Congratulations to all who had articles published in July! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Boezaart, Chuba, Gravenstein, Haas, Khan, Martynyuk, Maybauer, Reina, Spiess, and Vasilopoulos. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia Stukov Y, Aladaileh M, Rackauskas M, Maybauer MO. ProtekDuo Cannulation via Right External Jugular Vein: A First in Man…
Stories from over 50 years of exceptional experiences as an anesthesiologist are not often shared widely. This year, however, André P. Boezaart, M.D., Ph.D., FASRA, emeritus professor with the University of Florida (UF) Department of Anesthesiology, received the 2026 Gaston Labat Award from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and…
Congratulations to all who had articles published in June! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Bashir, Garvan, Urdaneta, Vasilopoulos, and White. Anesthesia and Analgesia Bashir AH. A new study partner: leveraging artificial intelligence for the Anesthesiology APPLIED Exam. Anesth Analg. Published online June 15, 2026. doi:10.1213/ANE.0000000000008159 Birth Oli C, Rhomberg…
The UF Department of Anesthesiology was well represented at the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists (FSA) Annual Meeting, held June 12-14th at the Breakers in West Palm Beach, FL. Over 40 of our department members, including faculty, residents, and fellows, played an active role in making the meeting a success…
Congratulations to all who had articles published in May! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Bashir, Berkow, Brennan, Kumar, Maybauer, Mora, Przkora, Smith, and Vasilopoulos. A&A Practice Krogman H, Goordeen A, Mora JC. Comparative Outcomes of Lateral and Posterior Approaches to Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion in a Single…
A recent study published by researchers at the University of Florida reports that bilateral orthotopic lung transplantation (BOLT) was a life‑saving treatment for patients with end‑stage pulmonary disease caused by COVID‑19, even when those patients required prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. The article, “Clinical Characteristics and Postoperative Outcomes…
Congratulations to all who had articles published in April! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Bashir, Beltran, Boezaart, Chapin, Chembrovich, Garvin, Gravenstein, Haas, Ihnatsenka, Jimenez Ruiz, Lampotang, Luria, Martin, Maybauer, Przkora, Reina, Robicsek, Samouce, Schutte, Shah, Slowey, Walker, Wendling, and Zasimovich. A&A Practice Chan K, Ali S, Bashir A.
Congratulations to all who had articles published in March! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Boezaart, Bose, Brennan, Endredi, Jones, Lampotang, Peng, Price, Reina, Samouce, Shah, Soberón, Vasilopoulos, and Venkatachalam. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science Gandhi J, Shah V, Pandya R, Shah M, McClements DJ, Shah DO.
The University of Florida (UF) Department of Anesthesiology’s Center for Safety, Simulation & Advanced Learning Technologies (CSSALT) moved from the Harrell Medical Education Building to room CG-15 on the ground floor of the Communicore Building, bringing the lab closer to the department and making its training, simulation, and…
The University of Florida (UF) Department of Anesthesiology held its Celebration of Research on March 5. Department members gathered to view over 40 posters and listen to a handful of oral presentations as well as a special keynote address. This annual event is an opportunity for department members to…
Congratulations to all who had articles published in February! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Boezaart, Chapin, Davies, Downs, Fahy, Garvan, Heidi Goldstein, and Reina. British Journal of Anaesthesia De Cassai A, Dost B, Augoustides JG…Goldstein HV…et al. Responsible Use of Large Language Models in Manuscript Authorship, Peer Review,…
The 2026 University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology Celebration of Research will be held on Thursday, March 5. This annual event highlights the broad spectrum of research within the department, including basic science, case reports, quality improvement, clinical trials, and education. Over the last year, a number of department members…
The University of Florida (UF) Department of Anesthesiology was well represented at the 16th annual UF College of Medicine (COM) Celebration of Research with 30 posters. The two-day celebration culminated at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center on February 10 with a poster session. The event took place in three parts.
Congratulations to all who had articles published in January! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Andoniadis, Boezaart, Euliano, Fahy, Frantz, Garvan, Lopez, Maybauer, Przkora, Reina, Smith, Vasilopoulos, Wendling, and Wenzel. American Journal of Infection Control Vasilopoulos T, Smith CR, Frantz AM, LeMaster T, Martinez RA, Gunnett AM, Fahy BG.
