UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH / UPMC DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY NEWS September 2017

News

Shushma Aggarwal, MD; Cheryl D. Bernstein, MD; Franklyn P. Cladis, MD; Peter J. Davis, MD; Andrew Herlich, DMD, MD; Steven L. Orebaugh, MD; Jerome Parness, MD, PhD; Doreen E. Soliman, MD; Erin Sullivan, MD; and Ajay D. Wasan, MD were all named in Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2017 “Best Doctors” list. Read more

Chad Artman, a CRNA at UPMC Presbyterian, was chosen as a winner of the UPMC Physician Services Platinum (Robert J. Mientus) Star Award. The award recognizes staff members who consistently contribute to the success of their practice/department and work well with colleagues and the UPMC community, contribute toward workplace effectiveness/efficiency, implement approaches to impact productivity; develop cost-saving plans; exhibit excellent customer service; demonstrate positive interpersonal skills that support diversity; and work on special projects. Chad and other winners of this award and similar awards were honored at an employee recognition luncheon on August 30, 2017 at The University Club.

Chad’s Platinum Award comes with a $500 prize and automatically designates him as a winner of the UPMC Award for Commitment and Excellence in Service (ACES). Stephen A. Esper, MD, MBA was also selected as a 2017 ACES winner. ACES a prestigious honor bestowed upon fewer than 1 percent of UPMC staff who exemplify the health system’s five core values of quality & safety, dignity & respect, caring & listening, responsibility & integrity, and excellence & innovation. Both winners will be recognized at the ACES Recognition Dinner on November 11, 2017 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.

Congratulations and thank you to Amy Berresford, CRNA; Jewel Desisto, CRNA; Alice Dozzi, CRNA; Christine Edelmann, MD; Karen Imhoff, CRNA; Catherine Land, CRNA; Joan Mitchell, CRNA; Edward Teeple, MD; Wendy Veith, CRNA; Elliott Weinstock, MD, and Susan Woelfel, MD; who are all retiring from the department this year. The Department of Anesthesiology hosted a retirement celebration in their honor on July 17, 2017 at the University Club. Photos from the celebration can be viewed online.

Brian Blasiole, MD, PhD was identified as a “ top performer” ranking in the top 10 faculty members for teaching excellence in the Pediatric Residency Program’s annual evaluation. Pediatric Residency Program co-director Andrew J. Nowalk, MD, PhD noted the rarity of a non-pediatrics faculty member receiving this recognition and commended Dr. Blasiole on being held in such high esteem by the pediatric residents at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.

Yvonne Brewster was mentioned and photographed with Chancellor Patrick Gallagher (left) in an article on a new university Professional Development Award. Read more. She was also selected by the University of Pittsburgh Staff Council as the featured member for their August 2017 newsletter. The article (PDF) spotlights Yvonne’s work for the Departments of Anesthesiology and Surgery and her involvement with the Staff Council.

Jacques E. Chelly, MD, PhD, MBA was invited to participate as a faculty member at the Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care 71st National Congress 2017 (SIAARTI 2017), which will be held October 18-21, 2017 in Rimini, Italy.

Richard A. Henker, PhD, RN, CRNA, FAAN, a CRNA at UPMC Presbyterian and Professor of Nurse Anesthesia in the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, was selected as a Cameos of Caring (Advanced Practice) award winner. Cameos of Caring award recipients are recognized as role models within their facility and beyond. Winners are chosen for demonstrating a commitment to consistent, proactive clinical decision-making and excellence in nursing care, serving as advocates for patients and their families, and serving as role models and encouraging and motivating other healthcare professionals. Richard and the other awardees will be honored at the annual Cameos of Caring awards gala to be held in November 2017.

In May 2017, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) launched a new designation, Fellows 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 patient safety, and education. Becoming a FASA is a prestigious honor in the specialty, setting its designees apart from their peers. The criteria required for earning the FASA designation demonstrates a candidate’s commitment to advancing the practice and securing the future of anesthesiology. We are proud to announce that three of our faculty members, Andrew Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP, David G. Metro, MD, and Erin A. Sullivan, MD, were among the first 100 fellows to receive prestigious FASA designation. Congratulations to them for their dedication and leadership in anesthesiology.

