Department Honors, Awards, Appointments and Publications - February 2025

Appointments

Romain Pirracchio, MD, PhD. Executive Vice Chair of Adult Anesthesia.

Agya Prempeh, MB ChB. Elected to serve on the Young Specialist Forum for the Anesthesia College Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA).

Honors

Dan Burkhardt, MD. UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award. February 2025.

Catherine Chen, MD, MPH. IHPS Focus. Jan 2025 Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies Newsletter.

OB Anesthesia Service as part of the UCSF Health Birth Center. US News and World Report High Performing Hospital Ranking under the Maternity Category.

Meetings and Presentations

Elizabeth Duggan, MD, MA; Chris Glover, MD, FASA; Stephen Hoang, MD, FASA; Ludwig Lin, MD. A Brave New World: Applying Soft Skills in Navigating Today's Perioperative Environment. ASA ADVANCE 2025: The Anesthesiology Business Event. January 2025.

Aalok Agarwala, MD, MBA, FASA; Amy Lu, MD, MPH; James Hill, MD, FASA, MBA, FACHE. From Scrubs to Suits: Transition to Executive Leadership. ASA ADVANCE 2025: The Anesthesiology Business Event. February 2025.

Mentorship and Pipeline Programs

Department at ZSFG hosting high school students as part of the FACES for the Future Program.

Pawar N, Parris M, Barreto Chang OL. ASA Doctors Back to School 2024: The Philly Edition. ASA Monitor 89(2):p 33, February 2025.

Podcasts

Ludwig Lin, MD, Host. Marilyn Hill Harper, MD, Guest. An Interview with Dr. Marilyn Hill Harper, One of the First Black Woman Anesthesiologists at UCSF. CSA Vital Times Podcast. February 28, 2025, Season 1, Episode 34.

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Publications

Coss NA, Sinskey JL, van den Hout J, Chang JM, Legrand M, Schwartz R. Clinical team flow in the perioperative environment: a qualitative single-centre study.Br J Anaesth.2025 Mar;134(3):882-884. Epub 2025 Jan 24.

Fairbanks H. Persistence and Purpose: Dr. Marilyn Hill Harper on Pioneering as a Black Woman Anesthesiologist at UCSF. UCSF Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and CSA. February 2025.

Franco-Enzástiga Ú, Inturi NN, Natarajan K, Mwirigi JM, Mazhar K, Schlachetzki JCM, Schumacher M, Price TJ. Epigenomic landscape of the human dorsal root ganglion: sex differences and transcriptional regulation of nociceptive genes. Pain.2025 Mar 1;166(3):614-630.

Graham HR, King C, Rahman AE, Kitutu FE, Greenslade L, Aqeel M, Baker T, de Magalhães Brito LF, Campbell H, Czischke K, English M, Falade AG, Garcia PJ, Gil M, Graham SM, Gray AZ, Howie SRC, Kissoon N, Laxminarayan R, Li Lin I, Lipnick MS, Lowe DB, Lowrance D, McCollum ED, Mvalo T, Oliwa J, Swartling Peterson S, Workneh RS, Zar HJ, El Arifeen S, Ssengooba F. Reducing global inequities in medical oxygen access: the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Feb 3:S2214-109X(24)00496-0.

Gudelunas K, Chinn GA, Barreto-Chang OL, Campbell L, Sall JW. A 4-Day Exposure to High Altitude Prolongs QTc in Healthy Human Subjects. Wilderness Environ Med. 2025Feb 24:10806032251314740.

Hartmann J, Dias J, Shilo A, Bynagari Y, Garrett B, Jeske W, Manukyan Z, Mkhitaryan K, Adelmann D, Subramaniam K, Sakai T. TEG® 6s coagulation testing with a novel heparin neutralization cartridge: Technical validation and determination of normal reference ranges. Am J Clin Pathol. 2025Jan 28;163(1):12-19.

Hollmén C, Parkkola R, Vorobyev V, Saunavaara J, Laitio R, Arola O, Hynninen M, Bäcklund M, Martola J, Ylikoski E, Roine RO, Tiainen M, Scheinin H, Maze M, Vahlberg T, Laitio TT. Neuroprotective Effects of Inhaled Xenon Gas on Brain Structural Gray Matter Changes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Evaluated by Morphometric Analysis: A Substudy of the Randomized Xe-Hypotheca Trial. Neurocrit Care. 2025 Feb;42(1):131-141.

Howard MK, Hoppe N, Huang XP, Mitrovic D, Billesbølle CB, Macdonald CB, Mehrotra E, Rockefeller Grimes P, Trinidad DD, Delemotte L, English JG, Coyote-Maestas W, Manglik A. Molecular basis of proton sensing by G protein-coupled receptors. Cell. 2025 Feb 6;188(3):671-687.e20.

Jevotovsky DS, Oehlermarx W, Chen T, Ortiz CC, Liu A, Sahni S, Kessler JL, Poli JJ, Lau R. Weathering the Pain: Ambient Temperature's Role in Chronic Pain Syndromes.  Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2025 Jan 23;29(1):31.

Kallet RH, Lipnick MS.Pressure Control Surrogate Formula for Estimating Mechanical Power in ARDS Is Associated With Mortality. Respir Care. 2025 Jan 31.

