Faculty and Staff

Senthil Sadhasivam, MD, MPH, MBA, FASA Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Quality, Patient Safety, and Clinical Research Director, Perioperative Research Director, Perioperative Genomics Program

Current Industry-Sponsored Principal Investigators 

Acute Pain

• Jacques E. Chelly, MD, PhD, MBA
• Charles B. Luke, MD, MBA, FASAM

Blood Transfusion

• Alesia Kaplan, MD
• Raymond M. Planinsic, MD, FASA
• Jonathan H. Waters, MD

Cardiovascular Anesthesiology

• Stephen A. Esper, MD, MBA
• Kathirvel Subramaniam, MD, MPH, FASE

Enhanced Recovery Program

• Stephen A. Esper, MD, MBA
• Kathirvel Subramaniam, MD, MPH, FASE

Obstetric Anesthesiology

• Grace Lim, MD, MS

Pediatric Anesthesiology

• Phillip Adams, DO
• Brian Blasiole, MD, PhD
• Daniela Damian, MD
• Peter J. Davis, MD
• Mihaela Visoiu, MD

​Staff

Our clinical research staff currently includes seven full-time research associates, assisting over 50 faculty with more than 20 active studies at eight UPMC sites.

• Alisha Maslanka
• Amy Monroe