The National Institutes of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) extended support for the project “Role of Noncoding RNA in Alcohol Action” (PI: Gregg E. Homanics, PhD) until January 31, 2022. This $2,345,078 award will enable Dr. Homanics to test the contribution of alcohol-induced changes in brain levels of noncoding RNAs on alcohol drinking in

animal models. Read more

In addition, The article “5 Ways Men Shape Their Children’s Health” on Time.com cited published work on alcohol effects from the Homanics lab.

Dr. Bulent Kirimli, Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology, passed away in April. Dr. Kirimli was invited by Dr. Peter Safar in the early 1960s to help pioneer and further the cardiopulmonary resuscitation sciences. His work was recognized both nationally and

internationally. Read more

Raymond M. Planinsic, MD presented the lecture “ Coagulation Strategies in Liver Transplant Surgery” at the inaugural hemostasis seminar of the Japanese Perioperative Hemostasis Research Group on August 26, 2017 in Osaka, Japan. The seminar, titled “New Concepts in Perioperative Hemostasis,” was chaired by Kenichi Tanaka, MD, currently Professor and Chief of Cardiac Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland and formerly a resident and faculty member in our department. The seminar was designed for physicians who manage perioperative bleeding and transfusion in critically ill patients. Three renowned physicians from the United States (Drs. Tanaka, Planinsic, and Bradley Taylor, MD, MPH (cardiac surgeon, University of Maryland) reviewed basic hemostasis mechanism, surgical hemostasis, and coagulation strategies in cardiac surgery and liver transplantation.

The article “Staff-led group yields productivity gains” in the April 13, 2017 issue of University Times spotlighted the efforts of a University of Pittsburgh staff-led effort to support and increase productivity for administrators who use a new research management software. Leading the way in this initiative are our department staff members Beverly Savage and

Yvonne Brewster. Read more

Jennifer Letzelter, CRNP recently completed her American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) pain management nursing certification.

Tetsuro Sakai, MD, PhD was invited to serve as an international speaker at the 94th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Korean Society of Anesthesiologists, November 2-4, 2017 in Seoul. He was also invited as a Visiting Professor with the University of Hawaii Postgraduate Medical Education Program at Okinawa Chubu Hospital from November 13-17, 2017.

Our Recruitment and Selection Committee announced Elizabeth Ungerman, MD, MS as Chief Resident and Daniel Mandell, MD and Nicole Verdecchia, MD as Associate Chief

Residents for the 2017-2018 academic year Read more

Nicole Verdecchia, MD; David G. Metro, MD; and Sara Straesser, MD served on a Surgicorps international survival mission trip in Guatemala. They cared for about 100 patients for surgeries for conditions including cleft lips and palates and burn contracture repairs.

Keith M. Vogt, MD, PhD was awarded a FAER Mentored Research Training Grant for his project, “Human Memory Encoding Under Anesthesia: How Pain Affects Hippocampal and Amygdalar

Contributions to Memory.” Read more

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article “Boston-based program comes to the region to help doctors prescribe safer alternatives to opioids” (July 25, 2017) discussed various efforts in the Pittsburgh region to address safe opioid prescription practices, including UPMC’s 90-90 program directed by Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc. In March 2017, Dr. Wasan was appointed Vice President for Scientific Affairs for the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), the largest professional society for pain specialists in the country, for a three-year term. In this role, Dr. Wasan will oversee and report to the AAPM Board of Directors on all educational and research activities in the area of pain medicine. He was also appointed to Senior Editor of Pain Medicine, AAPM’s multidisciplinary pain journal.

Residents and adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellows presented at the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 39th Annual Meeting & Workshops

in Orlando, FL April 22-26, 2017. Read more

Two curriculum development grant applications were accepted for funding for our inaugural UPMC Anesthesiology Educational Grant July 2017 funding cycle. The total funding amount is $8,000 USD per project.