Krakowiak P, Morton CH, McCain C, Sun D, Mathur D, Butwick AJ, Gupta N, Nijagal MA, Williams A, Seacrist M, Shields LE, Reyes C, Klassen M, Yznaga E, Main EK. Pregnancy-Related Mortality in California Due to Obstetric Hemorrhage. Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Feb 13.

Langnas E, Lin A, Luo Y, Rodriguez-Monguio R, Bicket M, Cairo S, De Vaan M, Chen CL. The Association of Opioid Prescriptions to Children after Discharge from Surgery and New Opioid Prescription Fills in Family Members. J Pediatr. 2025 Feb 5:114505.

Legrand M, Gayat E. Management of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors prior to major surgery: insights from the STOP-or-NOT trial. Br J Anaesth. 2025 Mar;134(3):632-636.

Lewis K, Balas MC, Stollings JL, McNett M, Girard TD, Chanques G, Kho ME, Pandharipande PP, Weinhouse GL, Brummel NE, Chlan LL, Cordoza M, Duby JJ, Gélinas C, Hall-Melnychuk EL, Krupp A, Louzon PR, Tate JA, Young B, Jennings R, Hines A, Ross C, Carayannopoulos KL, Aldrich JM. A Focused Update to the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Anxiety, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2025 Feb 21.

Lewis K, Balas MC, Stollings JL, McNett M, Girard TD, Chanques G, Kho ME, Pandharipande PP, Weinhouse GL, Brummel NE, Chlan LL, Cordoza M, Duby JJ, Gélinas C, Hall-Melnychuk EL, Krupp A, Louzon PR, Tate JA, Young B, Jennings R, Hines A, Ross C, Carayannopoulos KL, Aldrich JM. Executive Summary of a Focused Update to the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Anxiety, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2025 Feb 21.

Nauka PC, Kennedy JN, Brant EB, Komorowski M, Pirracchio R, Angus DC, Seymour CW. Challenges with reinforcement learning model transportability for sepsis treatment in emergency care. NPJ Digit Med. 2025 Feb 6;8(1):91.

Perez AR, Mavrothalassitis O, Chen JS, Hellman J, Gropper MA. CRISPR: fundamental principles and implications for anaesthesia. Br J Anaesth. 2025Mar;134(3):839-852.

Pope JE, Deer TR, Sayed D, Antony AB, Bhandal HS, Calodney AK, Chakravarthy K, Costandi S, Diep J, Durbhakula S, Fishman MA, Gilligan C, Goree JH, Guirguis M, Hagedorn JM, Hunter CW, Kallewaard JW, Kapural L, Lam CM, Li S, Mayrsohn B, Nijhuis H, Nikolic S, Petersen EA, Poree LR, Puri SK, Reece DE, Rosen SM, Russo MA, Shah JM, Staats PS, Verrills P, Vu CM, Levy RM, Mekhail N. The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) Guidelines and Consensus on the Definition, Current Evidence, Clinical Use and Future Applications for Physiologic Closed-Loop Controlled Neuromodulation in Chronic Pain: A NEURON Group Project. J Pain Res. 2025 Feb 3:18:531-551.

Renesme L, Cobey KD, Lalu MM, Bubela T, Chinnadurai R, De Vos J, Dunbar R, Fergusson D, Freund D, Galipeau J, Horwitz E, Lê M, Matthay M, Moher D, Nolta J, Parker G, Phinney DG, Rao M, Rasko JEJ, Rocco PRM, Rossi F, Myles MR, Viswanathan S, Thébaud B. Delphi-driven consensus definition for mesenchymal stromal cells and clinical reporting guidelines for mesenchymal stromal cell-based therapeutics. Cytotherapy. 2025 Feb;27(2):146-168.

Saxena S, 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. 2025 Feb 7:S0007-0912(25)00006-6.

Saynhalath R, Sanford EL, Kato MA, Staffa SJ, Zurakowski D, Meier PM, Alex GA, Fuller CL, Rossmann Beel EN, Chhabada S, Poppino KF, Szmuk P, Matava CT, Efune PN; Pediatric Anesthesia COVID-19 Collaborative (includes: Chang D, Infosino A.) Multicentre analysis of severe perioperative adverse events in children undergoing surgery who were infected with SARS-CoV-2: a propensity score-adjusted analysis. Br J Anaesth. 2025Feb;134(2):441-452.

Solorzano Aldana MC, Matava CT, Blake CM. Impact of Skin Pigmentation on Light-Based Medical Devices: Current State and Future Directions for Inclusive Technology. Anesth Analg. 2025 Feb 18.

Vossler K, Cobert J. From Screening to Outcomes: Rethinking Palliative Care Metrics in the Intensive Care Unit.Ann Am Thorac Soc.2025 Feb;22(2):185-186.

Wadhwa M, Chinn GA, Sasaki Russell JM, Hellman J, Sall JW. Neonatal Cannabidiol Exposure Impairs Spatial Memory and Disrupts Neuronal Dendritic Morphology in Young Adult Rats. Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2025 Feb;10(1):e145-e155.

Yadav A, Shabani Z, Dhaliwal JK, Schmidt A, Su H. Updates on the Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Approaches for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia.Curr Vasc Pharmacol.2025 Jan 31.

Yap EN, Huang J, Chiu J, Chang RW, Cohn B, Hwang JCF, Reed M. Development and validation of an EHR-based risk prediction model for geriatric patients undergoing urgent and emergency surgery.BMC Anesthesiol.2025 Jan 27;25(1):33.