In Support of Our Community - March 2025

Man in scrubs standing in a clinical space and interacting with medical equipment.
March 31, 2025
By Morgen Ahearn

Events

ZSFG Anesthesia Techs’ Day Celebration – March 27

Doctors’ Day and UCSF Health Anesthesia Techs’ Day Celebration – March 31

Meetings and Presentations

International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) – Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) Annual Meeting

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MS. Moderator. Ticketed Pre-Meeting Conference: International Clinical Trials: Trial Connection & Mentorship Session.

Friday, March 21, 2025

Rachel Schwartz, PhD. Poster Session A. Supporting the Unique Challenges of Anesthesiologist Physician-Scientists: Mentoring Strategies & Structural Innovations.

Albert Yen, MD. Striving for Sustainable Practice Models in Critical Care. Doomscrolling the Literature: The Science of Shiftwork, Burnout, and the Relational Impact of ICU Work.

Odi Ehie, MD, Nicholas Fong, MD, Matthew Wixon, MD, Travis Reece-Nguyen, MD, MPH, Leah Pimentel, MBA. e-Poster Session. Building Bridges: Evaluating the Impact of an Allyship Workshop on Leadership in Anesthesia.

Jina Sinskey, MD, Rachel Schwartz, PhD. e-Poster Session. Improving the Well-being and Retention of Biomedical Research Trainees: Insights from T32 Program Leadership.

Tyler Law, MD. Speaker. A&A Editorial Awards. The Global Anesthesia Workforce Survey: Updates and Trends in the Anesthesia Workforce.

Michael Gropper, MD, PhD. Ticketed Networking Event: Scholars' Day Mentor/Mentee Reception.

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MS. Speaker. Ticketed Event: Scholars' Day Panel: The Nuts and Bolts of Starting a Research Program – Lessons from Across the Continuum.

Anne Donovan, MD. Poster Session C. The LAADIES Project: Career Advancement for Women Faculty Members in Academic Anesthesiology.

Roshan Nayak, MD. Poster Session C. Association between place of service, anesthesia care, and complications among Medicare Advantage and commercially insured beneficiaries undergoing cataract surgery.

Elizabeth Whitlock, MD, MS. Speaker. Ticketed Workshop: Writing Your Manuscript for A&A: What Do Our Editors Expect?

Sunday, March 23, 2025

Nicholas Fong, MD. Kosaka Best Abstracts Session. Trends in Volatile Anesthetic Use and its Effect on Global Warming Potential: A Multicenter Observational Analysis between 2018 and 2023.

Sakura Kinjo, MD. Speaker. Ticketed PBLD: Perioperative Pain Management for the Patient with Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Taylor Hall. Poster Session E. Association Between Social Vulnerability Index and Receipt of Cataract Surgery in Medicare Beneficiaries.

Rachel Schwartz, PhD. Poster Session E. The Painpoint Elimination Bringing Better Longitudinal Engagement & Satisfaction (PEBBLES) PROJECT: An institutional approach to enhance clinician agency and well-being.

Nicholas Mendez, MD. Poster Session E. Supporting Anesthesiologist Well-Being through Two-Way Communication and Stakeholder Engagement.

Mentorship and Pipeline

Leah Pimentel, MBA. SF Business Times Mentor Monday. March 2025.

Publications

Joo H, Avelino-Silva TJ, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Lee SJ, Whitlock EL. Delirium risk profiles in a population-based study of United States older adults undergoing common noncardiac surgeries.J Am Geriatr Soc.2025 Mar;73(3):867-873.

Lipnick MS,Chen D, Law T, Moore K Jr, 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. medRxiv [Preprint].2025 Feb 25:2025.02.21.25322707.

Stockert E, Siadat S, Bateman BT, Martinez E, Butwick AJ, Leonard SA. Trends in Neuraxial Labor Analgesia Utilization by Race and Ethnicity among Nulliparous Individuals Undergoing Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery, United States, 2007 to 2022. Anesthesiology. 2025 Feb 1;142(2):409-411.