April 29, 2026 By Morgen Ahearn Appointments Solmaz Manuel, MD. Acting Director, UCSF Acute Pain Service. Heidi Reetz, MD. Inaugural UCSF Health Medical Director of the Inpatient Chronic Pain Service. Awards Gregory Chinn, MD, PhD. Weill Award for Clinician-Scientists in the Neurosciences. Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD. NIH UG3 Award. Education and Training Wendy Smith, MD. 2026-27 Teaching Scholars Program, UCSF School of Medicine. Honors Isabel Alves de Lima, Charlene Blake, MD, PhD, Leah Pimentel, MBA. First Place, UCSF Waste to Art Challenge. “Birth and Rebirth: Black Maternal Mortality Explored Through the Quilting Tradition.” Lee-lynn Chen, MD. UCSF Exceptional Physician Award, 2026. Denise Chang, MD. UCSF SOM Excellence in Teaching for Clinical Faculty Award, 2026. Adrian Gelb, MBBS. World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) Distinguished Service Award, 2026. Romain Pirracchio, MD, PhD. Selected as a National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader. Image Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD. Founders Award, American Academy of Pain Medicine. Meetings and Presentations Daisuke Maruyama, MD, PhD. “Microbiome Ignite Talk.” UCSF Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine. Mervyn Maze, MB ChB. Keynote Speaker, Anesthesiology Journal Symposium on Classic Papers. California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) Annual Meeting Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD. Faculty, EEG Workshop. CSA Meeting Faculty, Moderator, and Program Committee Members Odmara L. Barreto Chang, MD, PhD Lee-lynn Chen, MD* Sakura Kinjo, MD* Ludwig Lin, MD*+ Christopher O. Ortiz, MD PhD* Manuel Pardo, Jr. MD, FASA*+ *Denotes member of the Education Planning Committee +Denotes member of the CSA Board of Directors World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) World Congress Adrian Gelb, MBBS. Speaker. Harold Griffith Lecture. “Can Anesthesiologists Lead on Patient Safety Again?” Moderator. Partnership in Practice. “Global Perspectives on Supply Chain Resilience.” Workshop Lead. Global Health. “Collecting National/Regional Metrics.” Chair. Pharmacology and Technology. “Future of Anaesthesiology.” Speaker. “Partnership in Practice—Clinicians and Industry Advancing Anaesthesia Care.” Speaker. “WHO Essential Medicine List.” Speaker. “Cerebrovascular Autoregulation and Anaesthesia.” Poster Presenter. “Evaluating Anaesthesia Facilities in Post Conflict Khartoun, Sudan: A Cross Sectional Study.” Michael Gropper, MD, PhD. Speaker. “The Future of Anesthesiology Shines Bright.” Tyler Law, MD. Workshop Instructor. Global Health. “Collecting National/Regional Metrics.” Moderator, Poster Session. “Assessments of Practices and Tools in Anaesthesia” Speaker. “The Challenge of Mapping the Anaesthesia Workforce.” Podcasts Rachel Zoffness, PhD, MS. Guest. Ologies. Episode 505. Dolorology (PAIN) Encore with Dr. Rachel Zoffness. Publications Barreto Chang OL, Suppan M, Meco BC, Vacas S, Radtke F, Matot I, Devos A, Maze M, Gisselbaek M, Berger-Estilita J. A comparison of large language model-generated and published perioperative neurocognitive disorder recommendations: a cross-sectional web-based analysis. Br J Anaesth. 2026 Apr;136(4):1275-1286. Butwick AJ. Review of "The Retrievals" Season 2 Podcast: The Impact on Obstetric Anesthesia Quality of Care. Anesthesiology. 2026 Apr 27. De Rosa S, Legrand M, Joannidis M. Restrictive nutrition in shock: reassuring renal signals-but no proof of safety. Intensive Care Med. 2026 Apr 27. Houle TT, Sexton K, Lebowitz A, Chtay I, Patel T, Leffert L, Turner DP. Stress and fasting for inducing migraine attacks: A randomized 2 × 2 factorial crossover trial. Headache. 2026 Apr 23. Hughes C, Chen D, Law T, Bickler P, Feiner J, Shmuylovich L, Behnke E, Ortiz L, Leeb G, Zamora RV, Monk E, Lipnick MS. Pulse Oximeter Performance and Skin Pigment: Comparison of 34 Oximeters Using Current and Emerging Regulatory Frameworks. Anesth Analg. 2026 Apr 20. Jones A, Sands L, Zhang L, Leung J, Buren M. Effect of Perioperative Tricyclic Antidepressants and First-Generation Antihistamines on Postoperative Delirium in Older Patients Undergoing Arthroplasty or Spine Surgery. Cureus. 2026;18(3):e105447. Mau T, Simon CB, Barnes HN, Hetherington-Rauth M, Bauer SR, Strotmeyer ES, Lane NE, Rowbotham MC, Weaver AA, Blackwell TL, Cai Y, Glynn NW, Goodpaster BH, Cummings SR, Newman AB, Cawthon PM, Kritchevsky SB. Greater recalled pain and movement-evoked pain are associated with longer 400-m walk and repeat stair climb time in older adults: the study of muscle, mobility, and aging. Geroscience. 2026 Apr 28. Mavignier N, Pandher G, Goldstein M, Stanski NL, Fuhrman DY, Akcan Arikan A, See E, Tahir P, Neyra JA, Bagshaw SM, Legrand M, Garcia B. How outcomes are defined in randomized controlled trials of acute kidney injury: a scoping review. Intensive Care Med. 2026 Apr 27. Tang J, Wijeysundera DN, Rossignol P, Legrand M. Management of Chronic Antihypertensive Medications in the Perioperative Period. Anesthesiology. 2026 Apr 1;144(4):967-977. Yoo S, Liou S. Intraoperative Management During Decompressive Craniectomy. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2026;37(2):207-217. Books and Chapters Rachel Zoffness, PhD, MS. Tell Me Where It Hurts. The New Science of Pain and How to Heal. Grand Central Publishing. March 24, 2026. Don't see your publication or other news? Please share your good news with us and we will make sure it is included in the future. Share Your News
