The 7th Annual Hands-On Pearls and Pitfalls of Perioperative Cardiac Imaging and Devices Symposium was held on Saturday, June 17th, 2017. This program featured a morning symposium and an afternoon hands-on workshop with a variety of devices. Participants learned: How to…
It is our pleasure to announce that Rene Przkora, PhD and the Pain Medicine Fellowship Program have been awarded an educational grant from Boston Scientific. The Neuromodulation Fellowship Grant from Boston Scientific is intended to support professional education by providing funding for a limited number…
Congratulations to our graduating residents and fellows! Thank you for all of your hard work over the years and good luck in your future endeavors! Keep checking our Facebook page for more pictures from graduation.
Our incoming residents attended Basic Skills Boot Camp over the summer. Two sessions were held for three days each in our simulation lab. New Residents learned basic skills to prepare them for their residency such as anesthetic measures and checks, intubation and extubation, and TEE…
Dr. Daryl Reust joined us on June 19, 2017, as an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology. Dr. Reust comes to us from the University of Oklahoma, where he was an Assistant Professor and Associate Section Chief of Cardiovascular Anesthesia. He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from…
Dr. Betty Lou Bottoms Grundy, age 77 of Gainesville, passed away on Sunday, June 11, 2017 under the care of hospice. Dr. Grundy graduated from the University of Florida near the top of her class in 1963. She was one of the first women graduates…
By Adriana Barbat Sixty-one new drug-labeling machines have been placed in the operating rooms at UF Health. The Codonics Safe Label System machines dispense labels by using the bar code found on drug vials. The clinician scans a badge granting authorization, then scans the drug, and…
Dr. Albert Robinson has been elected Vice President of the College of Medicine Faculty Council. Dr. Robinson is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and the Chief of the Division of Vascular Anesthesia. He joined the University of Florida College of Medicine faculty in 2006 as a practicing…
Dr. Joshua Sappenfield presented “Implementation Case Studies: Successful PSH Pilots” as part of a panel at the 2017 American Society of Anesthesiology’s 2017 Spring Perioperative Surgical Home Learning Collaborative. The Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) is a patient-centered, physician-led system of coordinated care that…
We are pleased to announce that Rene Przkora, PhD and the Pain Medicine Fellowship Program have been awarded a Fellowship Grant from the St. Jude Medical Foundation. The St. Jude Medical Foundation is an independent organization funded by St. Jude Medical that provides funding to charitable…
Congratulations to Pavel Balduyeu, MD as the new CA3 representative and Christopher Maxwell as the new CA2 representative for the Housestaff Quality and Patient Safety Committee for 2017-2018. The Housestaff Quality & Patient Safety Committee’s primary goal is to involve our housestaff in institutional…
Dr. Brenda Fahy will serve a six-year appointment as a member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) appeals panel for Anesthesiology. ACGME is an independent, not-for-profit, physician-led organization that sets and monitors the professional educational standards essential in preparing…
On Friday, May 5, the Class of 2017 held its annual Student and Faculty Awards Banquet at the Wyndham Gardens Hotel. All students were recognized for successful completion of the curriculum and were notified that they were certified for graduation on May 20.
Dr. Cynthia Garvan will receive a Faculty Enhancement Opportunity award for the Fall of 2017. This FEO will provide Dr. Garvan the time, resources, and experiences which will allow her to acquire expertise in brain image analysis. Advances in imaging techniques such as CT, PET, MRI, fMRI, DTI, and…
The annual 2017 Department of Anesthesiology Celebration of Research was a huge success, due in large part to outstanding participation and attendance. Many thanks to the 66 entries for sharing exciting and innovative research. Congratulations to the winners: Manish Shah, First Place for Best Poster Abigail Schirmer, Second Place…
The North Central Florida chapter of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals earned the association’s highest honor, a 2017 Chapter Excellence Award, at its annual meeting this week. A celebration on Thursday, May 11 in the HPNP plaza will recognize this achievement.
