The research paper describes a shift in U.S. opioid prescribing that sheds light on the effects of opioid prescription legislation.

Congratulations to all who had articles published in December! Anesthesia & Analgesia Corda DM, Fahy BG. Physicians, Heal Thyselves … With Caffeine? Anesth Analg. 2020 Jan;130(1):63-65. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004365. Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology Helander EM, Webb MP, Kendrick J, Montet T, Kaye AJ, Cornett EM, Kaye…

Congratulations to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Patrick Tighe, MD, MS, for having his review Artificial Intelligence and Surgical Decision-Making published in JAMA Surgery in December. Dr. Tighe collaborated with colleagues from the departments of Surgery, Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. Abstract Importance…

Congratulations to all who had articles published in November! Anesthesia & Analgesia Warner DO, Isaak RS, Peterson-Layne C, Lien CA, Sun H, Menzies AO, Cole DJ, Dainer RJ, Fahy BG, Macario A, Suresh S, Harman AE. Development of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination as a Component of Assessment for Initial…

Congratulations to all who had articles published in October!

UF Health will become the hub of a statewide clinical trial network geared at early-phase interventions to treat various types of pain and decrease opioid use, thanks to a five-year NIH grant awarded in September. Rene Przkora, MD, PhD Rene Przkora, MD, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology, and Patrick Tighe,…

Congratulations to all who had articles published in August! Anesthesia & Analgesia Leinonen M, Gravenstein N, Giordano C. Ventilation Is an Important Confounding Variable When End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Is Used to Help Guide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Anesth Analg. 2019 Sep 3. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004409. [Epub ahead of…

Members of the Department of Anesthesiology contributed half of the total number of posters of distinction at the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists’ annual meeting held June 14–16 at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida. UF sent 30 posters to the conference, of which five were posters of distinction. Jonathan Wakim of…

An accomplished professor’s career-long quest to understand peripheral nerve blocks has introduced new technologies and called into question decades of anesthesiology doctrine, in turn opening new frontiers in pain medicine. Dr. Boezaart Over the past two years, Andre Boezaart, MD, PhD, in collaboration with other faculty members in the…

The Department of Anesthesiology had a dominant showing at the 45th annual Gulf Atlantic Anesthesia Residents’ Research Conference (GAARRC) hosted by UF in early May, taking home first and second place overall as well as winning top honors in all research categories. Fourth-year resident Dalya Elhady, MD, won first place…

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Research & ProjectsMeet the TeamCollaborators & SupportOn the Road, In the News Our Goal The goal of the laboratory of Dr. Sylvain Doré is to discover new mechanisms that limit neuronal dysfunction associated with stroke (e.g. IS, ICH, SAH), traumatic brain injury (TBI), Alzheimer disease…

The Virtual Anesthesia Machine (VAM) web site, as a model program striving to be non-loss and thus sustainable, demonstrates the enormous power of free and equitable access to essential teaching materials. Healthcare, learning, and patient safety are universal rights. Increased Internet access helps bring our…

List of Patents – US Patent # Name(s) on Patent Patent Title 10283218 Gravenstein, et al. Patent update: Patient in-the-loop participatory care and monitoring 9974474 Principe, Maroserro, Euliano T, Euliano NR II System and method for analyzing progress of labor and preterm…

The University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology has a broad based research program in the clinical translational science of pain medicine. This includes studies examining the disease processes of: Post-operative pain Acute pain Sub-acute pain Persistent/chronic pain Cancer-related pain These studies are being…

Ongoing Research Projects:   1.  NIH R03 NIAMS                  H Vincent (PI)   Hurley (Co-I)                                   04/01/2010-03/31/2013 Resistance exercise effects on fear avoidance beliefs and physical function in obese, older adults with chronic low back pain This study will be comparing the effects of two different resistance training protocols on psychosocial…