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Division of Obstetric & Women's Anesthesiology

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."

SOAP 2023 Meeting Presentations and Participation

We have many presentations planned for the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology 55th Annual Meeting, May 3-7, 2023, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Magee CRNA Serafina Bear Wins UPMC PSD Extra Mile Award

The award recognizes staff members who go above and beyond their job duties, maintain a high office morale, and actively display UPMC’s values.

Paper by Dr. Grace Lim, et al. Published in A&A as Featured Article of the Month with Podcast

The authors from our department were Grace Lim, MD, MS, (first author) and Anne Wanaselja, MD, an alum of our Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program.

ASA Mentoring Grant Awarded to Drs. Andrea Ibarra, Grace Lim, and Kristin Ondecko Ligda

The ASA Mentoring Grant program provides funding to mentor/mentee pairs who submit a project that addresses the goals of the ASA Committee on Professional Diversity.

OB Anesthesiology Fellowship 2023-2024 Match Results

The results of our Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship match are in for academic year 2023-2024! Congratulations to Drs. Kumiko Chino and Kylie Grady!

UPMC Magee Leadership Recognizes Accomplishments of CRNAs Laura Wiggins and Danielle Meholic

Laura received the Daniel D. Vigness Federal Political Director Award at the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology Mid-Year Assembly in Washington, D.C. on April 2-6, 2022, and Danielle received the 2022 Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists CRNA of the Year Award on Saturday, April 30, 2022 in Hershey, PA.

Dr. Grace Lim Honored with SOAP Zuspan Award

The award recognizes excellence in collaborative research between obstetricians & anesthesiologists and named in honor of Frederick P. Zuspan, a leading researcher in the field of maternal-fetal medicine and expert on preeclampsia.

UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital CRT Team Performs First TESE Procedure

Clinicians at the UPMC-Magee-Womens Hospital Center for Reproduction and Tissue Transplantation, a multidisciplinary, national leader in cutting-edge fertility treatments, performed their first anesthesia procedure on February 11 for a testicular sperm extraction.

Maria de Venecia Wins UPMC Physician Services “The Extra Mile” Quarter 1 Award

The award recognizes staff members who go above and beyond their job duties, maintain a high office morale, and actively display UPMC’s values.

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