Rene Przkora, MD, PhD and the Pain Medicine Fellowship have been awarded the Restorative Therapies Group Fellowship Grant from Medtronic. Led by Dr. Przkora, the Department of Anesthesiology’s division of Pain Medicine strives to deliver the highest quality of clinical care to our patients, to guide the…
Rene Przkora, MD, PhD has been selected to serve on the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Committee on Membership, Public Relations, Social Media and Fundraising. ASIPP is a not-for-profit organization representing interventional pain physicians across the country. The…
The Patriot Award is given by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense program. The Patriot Award reflects the efforts made to support citizen warriors through a wide-range of measures including flexible schedules, time off prior to and after deployment, caring for families,…
Of 129 Superior Accomplishment Award winners, Jessica Lee, Administrative Support Assistant II in the Department of Anesthesiology, was chosen as one of four recipients for the Jeffrey A. Gabor Employee Recognition Award. These award winners share the common characteristics of excellent job performance, outstanding service,…
The Center for Safety & Advanced Learning Technologies (CSSALT) and Dr. Samsun Lampotang have been working on a project funded by the Department of Defense United States Army Medical Research and Material Command entitled A Modular Set of Mixed Reality Simulators for “Blind” and Guided Procedures. Phase I was a…
Dr. Sullivan joined us on April 7, 2017, as a Professor and Physician Director of Quality at the Congenital Heart Center. This appointment comes in addition to Dr. Sullivan’s position as a Pediatric Intensivist and Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist at the center, where he has served since 2014. Dr. Sullivan earned…
UF Health Shands Perioperative Golf Classic raised $15,000 for Ronald McDonald House this year! Eighty-eight golfers came out to Haile Plantation Golf and Country Club for the event on Saturday April 8th. Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Central Florida assists families with seriously ill children being treated…
We had an outstanding showing from our resident/fellow contingent at the 43rd annual Gulf Atlantic Anesthesia Residents’ Research Conference (GAARRC) this year! The conference was held in Jacksonville, FL April 7th through April 9th, 2017, and was hosted by the Mayo Clinic. GAARRC is designed to create an environment where resident…
A big thank you to our outgoing chief residents Meghan Brennan, MD, Michael Kaminsky, MD and Robert Stoker, MD! They have done a phenomenal job over the past year. Meghan is continuing on at UF Anesthesiology with a Critical Care Fellowship, Michael is also staying at UF for a regional…
The Department of Anesthesiology was honored to have Daryl J. Kor, MD, the T.W. Anderson/H.M. Perkins Visiting Professor from Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, present a Journal Club on March 27th. Dr. Kor presented on the topic of Post-Transfusion Pulmonary Complications. Thanks to Meghan Brennan, MD, Ferenc Rabai MD, Gevalin Srisooksai,…
Katye Avery won the first annual Rebecca Lovely Outstanding Service Award. Katye was honored at a luncheon on Monday, March 27th, 2017, by her co-workers. Thank you for your outstanding service!…
Dr. Loeb joins us on March 27, 2017, as a Professor of Multispecialty Anesthesia and comes to us from the University of Arizona. Dr. Loeb earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in College Park and his medical degree from the University of Maryland in Baltimore, where he…
Christina joined us on March 27, 2017, as a Website Administrator. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Television Production from Palm Beach Atlantic University and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Mass Communication at the University of Florida, which she will complete this…
The 2017 chief residents, selected from the current CA-2 class with ballots from anesthesia residents and faculty, are: Danielle Cobb, MD Mark Hotchkiss, DO Joe Siebenaler, MD These three resident physicians will begin the orientation process and work with our out-going chiefs over the next month as we proceed with…
Eric Brown, MD, Hemant Prakash Joshi, MD, PhD and Jeffrey White, MD, have had their abstract “Near-Miss Hyperkalemic Arrest During Orthotopic Liver Transplant,” selected as one of the Kosaka Best of Meeting Abstract Awards Finalist in Scholars Abstracts at the International Anesthesia Research Society 2017 Annual Meeting and International Science Symposium. Their abstract…
The Sebastian Ferrero Office of Clinical Quality and Patient Safety hosted a Research Day for Patient Safety and Quality week. Eight of the top posters presented today were authored or co-authored by representatives of the Department of Anesthesiology. Congratulations to those whose posters were…
Drs. Rene Przkora and Hari Parvataneni received a grant from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of Florida. This multidisciplinary team from the Departments of Anesthesiology and Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, in cooperation with the Institute on Aging (Dr. Buford), will study a novel exercise method to optimize the functional outcome for…
The 2017 College of Medicine Celebration of Research took place on the evening of Monday, February 27, 2017, at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. More than 500 posters were presented, and it was a successful day of research collaboration. The ever-growing number of posters at this annual event is truly…
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Arturo Torres to the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Torres, currently a Naval board-certified anesthesiologist, joins us on March 1, 2017, as an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology. He has been with us since April as an OPS anesthesiologist and a fellow, and originally came to…
Josh Sappenfield, MD, has been elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society. AOA is the only allopathic medical honor society in the United States. Election to AOA is a singular honor based on continued academic achievement, leadership, professionalism, service, teaching, research and promise.
We are pleased to announce that Jessica Lee, our Administrative Assistant for the Neuroanesthesia Division, is a recipient of the Superior Accomplishment Award for 2017. Jessica was nominated by…
Ajay Antony, MD, won an award for best abstract at the 2017 North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting. We are very proud of this accomplishment which results not only in UF recognition, but will also benefit our pain patients!…
The Department awarded several of our professors with Exemplary Teacher Awards at our faculty meeting on January 23, 2017. The recipients were: Dr. Barys Ihnatsenka Dr. Olga “Kiki” Nin Dr. Terrie Vasilopoulos…
Kiki Nin, MD, has been appointed medical director of the Florida Surgical Center (FSC). FSC is an ambulatory center serving the outpatient surgical needs of patients cared for at UF Health. Dr. Nin will be primarily located at FSC and will supervise activities at that site.
