Department Honors, Awards, Appointments, and Publications - July 2026

Appointments

Renee Navarro, MD, PharmD. 2026 - 2027 Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Board of Directors.

Sebastian Zeiner, MD, PhD, MBA. Three-year term on the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) International Subcommittee.

Awards

Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD. Research in Implementation Science for Engagement (RISE) program, which is part of the Programs to Increase Mentoring Among Early-stage Investigators Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIME), a national research and training initiative funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Goal is to implement a cognitive testing pathway for older adults undergoing surgery at UCSF.

Meetings and Presentations

Charlene Blake, MD, PhD, Odi Ehie, MD, MAEd, FASA. Speakers, National Medical Association (NMA) Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly. “How to Succeed in Anesthesia Residency."

Charlene Blake, MD, PhD, Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD, Odi Ehie, MD, MAEd, FASA. Speakers, National Medical Association (NMA) Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly. “Monitoring the Brain on Vulnerable Populations: EEG to individualize anesthesia and support brain health."

Publications

Chae R, Duffy CC, Feng R, Butwick AJ, Somerstein R, Whatley K, Lee AJ, Levine LD, Lim G, Mhyre JM, Neuman MD. Pregnant People's Willingness to Enroll in Trials Comparing Anesthesia Options for Cesarean Delivery. Anesthesiology. 2026 Jul 14.

Chejfec-Ciociano JM, Barach P, Gelb AW. The Next Frontier in Anesthesia Safety-From Standards to Implementation: APSF Ellison C. Pierce Lecture 2025 and WCA Harold Griffith Lecture 2026. Anesth Analg. 2026 Jul 13.

Chen EM, Wang K, Huth J, Levitt A, Clarke AL, Gandhi S. Operating Room Energy Usage Assessment at a Tertiary Academic Medical Center in the United States. Anesth Analg. 2026 Jul 07.

Fond KA, Arellano M, Torres-Espin A, Chou A, Bradfield X, Moncivais SL, Huie JR, Hemmerle DD, Keller AV, Singh V, Pascual LU, DiGiorgio AM, Talbott JF, Whetstone WD, Pan JZ, Weinstein PR, Dhall SS, Saigal R, Ferguson AR, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Kyritsis N. Acute injury characteristics predict chronic neuropathic pain development after spinal cord injury. Front Neurol. 2026;17:1814624.

Fuhrman DY, Gist KM, Arikan AA, Bagshaw SM, Shaw AD, Legrand M, Duquette D, Menon S, Ollberding NJ, Sarkar I, Ricci Z, Alobaidi R, See E, Soranno DE, Selewski DT, Kakajiwala A, Goldstein SL. A Hierarchical Endpoint Analysis of the Worldwide Exploration of Renal Replacement Outcomes Collaborative in Kidney Disease (WE-ROCK) Cohort. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2026 Jul 10.

Grant ZL, Kuang S, Zhang S, Horrillo AJ, Chen Z, Rao KS, Celen C, Kameswaran V, Joubran C, Lau PK, Dong K, Yang B, Bartosik WM, Zemke NR, Ren B, Srivastava D, Kathiriya IS, Pollard KS, Bruneau BG. Dose-dependent sensitivity of human three-dimensional chromatin to a heart disease-linked transcription factor. Science. 2026 Jul 23;393(6809):eadv5434.

Holmgren Andersen JD, Khridina I, Kristensen DL, Holler CP, Rowbotham M, Aasvang EK. Failed epidural after upper abdominal laparotomy in chronic pain patients with opioid use - a retrospective case control study. Scand J Pain. 2026;26(1).

Kuok DIT, Ma APY, Ching RHH, Ng KC, Lee JW, Matthay MA, Guan Y, Nicholls JM, Poon LLM, Peiris JSM, Hui KPY, Chan MCW. Assessment of influenza virus and coronavirus tropism, replication competence and disease severity in. J Gen Virol. 2026;107(7).