New research to support better outcomes after heart bypass surgery has been released by a team of researchers from the UF Departments of Anesthesiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery. Using clinical data from UF Health Shands Hospital, the team developed a preliminary prediction model to identify modifiable factors associated with patients requiring…
Congratulations to all who had articles published in December! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Fahy, Maybauer, Nin, Parker, Przkora, Sappenfield, Shah, Smith, Tighe, and Wenzel. American Journal of Veterinary Research Davey EL, Gabaldon C, Reynolds PS, et al. Diaphragmotomy Enhances Caudal Liver Displacement and Hilus Visualization in Canine…
Congratulations to all who had articles published in November! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Garvan, Haas, Meroney, Przkora, Shah, Spiess, and Wenzel. ACS Applied Bio Materials Maulvi FA, Mahala SM, Shetty KH, Sahu A, Patel AR, Desai DT, Shah DO, Willcox MDP. Engineering mixed micelle-loaded contact lenses for…
Karisa Walker, M.D., M.Ed., associate professor of anesthesiology, is the lead author on a recently published research report in Pediatric Anesthesia examining the prevalence of sexual harassment (SH) among pediatric anesthesiology fellowship program directors, associate program directors, and fellows. Her paper, “Harassment and Burnout in Academic…
Congratulations to all who had articles published in *October! Our faculty with publications were Drs. AbuRahma, Bose, Fahy, Goldstein, Maybauer, Peng, Rawal, Sappenfield, Sibille, and Vasilopoulos. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia van Nispen J, Bradley G, Rackauskas M, Rawal SB, Mulvoy W, Maybauer MO. Venoarterial Extracorporeal Life Support in Circulatory…
The University of Florida (UF) Department of Anesthesiology recently launched a research administration internship program for recent graduates interested in the administrative processes that support research initiatives. Interns learn about research compliance, grants and awards, project finances, and more. Martin Noguera, M.S., CRA, CPRA, assistant director of research administration, leads…
University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology members attended this year’s American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) annual meeting with faculty, staff, fellows, and residents sharing more than 25 posters and participating in numerous sessions, discussions, and panels. Held in San Antonio, Texas, from October 10-14, 2025, the ASA conference provided an…
Congratulations to all who had articles published in September! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Beltran, Brennan, Chapin, Davies, Feldheim, Garvan, Gravenstein, Janelle, Lampotang, Martynyuk, Morey, Pitkin, Price, Samouce, Sullivan, Tighe, and Walker. Advances in Anesthesia Feldheim TV, Brennan M, Tighe P. The Current Use of Artificial…
Anesthesia & Analgesia recently published a letter to the editor co-authored by UF Department of Anesthesiology members Abigail Schirmer, M.D., Olga Nin, M.D., Laurie Davies, M.D., Joseph AbuRahma, M.D., and Lauren Berkow, M.D. Nina Sharifi, B.S., a medical student in the College of Medicine, was also…
The University of Florida (UF) Department of Anesthesiology leadership team has named three new clinical directors of research. Congratulations to Sebastián Gatica-Morris, M.D., T. Everett Jones, M.D., and Gevalin Srisooksai, M.D., on their appointments. Gatica-Morris will serve as the clinical director of research for the Division of Neuroanesthesiology. He joined…
Congratulations to all who had articles published in August! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Beltran, Boezaart, Gravenstein, Lampotang, Pitkin, Reina, Samouce, Shah, Sullivan, Trippensee, and Wardhan. Annals of Thoracic Surgery Bleiweis MS, Philip J, Fudge JC, Beltran SC, Sullivan KJ, Narasimhulu SS, Pitkin AD, Gupta D, Bilgili A, Brinkley…
Congratulations to Asad Bashir, M.D., Zeeshan Khan, Ph.D., and Kelena Klippel, M.S., who received 2025 I. Heermann Anesthesia Foundation (IHAF) Education Awards. Faculty members Prodip Bose, M.D., Ph.D., Nikolaus Gravenstein, M.D., Ryan Parker, M.D., and Anatoly E. Martynyuk, Ph.D. are co-investigators and mentors on these projects. The IHAF encourages…
Congratulations to all who had articles or book chapters published in July! Our faculty with publications were Drs. AbuRahma, Berkow, Davies, Edwards, Fahy, Garvan, Jimenez, Jones, Kumar, Maybauer, Meroney, Mora, Nin, Przkora, and Vasilopoulos. Annals of Cardiac Anesthesia Landolt L, Goldstein JC, Weir W, Rackauskas M, AbuRahma J.
A University of Florida (UF) Department of Anesthesiology team intends to streamline chest and urine drainage management with automated, remote, and continuous monitoring. Samsun Lampotang, Ph.D., the Joachim S. Gravenstein Professor of Anesthesiology, is at the forefront of this project along with Nikolaus Gravenstein, M.D., the Jerome H. Modell, M.D.,…
New research from the Department of Anesthesiology’s Martynyuk Laboratory was highlighted at the 2025 World Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology in Melbourne, Australia, held from June 15-18. Presented by Anatoly Martynyuk, Ph.D., the study explored how exposure to the commonly used anesthetic sevoflurane may influence brain and gut health across generations—findings that…
Congratulations to all who had articles published in June! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Berkow, Boezaart, Brennan, Fahy, Jones, Martynyuk, Reina, Reynolds, and Vasilopoulos. Anesthesiology Epstein RH, Dexter F, Fahy BG. Inpatient postoperative mortality: comparing patients hospitalized preoperatively to those having elective surgery. Anesthesiology. 2025;143(1):62-70. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000005477 Biology Khan…
Faculty, residents, fellows, and staff from the University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology shared knowledge and research at the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists (FSA) Annual Meeting held June 6-8, 2025, at The Breakers in West Palm Beach, Florida. Department members presented 14 posters and led 11 sessions or workshops…
Congratulations to all who had articles published in May! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Chapin, Dooley, Edwards, Gravenstein, Jimenez Ruiz, Le-Wendling, Martynyuk, Maybauer, Pitkin, Reina, Smith, and Sullivan. Anesthesiology Ju LS, Khan ZA, Gravenstein N, Seubert CN, Setlow B, Martynyuk AE. Intergenerational postoperative neurocognitive disorder…
A new study published in April sheds light on the concerns of anesthesiologists across the United States related to the perioperative management of patients taking glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists, a class of drugs now commonly prescribed for both diabetes and cosmetic weight loss. GLP-1 agonists such as semaglutide (marketed as…
Congratulations to all who had articles published in April! Our faculty with publications were Drs. Boezaart, Ihnatsenka, Kumar, Lampotang, Maybauer, Peng, Price, Reina, Reynolds, Samouce, and Schutte. ASA Monitor Kazior M, Feldman J, Samouce C, Lampotang S. APSF launches TEI 3 course: Manual External Defibrillation, Cardioversion,…
A recent research study has evaluated the use of biplane ultrasound imaging for intravenous (IV) catheter placement, examining whether this enhanced approach offers advantages over traditional single-plane methods. Research conducted by Department of Anesthesiology colleagues Ge Qu, M.D., Amanda Frantz, M.D., Cynthia Garvan, Ph.D., Nikolaus Gravenstein, M.D., and Joshua Sappenfield,…
The 2025 UF Department of Anesthesiology Celebration of Research was held on February 19 at the UF Health Heart & Vascular and Neuromedicine Hospitals. Thirty-three poster abstracts were presented by faculty, fellows, residents, students, and staff that illustrated the broad range of scientific research being undertaken across the department. Faculty…
Congratulations to everybody who was published in January! Published faculty were Doctors Boezaart, Bose, Chapin, Croft, Garvan, Haas, Howell, Jones, Luria, Maybauer, Millan, Reina, and Tighe. Anesthesia and Analgesia Howell K, Tighe P, Price CC, Garvan C. In response. Anesth Analg. 2025 Feb 1;140(2):e10-e11. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007333.