On December 12, 2012, we lost our friend and colleague David A. Paulus, MD. Dr. Paulus worked for 35 years here at UF as an Anesthesiologist. Here is a video created to commemorate his life here at the University of Florida’s Department of Anesthesiology. His obituary is below.
Nettie Van Wyen joined the Department of Anesthesiology on November 14, 2016, as an Administrative Assistant with the faculty support team. She has been working at UF for 10 years, initially as Assistant to the Chair in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and most recently as an Administrative…
Dr. Ajay Antony performed the very first Dorsal Root Ganglion or DRG stimulation procedure at UF Health on October 31, 2016. In 2016, He and the UF Health Pain Medicine faculty were a few of the less than 400 physicians in the country who had been trained in DRG stimulation.
Scott Sumner began his career in academic medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine during the early 1990s. He has held a wide variety of positions in physician practice management and medical school leadership including Department Administrator, Vice President of Professional Revenue and Associate Dean for Administration and…
Dr. Caton, a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Florida, was awarded the first ever Distinguished Service Award from the Wood Library Museum of Anesthesiology! With this award, the trustees of the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology are showing recognition of Dr. Caton’s outstanding and…
Dr. Zhu joins us as a Research Assistant Professor and comes to us from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, where he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and as a fellow at the Johnson Center for Critical Care and Pulmonary Research. Dr. Zhu…
Dr. Wardhan joins us as an Assistant Professor and comes to us from Yale University School of Medicine, where she was an Assistant Professor and Fellowship Director of Regional Anesthesia. She also developed and implemented both clinical and educational components at Yale and the Saint Raphael Campuses of the Yale…
Mrs. Gunnett joined us on September 22, 2016, as a Clinical Research Coordinator III and comes to us from Pediatric Hepatology and Gastroenterology, where she worked as a Senior Registered Nurse Specialist/Clinical Trials Coordinator for UF Health Hepatology Research. Mrs. Gunnett earned her Associate of Arts and Science from Santa…
On September 15th, 2016, Drs. Cometa and Sappenfeld held an Airway Skills Lab at the Harrell Medical Education Building. This was done in conjunction with Emergency Medicine’s Airway Day. Before the skills lab, Dr. Cometa and Dr. Sappenfeld gave lectures. Dr. Cometa talked about Fiberoptic Intubation – Equipment and Techniques, and…
Dr. Doré and the Stroke Research Lab participated in the annual Heart Walk on September 24, 2016, for Alachua County. The team raised an amazing $1,325 for stroke research. Teams consisting of UF Health employees accounted for almost $40,000 in donations! Overall the event raised nearly $200,000.
Dr. Linda Le-Wendling has won Best of Category for Regional Anesthesia at the IARS 2016 Annual Meeting and International Science Symposium which was held on May 21,2016. Dr. Le-Wendling was selected for her abstract Acute Needle Entry Point and Angulation is Crucial in Using Predetermined Depth to Locate the Thoraic Paravertebral…
The UF Health Pain Medicine Division of the Department of Anesthesiology has a fantastic new facility to care for patients suffering from pain. UF Health Pain Management- Ayers opened September 1, 2016. This facility is dedicated exclusively to the treatment of painful conditions. The skilled nurses, technicians and support staff…
Dr. Vallancourt was identified as a Scholars’ Award finalist for the IARS 2016 Annual Meeting and International Science Symposium for her abstract Massive Cardiac Thrombosis and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy in a Patient with Retained Dead Fetus Syndrome. The Board of Trustees and the 2016 Annual Meting Program Committee selected her as a…
Anatoly Martynyuk, PhD, won 3rd Prize in Neuroscience Posters at the 16th Annual World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists 2016 Conference in Hong Kong for his poster “Long-term developmental synaptic effects of neonatal anesthesia with propofol or etomidate in rats: role of corticosterone”.
Our anesthesiologists, Drs. Pitkin, Irwin, Greene, Moore and Davies, help separate conjoined twins in a groundbreaking procedure. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Conjoined twin girls who were connected at the heart and other organs have been successfully separated in an extremely rare surgery performed by physicians at University Florida Health…
Dr. Berkow joins us on September 1 as an Associate Professor for the Division of Neuroanesthesia and Director of Anesthesia Supplies and Equipment. She comes to us from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, where she served as an Associate Chief for…
It is our pleasure to announce that Dr. Rene Przkora and the Pain Medicine Fellowship has been awarded an educational grant by Boston Scientific. The grant will help support the efforts of our education in Pain Medicine.