“Evaluation of Anesthesiology Resident Competence and Clinical

Impact of a Structured Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training Program.” PI: Daniel R. Mandell, MD (PGY-4 Resident); Faculty Mentors: Michael Boisen, MD & Kathirvel Subramaniam, MD, MPH

“Teaching Medical Students Anatomy for Regional Anesthesia

Using Ultrasound.” PI: Kaarin Michaelsen, MD, PhD (PGY-4 Resident); Faculty Mentor: Steve L. Orebaugh, MD

Yan Xu, PhD was appointed the Peter Winter Professor of Anesthesiology. This endowed professorship is named in honor of Peter M. Winter, MD the renowned second Chair of our department. Dr. Xu will present an inaugural lecture, “Losing your Mind: The Wonders of Anesthesia,” as the Peter Winter Professor on Monday, October 2, 2017, Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall, 4:00 pm. The event will celebrate Dr. Winter’s life and contributions to the department, the university, and the anesthesiology profession. A wine and cheese reception is being planned for after the lecture.

The Safar Symposium and Multi-Departmental Trainees’ Research Day was held on May 22-23, 2017. The research day event is a collaboration between the Departments of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Neurological Surgery, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, as well as the Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation Education and Research (WISER). Marsha Ritter Jones, MD, PhD won the overall Best Poster Award for “Skin Overexpression of Neurturin Upregulates TNF-α in CFA Inflammation.” Marta Wells, BS won the 1st place Department of Anesthesiology poster award for “Structure-Based Discovery of Novel Glycinergic Modulators.” Phillip Adams, DO won the 2nd place Department of Anesthesiology poster award for “Intraoperative Renal Oximetry Associated with Severity of Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury after infant

Congenital Cardiac Surgery.” Read more

Recent Publications

Abuelkasem E, Hasan S, Mazzeffi MA, Planinsic RM, Sakai T, Tanaka KA. Reduced Requirement for Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for the Restoration of Thrombin Generation in Plasma from Liver Transplant Recipients. Anesth Analg. 2017 Aug;125(2):609-615. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002106.

Alimi D, Chelly JE. New Universal Nomenclature in Auriculotherapy. J Altern Complement Med. 2017 Aug 23. doi: 10.1089/acm.2016.0351. [Epub ahead of print]

An JX, Wang Y, Cope DK, Williams JP. Quantitative Evaluation of Pain with Pain Index Extracted from Electroencephalogram. Chin Med J (Engl). 2017 Aug 20;130(16):1926-1931. doi: 10.4103/0366-6999.211878.

Ben-David B, La Colla L. Extravasated Fluid in Hip Arthroscopy and Pain: Is Quadratus Lumborum Block the Answer? Anesth Analg. 2017 Jul;125(1):364. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002198. PubMed PMID: 28609336.

Blednov YA, Borghese CM, Ruiz CI, Cullins MA, Da Costa A, Osterndorff-Kahanek EA, Homanics GE, Harris RA. Mutation of the inhibitory ethanol site in GABA(A) ρ1 receptors promotes tolerance to ethanol-induced motor incoordination. Neuropharmacology. 2017 Jun 13;123:201-209. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28623169.

Boisen ML, Rao VK, Kolarczyk L, Hayanga HK, Gelzinis TA. The Year in Thoracic Anesthesia: Selected Highlights from 2016. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Jun;31(3):791-799. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.02.182. Epub 2017 Feb

Bruno MA, Drabek T, Manole MD. Difficult Intubation and Ventilation in an Infant With Retropharyngeal Abscess With Mediastinal Extension. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017 Jul 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28719483.

Bump GM, Coots N, Liberi CA, Minnier TE, Phrampus PE, Gosman G, Metro DG, McCausland JB, Buchert A. Comparing Trainee and Staff Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture. Acad Med. 2017 Jan;92(1):116-122. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001255.

An article by Heather K. Hayanga, MD, MPH, et al.

(“Anesthesiologists and Disaster Medicine: A Needs Assess-

ment for Education and Training and Reported Willingness to

Respond,” Anesthesia and Analgesia (A&A). 2017 May;124

(5):1662-1669) was selected by the A&A Editorial Board as the

May 2017 “Article of the Month.” Read more

Michael P. Mangione, MD coauthored a paper recognized as one of the top-20 cited papers published in the journal Anesthesi-ology in 2016. Monk TG, Bronsert MR, Henderson WG, Mangione MP, Sum-Ping ST, Bentt DR, Nguyen JD, Richman JS, Meguid RA, Ham-mermeister KE. Association between Intraoperative Hypotension and Hypertension and 30-day Postoperative Mortality in Noncardi-ac Surgery. Anesthesiology. 2015 Aug;123(2):307-19. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000756.