Congratulations to Terrie Vasilopoulos, Ph.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and orthopaedic surgery & sports medicine, on completing the Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) Program through the Association of American Medical Colleges! Vasilopoulos, who is also chief of the Division of Education Research and Scholarship for the Department of Anesthesiology, was…
Managing a difficult airway is a critical aspect of patient care, particularly in individuals with cancer, whose unique anatomical and physiological features can pose challenges for ventilation and intubation. Current Oncology Reports recently published a review by UF Department of Anesthesiology colleagues Timothy Feldheim, M.D., John Santiago, M.D., and…
Congratulations to everybody who was published in December! Published faculty were Doctors Garvan, Jafari, Kumar, Martin, Meroney, Reina, Reynolds, Seubert, Sibille, and Vasilopoulos. Anesthesia and Analgesia Martin TW, Steele EA. Substance-use disorders in young patients-much more than preop questions and potential for drug interactions. Anesth Analg. 2024 Dec 1;139(6):1240-1243.
Congratulations to everybody who was published in November! Published faculty were Doctors Brennan, Edwards, Feldheim, Jones, Kumar, Lampotang, Meroney, Price, Spiess, and Vasilopoulos. Brain Injury Murphy TW, Cueto RJ, Zhu J, Milling J, Sauter J, Oli M, Griffin IT, Midathala G, Tyndall JA, Spiess B, Wang KKW, Kobeissy FH, Becker…
Members of the UF Department of Anesthesiology Division of Pain Medicine, including some of our Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine fellows, traveled to the 23rd Annual Pain Medicine Meeting hosted by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine in November. Fellow Aaran Varatharajan, M.D., was honored with a Resident/Fellow…
Congratulations to everybody who was published in October! Published faculty were Doctors Gravenstein, Haas, Kumar, Maybauer, Reynolds, Robicsek, Spiess, and Vasilopoulos. Anesthesia and Analgesia Spiess BD, Hamdorf JM, Gross I. An ironclad case for patient blood management: iron is more than hemoglobin. Anesth Analg. 2024 Nov 1;139(5):965-968. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007082.
Congratulations to Benjamin Chapin, M.D., on being named co-chair of the American Delirium Society (ADS) Research Committee. Chapin, a cognitive-behavioral neurologist, joined the department as an assistant professor in 2023. As part of the University of Florida’s Perioperative Cognitive Anesthesia Network (PeCAN), he works with patients who have…
The Department of Anesthesiology was well represented at this year’s annual American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) conference, with faculty, residents, and fellows presenting more than 15 posters and participating in many panels, workshops, committees, and discussions. The conference, which was held this year in Philadelphia, PA from 10/18-10/22, is an…
We are pleased to announce that Rene Przkora, M.D., Ph.D., professor of anesthesiology, chief of the Division of Pain Medicine, and program director for our Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship, has been named interim associate chair of research for the UF Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Przkora advocates for a collaborative…
Accolades are due to Marc Maybauer, M.D., Ph.D, professor of anesthesiology, who has co-authored an impressive 22 articles published in 2024. As a highlight, a recent review article by Dr. Maybauer and colleagues was honored by ASAIO Journal as an “Editor’s Pick” online, and he was highlighted in a “Meet…
Congratulations to everybody who was published in September! Published faculty were Doctors Berkow, Boezaart, Fahy, Feldheim, Haas, Kumar, Maybauer, Meroney, Reina, Santiago, and Vasilopoulos. Artificial Organs Stukov Y, Rackauskas M, Saha B, Gries C, Weir W, Emtiazjoo A, Maybauer MO. Extended perioperative use of the ProtekDuo cannula for drainage…
A new study co-authored by UF Department of Anesthesiology resident Wendy Guo, M.D., and faculty members Terrie Vasilopoulos, Ph.D., associate professor of anesthesiology & sports medicine, and Brenda Fahy, M.D., professor of anesthesiology, was recently published by the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia (online ahead of print). Their article, “Prevalence…
Congratulations to everybody who was published in August! Published faculty were Doctors Berkow, Davies, Frantz, Maybauer, Przkora, Reina, Smith, Spiess, Tighe, and Vasilopoulos. ACS Sensors Yan H, Tian Z, Ziegenbein E, Liu Y, Santana A, Veige AS, Spiess B, Tan W, Zeng Y. Heparin-bead extraction enhanced fluorogenic aptamer-thrombin composite…
Congratulations to Svetlana Chembrovich, M.D.; Everett Jones, M.D.; Timothy Feldheim, M.D.; Amir Jafari, D.O.; Matthew Meroney, M.D.; and Federico Jimenez Ruiz, M.D. for their selections as 2024 recipients of education awards from the I. Heermann Anesthesia Foundation (IHAF). IHAF Education Awards encourage and support scholarly pursuits designed to enhance…
Congratulations to everybody who was published in July! Published faculty were Doctors Boezaart, Fahy, Garvan, Giordano, Gravenstein, Howell, Martynyuk, Maybauer, Millan, Modave, Morey, Nin, Price, Rawal, Reina, Seubert, Soberon, Spiess, Tighe, Vasilopoulos, and Zhang. Anesthesia and Analgesia Howell K, Garvan C, Amini S, Kamyszek RW, Tighe P, Price CC, Spiess…
Several Department of Anesthesiology colleagues have recently published a research paper in the Journal of Clinical Medicine titled “Dosing Cefazolin for Surgical Site Infection Prophylaxis in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery: Intermittent Bolus or Continuous Infusion?—A Pilot Study” (available online ahead of print). Their study examined the efficacy of different cefazolin…
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF), in collaboration with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), has launched a new piece of simulation software developed by our department’s Center for Safety, Simulation & Advanced Learning Technologies (CSSALT). This course, Quantitative Neuromuscular Monitoring (QNM), was officially released at the…
Congratulations to everybody who was published in June! Published faculty were Doctors Andoniadis, Dooley, Fahy, Garvan, Howell, Janelle, Maybauer, Nin, Peng, Przkora, Reina, Reynolds, Seubert, Sibille, Tighe, Vasilopoulos, Jeffrey White, and Zhang. Anesthesia and Analgesia Kakalecik J, Satchell C, Root KT, Vasilopoulos T, Patrick MR, Talerico MT, Krupko TA, Nin…
Shigeharu Tsuda, Ph.D., transitioned from a postdoctoral associate to assistant scientist in the Division of Research last month. Tsuda earned his M.S. in kinesiology from Indiana University. He also earned an M.S. in animal sciences and a Ph.D. in veterinary medicine, both here at the University of Florida.