Mary Jane Michael, RN, BSN, MS, CCRC, joins us as a Manager of Clinical Research. She comes to us from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, where she worked as a research program manager for the Department of Anesthesiology. Ms. Michael earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing as…
Please join us in welcoming Penny S. Reynolds, PhD, to the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Reynolds joins us as an Assistant Professor and comes to us from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, where she worked as an Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology and as a project leader on…
Dr. Lopez joined us on August 1, 2016, as an Assistant Professor for the Division of Obstetric Anesthesia. He comes to us from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, where he was an Anesthesia Obstetric Fellow. Dr. Lopez earned his Bachelor of Business Administration, graduating Summa Cum Laude from Loy…
On July 23rd 2016, Drs. Enneking and Scarborough invited the entire Department to their beautiful lake house to welcome the incoming interns and their families into their new Anesthesiology Family. There was a big turnout with more children under the age of 5 than there were adults. The 22 foot…
Dr. Zhang joins us as an Associate Professor and comes to us from the Anesthesia Consultants of CA Med Group in San Diego, California, where he was a staff physician and partner. He is a Diplomate for the American Board of Anesthesiology and the National Board of Medical Examiners. Dr.
Dr. Sangari joined us on May 16, 2016, as an Associate Professor and Associate Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia, and he comes to us from Valley Children’s Place in Madera, California, where he was a Staff Anesthesiologist in the Department of Pediatric Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. He earned his Bachelor of…
Dr. Covington joined us on July 1, 2016, as an Assistant Professor for the Division of Multi-specialty Anesthesiology, and comes to us from the University of California Irvine School of Medicine, where he was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and a Partner for SD Botox. He completed his Bachelor…
Each year a group of residents spend hours of their own time reading literature on developing leadership and professionalism skills during a seminar course called Decision-Making, Motivation, and Leadership. Every other month they get together and discuss practical examples and key points discussed in the books as…
Joshua Sappenfield, MD, has been promoted to Medical Director of the Preoperative Clinic and Chief of the Perioperative Medicine Division. Please join us in congratulating him on his promotion!…
Please join us in congratulating our faculty who were promoted for their devoted work to educating the next generation of physicians, discovering new knowledge, and continuing our outstanding care for patients at UF Health. Drs. Yong Peng, Steve Robicsek and Felipe Urdaneta were promoted to Professor and Drs. Chris Giordano and Patrick…
Timothy Martin, MD, has been appointed a Senior Examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Martin has been recognized by the board in this appointment for maintaining and improving the Quality of the Part 2 Examination process and has been appointed for a four year term beginning in 2017. They…
Dr. Shirley Graves, Dr. Mark Scarborough, Dr. Kayser Enneking and Dr. Jerome Modell Drs. Graves and Modell presented Kayser Enneking, MD with an award to honor her for the exceptionally generous financial contributions she has made to the Gravenstein Scholars Endowment. Please join us in thanking and congratulating Dr. Enneking on…
Dr. McGough joined us on June 6, 2016, as an Associate Professor in the Divisions of Cardiovascular Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, and comes to us from Memorial Medical Center and Plaza Surgery Center in Jacksonville, where he was a Staff Anesthesiologist. He is a Diplomate for the American Board…
With our thanks and congratulations from the Department of Anesthesiology! …
Last week, the Department of Anesthesiology provided a difficult airway course to those involved in ShandsCair. There was a great turnout – 20 students – a combination of medics, nurses, and respiratory therapists. Based on this success, we will make this a biannual event, with the next one being offered sometime…
In April of 2016, our department provided funding for three of our doctors to go to Colombia with the organization Healing the Children. Drs. Renard Sessions, Everett Jones, and Greg Goldenhurst were among the doctors on the team of Healing the Children 2016 Neiva Mission. The team was able to…
Ferenc Rabai, MD, received a Scientific Achievement Award for his work as the lead author on his poster “Electrophysiologic Monitoring and Provocation Testing in the Treatment of Spinal AV Fistula”. The award was given by the American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring at their annual meeting in Chicago, IL, in May…
Please join us in welcoming Bruce Spiess, MD, FAHA, to the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Spiess joined us on May 2, 2016, as a Professor and Associate Chair for Research, and comes to us from Virginia Commonwealth University Health Center in Richmond, where he was a Professor in the Department…
The 6th Annual Department of Anesthesiology Celebration of Research Day was a great success. We would like to thank everyone who actively participated in and supported this event. We were pleased to have our distinguished keynote speaker and our newly appointed Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Bruce Spiess, MD,…