Chen RW, Liu H, An JX, Qian XY, Jiang YD, Cope DK, Williams JP, Zhang R, Sun LN. Cognitive effects of electro-acupuncture and pregabalin in a trigeminal neuralgia rat model induced by cobra venom. J Pain Res. 2017 Aug 8;10:1887-1897. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S140840. eCollection 2017.

Esper SA, Welsby IJ, Subramaniam K, John Wallisch W, Levy JH, Waters JH, Triulzi DJ, Hayanga JWA, Schears GJ. Adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: an international survey of transfusion and anticoagulation techniques. Vox Sang. 2017 May 3. doi: 10.1111/vox.12514. [Epub ahead of print]

Friedly JL, Comstock BA, Turner JA, Heagerty PJ, Deyo RA, Bauer Z, Avins AL, Nedeljkovic SS, Nerenz DR, Shi XR, Annaswamy T, Standaert CJ, Smuck M, Kennedy DJ, Akuthota V, Sibell D, Wasan AD, Diehn F, Suri P, Rundell SD, Kessler L, Chen AS, Jarvik JG. Long term effects of repeated injections of local anesthetic with or without corticosteroid for lumbar spinal stenosis: a randomized trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Aug;98(8):1499-1507.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.02.029. Epub 2017 Apr 8.

Garcia RG, Lin RL, Lee J, Kim J, Barbieri R, Sclocco R, Wasan AD, Edwards RR, Rosen BR, Hadjikhani N, Napadow V. Modulation of brainstem activity and connectivity by respiratory-gated auricular vagal afferent nerve stimulation in migraine patients. Pain. 2017 Apr 25. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000930. [Epub ahead of print]

Heres EK, Itskevich D, Wasan AD. Operationalizing Multidisciplinary Assessment and Treatment as a Quality Metric for Interventional Pain Practices. Pain Med. 2017 Jun 12. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnx079. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28605555.

Hill SY, Rompala G, Homanics GE, Zezza N. Cross-generational effects of alcohol dependence in humans on HRAS and TP53 methylation in offspring. Epigenomics. 2017 Sep;9(9):1189-1203. doi: 10.2217/epi-2017-0052. Epub 2017 Aug 11.

Hubbard RM, Hayanga JA, Quinlan JJ, Soltez AK, Hayanga HK. Optimizing Anesthesia-Related Waste Disposal in the Operating Room: A Brief Report. Anesth Analg. 2017 Apr 21. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000001932. [Epub ahead of print]

Ion BF, Wells MM, Chen Q, Xu Y, Tang P. Ketamine Inhibition of the Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channel GLIC. Biophys J. 2017 Aug 8;113(3):605-612. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.06.041.

Ji ZH, Liu ZJ, Liu ZT, Zhao W, Williams BA, Zhang HF, Li L, Xu SY. Diphenyleneiodonium Mitigates Bupivacaine-Induced Sciatic Nerve Damage in a Diabetic Neuropathy Rat Model by Attenuating Oxidative Stress. Anesth Analg. 2017 Aug;125(2):653-661.

Johnson RL, Williams BA. No Surprise-For Long-term Opioid Avoidance, Do We Reap What We Sow? Anesth Analg. 2017 Sep;125(3):721-723. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002001.

Konig G, Waters JH, Javidroozi M, Philip B, Ting V, Abbi G, Hsieh E, Tully G, Adams G. Real-time evaluation of an image analysis system for monitoring surgical hemoglobin loss. J Clin Monit Comput. 2017 Apr 7. doi: 10.1007/s10877-017-0016-0. [Epub ahead of print]

Lawless MJ, Shimshi A, Cunningham TF, Kinde MN, Tang P, Saxena S. Analysis of Nitroxide-Based Distance Measurements in Cell Extracts and in Cells by Pulsed ESR Spectroscopy. Chemphyschem. 2017 Mar 13. doi: 10.1002/cphc.201700115. [Epub ahead of print]

Lonchena T, So S, Ibinson J, Roolf P, Orebaugh SL. Optimization of Ultrasound Transducer Positioning for Endotracheal Tube Placement Confirmation in Cadaveric Model. J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Feb;36(2):279-284. doi: 10.7863/ultra.16.02010. Epub 2017 Jan 10. Erratum in: J Ultrasound Med. 2017 May;36(5):1077.