We recently spoke with François Modave, Ph.D., about his professional and personal pursuits. He is a professor of artificial intelligence (AI), associate chair of research for the University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology, and assistant dean of the Quality and Patient Safety Initiative (QPSi) Academy in the UF College…
Faculty, residents, and staff from the Department of Anesthesiology had a great weekend at the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists (FSA) Annual Meeting held June 7-9, 2024 at The Breakers in West Palm Beach, Florida. The department contributed eight posters and four podium presentations to the event, and Department of…
Congratulations to Eduardo Walker, M.D., who has been selected for a resident position on the editorial board of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME)! The goal of JGME is to enhance the quality of postgraduate physician education through the dissemination of high-quality research. As a resident editor, Walker will…
A student in the University of Florida’s Medical Student Research Program (MSRP) was honored on May 7 for his research under the mentorship of Sanjeev Kumar, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology. Taylor Calibo, MSEE, received the prestigious Lawrence M. Goodman Trust Award for his presentation, titled “A Method for…
Terrie Vasilopoulos, Ph.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and orthopaedic & sports medicine, has been selected to receive a Faculty Enhancement Opportunity (FEO) award. She will use the FEO funding to attend a series of American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) workshops for the purpose of completing its…
François Modave, Ph.D., professor of AI and associate chair of research for the Department of Anesthesiology, was recently selected to serve on the President’s Strategic Funding Proposal Review Committee. The committee, which met last month, reviewed College of Medicine proposals for the University of Florida’s strategic funding initiative: the…
Congratulations to everyone who was published in April! Published faculty were Doctors AbuRahma, Cruz Beltran, Berkow, Downs, Frantz, Garvan, Chris Goldstein, Heidi Goldstein, Maybauer, Modave, Pitkin, Reynolds, Robinson, Spiess, and Vasilopoulos. Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia Santonocito C, Cassisi C, Chiarenza F, Caruso A, Murabito P, Maybauer MO, George S,…
Stroke has just published a new study co-authored by Terrie Vasilopoulos, Ph.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and orthopaedic & sports medicine. This meta-analysis, titled “Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of Dynamic Cerebral Autoregulation and Functional Outcome After Ischemic Stroke,” investigates the relationship between dynamic cerebral autoregulation (dCA)…
Congratulations to everyone who was published in March! Published faculty were Doctors Andoniadis, Boezaart, Garvan, Giordano, Gravenstein, Haas, Kumar, Martin, Modave, Price, Przkora, Reina, Shah, Sibille, Smith, Tighe, and Vasilopoulos. Anesthesia and Analgesia Ilfeld BM, Smith CR, Turan A, Mariano ER, Miller ME, Fisher RL, Trescot AM, Cohen SP,…
Faculty, staff, residents, fellows, and students gathered last week for the 2024 Department of Anesthesiology Celebration of Research, held at the UF Health Heart & Vascular Hospital. The event, an annual tradition, is an opportunity for members of the department to display the collaboration, mentorship, and rigor…
Lauren Berkow, M.D., FASA, professor of anesthesiology and chief of the division of neuroanesthesiology, is the primary investigator for the University of Florida on a new multicenter, international study. The International obServational sTudy on AiRway manaGement in operAting room and non-operaTing room anesthEsia (STARGATE) study will collect data…
Samsun Lampotang, Ph.D., professor of anesthesiology and director of the Center for Safety, Simulation & Advanced Learning Technologies (CSSALT), has been voted into the University of Florida Society of Teaching Scholars (STS) by current society members. “We recognize your ongoing commitment to education and know that you will continue to…
On Monday, February 12, undergraduate and medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty from departments all over the UF College of Medicine gathered in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center for their 14th Annual Celebration of Research poster session. Members from the Department of Anesthesiology sent 36 posters to the event covering…
François Modave, Ph.D., professor of anesthesiology and associate chair for research, and Meghan Brennan, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of anesthesiology, are mentoring future doctors with artificial intelligence (AI) projects. The University of Florida College of Medicine and the Intelligent Clinical Care Center awarded six medical students the Oberndorf Clinical…
We’re pleased to congratulate Andrey Suprun, M.D., and David Hutchinson, M.D., on being issued a patent for their new technology, “Intravenous Tubing Venting Assembly.” The patent describes a method and intravenous tubing apparatus which provides air bubbles with a venting path that does not permit fluid passage. Suprun…
Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine has just published a research paper (available online ahead of print) co-authored by several colleagues in the UF Department of Anesthesiology examining the incidence of acute compartment syndrome (ACS) while using regional anesthesia for pain management in…
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) has awarded a five-year, $3,692,175 grant to the University of Florida College of Dentistry and the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine. This funding aims to establish an academic multidisciplinary practice-based research network within and between the two dental schools.
