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Passavant CRNA Director Dan Devinney Retires
Dr. Aman Mahajan, Dan Devinney, and Annmarie LyonsThe retirement of Daniel P. Devinney, MBA, JD, CRNA was celebrated at our CRNA Directors Meeting on January 13, 2020. Dan has been a nurse anesthetist for 35 years. He has worked as a CRNA at UPMC Passavant since 2009 and served in the…
Dr. Zack Frabitore Appointed to Pre-Med Advisory Council
Congratulations to our resident Zach Frabitore, MD who has been appointed to the NextStep Pre-Med Advisory Council. NextStep provides test preparatory services for students taking the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), and the newly-formed Council provides guidance…
Presentations at ASA Practice Management 2020
Our research team at the 2020 ASA Practice Management meetingThe American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Practice Management meeting is considered the premier business event for physician anesthesiologists and practice administrators and among ASA-sponsored events is second in…
Department Members to Engage in Leadership Academy
Drs. Ben Alter and Franklyn CladisThe University of Pittsburgh Office of Academic Career Development’s 2020 Leadership Academy for Early Career Faculty is a year-long professional development program designed to cultivate a generation of transformative academic leaders through shared…
Dr. Harikesh Subramanian Wins SCA Early Career Investigator Award
Congratulations to Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellow Harikesh Subramanian, MBBS, who won a Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) Early Career Investigator Award for his abstract “Ex-vivo Study of Antibiotic Sequestration by Modern Extra-Corporeal…
Melissa McConnell to Become St. Margaret CRNA Assistant Clinical Director
Congratulations to Melissa S. McConnell, MSN, CRNA, who has accepted the role of CRNA Assistant Clinical Director for UPMC St. Margaret and Harmar Outpatient Center effective February 2, 2020. Melissa has been a CRNA at UPMC since 2006 and served as the education coordinator…
Dr. Ajay Wasan Wins Pitt Innovator Award
Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc, received a Pitt Innovator Award from the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute on Nov. 20, 2019 for his group’s project "Personalized Pain Treatment."
Nurse Anesthetists Donate Holiday Baked Goods
Our nurse anesthetists at UPMC Presbyterian continued their annual tradition of brightening the holidays for patients and their families with baked goods. For the 2019 holiday season, they delivered cookies to the three …
Department Presents Posters at PGA 2019
L to R: Drs. Patrick Garcia, Amanda Deis, and Beverly Pearce-Smith with their poster at the 2019 PGAMembers of the department presented posters at the PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology (PGA), December 13-17, 2019 in New York City, NY. The annual PGA is sponsored by the New York State…
Terri Sluganski and Kirsten Radaker Receive ESGR Patriot Award
Congratulations to nurse anesthetists Terri Sluganski and Kirsten Radaker, UPMC Mercy Clinical CRNA Director and Assistant Clinical CRNA Director, respectively, who received the Service Member Patriot Award from ESGR (Employer Support of the Guard and the Reserve). The award is…
Poster by Dr. Sean McDermott Selected as Winner for AAPM 2020 Annual Meeting
Congratulations to resident Sean McDermott, MD, whose poster “Applying Machine Learning to Decrease Research Chart Reviews of Electronic Health Records: A Method of Automated Opioid Medication Classification for Pain Medicine Research” was selected as a winning poster for…
Spirits High at 2019 UPMC Presbyterian CRNA Holiday Breakfast
Our UPMC Presbyterian CRNAs continued their annual holiday breakfast tradition for 2019. Every year, CRNA clinical site directors Helen Defranco, Dale Fleck, and Debbie Weimer host this event to thank the Presbyterian CRNAs for their continuous hard work, dedication, and…
Allison Lewis Appointed UPMC Passavant CRNA Clinical Director
Congratulations to Allison Lewis, MSN, CRNA, who has accepted the role of CRNA Clinical Director for UPMC Passavant (comprising the McCandless and Cranberry campuses), effective December 22, 2019.
Allison has been a CRNA at UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore since 2012,…