Dedication to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - January 2025

Grid of dozens of small square multi-colored artworks.
January 28, 2025
By Morgen Ahearn

Awards

Julian Motzkin, MD, PhD, and Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD. Intracranial Neural Biomarkers for Chronic Primary Pain Diagnosis and Treatment Selection. UCSF Catalyst Award, 2025.

Events

Department-sponsored gathering with the Latino Medical Student Association at UCSF, with Dr. Odmara Barreto Chang. December, 2024

In the News

Chris Abrecht, MD, Julian Motzkin, MD, PhD, UCSF Center for Pain Medicine. Featured in New York Times Magazine: Chronic Pain Is a Hidden Epidemic. It's Time for a Revolution. January, 2025

Chris Abrecht, MD. Interviewed for KCBS “As Prescribed.” How do doctors approach treating chronic pain? January 28, 2025.

Seema Gandhi, MD. ASA Monitor Spotlight. UCSF Anesthesiologists Turn Trash into Treasure to Highlight Waste Reduction. January, 2025

Publications

Joo H, Nguyen K, Kolodzie K, Chen Ll, Kim MO, Manuel S. Differences in Acute Postoperative Opioid Use by English Proficiency, Race, and Ethnicity After Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty. Anesth Analg. 2025 Jan 1;140(1):155-164.

Pawar N, Zhou S, Duarte K, Wise A, García PS, Kreuzer M, Barreto Chang OL. Intraoperative Burst Suppression by Analysis of Raw Electroencephalogram Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults Undergoing Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2024 Nov 19.

Sieber F, McIsaac DI, Deiner S, Azefor T, Berger M, Hughes C, Leung JM, Maldon J, McSwain JR, Neuman MD, Russell MM, Tang V, Whitlock E, Whittington R, Marbella AM, Agarkar M, Ramirez S, Dyer A, Friel Blanck J, Uhl S, Grant MD, Domino KB. 2025 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Advisory for Perioperative Care of Older Adults Scheduled for Inpatient Surgery. Anesthesiology. 2025 Jan 1;142(1):22-51.