May 27, 2025 By Morgen Ahearn Appointments Arthur Chyan, DO. UCSF Center for Faculty Educators, Teaching Scholars Program, 2025 – 2026. Chris Ortiz, MD, PhD. UCSF Center for Faculty Educators, Teaching Scholars Program, 2025 – 2026. Awards Jonathan Pan, MD, PhD. Mentor to medical student Jacob Greene, recipient of the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) Inaugural Advanced Medical Student Research Fellowship, for: Elucidating the Pathway through which Dexmedetomidine Exerts Neuroprotective Effects in the Setting of Spinal Cord Injury. Alex Perez, MD, PhD. Spring 2025 UCSF Research Allocation Program (RAP) Award. Novel CRISPR Therapy for Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis. UCSF SPOT Awards Olivia Bratko, Event Specialist Mike Mullen, Digital Communications Specialist Deanna Seid, Faculty Education and CME Lead Jon Spinner, Applications Programmer Honors John Feiner, MD. 2025-27 Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award for work related to pulse oximetry and health disparities. Judith Hellman, MD. 2025 UCSF Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award. In the News Matthieu Legrand, MD, PhD, Roberta Tallarico, MD. Diabetes Medication May Increase Risk of Perioperative Ketoacidosis featured in NewsWise. April 30, 2025 Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD. Featured on the KCBS As Prescribed Podcast. New research finds most back pain treatments are ineffective. Meetings and Presentations Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD. Principal Investigator for the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® Initiative, or the BRAIN Initiative, briefed the congressional neuroscience caucus to implore congress to increase funding for NIH/scientific research, showcasing key accomplishments, research priorities, and real-world applications that are transforming our understanding of brain function and addiction science for Americans. The American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2025 Matthieu Legrand, MD, PhD. Results of the the I-MICRO trial, Ilomedin for treatment of septic shock with persistent microperfusion defects: a double-blind, randomized controlled trial-study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. 2025 American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting Julia Collins, MD, Abigail Howard, MD, Andrew Gray, MD, PhD. Regional anesthetic technique for a patient with Noonan syndrome and abnormal peripheral nerve imaging on ultrasound. Isabella Auchus, MD, Igor Immerman, MD, Abigail Howard, MD, Christina Inglis-Arkell, MD, Jenny Woodbury, MD, MBA, Sakura Kinjo, MD. Case Report: Two suspected medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve injuries after axillary nerve block. 2025 Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) Annual Meeting Jeremy Juang, MD, PhD. Moderator. Case Report Session #3 - Breakout Room 5. Coagulation & Vascular. Pedram Aleshi, MD. Moderator. Case Report Session #4 - Breakout Room 6. Epidural Complications- not PDPH. Alex Butwick, MBBS, MS, Rebecca Baer, Naghma Farooqi, Olof Stephansoon, Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, PhD, MS. Severe Perioperative Surgical Morbidity in Patients undergoing Cesarean Delivery in California; 2016-2021. Selected for Best Research Paper Session and received Patient Safety Award from SOAP. Maggie Xiao, Jason Bentley, Andrew Leavitt, Alex Butwick, MBBS, MS. Prevalence and Trends of anemia, iron deficiency, and iron-deficiency anemia in non-pregnant US women of reproductive age: NHANES 1999-2023. Laura Nerb, MD, Yu-Chi