June 30, 2025 By Morgen Ahearn Appointments Inaugural IGNITE (Innovative Growth, Network, and Improvement in Anesthesia Training and Education) fellows for 2025: Clinical Research: Dr. Irum Khan Quality Improvement: Dr. Nicholas Mendez Medical Education: Dr. Arthur Chyan Igor Abramovich, MD, PhD. Member, International Subcommittee, International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) Awards Ludwig Lin, MD, Suwayda Ali, UCSF MS3, et al. ASA Mentoring Grant. Presented at both the SEA and the CSA meetings in April 2025, and abstract accepted for ASA 2025. Honors Charlene Blake, MD, PhD. Third Place, Waste to Art 2025, for “SANKOFA: I am part of the problem, I am part of the solution.” Image In the News Nu Cindy Chai, MD, Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD, Chris Abrecht, MD, and the Center for Pain Medicine featured in UCSF Magazine. Can We Train Our Brain to Unlearn Chronic Pain? Summer 2025. Meetings and Presentations Phil Bickler, MD, PhD. The Inaugural John Severinghaus Annual Lecture. Irfan Kathiriya, MD, PhD. Moderator for Professor Rounds and Poster Session at the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society. 44th Annual H. Barrie Fairley Selected Topics in Advancing Respiratory Care Roberto Bautista, BSRT, ACC-RRT: Out of Sync: Uncovering and Understanding Asynchrony Rich Kallet MS, RRT, FAARC, FCCM: Expiratory Pause Maneuver: The What, Why, and How Justin Phillips, BSRT, RRT-ACCS; Gregory Burns, MAS, RRT; Roberto Baustista, BSRT, RRT-ACCS: Education in Respiratory Care: Traditional, bedside, and Opening Learning Models – A Panel Discussion Publications Hartman Budnik JV, Higgins TF, Malfait AM, Weinrich JAP, Basbaum AI, Hsu JR, Morshed S, Bahney CS. New paradigms in pain management after skeletal trauma: Orthopaedic Trauma Association's 2023 Basic Science Focus Forum Symposium. OTA Int. 2025 Apr; 8(2 Suppl):e352. Riselli AM, Yee SW, Yang J, Brett CM, Trumbach K, Zhou X, Liu R, Liang X, Lai Y, Huo R, Xue Y, Shen H, Zhang L, Yang X, Liu Q, Huang SM, Giacomini KM. Identification and Clinical Evaluation of Potential Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Resistance Protein. (BCRP/ABCG2). Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2025 Jul;118(1):177-189. Epub Apr 01. Pusateri AE, Kishman AJ, Ariffin MAB, Watts S, Kirkman E, Weiskopf RB, O'Brien BS, Snyder SJ, Cardin S, Hollis EM, Hegener O. Potential military applications for a new freeze-dried plasma. Transfusion. 2025 May; 65 Suppl 1:S240-S249. Ware LB, Koyama T, Shaver CM, Swain S, Nguyen J, Salehi A, Dhillon G, Wickersham N, Maheshwari J, Singer JP, Weigt SS, Kukreja J, Matthay MA. A randomized trial of open lung protective ventilation compared to conventional mechanical ventilation in deceased organ donors. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025 Apr 03. Gisselbaek M, Berger-Estilita J, Minsart L, Köselerli E, Devos A, Matos FM, Barreto Chang OL, Dieckmann P, Suppan M, Saxena S. Gender Disparities in Artificial Intelligence-Generated Images of Hospital Leadership in the United States. Mayo Clin Proc Digit Health. 2025 Jun; 3(2):100218. Xie J, Gessner D, Ramaswamy P, Tan JM, Guffey P, Gálvez Delgado J, Lonsdale H, Kato M, Taicher BM, Zhang DA, Wecksell M, Asher D, Simpao AF, Wang E, Mudumbai SC, O'Reilly-Shah V. Sharing Anesthetic Records with Patients: An Opportunity to Embrace Transparency. Anesthesiology. 2025 May 01; 142(5):950-951. Moser S, Harmatz P, Rhoads W, Rowe R, Lagler FB. Safety of anesthesia in mucopolysaccharidoses - A comparative retrospective cohort study on more than 600 cases. Mol Genet Metab. 2025 Apr 11; 145(2):109108. Sathe TS, Wang JJ, Wang K, Sorrentino TA, Yap A, Ashraf Ganjouei A, O'Sullivan P, Roll GR, Gandhi S, Lee H, Alseidi A, Surgical Sustainability Working Group. Attitudes toward Sustainability among Surgeons at Ten Academic Hospitals in the United States: Are we Ready, Willing, and Incentivized to Change? Ann Surg. 2025 Apr 11. Legrand M, Ranjan A, Rammohan S, De Backer D, Ostermann M, Gulati A, Vincent JL, Khanna AK. Therapeutic Potential of Centhaquine Citrate, a Selective Alpha-2B Adrenoceptor Agonist, in the Management of Circulatory Shock. Drugs. 