By Christopher Curry Staff writer – Gainesville Sun In April 2016, UF Health officials cut the ribbon on their latest construction project to upgrade pediatric facilities, an $11 million, 17,500 square-foot outpatient children’s surgical center. The red brick building is the latest addition to a UF Health complex…
The Gulf Atlantic Anesthesia Resident’s Research Conference (GAARRC) took place April 15-17, 2016, in New Orleans, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel and was hosted by the Ochsner Health System. GAARRC is an annual meeting that encourages and creates an opportunity for anesthesia residents and professionals to take part in concurrent…
Our department was well represented at the 16th Annual Celebration of Excellence in Medical Education Reception on Wednesday March 16th, 2016 hosted by The Society of Teaching Scholars. Please join us in congratulating the following members of our Department for their awards: Special Recognition of Student Contributions to the Committee for…
They call him standard man, or “Stan” for short. UF’s patient simulator breathes, reacts like the real thing He was a star of the show as the University of Florida College of Medicine showed off its patient simulator technology during patient safety and quality week. UF doctors and researchers…
We look forward to meeting and working with our new Anesthesiology residents for the 2016/2017 Academic year. The National Resident Matching Program® announced the results of what has turned out to be the largest Main Residency Match® in NRMP history. More than 18,000 U.S. allopathic seniors and 17,000 other applicatants vied for over…
The Department of Anesthesiology would like to congratulate Dr. Natalia Klosak-Pawlowicz for being chosen to join the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS). The mission of GHHS is to recognize individuals who are exemplars of humanistic patient care and who can serve as role models, mentors, and leaders in medicine. The Society…
As you may know, Rebecca Lovely retires on March 17th, after serving over 40 years in the department. Along with this great accomplishment, she was given an award named after her, “The Department of Anesthesiology Rebecca Y. Lovely Outstanding Service Award.”…
Dr. Sandra Gonzalez-Rodriguez was appointed Medical Director for the Children Surgical Center (CSC) in March of 2016. Dr. Gonzalez-Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology with interests in pediatric anesthesiology, congenital heart disease, and acute pain in pediatrics. She studied and earned her medical degree from the Universidad Nacional…
Sunday, March 13, 2016 the Department of Anesthesiology hosted the 6th annual Perioperative golf tournament. We had 20 teams, over 80 players, 2 corporate sponsors and 10 local contributory sponsors. Teams were made up of Faculty and Residents from Anesthesiology, Orthopedics, Urology, Plastics, Surgery, UF Exec Admin, residents, AA’s, Radiology, and…
Congratulations to the Department of Anesthesiology participants in this year’s UF College of Medicine (COM) 2016 Celebration of Research. Every year we come together to celebrate the breadth, quality, and merit of the research landscape within the COM and this year, the event was held at the Stephen C. O’Connell…
Welcome to Kathy Parrish, the new Administrative Support Assistant II, to the Department of Anesthesiology. Mrs. Parrish is from Lake Butler, Florida, and is married to Mike Parrish; they have two children, Lane, 19 and Tara, 18. Kathy recently graduated from Saint Leo University with a Bachelor’s in Psychology; she…
On the acceptance of their abstract, “Gorillas in Our Midst, Black Dots Gone Viral, and the Blatantly Obvious: What Else Might We Miss? What a Pediatric Anesthesiologist Needs to Know about Abuse and Signals for Help.” They will present their abstract in poster form at this year’s SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology Conference…
On the publication of “Imaging Artifacts in Echocardiography,” in the March issue of Anesthesia and Analgesia. Abstract: Artifacts are frequently encountered during echocardiographic examinations. An understanding of the physics and underlying assumptions of ultrasound processing involved with image generation is important for accurate interpretation of 2D grayscale, spectral Doppler,…
On the Acceptance of your Poster “Nipping NPO Violations in the Bud: A quality improvement project to improve adherence to preoperative fasting guidelines,” which will be presented at the SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology Conference April 1-3 at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. If you’re at the conference please stop by and…
Congratulations to Drs. Fernando Zayas-Bazan, Gijo Alex, Sonia Mehta, Cameron Smith, and Michael Draney on the acceptance of their poster “Complete Trachael Transection in a 3-Year-Old Following Blunt Neck Trauma,” which will be presented at the SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology Conference April 1-3 at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. If you’re…
On their publication in the March issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia entitled, “Limitations of Significance Testing in Clinical Research: A Review of Multiple Comparison Corrections and Effect Size Calculations with Correlated Measures.” Abstract Modern clinical research commonly uses complex designs with multiple related outcomes, including repeated-measures designs. While multiple comparison…
On March 17, 2016, we say goodbye to one of the Department of Anesthesiology’s longest-serving employees, Rebecca Lovely. We wish Rebecca much happiness, heath, and fulfillment in her retirement, and she will be deeply missed. Having been with the University of Florida for over 40 years, she often serves as…
Stephanie Hollis, MD, was named Chief Operating Officer of Solar Stik™, Inc, one of UF’s Top 100 fastest growing companies in the Gator 100. The Gator100 is sponsored by UF Warrington College of Business Administration and the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CEI), which recognize and celebrate the achievements of…
