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Chronic Pain Medicine Retreats Focus on Staff Education and Appreciation
Our UPMC Pain Medicine Division recently held two staff retreats focusing on clinician education as well as staff appreciation and wellness.
On January 19, 2018, for the first time, the division held a four-hour staff retreat entitled “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work,”…
Greg Rompala Completes Doctoral Studies
The title of his thesis was “Role of paternal preconception environment in ethanol- and stress-related phenotypes.”
Dr. Tetsuro Sakai Designated a FASA
Congratulations to Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, who has been appointed a Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (FASA™). FASA identifies and promotes ASA members exhibiting the highest standards in professionalism/leadership, advocacy for the profession and…
Research Team Wins Awards for the Seventh Consecutive Year at ASA Practice Management
The 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 only in attendance to the ASA’s Annual Meeting. This year’s…
Physician Anesthesiologists Week 2018
January 28-February 3, 2018 marks the fourth annual Physician Anesthesiologists Week, a yearly event initiated by the American Society for Anesthesiologists (ASA) to spread awareness about the critical role physician anesthesiologists play in saving lives.
Every January, nurse…
Dr. Grace Lim Invited to Moderate SOAP Best Poster Session
Congratulations to Grace Lim, MD, MS, who has been invited to serve as a Moderator for the Best Poster Session at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) 49th Annual Meeting, May 10-14, 2017, Bellevue, Washington.
UPMC Nurse Anesthetists Celebrate National CRNA Week 2018
January 21-27, 2018 marked the 19th annual National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week. Established by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA), National CRNA Week was created to encourage CRNAs to educate the public about anesthesia safety,…
Opioid Charity Event Raises Over $8,000
Dr. Phil Carullo with Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto at a memorial on the University of Pittsburgh campus on January 29, 2018.For the first time, our physicians and CRNAs united to celebrate both National CRNA Week and National Physician…
Winter 2018 SOAP Newsletter Features Articles by OB Anesthesiology Faculty
The Winter 2018 Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) Newsletter contained several contributions from our obstetric anesthesiology faculty members Patricia Dalby, MD and Grace Lim, MD, MS:
Dalby PL, Lim G, Education Committee: Obstetric Anesthesiology…
Opioid Charity Event Organized by Dr. Phil Carullo Attracts Attention from Press
The article “Health care providers unite for opioid event” published in the January 15, 2018 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette spotlights the charity event “Medical Providers Against Opiate Addiction” being organized by our resident physician Philip Carullo, MD.
Dr. Kristin Ondecko Ligda Joins FASA Designees
The Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists designation identifies and promotes ASA members exhibiting the highest standards in professionalism/leadership, advocacy for the profession and patient safety, and education.
Kim Wysocki Wins “You Are A Star” Award
Congratulations to Kimberly B. Wysocki (CRNA, UPMC Presbyterian), who was selected to receive a “You Are A Star” Award from UPMC Physician Services Division. The award recognizes staff members who consistently assist with difficult problems both inside or outside the scope of…
Toni Orsino Joins Department as New Senior CRNA Director
Welcome to Antoinette Orsino, who has accepted the position of Senior CRNA Director in the Department of Anesthesiology. Toni will be responsible for providing strategic, operational, and financial oversight of our large CRNA group, working collaboratively with our executive…
Drs. Tetsuro Sakai and Kathirvel Subramaniam Appointed to SATA Positions
Congratulations to Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD, MHA, who was appointed Secretary of the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA), as well as to Kathirvel Subramaniam, MD, MPH, FASE, who was appointed as SATA’s Cardiothoracic Committee Chair.
Dr. Charles Luke Appointed Director of Acute Interventional Perioperative Pain and Regional Anesthesiology Division
Congratulations to Charles Luke, MD, MBA, who has been appointed to the position of Director of the Acute Interventional Perioperative Pain and Regional Anesthesiology Division for the Department of Anesthesiology, effective January 1, 2018.
Dr. Luke…