Department Honors, Awards, Appointments, and Publications - November 2025

Appointments

Kristine Breyer, MD. Inaugural Medical Director, Patient Safety for Peri-Procedural and Critical Care, UCSF Health

Events

Second Annual State of the Department Presentation

Communications Team Volunteer Day with the Sutro Stewards. The team helped plant 115 native plants in the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve.

Honors

AIT and Comms teams. Best of District VII Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Award, for the new Anesthesia website.

Publications

Alipanah-Lechner N, Neyton L, Sinha P, Leroux C, Bardillon K, Carrillo SA, Chak S, Chao O, Hariharan T, Henrickson C, Kangelaris K, Langelier CR, Lee D, Lin C, Liu K, Magee L, Ringor A, Sarma A, Schmiege E, Spottiswoode N, Sullivan K, Weingart MF, Willmore A, Zhuo H, Rogers AJ, Stringer KA, Matthay MA, Calfee CS. Longitudinal multi-omic signatures of ARDS and sepsis inflammatory phenotypes identify key pathways associated with mortality. medRxiv. 2025 Sep 10. 

Ciampi de Andrade D, Shirvalkar P. The future of pain research: neuromodulation and surgery. Pain. 2025;166(11S):S116-S120. 

Cortez AR, Brian R, Lam J, Boscardin C, Wilson M, Papageorge C, Wisel SA, Diwan T, Syed SM. Development and Validity of a Novel Transplant Operative Assessment Tool. Transplant Direct. 2025;11(11):e1869. 

Cu CW, Dundas NE, Heintz T, Sheikh ZA, Alonso-Bermudez B, Walker J, Wooten A, Badathala A, Chapman A, Ehie O, Raghunathan K, Mills H, Espejo E, Boscardin J, Wallace AW, Cobert J. Validity of two subjective skin tone scales and its implications on healthcare model fairness. NPJ Digit Med. 2025;8(1):595. 

Dépret F, Chen D, Legrand M. Reply to Yang and Chu: Methodological Considerations in the Iloprost for Septic Shock Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Oct 06. 

Elmankabadi S, Dove J, Behnke E, Chou YC, Ortiz L, Leeb G, Auchus I, Chen D, Feiner J, Law TJ, Bickler PE, Hashi S, Zamora RV, Negussie F, Bisegerwa R, Bernstein M, Lipnick MS. Comparing pulse oximeter performance using a common functional tester versus controlled desaturation studies on healthy participants. J Clin Monit Comput. 2025 Nov 14. 

Freedman BL, Velury D, Wang L, Burrows A, Miller C, Simsolo E, Firely C, Koethe B, Rastegar H, Maron BJ, Maron MS, Rowin EJ, Madias C. Electrocardiographic features of left bundle branch block after septal myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Heart Rhythm. 2025 Sep 06.

Hota SK, Rao KS, Blair AP, Khalilimeybodi A, Hu KM, Thomas R, So K, Kameswaran V, Xu J, Polacco BJ, Desai RV, Chatterjee N, Hsu A, Muncie JM, Blotnick AM, Winchester SAB, Weinberger LS, Hüttenhain R, Kathiriya IS, Krogan NJ, Saucerman JJ, Bruneau BG. Author Correction: Brahma safeguards canalization of cardiac mesoderm differentiation. Nature. 2025 Nov 18. 

Kox M, Bauer M, Bos LDJ, Bouma H, Calandra T, Calfee CS, Chousterman BG, Derde LPG, Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ, Gómez H, Netea MG, Ostermann M, van der Poll T, Scicluna BP, Seymour C, Shankar-Hari M, Shapiro N, Singer M, Venet F, Vlaar APJ, van Vught LA, Weis S, Joost Wiersinga W, Pickkers P. The immunology of sepsis: translating new insights into clinical practice. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2025 Sep 24.

LaFlam TN, Billesbølle CB, Dinh T, Wolfreys FD, Lu E, Matteson T, An J, Xu Y, Singhal A, Brandes N, Ntranos V, Manglik A, Cyster JG, Ye CJ. Phenotypic pleiotropy of missense variants in human B cell confinement receptor P2RY8. Cell Genom. 2025;5(11):100981. 