Congratulations to all those who had work published in December! Published faculty were Doctors Bose, Fahy, Ihnatsenka, Reynolds, Sibille, Le-Wendling, Maybauer, Vasilopoulos, and Wardhan. A&A Practice Nimma S, Gans A, Wardhan R, Allen W. Remimazolam sedation and neuraxial anesthesia in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis undergoing an open…
Two Department of Anesthesiology faculty have received RAPiDS (Rapid AI Prototyping and Development for patient Safety) Cycle 2 Grants to support artificial intelligence-aided projects to enhance patients’ postsurgical outcomes and maximize resource efficiency. Basma Mohamed, MBChB, associate professor and chief of the Division of Perioperative Medicine, was awarded a…
UF Health will take part in implementing a patient-focused research project as part of an award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The UF Health site is one of six in the United States and Canada. Joshua Sappenfield, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and emergency medicine, is the…
Congratulations to everyone who was published in November! Published faculty were Doctors Austin, Chapin, Berkow, Boezaart, Brennan, Fahy, Frantz, Kumar, Maybauer, Mohamed, Nin, Price, Przkora, Reynolds, Smith, Vasilopoulos, and Zasimovich. Books Berkow, LC. Emergency anesthesia procedures. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press; 2023. 334 p. Reynolds PS. A guide…
Congratulations to everyone who was published in October! Published faculty were Doctors Austin, Dooley, Edwards, Fahy, Garvan, Gonzalez, Gravenstein, Jafari, Kumar, Maybauer, Meroney, Modave, Mora, Przkora, Sappenfield, Spiess, and Vasilopoulos. Anesthesiology Vail EA, Feng R, Sieber F, Carson JL, Ellenberg SS, Magaziner J, Dillane D, Marcantonio ER, Sessler DI, Ayad…
Congratulations to everyone who was published in September 2023! Published faculty were Doctors Boezaart, Brennan, Chembrovich, Fahy, Garvan, Ihnatsenka, Kumar, Le-Wendling, Pitkin, Przkora, Reina, Reynolds, Robicsek, Sappenfield, Smith, Tighe, Vasilopoulos, and Zasimovich. Advanced Biology Guo X, Akanda N, Fiorino G, Nimbalkar S, Long CJ, Colón A, Patel A,…
Congratulations to everyone who was published in August 2023! Published faculty were Doctors Austin, Boezaart, Dooley, Edwards, Enneking, Gonzalez, Gravenstein, Janelle, Maybauer, Nin, Price, Pitkin, Reina, Reynolds, Robicsek, Sullivan, and Wenzel. ASAIO Journal Brewer JM, Broman LM, Maybauer MO. A Plea for Adoption of the Common ECLS…
A team from the University of Florida’s Center for Safety, Simulation & Advanced Learning Technologies (CSSALT), led by Chris Samouce, Ph.D., assistant scientist in the UF Department of Anesthesiology, has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Innovators Network to develop an interactive,…
UF Department of Anesthesiology leadership have appointed several clinical directors of research with the goal of increasing research and scholarly activity across the department’s clinical divisions. These new leadership positions were created to develop a cohort of clinicians with an in-depth knowledge of research resources and methodologies. “The role of…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in May of 2023! Published faculty were Doctors Doré, Fahy, Kumar, Lopez, Maybauer, Sappenfield, Schutte, Seubert, Spiess, Tighe, Vose, and Wardhan. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association O’Brien K, Feng R, Sieber F, Marcantonio ER, Tierney A, Magaziner J, Carson JL,…
The Department of Anesthesiology’s Spring 2023 research funding opportunity, which closed on May 5, awarded five research grants totaling $18,415 to support faculty research. The winners are Michael Franklin, D.O., Amanda Frantz, M.D., Sebastian R. Gatica-Moris, M.D., Anatoly Martynyuk, Ph.D., and Soleil Schutte, M.D. Dr. Franklin’s proposal is…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in April of 2023! Published faculty were Doctors Austin, Boezart, Chembrovich, Edwards, Fahy, Garvan, Gravenstein, Ihnatsenka, Le-Wendling, Martynyuk, Maybauer, Mohamed, Morey, Sappenfield, Seubert, Tighe, and Vasilopoulos. Anesthesia and Analgesia Blaine KP, Dudaryk R, Milne AD, Moon TS, Nagy D, Sappenfield JW, Teng JJ. Training…
Congratulations to Cole Dooley, M.D., Christopher Samouce, Ph.D., and Soleil Schutte, M.D., who have received IHAF 2023 Education Awards from the I. Heermann Anesthesia Foundation (IHAF). The purpose of IHAF is to encourage and support scholarly pursuits designed to enhance the field of anesthesia through clinical research, laboratory research,…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in January 2023! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Morey, Gravenstein, Seubert, Vasilopoulos, Martynyuk, Nin, Smith, Tighe, Price, Garvan, Reynolds, Frantz, Fahy, Przkora and Maybauer. Anesthesiology Ju LS, Zhu J, Brant JO, Morey TE, Gravenstein N, Seubert CN, Vasilopoulos T, Setlow B,…
The study from the lab of Anatoly Martynyuk, Ph.D., titled “Neonatally sevoflurane-exposed and unexposed male rat cagemates affect each other’s neurodevelopmental phenotypes” has been accepted with the distinction of Kosaka Best Abstract Award Top Finalist for presentation at the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) 2023 Annual Meeting. The Kosaka…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in December 2022! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Schutte, Smith, Le-Wendling, Maybauer, Enneking, Goettel, Vasilopoulos, Fahy, Mohamed, Zasimovich, Franklin, and Robicsek. Cureus Schutte S, Nimma SR, Smith CR, Le-Wendling L. Gastric Emptying of Orange Juice With and Without Pulp: A…
Clinicians and researchers aim to combine expertise with artificial intelligence to improve patients' lives. Patrick Tighe, MD, MS, the associate dean for AI application & innovation and an associate professor of anesthesiology, Chris Giordano, MD, an associate professor of anesthesiology, and Francois Modave, PhD, a professor of AI in the department of anesthesiology, are leaders on a team of College of Medicine faculty who are developing a comprehensive AI curriculum aimed at clinicians, students and trainees who want to learn more about ways to incorporate data and machine learning into patient care.