Lin H, Schwartz R, Aepala MR, Nour M Aissaoui NM, Serrano J, Bulamba F, Jacob A, Kilyewala C, Kisa P, Lipnick MS, Nabukenya MT, Orozco P, Ozgediz D, Padmanabhan SP, Sendagire C, Jacobson L. Training Global Leaders in Perioperative Equity: An Evaluation of the CHESA Fellowship. World J Surg. 2026 Jul 12.

Nguyen KC, Hall T, Gan S, Langnas E, Boscardin J, Sun CQ, Lee S, Chen CL. Association between social vulnerability index and cataract surgery care in medicare beneficiaries: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Ophthalmol. 2026;26(1).

Self WH, Calfee CS, Brown SM, Moss M, Ware LB, Hyzy RC, Meyer NJ, Reilly JP, Harhay MO, Shashaty MGS, Sandsmark DK, Auriemma CL, Jones TK, Prescott HC, Dickson RP, Nelson K, McSparron JI, Lagina M, Denstaedt SJ, Admon AJ, Patel BK, Wolfe KS, Hite RD, Hudock KM, Bastarache JA, Koyama T, Kerchberger VE, Ely EW, Jackson JC, Sinha P, Mudd PA, Kraft BD, Fremont RD, Singh R, Aggarwal NR, Jolley SE, Burnham EL, Mantelli RA, Janssen WJ, Moore CM, Douglas IS, Peterson R, Peltan ID, Barkauskas CE, Pratt EH, Harris ES, Scharfstein DO, Needham DM, Sahetya SK, Parker AM, Iwashyna TJ, Shenderov K, Matthay MA, Alipanah-Lechner N, Magee L, Shwartzman T, Lin C, Weingart MF, Langelier CR, Chao O, Hendrickson CM, Kornblith LZ, Chak S, Bardillon K, Rodriguez KH, Rogers AJ, Moore AR, Levitt JE, Vojnik R, Perez C, Lindsell CJ, Shotwell MS, Blette BS, Imhoff BW, Rice TW, Rhoads JP, Womack KN, Merkel AR, Ahmad LN, Zhao X, Grandon IE, Gong MN. The ARDS, Pneumonia, and Sepsis (APS) Consortium: Rationale, Design, and Feasibility of a National Platform for Phenotyping Critical Illness Syndromes. Chest. 2026 Jul 13.

Strauss AT, Boscardin C, Sewell JL. Educating the Artificial Intelligence-Augmented Clinician: Theories and Frameworks for Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Education in Gastroenterology. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2026 Jul 09.

Trivedi A, Miyazawa B, Fields AT, Matthews M, Vivona L, Keane C, Potter D, Geng H, Zhang H, Taenaka H, Kwek SS, Herrera-Rodriguez K, Nunez-Garcia B, de Menezes EM, Barry M, Nair A, Kuhn B, Norris PJ, Fong L, Fitzpatrick MM, Schreiber M, Kornblith LZ, Pati S. Lyophilized platelet derived extracellular vesicles promote hemostasis and attenuate intracranial hemorrhage following traumatic brain injury. J Transl Med. 2026 Jul 20.

Zeiner S, Rettenbacher J, Nowak NM, Duma A, Schaden E, Hammerle FP, Laxar D, Adelmann D, Müller J, Wohlrab P, Kimberger O. Association of esketamine exposure with secondary sclerosing cholangitis in critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort analysis of 20,000 ICU cases. J Intensive Care. 2026 Jul 08.

Zeiner S, Rietzinger S, Ledebur K, Dobler M, Aigner P, Schnaubelt S, Krammel M, Laxar D, Müller J, Maleczek M, Kimberger O, Klimek P. Effects of heatwaves on emergency medical service activity in Vienna: a 4-year analysis. Scientific Reports. 2026 26 June. 

Zhang L, Yu J, Yu X, Guan Z, Su PP. Neuropathic pain through the perspective of microglia-neuron interactions: a translational review for clinicians. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2026 Jul 08.

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