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 representatives at…
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…
Interested in keeping up to date with what’s happening at UF’s Department of Anesthesiology? Then click here to read the Gator Works, Anesthesiology Alumni Newsletter for Fall 215. Gator Works keep you informed about departmental news and events in areas such as education, research, people and awards, as well as…
Dr. Jerry Cohen of UF handing the check over to the recipient , Dr. Atul Gawande, the Director of LifeBox. Did you know that “70% of operating…
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 assistant students…
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…
5th Annual Hands-On Symposium The Pearls and Pitfalls of Perioperative Cardiac Imaging and Devices Took place on February 7th at the McKnight Brain Institute Go to our facebook page to view photos of the event!…
Dr. Joshua Sappenfield has been selected as a 2015 UFHealth Shands Physician Customer Service Award winner, based on a nomination from one of his patients. Well over 100 nominations were received and Dr. Sappenfield was selected by the Physician Recognition Team to be honored at the Recognition Luncheon, hosted by Dr Michael Good…
After an extensive national search, Timothy E. Morey, M.D., was appointed chair of the anesthesiology department at the University of Florida College of Medicine. “We were fortunate to have a person like Dr. Morey who possesses all of the traits that we seek in a department…
Our Residency program was ranked second by Doximity/US News and World Report Rankings of Top Anesthesiology Residencies of the South in 2015.
The 2015 winners of the Faculty Teaching Awards from the Department of Anesthesiology are: Joy Allee, MD Kent Berg, MD, MBA Sylvain Doré, PhD Brian Gelfand, MD Chris Giordano, MD…
By Christopher Curry Staff writer – Gainesville Sun Photo by Erica Brough In a classroom deep within UF Health Shands Hospital, Samsun Lampotang waves a handheld device that looks like a small computer mouse over a model of a human upper back and spine. On a laptop computer next to…
University of Florida Health researchers have found a possible predictor for little understood — but often disabling or even fatal — stroke complications. The findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may extend to other neurological disorders, said Sylvain Doré, lead author and a professor…
Dr. Doré has been awarded a grant in the amount of $225,000 from the Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program to fund his grant titled “Therapeutic potential of PGE2 EP1 receptor selective antagonist”. …
Meghan Brennan, MD, was selected as a Resident Abstract Awards Finalist for the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) 2014 Annual Meeting. She was chosen by the judges who reviewed over 510 abstract submissions, as her abstract and research was on Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury Contributes To The Increasing Hospital Cost…
At the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting for 2014, Dr. Sudweeks was awarded the First Place FSA Poster Discussion Award for delivering an excellent presentation.
Matt Bzdega, MD, is a CA-1 resident in the Anesthesiology Residency Program who teamed up with his faculty advisor, Patrick Tighe, MD, MS, to submit an abstract titled “Markov Chain Modeling of Postoperative Pain State Transitions.” Their abstract was selected for the distinction of “Best of Category” for the Pain…
Peter Cai was awarded the 2014 Lawrence M. Goodman Research Award at the Annual Medical Student Research Day where he was recognized for his research on the Cat G Stroke Study. Peter is a medical student at the University of Florida College of Medicine, where he is also a member…
Katye Avery was awarded a 2014 Superior Accomplishment Award for her continuous hard work and innovative ability to provide efficient administrative support for the Department of Anesthesiology. To be recognized for this award by one’s peers is the highest point of achievement. Katye was recognized for providing excellent overall job…
The Post Anesthesia Care Unit at Shands at UF Health has been awarded a Bronze level Beacon Award. This accomplishment represents one of many significant milestones on the journey to optimal outcomes and exceptional patient care.
Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research ranked the University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology as #27 in the country among all anesthesiology departments for NIH research funding in 2013. Our department moved from #33 to #27 in 3 years with very tough competition. Our very own…
We are very pleased to announce that in the inaugural year of the Pain Medicine Fellowship NRMP match, the UF pain fellowship filled and we couldn’t be happier with our 2014 fellows. …
A little over 30 years ago, Myrtle Williams joined the Department of Anesthesiology as a Clerk Typist, working in the original M542 Research Lab. She ordered all the research animals, equipment, and supplies, and ran the schedule, supporting the entire department’s research activities. In the early…
Sue Ford, RN, was awarded the Health Science Center Division 2013 Superior Accomplishment Award for her dedicated service to the Department of Anesthesiology. Sue served as the department’s Clinical Improvement Coordinator ensuring that every patient safety and quality improvement initiative is implemented by the department until…
Throughout the course of this year, the department has been in the process of moving forward in a new direction while continuing its legacy of quality patient care, research, and education. Our immediate past Chair, Dr. F. Kayser Enneking, announced that, after 5 years of dedicated service, she would resign…
The Society of Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care celebrated it’s 40th anniversary in October of 2012 right before the American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting. Every year the Society recognizes one of its members for their outstanding teaching efforts and focus on education. Our very own, Dr. Michael Mahla, was…
The American Society of Anesthesiologist hosts an annual meeting where anesthesiologists from around the world come together to educate, be educated, discuss current healthcare issues, and give insight to new and innovative medical technologies.The meeting is comprised of a selection of poster presentations, refresher learning courses, guests speakers, discussion…
Lifebox was a resident-driven project in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Florida that enabled pulse-oximetry in order to improve patient safety in operating rooms around the world that don’t currently have access to this important patient safety technology. Dr. Sephalie Patel, a graduate of our…
Our own Titi Aina has been selected for a 2012-2013 HVO-SEA Traveling Fellowship Award! She is one of nine selected by Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) and the Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) to spend a month teaching anesthesia providers in Ethiopia, Peru, South Africa, Vietnam, or Malawi. Health…
Under the direction of Dr. Gang Zheng, clinical assistant professor of Anesthesiology, Gigi Geiger, DO, a current CA-3 resident along with staff from other American Anesthesiology Training programs traveled to three separate cities in China in order to teach about the use of epidurals for the labor analgesia management. They…
