Recent Department Honors, Awards and Appointments

Looking west from the UCSF Parnassus Campus, toward downtown San Francisco

We're pleased to share some of the recent honors, awards, publications and appointments by our department members, for March and April, 2024.

Meetings and Presentations

Carolyn Calfee. C.R. Stephen Lecture. Association of University Anesthesiologists’ Meeting. March 22, 2024. https://auahq.org/current-aua-meeting/

 

Julie Collins, Abigail Howard, Dieter Adelmann, Michael Bokoch, Pedram Aleshi. Surgeon-performed versus anesthesiologist-performed transversus abdominis plane blocks and post-operative opioid use after laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. ASRA 49th Annual Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting. https://x.com/SakuraKinjo/status/1771604930505101776?s=20

 

Irfan Kathiriya. Visiting Professor, Toronto Sick Children’s. https://x.com/DrSCBrown/status/1766103067882058189?s=20

 

Ludwig Lin. Programming Co-Chair, California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA) 2025 Annual Meeting. https://x.com/LudwigLin/status/1772793036184903825?s=20

 

Chanhung Lee. Neuroscience: International Accreditation of Neuroanaesthesia Fellowships: Trials, Tribulations, Triumphs. World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA), March 2024. https://x.com/ICPNT/status/1764854511817138183?s=20

 

Alexander Linden Clarke, Kaiyi Wang, Charlotte Young, Michael Gropper, Michael Lipnick, Patience Atumanya, Adrian Gelb, Seema Gandhi. A Survey of Global Anaesthesia Breathing Circuit Reuse: An Opportunity for Reducing Climate Impact. Prize Winning Poster at the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA), March 2024. https://x.com/UCSFAnesthesia/status/1765057891462185394?s=20

 

Errol Lobo. Panelist, UCSF Chancellor’s Leadership Forum on Diversity and Inclusion. March 2024.

 

Leah Pimentel. Panelist. Do Ethnic Studies and Social Justice Grads Get Jobs? Yes! Solano Community College. February 2024. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7166950313680199680?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7166950313680199680%29

 

Romain Pirracchio. Speaker. Clinical AI; What We Need from You to Make this Revolution a Reality. UC Berkeley Center for Targeted Machine Learning and Causal Inference (CTML) Seminar Series. https://ctml.berkeley.edu/weekly-ctmlbiostat-research-seminars-series

 

Elizabeth Whitlock. Oh the Failures You’ll Fail. Some Stories Behind a Success. UCSF C-SHORE Lecture. https://surgeryresearch.ucsf.edu/news-events/c-shore.aspx

Honors

Leah Pimentel. Joined Mayor London Breed for a Special Commissioner Photo for International Women’s Day. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7178536321148153856?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7178536321148153856%29

Awards

Roland Bainton, et al. UCSF Center for Research in Transfusion Medicine (CTMCT) Award. “The Platelet Function, Transcriptome, and Proteome in Platelet-Rich Plasma for Intra-Articular Therapy in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Pilot Characterization of Platelet Biology for Advancing Regenerative Transfusion Medicine. https://x.com/UCSFSurgery/status/1767998936130924890?s=20

 

UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Academy Innovations Funding:

 

Customized Research Education for Surgeons and Anesthesiologists Advancing Perioperative Health Equity in Resource-Limited Settings 

Principal Investigators: Lia Jacobson, MD and Rachel Schwartz, PhD, working with Sriranjani Padmanabhan, MD; Michael Lipnick, MD; Doruk Ozgediz, MD; Patti Orozco, MPA; and Zayna Tommalieh, MS. 

Co-sponsored by the Roger Boles, MD Academy Chair in Otolaryngology Education, held by Anna Meyer, MD. 

 

Development of a Digital Educational Toolkit on Healthcare Sustainability 

Principal Investigators: Seema Gandhi, MD; Garrett Roll, MD; and Hemra Cil, MD, working with Kaiyi Wang, MS; Jennifer Sasaki Russell, PhD; and Christy Boscardin, PhD

Co-sponsored with additional support from the Center for Healthcare Value and the Sol Shnider Endowed Chair for Anesthesia Education, held by Kristine Breyer, MD

 

Exploring the Impact and Value of Early Medical Students’ Improvement Projects: An Interview Study of Health System Leaders 

Principal Investigator: Rachel Schwartz, PhD, working with Bryn Boslett, MD; Edgar Pierluissi, MD; Kristin Casey Callaghan, MA; Lei Choi, MD; Anna Chang, MD; and Bridget O'Brien, PhD, MS. 