I am delighted to report that Timothy W. Martin, MD, has happily agreed to accept the responsibilities of Associate Chair for Education and Residency Program Director effective February 13, 2016. Tim has a long history of educating anesthesiology residents and pediatric anesthesiology fellows. The following are some educational highlights that…
The Smith Awards Program funds projects designed to improve patient and provider communication related to Epic electronic medical record (EMR) improvements. Priority is given to projects mostly likely to have the greatest impact for all Epic users for the UF Health Gainesville and Jacksonville campus. Dr. Azra Bihorac and her team’s…
At the 2016 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Lou Oberndorf was honored for his work in simulation. Lou Oberndorf along with members of a UF team invented the Human Patient Simulator. In Lou’s acceptance speech, he gave due credit to the technology originating from the University of Florida, where…
Ramachandran Ramani, MBBS, MD, joined us in January 2016 as an Associate Professor for the Division or Neuroanesthesia. He came to us from Yale University School of Medicine where he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Ramani earned his Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Surgery from…
Sanjeev Kumar, MD, joined us on Monday, January 4, 2016 as an Assistant Professor. He came to us from our very own Jacksonville campus where he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Kumar earned his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from Delhi University in India.
As many of you know, Nancy Hanner retires this month, after 35 years in the department. For most of those years, she has been the primary faculty support person for the cardiovascular division and has provided administrative support for at least 150 faculty over the various other divisions of…
JAMA Surgery Kidney Injury Common Following Vascular Surgery, Associated With Increased Risk For Cardiovascular-Related Death Both acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease were common in patients undergoing major vascular surgical procedures and were associated with an increase in long-term cardiovascular-specific death compared with patients with no kidney disease, according…
Ranked #1 forResearch Output of all Anesthesiology Program’s in the South by your colleagues on Doximity.com in 2015 Ranked#3 forReputation and Size of Program of all Anesthesiology Program’s in the South by your colleagues on Doximity.com in 2015…
Faculty from the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Department of Anesthesiology served as instructors for the 4th annual “Procedurepalooza,” a mass procedure lab organized by the College of Medicine Emergency Medicine Student Association. This year it was held on December 3, 2015. A little less than…
President & Mrs. Kent Fuchs and Tony DeStephens Congratulations to our Center for Safety, Simulation & Advanced Learning (CSSALT) team for being invited to showcase our UF designed and built procedural simulators as the College of Medicine…
Peggy White, MD, has been elected by the Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA) Council as a member. The mission of the AUA is the advancement of the art and science of anesthesiology by the encouragement of it’s members to pursue original investigations in the clinic and lab the development of…
Dr. Jerry Cohen of UF handing the check over to the recipient , Dr. Atul Gawande, the Director of LifeBox. Did you know that “70%…
Dr. Tammy Euliano has been asked to be an NIH grant reviewer for applications regarding maternal-fetal medicine and preeclampsia due to her expertise in the field. Dr. Euliano is a perfect candidate to review and evaluate these kinds of applications due to her successful experience in small business grant application and US…
Our eligible grads from the Critical Care Medicine fellowship for 2015 had a 100% pass rate on the Critical Care Medicine Sub-specialty America Board of Anesthesiology Certification Examination! …
Fred Cole Dooley, M.D., to the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Dooley returns to the “Gator Nation” family as an Assistant Professor. He comes to us from the University of Arkansas Medical School where he completed a fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia. Dr. Dooley completed his Residency in Anesthesiology at the University of…
Michael Tony Cometa, MD, joined us on August 31, 2015 as an Assistant Professor from Bellingham Anesthesia Associates, P.S., in Bellingham, Washington, where he was a Staff Anesthesiologist. Dr. Cometa originally attended University of Florida, where he completed his Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Food Science and Human…
Congratulations on a new R01 grant from the National Institute of Health to Dr. Anatoly Martynyuk (PI) and the research team (Dr. Nikolaus Gravenstein, Dr. Christoph Seubert and Dr. Barry Setlow from the UF Department of Psychiatry). The purpose of this grant is to investigate the role of the limbic-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and…
Please join us in welcoming Renard Sessions, MD, MBA, to the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Sessions returns to the “Gator Nation” family on August 3, 2015 as an Associate Professor and Assistant Chair of Finance. He comes to us from in San Antonio, Texas, where he was the Finance Committee…
First Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology (MOCA) held in the New George T. Harell, MD Medical Education Building The medical education facility for medical and physician…