Tu, Katherine Perryman, Arthur Chyan, DO. High-Risk Obstetric Anesthesiology Consultations: A Retrospective Single-Center Study at a Quaternary Academic Medical Center in the United States. Zach Lerner, MD, Katherine Perryman, Peter Yeh, MD, Jenny Woodbury, MD, MBA. Mechanical Valve Thrombosis with Critical Aortic Stenosis in a Twin Pregnancy. Man Kuan Lei, MD, Katherine Perryman, Peter Yeh, MD, Jenny Woodbury, MD, MBA. Anesthetic Delivery Management of Multi-organ Systemic Scleroderma. Ani Chilingirian, MD, Peter Yeh, MD, John Markley, MD, PhD, Jenny Woodbury, MD, MBA. Postpartum Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in a Patient with Aplastic Anemia, Preeclampsia, and HELLP Syndrome. Eden Patton, MD, Katherine Perryman, Peter Yeh, MD, Jenny Woodbury, MD, MBA. Disseminated Spinal Coccidioidomycosis in Pregnancy. Emily Boyd, MD, Kate Kronish, MD, Jenny Woodbury, MD, MBA. A Case of Factor V Deficiency Complicated By Fresh Frozen Plasma Allergy. Lauren Nguyen, MSc, BA, Pamela Huang, MD, Ben Li, MD, Sherry Liou, MD, MBA, Maytinee Lilaonitkul, MBBS, John Markley, MD, PhD. Anesthetic Management of Comorbid Hydatid Cysts and vWD Type 2b in Pregnancy. Lauren Nguyen, MSc, BA, Jaber Hanhan, MD, Jeremy Juang, MD, PhD, Pedram Aleshi, MD. Leveraging a 3D-Printed Spine Model to Study Medication Spread in Spinal Anesthesia. Lauren Nguyen, MSc, BA, Jaber Hanhan, MD, Stephanie Lim, MD, Alex Butwick, MBBS, MS, Jeremy Juang, MD, PhD, Pedram Aleshi, MD. Anesthetic Management of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia and Thromboembolic Risk in a Pregnant Patient with Complex Congenital Heart Disease. 2025 Western Anesthesia Residents Conference (WARC) Jeremy Auerbach. Case Report: Gunshot Wound to Uterus in a Pregnant Patient. Alexander Kim. The Smoking Gun: A Case of Intraoperative Hypoxemia Secondary to Fentanyl Inhalation. Joshua Porter. Improved DBS Placement Signals in Patients Under General Anesthesia with Combining Nitrous Oxide and Sevoflurane. Haden Oliphant. A Case of Hypoxia in a Trauma Patient with Unknown Myotonic Dystrophy. Joshuel Pahang. Emergent Evacuation of a Neck Hematoma after Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction. Annmarie Mede. Approach to Hemodynamic Monitoring During Aortic Debranching. Isabella Auchus. Case Report: Two Suspected Medial Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve Injuries After Axillary Nerve Block. Alvin Chan. Are We Perfusing Yet? Christine Ha. A case of amyloid cardiomyopathy, influenza A, and pituitary apoplexy. Kamron Sarhadi. Stolen Stoma: complex airway management for a tracheotomy-dependent patient with PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome during thyroidectomy. Daniel Beckerman. Using Behavioral Science to Strengthen TOF Monitoring. Kevin Martin. Complications from Intralipid Therapy for Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity in a Critically Ill Post-Hepatectomy Patient with Rectus Sheath Catheters. Emily Boyd. Improving Documentation of Core Temperature Monitoring to Prevent Perioperative Hypothermia. William Hancock-Cerutti. Presumed Fat Embolism Syndrome in a Medically Complex Patient Undergoing Revision Left Total Knee Arthroplasty. Arjun Johal. Lumbar epidural placement under general anesthesia facilitates bedside wound care in patients with lower extremity skin and soft tissue infections: A case series. Rachel Kirsch. All I Need is the Air that I Breathe: Case Report of Emergent Tracheotomy in a Patient with an Obstructive Laryngeal Mass. Casey E Norlin. To Fiber or Not To Fiber: patient with skeletal dysplasia and prior