Lothet EH, Shaw KM, Lu H, Zhuo J, Wang YT, Gu S, Stolz DB, Jansen ED, Horn CC, Chiel HJ, Jenkins MW. Selective inhibition of small-diameter axons using infrared light. Sci Rep. 2017 Jun 12;7(1):3275. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03374-9. PubMed PMID: 28607402; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5468240.

Lu C, Zhang LM, Zhang Y, Ying Y, Li L, Xu L, Ruan X. Intranasal Dexmedetomidine as a Sedative Premedication for Patients Undergoing Suspension Laryngoscopy: A Randomized Double-Blind Study. PLoS One. 2016 May 19;11(5):e0154192. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 27196121; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4873234.

Mahnke AH, Miranda RC, Homanics GE. Epigenetic mediators and consequences of excessive alcohol consumption. Alcohol. 2017 Mar 11. pii: S0741-8329(17)30700-0. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2017.02.357. [Epub ahead of print]

McHugh SM, Boretsky RH, Boisen ML, Subramaniam K. Echo Case. SCA Bulletin. April 2017;16(2).

Nora GJ, Harun R, Fine DF, Hutchison D, Grobart AC, Stezoski JP, Munoz M, Kochanek PM, Leak RK, Drabek T, Wagner AK. Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest Produces a Chronic Striatal Hyperdopaminergic State that is Worsened by Methylphenidate Treatment. J Neurochem. 2017 Jul;142(2):305-322. doi: 10.1111/jnc.14058. Epub 2017 Jun 1.

Parker LM, Yazer MH, Waters JH. Metallosis Identified via Intraoperative Cell Salvage: A Case Report. A A Case Rep. 2017 Feb 15;8(4):67-69. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000428.

Pasek TA, Crowley K, Campese C, Lauer R, Yang C. Case Study of High-Dose Ketamine for Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2017 Jun;29(2):177-186. doi: 10.1016/j.cnc.2017.01.005. Epub 2017 Mar 13. Review.

Planinsic RM, Raval JS, Gorlanta VS. Anesthesia and Perioperative Care in Reconstructive Transplantation. Anesthesiology Clinics. 2017 Sep;35(3):523-538. doi: 10.1016/j.anclin.2017.04.008. Epub 2017 Jul 5. Review.

Raggi EP, Sakai T. Update on Finger-Application-Type Noninvasive Continuous Hemodynamic Monitors (CNAP and ccNexfin): Physical Principles, Validation, and Clinical Use. Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. First Published May 10, 2017. DOI: 10.1177/1089253217708620

Sanfilippo F, Johnson C, Bellavia D, Morsolini M, Romano G, Santonocito C, Centineo L, Pastore F, Pilato M, Arcadipane A. Mitral Regurgitation Grading in the Operating Room: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Comparing Preoperative and Intraoperative Assessments During Cardiac Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Feb 13. pii: S1053-0770(17)30098-8. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.02.046. [Epub ahead of print]

Shaffer AD, Jabbour N, Visoiu M, Yang CI, Yellon RF. Paravertebral Nerve Block for Donor Site Pain in Stage I Microtia Reconstruction: A Pilot Study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 May;154(5):898-901. Epub 2016 Feb 23.

Schott NJ, Emery SP, Garbee C, Waters J. Thromboelastography in term neonates. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 Jun 29:1-14. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2017.1349747. [Epub ahead of print].

Simmons W, Closing the Gap in Math and Science. ACMS Bulletin, pp. 218-220, June 2017.

Simmons W, Two roads traveled: 60-year history of the struggle to re-establish diversity in medical practice in the United States. ACMS Bulletin, pp. 218-220, June 2017.

Simmons W, Walking wounded: The Epidemic of PTSD in the Inner Cities. ACMS Bulletin, pp. 174-175, May 2017.