Please join us in welcoming Stephen Vose, MD, MS, to the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Vose has been a part of the “Gator Nation” family for some time now, first joining the department as an Anesthesia Tech in 1999. He recently completed his Fellowship in Acute and Perioperative Pain Medicine…
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Timothy Martin to the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Martin joins us on August 3, 2015, as a Professor and Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology. He comes from Arkansas Children’s Hospital/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and the Vice-Chair for Education and Administration. Dr. Martin received…
Dr. Gijo Alex, Cherrie Print, Elizabeth Feally, Maryam Aminzadeh, and Dr. Albert Robinson participated in the 2015 Medical Career Day at the F.O.C.U.S. Summer Program for 50 2nd – 12th grade students on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The Fostering Opportunities & Cultivating Upstanding Students (F.O.C.U.S.) Summer Program and STEM Camp is…
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Basma Mohamed to the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Mohamed joined us on July 1, 2015 as an Assistant Professor, and comes to us from our very own Anesthesiology residency program. Dr. Mohamed is originally from Alexandria, Egypt where she received her MBChB degree. She…
It is with great pleasure and pride that we announce our CA-2 class had a 100% pass rate on their ABA BASIC Examination. Congratulations to all of our residents who completed this first step in the staged examination system for Board Certification in Anesthesiology!…
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Fernando Zayas-Bazan to the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Bazan joins us on July 13, 2015 as an Assistant Professor, and comes to us from a Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at Wolfson Children’s Hospital/Nemours Children’s Clinic and the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. Dr. Bazan earned…
A team of UF Health researchers received a $2.5 million federal grant to conduct a five-year study tracking information on post-surgical pain in hundreds of patients. Dr. Patrick Tighe, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at the UF College of Medicine, is the lead researcher on the study. He explained that…
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Sean Kiley, MD, back to the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Kiley returned to the “Gator Nation” on July 1, 2015 as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Kiley was an Intensivist at North Florida Regional Medical Center and prior to that he was an Assistant Professor of…
Please join us in welcoming Jack Hagan, MD, to the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Hagan joined us on June 8, 2015 as an Assistant Professor, and comes to us from the Naval Hospital Beaufort in Beaufort, South Carolina, where he served as the Department Head of Anesthesiology. Dr. Hagan is…
We congratulate four of our very own cardiothoracic anesthesia fellows: Rob Covington, Jonathan Hadaway, Jason Drennan, and Daniel Hernandez for presenting their research projects at the SCA/ICCVA 2015 Conference. The 37th Annual Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologist (SCA) workshop hosted the 15th International Congress of…
Dr. Rice was awarded a 2015 HERO OF MILITARY MEDICINE Award! The Heroes of Military Medicine (HMM) Awards honors outstanding contributions by individuals who have distinguished themselves through excellence and selfless dedication to advancing military medicine and enhancing the lives and health of our nation’s wounded,…
Julie has successfully completed “The National Board for Certification for Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education Programs (TAGME)” certification with added qualifications in Anesthesiology. Julie is now Ms. Julianne Veal, C-TAGME! …
We congratulate our very own faculty member and co-author of the guidelines, Dr. Brenda G. Fahy, for her contribution to this important work. New American Thoracic Society (ATS) guidelines discuss who decides what life-prolonging medical treatment patients in intensive care should receive and how both clinicians and a…
The 2015 Anesthesiology Celebration of Research Day was a great success. We would like to thank everyone who actively participated in and supported this event. We were pleased to have our distinguished keynote speaker, Carlos Mantilla, MD, PhD, give an amazing speech at the Hilton following an afternoon of…
The Gulf Atlantic Anesthesia Resident’s Research Conference (GAARRC) took place on May 1-3, 2015, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the Intercontinental San Juan Resort. GAARRC is an annual meeting that allows anesthesia residents and professionals the opportunity to take part in concurrent educational sessions as well as networking…
Dr. Martynyuk was invited to present at the 2015 Congress of the Chinese Association of Anesthesiologists, in Fuzhou, Fujian Province as well as give a lecture at the Department of Anesthesiology, People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, P.R. China. Dr. Martynyuk was given a warm welcome (and a…
Lee Audd, MD, Christina Sarrica, DO, and Nick Cummings, MD, were selected as the new Chief Residents for Anesthesiology for the 2015-2016 academic year. To be selected residents must demonstrate leadership ability, good academic standing, willingness to put personal interests aside for the good of the program, be models of best…
Dr. Nikolaus Gravenstein was awarded a Faculty Enhancement Opportunity Award to fund his project in September 2015. The grant provided funding for the Harvard Center for Medical Simulation to come to UF to present ‘Simulation as a Teaching Tool: Instructor Training’ workshop to 20 UF educators who teach using…
