In Pursuit of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: September - October, 2024

Three smiling people standing in a red walled stairway
September 26, 2024
By Morgen Ahearn

Appointments

Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD, Incoming Chair, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Committee on Professional Diversity

Karen Fleming, MD. UC Berkeley - UCSF Undergraduate Research Internship (URI) Summer Research Program Co-Associate Director.

Carroll Schreibman, Member, UCSF School of Medicine Chairs and Directors Council on Diversity (CD2).

Awards

Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD. Weill Clinician-Scientist Award, 2024. Understanding and developing tools for the prevention of perioperative neurocognitive disorders.

Odmara Liz Barreto Chang, MD, PhD / Bryan Ramirez, MS3. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Mentoring Grant, 2024. 
Survey of Gaps in Anesthesia Provider Electroencephalogram Education

Odinakachukwu A Ehie MD, FASA / Travia Kayla Dunbar, MS. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Mentoring Grant, 2024. 
Potential Unleashed: The Inclusion Collective Program

Ludwig Lin MD / Mohammed Mushtaq Hakim, MD and Suwayda Ali. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Mentoring Grant, 2024. 
Optimizing the application portfolios of URM medical student applications to Anesthesiology Residency: Mentoring an Anesthesiology trainee and a MS3 in becoming leaders and administrators of this DEI project

Education and Training

August DEI Training – ZSFG – Facilitators: Leah Pimentel, Odi Ehie, Mervyn Maze

September DEI Training – VA – Facilitators: Leah Pimentel, Odi Ehie, 1 more volunteer

Two-part Joint Perioperative Grand Rounds focused on enhancing Teamwork within the Perioperative Environment. August 14, 2024 and September 11, 2024.

Resident DEI Trainings during Anesthesia Education Day

AED #2: CA-2 Structural Racism with Dr. Tsai (Advanced unconscious bias)
8:30am-10:30am, in-person lecture

  • 10/2/24
  • 10/9/24


AED #3: CA-1 Unconscious Bias
8:30-10:30am, zoom lecture

  • 10/30/24 (w/ortho + OHNS residents)


Dani Cambier, MBA, and Adam Jacobson. UCSF DEI Leadership Group Coaching Program.

Book Clubs

Book Club for Arab American Heritage: I Was Their American Dream, by Malaka Gharib. Book provided to department members in April and May, 2024. Book Club in August, 2024

Book Club for Native American Heritage: Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness, by Leigh Joseph. Book provided to department members in August 2024.

Events

URiM Mentor Mentee Mixer at Lucky Strike Bowling. September 25, 2024

Department Co-Sponsored UCSF Latine Physicians Day Reception. October 1, 2024

Honors

Judith Hellman, MD. UCSF CTSI Mentor of the Year Award, 2023-2024. Nominated by Dr. Alex Perez.

Meetings and Presentations

Odi Ehie, MD, FASA, Moderator, Renee Navarro, PharmD, MD, Speaker. National Medical Association (NMA) Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly. SCOTUS Ruling and What it Means.

Odi Ehie, MD, FASA. Invited Lecture and Workshop: Allyship: How to Create a Space of Belonging. International Transformational Learning Conference, University of Siena

Leah Pimentel, MBA. Speaker, Pistahan's Innovation Pavilion. The Evolution of DEI in the Workplace. August 10, 2024. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Meeting, October 2024

SAPP15. Pediatric Anesthesia - Paper Posters (Non-CME)

A2060. Experiences and Expectations of Spanish-Speaking Caregivers in the Pediatric Perioperative Setting
Pedro Gallardo, BA, Odinakachukwu Ehie, MD, FASA.
1Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2Anesthesia and Perioperative Care at Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA, USA.

OR05-1. Clinical Neurosciences I - Oral Presentations (Non-CME)

A1041. Intraoperative Burst Suppression by Analysis of Raw Electroencephalogram is a Strong Predictor of Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults
Niti Pawar, BA, Sara Zhou, BS, Karina Duarte, BS, Amy Wise, BS, Paul S. Garcia, MD, PhD, Matthias Kreuzer, PhD, Odmara L. Barreto Chang, MD, PhD.
1Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA, 3Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA, 4Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, München, Germany.

PN117. The Medical Education Landscape: Legislative Challenges in Achieving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

New Challenges in Medical School Admissions and Residency Selection
Jerolyn Renee Navarro, MD, PharmD.
University California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

PN121. RADAR: ABCs of DEI

Speaker
Odinakachukwu Ehie, MD, FASA.
Anesthesia and Perioperative Care at Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Speaker
Leah Pimentel, MBA.
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

PN134. Mentorship Matters: The Power of Pipelines

ASA Doctors Back to School Program
Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD.
Anesthesiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

SPE09. Best Abstracts

Intraoperative Burst Suppression by Analysis of Raw Electroencephalogram is a Strong Predictor of Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults
Niti Pawar, BA, Sara Zhou, BS, Karina Duarte, BS, Amy Wise, BS, Paul S. Garcia, MD, PhD, Matthias Kreuzer, PhD, Odmara L. Barreto Chang, MD, PhD.
1Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA, 3Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA, 4Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, München, Germany.

OR18-1. Geriatric Anesthesia - Oral Presentations (Non-CME)

A1201. Preoperative Remote Cognitive Assessment for Delirium Prediction: A Pilot Study
Sara Zhou, BA, Anika Sinha, BA, Amy B. Wise, BA, Sreya Dhanam, BS, Kaylee Hernandez, BA, Adam L. Boxer, MD, Adam M. Staffaroni, PhD, Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD.
1Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

PN402. Delirium Pathophysiology and Risk Factors Across the Perioperative Journey

Remote Cognitive Assessment Tools for Delirium Risk
Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD.
Anesthesiology, University of California-San Francisco, CA, USA.

ST403. Geriatric Anesthesia: Beyond Brain Health and Frailty

Introduction
Marek Brzezinski, MD, PhD.
UCSF, CA, USA.

Mentorship and Pipeline

UCSF Bays Mentorship Program. Irfan Kathiriya, MD, PhD, Mentor.

ASA Doctors Back to School Program
Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD.

Publications

Tang J, Chen R, Hill Weller L, Boscardin C, Ehie O. An interactive allyship and privilege workshop for trainees in medicine. MedEdPORTAL. 2024;20:11426. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11426

Soriano L, Rollins MD, Barreto-Chang O. Case Report of Hyponatremic Seizures in a Term Neonate Attributed to Excessive Maternal Coconut Water Ingestion During Labor. AA Pract. 2024 Jul 8;18(7):e01815.

Gisselbaek M, Marsh B, Soriano L, Jackman S, Seidel L, Albert A, Matot I, Coppens S, Narouze S, Barreto Chang OL, Saxena S. Gender and Race/Ethnicity dynamics in anesthesiology mentorship: results of a European survey. BMC Anesthesiol. 2024 Sep 06; 24(1):311. PMID: 39242999

Gisselbaek M, Köselerli E, Suppan M, Minsart L, Meco BC, Seidel L, Albert A, Barreto Chang OL, Berger-Estilita J, Saxena S. Gender bias in images of anaesthesiologists generated by artificial intelligence. Br J Anaesth. 2024 Sep; 133(3):692-695. PMID: 38942642.