Simmons W. Type II diabetes and the dietary conundrum. ACMS Bulletin, August 2017, 284-286.

Smith SM, Jones JK, Katz NP, Roland CL, Setnik B, Trudeau JJ, Wright S, Burke LB, Comer SD, Dart RC, Dionne R, Haddox JD, Jaffe JH, Kopecky EA, Martell BA, Montoya ID, Stanton M, Wasan AD, Turk DC, Dworkin RH. Measures that identify prescription medication misuse, abuse, and related events in clinical trials: ACTTION critique and recommended considerations. J Pain. 2017 May 4. pii: S1526-5900(17)30569-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2017.03.015. [Epub ahead of print]

Subramaniam K, DeAndrade DS, Mandell DR, Althouse AD, Manmohan R, Esper SA, Varga JM, Badhwar V. Predictors of operating room extubation in adult cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Jun 13. pii: S0022-5223(17)31193-5. [Epub ahead of print]

Taraboletti A, Walker T, Avila R, Huang H, Caporoso J, Manandhar E, Leeper TC, Modarelli DA, Medicetty S, Shriver LP. Cuprizone Intoxication Induces Cell Intrinsic Alterations in Oligodendrocyte Metabolism Independent of Copper Chelation. Biochemistry. 2017 Mar 14;56(10):1518-1528. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b01072. Epub 2017 Feb 28.

Tisherman SA, Alam HB, Rhee PM, Scalea TM, Drabek T, Forsythe RM, Kochanek PM. Development of the Emergency Preservation and Resuscitation for Cardiac Arrest from Trauma (EPR-CAT) Clinical Trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 May 22. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001585. [Epub ahead of print]

Ungerman E, Subramaniam K. Literature Review: Assessment of Cardiac Calcifications on Echocardiography Are Associated with Mortality and Stroke. SCA Bulletin. April 2017;16(2).

White DJ, Lytle FT. Femoral Neuropathy Following Spontaneous Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage After Cardiac Surgery: A Case Report. AA Case Rep. 2017 Apr 15;8(8):203-205. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000466.

Weinger MB, Banerjee A, Burden AR, McIvor WR, Boulet J, Cooper JB, Steadman R, Shotwell MS, Slagle JM, DeMaria S Jr, Torsher L, Sinz E, Levine AI, Rask J, Davis F, Park C, Gaba DM. Simulation-based Assessment of the Management of Critical Events by Board-certified Anesthesiologists. Anesthesiology, 2017 Sep;127(3):475-489. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001739.

Woodrum CL, Wisniewski M, Triulzi DJ, Waters JH, Alarcon LH, Yazer MH. The effects of a data driven maximum surgical blood ordering schedule on preoperative blood ordering practices. Hematology. 2017 Apr 25:1-7. doi: 10.1080/10245332.2017.1318336. [Epub ahead of print]

Yocum GT, Turner DL, Danielsson J, Barajas MB, Zhang Y, Xu D, Harrison NL, Homanics GE, Farber DL, Emala CW. GABA(A) receptor α(4)-subunit knockout enhances lung inflammation and airway reactivity in a murine asthma model. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2017 Aug 1;313(2):L406-L415. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00107.2017. Epub 2017 May 4.

Upcoming Events The C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society and the Health Sciences Library System present a lecture by Douglas Bacon, MD, MA, Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center. Does A Surgeon, John Collins Warren, Deserve the Credit for the Discovery of Anesthesia? University of Pittsburgh, Scaife Hall, Lecture Room #1 6:00 PM, September 26, 2017 ASA Alumni Reception October 22, 2017, 6-10PM Seaport Ballroom, Seaport Hotel & Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA Please RSVP to AnesEducation@upmc.edu

Obstetrical Neurology Conference Saturday October 7, 2017 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Read more

Save the Date: UPMC Update in Anesthesia, Pain, and Intensive Care April 27-29, 2018 Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Farmington, PA Check www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/events soon for details.

Congratulations to the Anesthesiology Residency and Fellowship graduating classes of 2017, who were celebrated at our graduation ceremony on June 9, 2017. More photos from our graduation ceremony can be viewed online.