Lai IK, Valdearcos M, Morioka K, Saxena S, Feng X, Li R, Uchida Y, Lijun A, Li W, Pan J, Koliwad S, Marcucio R, Wulff H, Maze M. Corrigendum to 'Blocking Kv1.3 potassium channels prevents postoperative neuroinflammation and cognitive decline without impairing wound healing in mice' (Br J Anaesth 2020; 125: 298-307). Br J Anaesth. 2025 Oct 07. 

Layne JE, Snapper DM, Czachor ME, Lam C, Matityahu JD, Lind DRG, Huard M, Huard J, Morioka K, Motzkin JC, Basbaum AI, Weinrich JAP, Bahney CS. Deep behavioral phenotyping tracks functional recovery following tibia fracture in mice. Front Physiol. 2025;16:1630155. 

Legrand M, Pirracchio R. Beyond statistical heterogeneity: physiological individualization in septic shock resuscitation. Authors' Reply. Intensive Care Med. 2025 Nov 03. 

Legrand M, Saugel B, Joosten A. Preventing Hypotension during Induction of General Anesthesia: Is Preemptive Norepinephrine the Answer? Anesthesiology. 2025;143(5):1139-1141. 

Lipnick MS, Chen D, Law T, Moore K, Lester JC, Monk EP, Hendrickson CM, Chou Y, Hughes C, Behnke E, Elmankabadi S, Ortiz L, Negussie F, Leeb G, Ehie O, Auchus I, Igaga EN, Bisegerwa R, Okunlola O, Bickler P, Feiner J, Shmuylovich L. Comparison of methods for characterizing skin pigment diversity in research cohorts. Br J Dermatol. 2025 Oct 10. 

Liu KD, Siew ED, Tuot DS, Vijayan A, Matzumura Umemoto G, Birkelo BC, Lee BJ, Kwong YD, McCoy IE, Delucchi K, Zhuo H, Hsu C. A Conservative Dialysis Strategy and Kidney Function Recovery in Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury: The Liberation From Acute Dialysis (LIBERATE-D) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2025 Nov 07. 

Maruyama D, Doan TNM, Tian X, Chaki T, Yeh JJ, Layden BT, Prakash A. Gut Microbiota-Derived Lipopolysaccharides and Short-Chain Fatty Acids Regulate Immune Responses via FFAR2/FFAR3 in Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2025 Oct 01. 

Matthay MA, Sarma A, Alipanah-Lechner N, Zhuo H. Reply to Zhou and Yang: Biological Heterogeneity and Biomarker-driven Personalization: Advancing MSC Therapy for ARDS. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Oct 15. 

Mayerhöfer T, Legrand M, Darmon M, Joannidis M. Kidney-organ interactions: recent advances and clinical implications. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2025;31(6):646-653. 

Monteiro AC, Bartek B, Tripathi S, Calfee CS, Matthay MA, Sinha P. Short Stature Is an Independent Risk Factor for Ventilatory Inefficiency and Higher Mortality in ARDS. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Sep 30. 

Nguyen CP, Nguyen HN, Tabbutt S, Sano S, Cocalis M, Nguyen H, Busch H, Dobrzycka A, Jenkins KJ, Gauvreau K, Nguyen Duc HL, Ly Thinh TN. Development of a High-Performing Congenital Heart Program in Vietnam. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2025 Nov 11. 

Padilla A, Stockinger J, Zanolli NC, Hurwitz R, Ende HB, Butwick AJ, Warrick CM, Hess PE, Mathis M, Fuller M, Habib AS. Mode of Anesthesia for Patients with Placenta Accreta Spectrum undergoing Cesarean Hysterectomy: A Report from the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group Database. Anesthesiology. 2025 Oct 06. 

Pirracchio R, Fong N, Legrand M. Heterogeneity in the response to a high vs low mean arterial pressure target in patients with septic shock a post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Intensive Care Med. 2025;51(10):1775-1783. 

Saal J, Kadlec K, Allawala AB, Johnston L, Leriche RB, Vatsyayan R, Han Y, Kist A, Di Ianni T, Dawes HE, Chang EF, Lee AM, Krystal AD, Moussawi K, Shirvalkar P, Sellers KK. Towards individualized deep brain stimulation: A stereoencephalography-based workflow for unbiased neurostimulation target identification. bioRxiv. 2025 Aug 22. 

