UC San Francisco is driven by the idea that when the best research, the best education and the best patient care converge, great breakthroughs are achieved. In pursuit of this integrated excellence, faculty and trainees from the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care participated in the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) annual meeting this May, in Montreal, Canada. Please see below for a sample of contributions by UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care members.
Poster Sessions
Kerstin Kolodzie, Eshandeep S. Boparai, Ozlem S. Cakmakkaya, Mehdi Tavakol, John Feiner, Claus U. Niemann. The Effect of Perioperative Use of Normal Saline Solution as Compared to Balanced Crystalloids on Graft Function in Patients Undergoing Living Donor Kidney Transplantation – a Cohort Study.
Odmara Barreto Chang, Frances Zorensky, Leah Campbell, Philip Bickler. Differential Effects of Hypoxia on Cognitive Function Domains at Sea Level and High Altitude
Jonathan Kim, Genevieve Manahan, Christine Choi, Kashif Khan. The Other Negative Pressure Cavity: A Rare Case of an Epidural-Induced Pleural Effusion.
Panel Discussions
SmartTots Panel
Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity: A Conundrum for Clinicians
Moderated by Lena Sun, MD, MPH, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Clinical Studies: Do We have an Answer?
Mary McCann, MD, MPH, Harvard Medical School
Preclinical Studies: Are These Models Reliable?
Jeffrey Sall, PhD, MD, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Can We Tie the Preclinical Data to Clinical Data?
Lena Sun, MD, MPH, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Innovative Session
Exploring Healthcare Disparities in Perioperative Medicine: Why Do We Care?
Moderated by Helen H Lee, MD, MPH, University of Illinois College of Medicine
Exploring Healthcare Disparities in Perioperative Medicine: Why Do We Care?
Nathalia Jimenez, MD, MPH, Seattle Children’s Hospital; Michael H. Andreae, MD, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center; J. Renee Navarro, PharmD, MD, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine; Erika Blacksher, PhD, University of Washington; Amos Jones, Esq. Doctor of Laws, Hepatitis Foundation International; Jay S Kaufman, PhD, McGill University