Graduating Fellows Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Beau Bergeron, MD Bryant Bunting, DO John Hamilton, MD Mary Margaret Lim, MD Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Christopher Johnson, MD Rohan Panchamia, MD Alexander Preus, MD Yiyu Zhao, MD Obstetric Anesthesiology Erica Coffin, MD TJ Vernon, MD

Award recipients

The Leroy Harris Award for Excellence in Teaching: Stephen McHugh, MD

Peter M. Winter Award for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching: William McIvor,

MD

Mark H. Gilland, MD Award for Best Clinical Resident: Derek Lauter, MD

Best Resident Scholar: Richard Hubbard, MD

Award for Excellence in Teaching Trainee to Trainee: Mary Margaret Lim, MD

Murat Kaynar, MD, MPH was recognized for his leadership of the Anesthesiology Criti-cal Care Medicine Fellowship, as well as his outstanding teaching, at the Department of Critical Care Medicine’s graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 3, 2017

Graduating Fellows Pain Medicine Hasan Abed, MD Kwadwo Achampong, MD Gianna Casini, MD Andrew Clary, DO Alcinto Guirand, MD David Itskevich, DO Alexander Matz, MD Eric Yuan, DO Pediatric Anesthesiology Sabrina Carrié, MD Daniel Goldstein, MD Angela Ingram, MD Anne E. Kamarchik, MD Michael Kolan, MD Jessica Latzman, MD Keila Maher, MD Alexander Praslick, MD Dritan Prifti, MD

Award recipients—Excellence in Clinical Teaching of Residents

Graduating Residents

Bryce Bernard, MD Jessica Cassavaugh, MD, PhD Youngeun Cho, MD Meghan Saxen, MD Zachary Cohen, MD Courtney Garbee, DO Melanie Hodge, MD

Richard Hubbard, MD Andrew Hulme, MD Joshua Knight, MD Derek Lauter, MD David F. Nelson, MD, MBA Lauren Parker, MD Rachel Pool, MD

Daniel Ripepi, MD Daniel Sandusky, MD Brenda Satterthwaite, MD Lindsay Stollings, MD Michael Thompson, DO Peter Yeh, MD

Graduating Fellows Regional Anesthesiology Alexandra Belfar, MD Douglas S. Bentley, MD Vikram Bhasin, MD Brandon Chinn, MD Samantha Dao, MD Brian Greenberg, MD Stephanie Jean-Noel, MD Nicholas J. Schott, MD Plinio Silva, MD Rachel Stahl, MD Rae Stewart, MD David Sum, MD Dinah White, MD

Steve Orebaugh, MD Dennis Phillips, MD Filippo Sanfilippo, MD, PhD, EDIC Anthony Silipo, DO

Lauri Adler, MD Scott Brancolini, MD, MPH Brian Gierl, MD James Ibinson, MD, PhD James Luther, MD

Doreen Soliman, MD Edward Teeple, MD Keith Vogt, MD, PhD William Wallisch, MD

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2017 FAER Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellow Matthew Orlowski

The Department of Anesthesiology was one of 36 sites nationwide selected to host 2017 Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellows (MSARF). FAER created the MSARF program to encourage talented medical students to consider careers in anesthesiology research and perioperative medicine. The program offers medical students an eight-week anesthesia-related research experience and the opportunity to present research findings at the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) annual meeting.

Our 2017 fellow Matthew Orlowski is a Pittsburgh native. He graduated from the Duquesne University Mylan School of Pharmacy with a BS in Pharmaceutical Science and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. He is currently a fourth-year medical student at West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown, WV. During his fellowship, he worked with mentor Dr. Howard Gutstein. Matt’s project looked at the effects of PDGFR-beta and EGFR-induced analgesic tolerance to morphine in basal conditions and in rat models. The hope is that a better understanding of the mechanisms responsible for growth factor-induced analgesic tolerance to opioids will lead to novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of analgesic tolerance to opioids. Matt has submitted an abstract, “Imatinib prevents EGF induced analgesic tolerance to morphine in opioid naive rats,” with the aim of presenting the group’s findings at the FAER MSARF Symposium at ASA 2017. In addition, Matt had the opportunity to shadow anesthesiologists at UPMC Presbyterian while completing his fellowship.