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in November 2022! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Smith, Schutte, Doré, Austin, Wardhan, Gravenstein, Jeff White, Frantz, Tighe, Goettel, Price, Gonzalez, Cruz Beltran, Edwards, and Dooley. Anesthesiology Brian M. Ilfeld, Cameron R. Smith, Alparslan Turan, Edward R. Mariano, Matthew E. Miller,…
Terrie Vasilopoulos, Ph.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and orthopaedic surgery & sports medicine, was a co-author on a paper that received an honorable mention for the 2022 PM&R Best Paper Award. The award was given by PM&R, The Journal of Injury, Function and Rehabilitation (The Purple Journal) for the paper titled…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in October 2022! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Austin, Doré, Garvan, Price and Reynolds. Spine Deformity Ruska T, Austin TM, Bruce RW Jr, Fletcher ND. Post-operative steroids in patients with patients with severe cerebral palsy undergoing posterior spinal fusion. Spine…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in September 2022! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Chembrovich, Wardhan, Smith, Vasilopoulos, Trippensee, Brennan, Wendling, Tighe, and Peng. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Chembrovich S, Wardhan R, Smith CR. Reply to Letter to the Editor: Preoperative Peripheral…
Congratulations to Rene Przkora, M.D., professor of anesthesiology and chief of our Pain Medicine Division, and his co-authors for their abstract being selected as a highlighted President’s Choice abstract for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) Annual Meeting! The abstract titled “Longitudinal Outcomes of Repeated…
Anatoly Martynyuk, Ph.D., professor of anesthesiology and neuroscience, has been awarded a five-year R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health. Martynyuk is the principal investigator on the project titled “Mechanisms and blood-based biomarkers of intergenerational neurobehavioral effects of general anesthetics.” Co-investigators are Timothy Morey, M.D., professor and chair…
Prodip Bose, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of anesthesiology, neurology and physiological sciences and director of the MRI & Translational Neurotrauma Rehabilitation Lab, has been named interim director of the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence (BRRC) at the Malcom Randall Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center (MRVAMC). Dr. Bose was selected…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in August 2022! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Mehta, Robicsek, Seubert, Edwards, Gravenstein, Martin, Vasilopoulos, Tighe, Loeb, Doré, Zasimovich, and Goettel. Aesthetic Surgery Journal Cox EA, Nichols DS, Riklan JE, Pomputius A, Mehta SD, Mast BA, Furnas H, Canales F, Sorice-Virk…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in July 2022! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Loeb, Kumar, Spiess, Efron, Tighe, Reina, Boezaart, Urdaneta, Wardhan, Wells, J. White, Vasilopoulos, Frantz, Fahy, and Le-Wendling. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandanavica Paterson E, Sanderson PM, Loeb RG, Paterson NAB. Improving…
François Modave, Ph.D., joined us on Aug. 1 as a professor in artificial intelligence (AI). Dr. Modave received a Ph.D. in computer science from the ENSEEIHT in Toulouse, France. For the first half of his career, he focused on artificial intelligence and mathematical methods of decision theory and game theory.
Researchers in the NeuroICU Research Lab led by Sylvain Doré, PhD, FAHA, collaborated with the UF Musicology and Ethnomusicology Program on a new article that explores the effects of sound and music on the brain. The article, titled “Effects of Sound Interventions on the Permeability of the Blood–Brain…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in June 2022! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Brennan, Caruso, Cruz Beltran, Doré, Fahy, Garvan, Goettel, Gravenstein, Howell, Janelle, Loeb, Martin, Martynyuk, McGough, Morey, Peng, Pitkin, Przkora, Sappenfield, Sullivan, Tighe, Wardhan, Jeffrey White, Peggy White, and Vasilopoulos! American Journal of Infection…
The Department of Anesthesiology sent nine posters and had two podium presentations at the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists (FSA) Annual Meeting held June 10-12 at The Breakers in West Palm Beach, Florida. The FSA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of anesthesiologists in the southeastern United States. Also at the…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in May 2022! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Arnold, Cruz Beltran, Fahy, Garvan, Giordano, Gravenstein, Lampotang, Pitkin, Price, Przkora, Sappenfield, Sullivan, Tighe, Vasilopoulos, and Wesley. BioMed Research International Hatamabadi H, Sabaghian T, Sadeghi A, Heidari K, Safavi-Naini SAA, Looha MA, Taraghikhah N,…
The Perioperative Cognitive Anesthesia Network (PeCAN) group has developed a novel machine learning tool to enhance the scoring of the clocking drawing test, a method of screening patients for dementia. The study is the first to use semi-supervised deep learning methods to analyze digital clock drawings. The findings, which…
Two of our faculty received honors at this year’s Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) Annual Meeting held May 14-17 in Palm Springs, California. Bruce Spiess, M.D., FAHA, emeritus professor of anesthesiology, received the 2022 Presidential Lifetime Outstanding Service Award, which is given in recognition of outstanding, long-term contribution to the…
Brian Ilfeld, M.D., a graduate of the department’s regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine fellowship (‘01), was honored with the prestigious 2022 Gaston Labat Award from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine (ASRA). Ilfeld is currently a professor of anesthesiology at the University of California San…
Photo by Jesse S. Jones Patrick Tighe, M.D., M.S., has been named associate dean for AI application & implementation in the UF College of Medicine. In this new role, Tighe will leverage his experience in AI to improve our understanding of clinical operations and patient safety using advanced analytical…