The April 13, 2015, edition of Forbes magazine included its annual listing of “America’s Best Employers” — and the University of Florida and UF Health made the national honor roll! In fact, only 25 health systems were recognized out of the 500 organizations deemed top employers nationally across 25 diverse…
We look forward to meeting and working with our new Anesthesiology residents for the 2015/2016 Academic year. The National Resident Matching Program® announced the results of what has turned out to be the largest Main Residency Match® in NRMP history. Nearly 17,000 U.S. allopathic seniors and more than 9,000 other applicants matched…
The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) awarded Dr. Patrick Tighe with a Presidential Commendation for leading the Academy’s work in Acute Pain medicine through the establishment of the Acute Pain Medicine Shared Interest Group and the State of Acute Pain Medicine Initiative which is looking at ways to advance research and…
We are pleased to announce that Joyce Myers, our Research Office Coordinator, is the recipient of a 2015 Superior Accomplishment Award. The University of Florida 2014-2015 Superior Accomplishment Awards program recognizes faculty and staff who have shown efficiency or economy in their work, have contributed outstanding and meritorious service, or…
Please join me in welcoming Dr. Yury Zasimovich to the Department of Anesthesiology as an Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2015! Dr. Zasimovich completed his anesthesiology residency at the University of Florida and was named Chief Resident in 2013. Some of his current research interests include: “Transferrable training in thoracic…
Drs. Dore and Ahmad authored Chapter 10 of Brain Neurotrauma: Molecular, Neuropsychological, and Rehabilitation Aspects titled “Cytoprotective Role of Prostaglandin D2 DP1 Receptor against Neuronal Injury Following Acute Excitotoxicity and Cerebral Ischemia”. The text was published in February 2015.
Congratulations to Drs. Nawar Nazar Yousif Al-Rawas, Andrea Gabrielli, Neil Euliano, and Michael Banner on the patent issuance of your technology “System and Method for Assessing Real Time Pulmonary Mechanics” The patent describes an innovative method to non-invasively calculate the internal pressure of the lungs and respiratory system resistance and compliance in…
Please join us in congratulating our colleagues whose dedication to our mother and infant patients has resulted in the prestigious “Baby-Friendly” designation for UF Health Shands Hospital. UF Health is the state’s first academic health center to receive this recognition from Baby-Friendly USA, which is a program of the World…
Dr. Adam Wendling was awarded a Faculty Enhancement Opportunity (FEO) Grant. Dr. Wendling’s grant funded his participation in the Harvard Advanced Instructor Course in Medical Simulation. Dr. Wendling’s goals for this course were to more effectively engage and mentor junior faculty in refining their simulation skills, develop strategic ways to engage hospital…
Dr. Patrick Tighe was awarded a grant by NIGMS to support the project, “Finding Good TEMporal PostOperative pain Signatures (TEMPOS)”. The project examined how postoperative pain scores change with respect to time, and the impact of these temporal patterns on the risk for persistent postsurgical pain. …
Please join us in welcoming Dr. David Corda to the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Corda joined us on April 1, 2015, as an Assistant Professor, and comes to us from the Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares, Florida, where he was the director of cardiothoracic anesthesia. Dr. Corda, who is originally…
For their publication “Clinically derived early postoperative pain trajectories differ by age, sex, and type of surgery” published in Pain, The Journal for the International Association for the Study of Pain. Pain trajectories is a novel way of characterizing postoperative surgical pain, where the linear relationship between pain score and…
On the publication of their article “What is a reference standard?” published in Anesthesia & Anaglesia in January 2015.
Congratulations to Drs. Doré, Rastogi , and Santiago-Moreno on the publication of “Ginseng: a promising neuroprotective strategy in stroke,” published in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience in the January 2015 edition. To see the abstract click here!…
Dr. Doré was named as a Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) on February 11th, 2015 at the International Stroke Conference in Nashville, TN. The election and designation as a Fellow of the American Heart Association recognizes scientific and professional accomplishments as well as volunteer leadership and service. Please join…
Congratulations to Drs. Kiki Nin and Lateef Opabola on their Customer Service Key Awards presented to them at a special luncheon on February 20th, 2015.
Congratulations to Drs. Joshua Sappenfield, Edward Delorey, and Todd Everett Jones. They have each won an Outstanding Customer Service Award. The awards were presented at a luncheon on February 20th, 2015. Congratulations again on providing Outstanding Customer Service to your patients!…
We are pleased to announce the Department of Anesthesiology poster presentation winners from the 2015 Celebration of Research These posters were presented on February 9, 2015 at the College of Medicine’s Celebration of Research held in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Our Department had two winners: In the…
After 15 years of studies on labor and delivery, the labor monitoring device developed by Tammy Euliano, her husband, Neil, and his engineering team has achieved FDA clearance. The device, marketed by OBMedical, uses an array of electrodes on the maternal abdomen to report uterine activity, fetal heart rate, and…