Sarma A, Christenson SA, Zha BS, Pisco AO, Neyton LPA, Mick E, Sinha PS, Wilson JG, Moazed F, Leligdowicz A, Maddali MV, Siegel ER, Lyon ZM, Carillo Haller S, Zhuo H, Jauregui A, Ghale R, Caldera S, Serpa PH, Deiss T, Love C, Byrne A, Kalantar KL, DeRisi JL, Erle DJ, Krummel MF, Kangelaris KN, Hendrickson CM, Woodruff PG, Matthay MA, Bos LDJ, Langelier CR, Calfee CS. ARDS Molecular Phenotypes Have Distinct Lower Respiratory Tract Transcriptomes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Sep 25. 

Shalabi L, Ibrahim A, Ramadan S, Zreigh S, Shalabi S, Rifai M, Awad AA, Ahmed AM, Legrand M, Meyer D. Intravenous ferric carboxymaltose for iron deficiency in heart failure patients: A meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis. Eur J Pharmacol. 2025;1008:178314. 

Shalabi L, Ibrahim A, Zreigh S, Tawfik AM, Shalabi S, Rifai M, Legrand M. Efficacy and safety of prothrombin complex concentrate versus frozen plasma in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis. Br J Anaesth. 2025;135(5):1359-1362. 

Stosic MD, Ruben MA, Weaver AE, Blanch-Hartigan D, Sanders JJ, Schwartz R, Jeong S, Lam RX, Hall JA, Duong F, Meyer EC, Waisel D, Blum RH. What Is Clinical Empathy in Anesthesiology? Perspectives From Practicing Anesthesiologists. A A Pract. 2025;19(9):e02045. 

Wadhwa M, Chinn GA, Duong K, Sasaki Russell J, Hellman J, Sall JW. Sexually Dimorphic Effects of a Single Neonatal Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol Exposure on Neuronal Dendritic Morphology and Cognitive Functions in Rats. Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2025 Oct 20. 

Waterford SD, Whitlock EL, Ad N. Mind Over Heart: Is Cognitive Decline After Cardiac Surgery Real?. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Nov 06. 

Weinrich JAP, Liu CD, Jewell ME, Andolina CR, Bernstein MX, Benitez J, Rodriguez-Rosado S, Braz JM, Maze M, Nemenov MI, Basbaum AI. Paradoxical increases in anterior cingulate cortex activity during nitrous oxide-induced analgesia reveal a signature of pain affect. Pain. 2025;166(11):2576-2587. 

Woolley K, Wang K, Niknam K, Wague A, Marino M, Feeley BT, Ma CB, Eckelman MJ, Gandhi S, Lansdown D. The Environmental Impact of Short-Stay Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. JB JS Open Access. 2025;10(4). 

Wray CL, Scovotti JC, Tobis J, Honda HM, Planinsic R, Walia A, Findlay J, Wagener G, Cywinski JB, Olmos A, Markovic D, Hughes C, Humar A, Sierra-Anderson R, Farmer DG, Le DQ, Steadman RH. Long-Term Survival in Liver Transplant Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Multi-Institutional Study. JACC Adv. 2025;4(12 Pt 2):102299. 

Xiao AX, Chen B, Chiong C, Lee NH, Immerman I, Kinjo S. Digital Doses: Virtual Reality Use for Perioperative Pain and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Hand Surgery. J Hand Surg Glob Online. 2025;7(6):100830. 

Yap EN, Cumpstey AF. Perioperative cardiac arrest: a rare event worth measuring. Br J Anaesth. 2025 Sep 22.

Yap EN, Wei J, Darling C, Linehan E, Behrends M, Ng KP. Erector Spinae Plane versus Pectoralis Nerve Block for Mastectomy in Cancer Patients: A Retrospective, Multicenter Cohort Study. J Pain Res. 2025;18:4775-4785. 

Zarbock A, Legrand M. How to prevent acute kidney injury postoperatively?. Intensive Care Med. 2025 Nov 03. 

Zarbock A, Vincent J, De Backer D, Bellomo R, Legrand M, Khanna AK, Ostermann M, Kotfis K, Filippo A, Wieruszewski PM, Leone M, Girardis M, Ferrer R, Kotani Y, Pickkers P, De Pascale G, Tissieres P, Landoni G. The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Cardiac Surgery and Angiotensin II Therapy for Vasoplegia. Anesth Analg. 2025 Oct 01. 

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