The department showcased its quality improvement efforts in interventional pain procedures, obstetric anesthesia, and simulation training at this year’s UF Health Patient Safety and Quality Week poster session on Wednesday, May 18. Four posters from the Department of Anesthesiology were on display during the event. Patient Safety and Quality Week,…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in April 2022! Our faculty who were published are Drs. Fahy, Garvan, Goettel, Loeb, Mohamed, Price, Seubert, and Vasilopoulos! BMC Research Notes Safavi-Naini SAA, Farsi Y, Alali WQ, Solhpour A, Pourhoseingholi MA. Excess all-cause mortality and COVID-19 reported fatality in Iran (April…
Rene Przkora, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed to a one-year term as chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Abstract Review Subcommittee on Chronic and Cancer Pain. The appointment will become effective Oct. 26, 2022, and conclude on Oct. 18, 2023. Przkora, professor of anesthesiology, chief of the Division of…
Two students in the University of Florida College of Medicine’s Medical Student Research Program (MSRP) were honored this spring for their research under the mentorship of Patrick Tighe, M.D., M.S., associate professor of anesthesiology and the Donn M. Dennis, M.D., Professor in Anesthetic Innovation. Tatiana Maser ’24 received the…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in March 2022! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Fahy, Ihnatsenka, Le-Wendling, Mohamed, Nin, Peng, Pitkin, Przkora, Robicsek, Smith, Soberon, Sullivan, Tighe, Vasilopoulos, and Zasimovich! Annals of Thoracic Surgery Bleiweis MS, Philip J, Peek GJ, Fudge JC, Sullivan KJ, Co-Vu J, Gupta…
Our residents took home four out of six total awards at the 46th annual Gulf Atlantic Anesthesia Residents’ Research Conference (GAARRC) hosted by the Mayo Clinic from April 8-10. The department sent six residents to the conference and took home first place in the original research category and first, second,…
UF undergraduate student Saba Khan ’23 has been selected for the University Scholars Program for the College of Medicine and will conduct a full research project under the mentorship of Sylvain Doré, Ph.D., FAHA, professor of anesthesiology, neurology, psychiatry, pharmaceutics, and neuroscience. Saba will begin her research during the…
Residents, fellows, medical students, and faculty mentors from the Department of Anesthesiology had the opportunity to showcase their research to a large audience of their peers at the UF College of Medicine Research Day on Wednesday, April 6. The Department of Anesthesiology sent 32 posters to the event in the…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in February 2022! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Boezaart, Cometa, Doré, Fahy, Meroney, Nin, Przkora, Reina, Reynolds, Soberon, Vasilopoulos, and Victor! Anesthesiology Cometa MA. Cervical injury after videolaryngoscopy in patient with ankylosing spondylitis: comment. Anesthesiology. 2022 Mar 1;136(3):517. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000004106.
Bruce Spiess, M.D., FAHA, a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist and world-renowned expert on blood management who has been an ardent proponent of research, retired in early March after six years with the Department of Anesthesiology.
The 2022 Department of Anesthesiology Celebration of Research provided an outstanding opportunity for faculty, residents, fellows, students, and trainees to share their exciting research in the field, discuss ideas for future research projects, and present challenging cases. This year’s event, held March 2 in the Biomedical Sciences Building atrium, was…
We are pleased to announce that F. Kayser Enneking, M.D., professor of anesthesiology and orthopaedics and rehabilitation, has been named interim associate chair of research for the Department of Anesthesiology. She takes on the interim role as Bruce Spiess, M.D., FAHA, retires after six years. Enneking, who has had a…
Martin Noguera, a Research Administrator II, is a co-host of a new podcast series on mentoring. The series appears on The Research Roundtable, a podcast devoted to creating a culture of responsible conduct of research and research integrity at the University of Florida. Martin worked on the podcast with host…
In a new review and opinion article published in the journal Neurotherapeutics, Catherine Price, Ph.D., ABPP-CN, describes perioperative cognitive medicine as a new frontier to treat at-risk older adults with neurodegenerative disorders who require procedures with anesthesia. Price, an associate professor and Paul Satz Term Professor who co-directs the…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in January 2022! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Doré, Frantz, Garvan, Jones, Kumar, Price, Reynolds, and Smith! A&A Practice Skinner C, Kumar S. Ultrasound-guided occipital nerve blocks to reduce tinnitus-associated otalgia: a case series. A A Pract. 2022 Jan 5;16(1):e01552.
A study published on Jan. 28 in the journal PLoS One describes the benefits of a new institutional standard of care for laboratory mice implemented at the University of Florida. “We are one of the very few institutions in the United States to establish non-aversive handling of mice as…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in December 2021! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Fahy, Franklin, Garvan, Janelle, McGough, Mohamed, and Nin. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia McGough EK, Franklin M, Brewer J, Garvan C, Fahy BG. Effective preparation for the echocardiography portion of the Objective Structured…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in November 2021! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Andoniadis, Bose, Doré, Fahy, Giordano, Gravenstein, Price, Tighe, Wardhan, and Zhu! American Journal of Preventive Medicine Chen C, Lo-Ciganic WH, Winterstein AG, Tighe P, Wei YJ. Concurrent use of prescription opioids and gabapentinoids in older adults.
