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Clinical Practice Guidelines on Postdural Puncture Headache Coauthored by Dr. Grace Lim Published in RAPM and JAMA Open

The articles represent a stupendous effort across several professional societies that transcend the disciplines of obstetric and general anesthesiology, pain medicine, neurology, and radiology.

Dr. Kumiko Chino Awarded Haemonetics Funding

Kumiko Chino, MD, was awarded funding to study correlations between viscoelastic testing and traditional labs among parturients with thrombocytopenia.

Introducing Our 2024-2025 Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellows

We are proud to share the results of our Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship match for academic year 2024-2025. Congratulations to Drs. Zachary Ligus and Max Yue Qiu, who join us next year to begin their training!

Zachary Ligus, MD Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Residency:...

Dr. Grace Lim Receives NIH / NIMH R01 Funding to Study Ketamine Use for Postpartum Depression and Pain

Grace Lim, MD, MS, was awarded a major RO1 grant of over $2.5M from the National Institutes of Healt /National Institute of Mental Health for her research proposal “Ketamine to Reduce Postpartum Depression and Pain after Cesarean Delivery.”

Magee CRNAs Participate in the “Walk for Children’s” Event

CRNAs set up a team under the Magee Anesthesia Cares committee to help raise money to fund care for children in need, especially those requiring extended and involved care.

Dr. Andrea Ibarra Awarded SOAP/FAER Mentored Research Training Grant

Andrea Ibarra, MD, MS, was awarded the inaugural $250,000 Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology/Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Mentored Research Training Grant for her project “The Effect of Preeclampsia on Cognitive Function.”

Dr. Andrea Ibarra Presents Grand Rounds at Yale

Andrea Ibarra, MD, MS, presented grand rounds as a Visiting Professor at the Yale University Department of Anesthesiology today via the UPMC-Yale Visiting Professor Exchange Program. The title of her lecture was "Evaluation of Peripartum Neurocognitive Performance in Women with Preeclampsia."

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