cervical fusion goes from previously intubatable to emergency airway pathway. Amanpreet Bilg. Mic Drop In the Birth Shop: Introduction to an OB Anesthesia Podcast for Resident Education. Abe Cortez. Superior vena cava syndrome: anesthetic considerations and management. Zer Keen Chia. Flooding in the Field, A Case of Flood Syndrome. Kevin Xu. Use of Pre-procedure Computed Tomography Imaging to Estimate Loss-of-Resistance during Thoracic Epidural Catheter Placement. Marihan Attiah. A Case of a Laboring Patient with High Risk for Respiratory and Neurologic Compromise. Publications Abess AT, Shah NJ, Whitlock EL, Schroeck H, Ron D, Rozek SB, Martinez-Camblor P, Donovan AL, Schenning KJ, Deiner SG; MPOG Collaborators. Brain Health Screening in Older Surgical Patients: A Multicenter, Retrospective, Observational Analysis and Survey. Anesth Analg. 2025 May 16. Antonucci E, Bokoch MP, Adelmann D, Kolodzie K, Roll GR, Sun E, Legrand M, Kothari R. Vasopressin Is Not Associated With Severe Kidney Injury in Liver Transplantation: A Propensity Score-adjusted Analysis. Transplant Direct. 2025 May 21;11(6):e1814. Berger-Estilita J, Gisselbaek M, Devos A, Chan A, Ingrassia PL, Meco BC, Chang OLB, Savoldelli GL, Matos FM, Dieckmann P, Østergaard D, Saxena S. AI and inclusion in simulation education and leadership: a global cross-sectional evaluation of diversity. Adv Simul (Lond). 2025 May 4;10(1):26 Bouthors AS, Hureau M, Butwick A. Is prophylactic tranexamic acid effective in preventing postpartum hemorrhage? almost certainly no. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2025 May;62:104356. Epub 2025 Mar 26. Brode EC, Bernal JM, Cornes SB, Santhosh L, Rivera JA, Kulkarni SA, Mandal JR, Henry DM, Bartz KS, Van Schaik SM. Faculty Development for the People: Workplace-Based Solutions for Busy Clinicians. Clin Teach. 2025 Jun;22(3):e70073. Cata JP, Guerra-Londono JJ, Ramirez MF, Chen LL, Warner MA, Guzman LFC, Lobo F, Uribe-Marquez S, Huang J, Ruscic KJ, Chew STH, Lanigan M; ARCA-1 Investigators. The Association Between Perioperative Red Blood Cell Transfusions and 1-Year Mortality After Major Cancer Surgery: An International Multicenter Observational Study. Anesth Analg. 2025 Apr 1;140(4):782-794. Ehie O, D. Wondimagegn, Whitehead CR, Lee A. Critical theory in medical education. BJA Education. 2025 May 6. Farmer JR, Sutherland JM, Field TS, McIsaac DI, Gelb AW, Zhou LW, Sun T, Schwarz SKW, Flexman AM. Outcomes Following Perioperative Stroke in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Apr 10:S1053-0770(25)00314-3. Fernandez-Bustamante A, Parker RA, Frendl G, Lee JW, Nagrebetsky A, Grecu L, Amar D, Tanaka P, Sprung J, Gupta RA, Subramanian B, Giquel J, Eikermann M, Musch G, Nadler JW, Gama de Abreu M, Bartels K, Grover M, Chen LL, Sparling J, Douin DJ, Weingarten T, Wagener G, Thompson BT, Vidal Melo MF; Perioperative Research Network (PRN) Investigators. Perioperative lung expansion and pulmonary outcomes after open abdominal surgery versus usual care in the USA (PRIME-AIR): a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2025 May;13(5):447-459. Garcia B, Khanna AK, Legrand M. Advancing surgical outcomes through cardiovascular biomarker sub-phenotyping. Br J Anaesth. 2025 May;134(5):1273-1277. Epub 2025 Mar 14. Gemelga G, Chawla S, Sharma S, Yu X. Persistent postseptoplasty nasal neuropathic pain. Pain Rep. 2025 Apr 3;10(3):e1266. Hall T, Miller BJ, Woreta FA, Chen CL. A New Vision for Site-Neutral Policy. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2025 May 22. Hartmann J, Dias JD, Adelmann D, Moore HB, Subramaniam K, Sakai T. Clinical Decision Points for the Functional Fibrinogen Assay of a Novel TEG 6s Heparin Neutralization Cartridge. Anesth Analg. 