Please help us congratulate Penny Reynolds, Ph.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology, for winning the 2021 UK Animals in Science Education Trust 3Rs Prize for her presentation, titled “Non-aversive handling and mouse colony breeding productivity: Welfare improves, costs decline.” Reynolds gave the presentation at the UK Laboratory Animal Science Association…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in October 2021! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Brennan, Keidan, Kumar, Giordano, Gravenstein, McGough, Meroney, Mohamed, Reynolds, Sappenfield, Seubert, Tighe, Vasilopoulos, and Wendling. Cureus Keidan I, Arzillo S, Vasilopoulos T, Ben-Menachem E, Gravenstein N, McGough E. Carbon dioxide elimination after sodium…
Largest Randomized Study The largest multicenter randomized controlled trial comparing techniques for hip fracture anesthesia, which involved patients undergoing hip fracture repair at UF Health, found that older adults have comparable rates of survival, functional recovery and postoperative delirium with general anesthesia as with spinal anesthesia. The findings add to…
Patrick Tighe, M.D., M.S., associate professor of anesthesiology, has earned a K07 leadership grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The grant will support Tighe’s work to reduce disparities in postoperative outcomes among older adult surgical patients, including those with Alzheimer…
Meghan Brennan, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology, has been awarded funding from the Jerome H. Modell Endowed Professorship for a research study using point-of-care gastric ultrasound to assess perioperative aspiration risk in patients in the intensive care unit. The project also seeks to evaluate the appropriateness of current…
A paper from a team that is participating in the intubateCOVID registry, which includes four members of our department, has been named Anaesthesia’s Article of the Year for 2020. Brenda Fahy, M.D., MCCM, professor of anesthesiology, associate chair of faculty affairs and professional development, and program director of the Adult Combined Cardiothoracic Critical…
Congratulations to Jiamei Hou, M.D., Ph.D., Michael Franklin, D.O., Sanjeev Kumar, M.D., and Isaac Luria, M.D., who have received IHAF 2021 Education Awards from the I. Heermann Anesthesia Foundation (IHAF). The purpose of IHAF is to encourage and support scholarly pursuits designed to enhance the field of anesthesia through…
Thousands of anesthesiology professionals from around the world attended the 2021 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting held Oct. 9-12 in San Diego, CA. The meeting is the world’s largest anesthesia-educational event focused on the science and practice of anesthesiology. It allows anesthesiology professionals to…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in September 2021! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Brennan, Doré, Efron, Enneking, Garvan, Chris Goldstein, Heidi Goldstein, Kumar, Mehta, Mohamed, Price, Seubert, Sullivan, Schutte, Reina, Robicsek, Tighe, Urdaneta, Vasilopoulos, and Wardhan. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Casey JD,…
The REBOA Technique In some medical emergencies, the time it could take to transport a bleeding patient to an operating room could mean life or death. A technique called REBOA, or resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta, is used to manage internal hemorrhage mainly in the abdomen and pelvic…
Three Perioperative Cognitive Anesthesia Network (PeCAN) team members recently received grants or earned spots in competitive training programs as the group seeks to advance its mission to promote brain health in older adults undergoing surgery with anesthesia. Their pursuit of further expertise in perioperative brain research reflects the team-science…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in August 2021! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Cruz-Beltran, Doré, Fahy, Garvan, Gravenstein, Keidan, Lampotang, Meroney, Mohamed, Morey, Price, Przkora, Rabai, Reynolds, Sappenfield, Seubert, Spiess, Vasilopoulos, Victor, and White. Cureus Sappenfield JW, White JD, Pelletier JPR, Loftus TJ, Mukhtar…
An article on vitamin D and stroke by Sylvain Doré, Ph.D., and colleagues has been selected by the chief editor of the journal Frontiers in Neurology for a special collection. The Stroke Editor’s Pick 2021 collection is selected by professor Jean-Claude Baron of the University of…
Stephen O. Heard, M.D., an alumnus of our anesthesiology residency (1983) and critical care medicine fellowship (1984) programs, long had a vision to support the research and discovery efforts of junior faculty. The former chair of the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine at the University of Massachusetts, Heard has…
A report released in June 2021 by the National Institutes of Health Advisory Committee provides five major recommendations for improving research quality. In a new commentary published in the journal Lab Animal, Penny Reynolds, Ph.D., describes how the IACUC can play a key role in maintaining…
With supplemental oxygen supplies became critically scarce in some countries due to COVID-19, a team at the University of Florida Health’s Center for Safety, Simulation and Advanced Learning Technologies, or CSSALT, conceived a novel way to prolong the life of oxygen cylinders by reducing oxygen waste.
Congratulations to Samsun “Sem” Lampotang, Ph.D., FSSH, FAIMBE, who has been appointed as a joint professor in the Department of Urology! Lampotang is the Joachim S. Gravenstein Professor of Anesthesiology and the director of the Center for Safety, Simulation & Advanced Learning Technologies (CSSALT). He…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in July 2021! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Algarra, Boezaart, Doré, Fahy, Garvan, Lampotang, Price, Przkora, Reina, Tighe, and Vasilopoulos. American Journal of Medical Quality Brewer JL, Lampotang S, Algarra NNN, Taşdelen Teker G. Playing with your phone in class:…
A new study used a simulation with anesthesiology residents to investigate whether rudeness negatively affects medical performance. Chris Giordano, M.D., collaborated with colleagues in UF’s Warrington College of Business on the study, which was published in June in the Journal of Applied Psychology. “During our Leadership Seminars, we spent…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in June! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Boezaart, Caruso, Chemobrovich, Fahy, Frantz, Garvan, Giordano, Janelle, Martynyuk, Mora, Morey, Parsons, Reina, Reynolds, Smith, Spiess, Sullivan, Zasimovich, and Zhu. Anesthesia & Analgesia Warner DO, Lien CA, Wang T, Zhou Y, Isaak RS, Peterson-Layne C,…
Congratulations to our Center for Safety, Simulation & Advanced Learning Technologies (CSSALT) team, which will be participating in a newly funded study, titled “Improving breast radiotherapy setup and delivery using mixed reality visualization,” in collaboration with the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute at UF Health Jacksonville. The proposal…
Congratulations to everyone who had publications in May! Our faculty who were published are: Drs. Frantz, Garvan, Gatica, Giordano, Lampotang, Loeb, Peng, Spiess, Vasilopoulos, Wardhan, and Zhu! BJU International Zhang Z, Lampotang S, Yu Y, Acar YA, Wakim J, Mei V, Ahmad AE, Shenot P, Lee J, Perlis N,…
We are excited to announce that Samsun (Sem) Lampotang, Ph.D., FSSH, FAIMBE, has received the prestigious 2022 J.S. Gravenstein Award from the Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA). The award is named for Joachim S. “Nik” Gravenstein, M.D. (1925-2009), Lampotang’s mentor and a driving force in advancing…
Please help us congratulate Ling-sha (“Lisa”) Ju, M.S., a doctoral student in Anatoly Martynyuk, Ph.D.’s laboratory, who has successfully passed the Qualifying Examination for the Ph.D. The Qualifying Examination is a key benchmark in a doctoral student’s progress toward candidacy. Ju gave a presentation via Zoom on May…