2025 Apr 20. A. Fawzy, N.N. Hansel, N. Putcha, A. Gassett, J.D. Kaufman, K. Koehler, L.M. Paulin, C.S. Pirozzi, M. Zusman, N.E. Alexis, I. Barjaktarevic, C. Bosma, M.K. Han, W.W. Labaki, F.J. Martinez, W.K. O'Neal, S.P. Peters, M.-L. Wilgus, P. Woodruff, R.G.G. Barr, C.L. Pistenmaa. Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Exposures, Platelet Activation and Respiratory Morbidity in COPD: The SPIROMICS Air Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2025 May 1; 211(Abstracts):a4241-a4241. C. Hughes, M. Lipnick, G. Leeb, I. Auchus, T. Law, P. Bickler, J. Feiner, E. Behnke, L. Ortiz, D. Chen, F. Negussie, E. Monk, E. Igaga, K. Moore Jr., O. Okunlola, L. Shmuylovich, R. Bisegerwa, R. Vargas Zamora. Pulse Oximeter Performance Across Varied Skin Pigment: A Comparative Analysis of Current and Emerging Regulatory Standards. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2025 May 1; 211(Abstracts):a7174-a7174. Matthay MA, Wick KD, Alipanah-Lechner N. Awake Prone Positioning in COVID-19-Is There a New Standard of Care? JAMA Intern Med. 2025 May 01; 185(5):581-582. O. Farooqui, B. Elicker, T. Henry, L. Hahn, K. Kallianos, M.K. Han, R.G. Barr, A.P. Comellas, J. Bon, C. Onofrei, N.N. Hansel, J.M. Wells, R. Paine, I. Barjaktarevic, P. Woodruff, J.V. Fahy. The Size and Location Features of Mucus Plugs in COPD Differ Depending on the Extent of Emphysema. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2025 May 1; 211(Abstracts):a3365-a3365. S. Cao, S. Guerra, J.G. Zein, S.A. Christenson, M. Castro, L.C. Denlinger, J.V. Fahy, B. Gaston, A. Hastie, E. Israel, B.D. Levy, D. Mauger, S.E. Wenzel, P. Woodruff, D.A. Meyers, E. Bleecker, V.E. Ortega. A Four-gene CC16-associated Transcriptomic Score and Risk for Asthma Exacerbations. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2025 May 1; 211(Abstracts):a2488-a2488. Y. Chou, D. Chen, E. Behnke, L. Ortiz, R. Vargas Zamora, C.M. Hendrickson, T. Law, F. Negussie, P. Bickler, J. Feiner, M.S. Lipnick. Examination of Sex-linked Differences in Resting SpO 2 and SaO 2 in Healthy Adults. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2025 May 1; 211(Abstracts):a1989-a1989. Abbasi B, Frankiewicz M, Hakam N, Faris A, MacCurtain BM, Breyer KEW, Breyer BN. The Impact of Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders on Outcomes of Urological Surgeries. Urol Pract. 2025 May 08; 101097UPJ0000000000000827. Robinson MA, Boscardin C, Van der Schaaf M, Sewell JL, Rosenbluth G. Learning from Reflection on Patient Outcomes Data: How EHR Can Support Trainees in Graduate Medical Education on Inpatient Rotations. Perspect Med Educ. 2025; 14(1):264-273. Legrand M, Jullien E, Kimmoun A, Geri G, Ait-Oufella H, Abrard S, Gaugain S, Bounes F, Guerci P, Pottecher J, Jamme M, Poncelin de Raucourt Y, Barraud D, Constantin JM, Juguet W, Lasocki S, Sonneville R, Audibert J, Plantefève G, Ellrodt O, Fedou AL, Leone M, Lefebvre L, Auvet A, Chen D, Vicaut E, Dépret F, I-MICRO trial investigators. Iloprost for the Treatment of Severe Septic Shock with Persistent Hypoperfusion: A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 May 19. Gandhi S, Wang K, Young C, Clarke AL, Gropper MA, Lakatos K, Lipnick MS, Sasaki Russell J, Prakash A, Gelb AW. Global Survey of Anesthesia Breathing Circuit Reuse: A Neglected Opportunity for U.S. Health Care to Reduce Climate Impact. Anesthesiology. 2025 May 20. Abramovich I, Lee CZ, Bilotta F. Remimazolam in neuroanesthesia. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2025 May 28. Mohammadi L, Navabzadeh M, Jiménez-Téllez N, Han DD, Reagan E, Naughton J, Zhou LY, Almeida R, Castaneda LM, Abdelaal SA, Park KS, Uyemura K, Cheung CP, Onder MN, Goyal N, Rao P, Hellman J, Cheng J, Wu JC, Marcus GM, Springer ML. Association of Endothelial Dysfunction With Chronic Marijuana Smoking and THC-Edible Use. JAMA Cardiol. 2025 May 28. Jianlong Lou, Wei Hua Wen, Fraser Conrad, Christina C. Tam, Consuelo Garcia-Rodriguez, Shauna Farr-Jones, James D. Marks. Single Tri-Epitopic Antibodies (TeAbs) to Botulinum Neurotoxin Serotypes B, E, and F Recapitulate the Full Potency of a Combination of Three Monoclonal Antibodies in Toxin Neutralization. Toxins. 2025 Jun 4; 17(6):281.
Nov 5, 2025 Anesthesia Department Honors Dia de Los Muertos with an Ofrenda Announcement Opportunity and Impact
