In Pursuit of Our PRIDE Values - February 2025

Appointments

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

Events

Black History Month Panel Discussion: Intersectionality and Health Equity in the Black Community. Panelists: Renee Navarro, MD, PharmD, vice chancellor of Diversity and Outreach and Jonathan Butler, PhD, associate director of BHI, Family Community Medicine. Moderator: Carroll Schreibman, associate chair of Finance and Administration, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care. February 19, 2025.

Department members attended the UCSF Black Caucus Gala. February 22, 2025.

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Mentorship and Pipeline Programs

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.