2025 May 23. Hirani S, Vu P, Halac M, Bohacek S, Benkli B, Jevotovsky D, Vega J, Hirani A, Orhurhu V, Odonkor C, Ehrenfeld J, Shadid I, Azadian A, Mayrsohn B, Kwon A, Hirani Z, Osuagwu U, Bird J, Gilligan C, Darnall BD, Williams K, Hooten WM, Srinivasan S. Transforming pain medicine: the power of collaboration, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Pain Med. 2025 May 1;26(5):231-236. Kalimouttou A, Kennedy JN, Feng J, Singh H, Saria S, Angus DC, Seymour CW, Pirracchio R. Optimal Vasopressin Initiation in Septic Shock: The OVISS Reinforcement Learning Study. JAMA. 2025 May 20;333(19):1688-1698. Kataoka K, Cheng S, Sumie M, Adam RI, Niimi N, Cunningham J, Yang A, Ng WCK, Hayes J, Maynes JT, Aoyama K. Prophylactic corticosteroids in neonatal cardiac surgeries using cardiopulmonary bypass: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Anesth. 2025 May 15. Legrand M, Oufella HA, De Backer, Duranteau J, Leone M, Levy B, Rossignol P, Vicaut E, Dépret F; I-MICRO trial investigators. The I-MICRO trial, Ilomedin for treatment of septic shock with persistent microperfusion defects: a double-blind, randomized controlled trial-study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2025 Jul 1;21(1):601. Lipnick MS, Ehie O, Igaga EN, Bicker P. Pulse Oximetry and Skin Pigmentation-New Guidance From the FDA. JAMA. 2025 Apr 22; 333(16):1393-1395. Myles PS, Wallace S, Boney O, Botti M, Chung F, Cyna AM, Gan TJ, Grocott MPW, Jensen MP, Kehlet H, Kurz A, Leger M, Nilsson U, Peyton P, Sessler DI, Tramèr MR, Wu CL; Alfred Health Patient Experience and Consumer Engagement Group. An updated systematic review and consensus definitions for standardised endpoints in perioperative medicine: patient comfort and pain relief. Br J Anaesth. 2025 May;134(5):1450-1459. Nishimura H, Layne J, Yamaura K, Marcucio R, Morioka K, Basbaum AI, Weinrich JAP, Bahney CS. A bad break: mechanisms and assessment of acute and chronic pain after bone fracture. Pain. 2025 May 21. Sarhadi K, Hamman J, Avila J, Jian Z, Fleming NW. Hypotension prediction index: comparison between invasive and non-invasive pressure inputs. BMC Anesthesiol. 2025 Apr 29;25(1):221. Shalabi L, Ibrahim A, Zreigh S, Rifai M, Ramadan S, Arafa MA, Mustafa OM, Ansab M, Krayem MF, Elsabbagh I, Mash'al NH, Waleed S, Legrand M. Evaluating the risks and benefits of continuing versus withholding renin-angiotensin system inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis. BJA Open. 2025 May 3;14:100405. Victoria N, Isaac G, Jonathan K, Charles BH, Esther ND, Kintu MT, Elizabeth N, Gerald C, Nelson LE, Marvin KA, Mwaka FM, Tyler LJ, Alenyo AN, Fred B. Acute trauma care training in undergraduate medical education programs in Uganda; A cross-sectional survey of final year medical students. Afr J Emerg Med. 2025 Jun;15(2):602-606. Yadav A, Liang R, Press K, Schmidt A, Shabani Z, Leng K, Wang C, Sekhar A, Shi J, Devlin GW, Gonzalez TJ, Asokan A, Su H. Evaluation of AAV Capsids and Delivery Approaches for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Gene Therapy. Transl Stroke Res. 2025 Jun;16(3):914-924. Yang HY, Raghunathan K, Widera E, Pantilat SZ, Brender T, Heintz TA, Espejo E, Boscardin J, Mills H, Lee A, Berchuck J, Cobert J. Lexical associations can characterize clinical documentation trends related to palliative care and metastatic cancer. Sci Rep. 2025 May 18;15(1):17245.
Nov 5, 2025 Anesthesia Department Honors Dia de Los Muertos with an Ofrenda Announcement Opportunity and Impact