Co-sponsored by the Office of Medical Education. 

 

Who Decides?: Building Inclusive Competencies in Graduate Medical Global Health Training 

Principal Investigator: Carmen Cobb, MD, working with Rebecca Silvers, PNP, MSN; Stephanie Ross, MD; Omid Shah, MD; and Christy Boscardin, PhD

Co-sponsored with additional support from the Abraham Rudolph Chair in Pediatric Education, held by Mindy Ju, MD; the Academy Chair in Pediatric Education, held by Laura Rubinos, MD; and the Gold-headed Cane Endowed Education Chair in Internal Medicine, held by Cindy Lai, MD.

 

In the News

Odmara L. Barreto Chang, Niti Pawar, Elizabeth L. Whitlock, Bruce Miller, Katherine L. Possin. Gaps in cognitive care among older patients undergoing spine surgery. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Feb 26. Featured in McKnights Clinical Daily News. https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.18843#xd_co_f=Nzg3ODA0NzEtODAyNi00ODc3LTk5OTUtZTAwNjk0NDI0NzAx~

https://www.mcknights.com/news/clinical-news/many-older-adults-miss-out-on-delirium-prevention-measures-before-surgery-study/

 

Publications

Odmara Barreto Chang, Niti Pawar. A summary of DEI anesthesia and health sciences-related pipeline initiatives in the U.S. AUA Newsletter. Spring 2024. https://auahq.org/newsletter/a-summary-of-dei-anesthesia-and-health-sciences-related-pipeline-initiatives-in-the-u-s-2024-spring-issue/

 

Rebecca P. Chen, Janette Tang, LaMisha N. Hill Weller, Christy K. Boscardin, and Odinakachukwu A. Ehie. The Impact of an Interactive Unconscious Bias Training on Perioperative Learners. J Educ Perioper Med. 2024 Jan-Mar; 26(1): E721. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10954045/

 

Ludwig Lin. Section Editor for Science and Technology. CSA Vital Times Newsletter. Issue includes an update on our Residency Program by Kristina Sulllivan. https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=70402&i=816716&p=70&ver=html5

 

Tyler Law, Michael Lipnick, Wayne Morriss, Adrian Gelb, Jannicke Mellin-Olsen, Daniela Filipescu, Jackie Rowles, Pascal Rod, Fauzia Khan, Patrica Yazbeck, Eugene Zoumenou, Pedro Ibarra, Kumudini Ranatunga, Fred Bulamba; Collaborators. The Global Anesthesia Workforce Survey: Updates and Trends in the Anesthesia Workforce. Anesth Analg. 2024 Mar 12. https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/fulltext/9900/the_global_anesthesia_workforce_survey__updates.788.aspx

 

Matthieu Legrand, Sean M. Bagshaw, Pavan K. Bhatraju, Azra Bihorac, Ellen Caniglia, Ashish K. Khanna, John A. Kellum, Jay Koyner, Michael O. Harhay, Fernando G. Zampieri, Alexander Zarbock, Kevin Chung, Kathleen Liu, Ravindra Mehta, Peter Pickkers, Abigail Ryan, Juliane Bernholz, Laura Dember, Martin Gallagher, Patrick Rossignol, and Marlies Ostermann. Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: recent advances in enrichment strategies, sub-phenotyping and clinical trials. Crit Care. 2024; 28: 92. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10958912/

Videos

Odi Ehie. Microaggressions Basics. UCSF School of Medicine Medical Education CFE3 Video Series. https://meded.ucsf.edu/cfe3-microaggressions-basics

 

Carroll Schreibman. Featured in Blend organization video. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joinblend_joinblend-activity-7175853531168428032-guRo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

 

Appointments

Matt Aldrich, MD, Appointed Senior Physician Executive of UCSF Health Capacity and Throughput

Marla Ferschl, MD, Appointed Executive Vice Chair for Pediatric Anesthesia and Division Chief for Pediatric Anesthesia and Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco. https://anesthesia.ucsf.edu/news/marla-ferschl-md-appointed-executive-vi...