.
2020 Brings Many Leadership Changes
This year marks numerous leadership changes in our department. Congratulations to all of our newly appointed leaders and thank you to all of our excellent directors who are stepping down after long years of dedicated service in those roles.
New Fellowship Directors…
Dr. Nicholas Schott Invited to Present Grand Rounds at University of Rochester
Dr. Schott was an invited speaker and presented the Grand Rounds lecture "Combination Intrathecal Morphine and Bilateral Paravertebral Nerve Blocks for ERAS Open Gynecologic-Oncologic Surgery" at the University of Rochester on August 20.
Dr. Dennis Phillips Earns ATP Certification
The ATP is a 20-day in-depth course designed for healthcare professionals in administrative and clinical leadership positions and those responsible for designing and/or managing QI initiatives and/or QI training or education programs.
Drs. Ted Sakai and Kathirvel Subramaniam Organizing SATA Scientific Meeting
Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, FASA and Kathirvel Subramaniam, MD, MPH, FASE, along with Sathish Kumar, MD (University of Michigan) and Amy Young, MD (University of Michigan), are organizing the 2020 Inaugural MidState Society for the Advancement of Transplantation Anesthesia (SATA)…
Faculty Presenting at ASE 2020 Virtual Experience
Drs. Theresa Gelzinis, Kimberly Howard-Quijano, and Kathirvel SubramaniamOur following department faculty members will present in the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2020 Virtual Experience on August 8, 2020:
Theresa A. Gelzinis, MD: “Diastology in the Peri-Procedural…
Dr. Ajay Wasan’s Pain Expertise Sought for Two Recent Articles
Two recent news articles published on WebMD.com and Parade feature interviews with Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc, about pain management.
Dr. Stephen McHugh Receives FASA Designation
The Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists designation is the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ highest acknowledgment that recognizes years of dedication to exceptional education, leadership, and commitment to the specialty.
Dr. Ezeldeen Abuelkasem Earns NBE Certification of Basic Perioperative TEE
This certification distinguishes Dr. Abuelkasem as a physician who has completed training programs or has significant practice experience in the perioperative care of surgical patients with cardiovascular disease and in basic perioperative TEE and has additionally passed the NBE Basic Perioperative…
Shadyside Hospital Foundation Awards Grant to Dr. Jacques Chelly
He will investigate the role of “Auriculotherapy in the Treatment of Pre-Operative Anxiety" in a collaborative initiative between members of the Departments of Urology and Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at UPMC Shadyside Hospital.