BWH Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine​

Faculty Development Program

Our primary goal is to actively support the academic development of individuals in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at BWH, and thereby to promote their professional fulfillment and general wellbeing.

Our department, by the numbers 2024:
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  • 17 Promotions to Assistant Professor
  • 3 Promotions to Associate Professor
  • 13 Active Promotions in Progress
  • 3 Active Peer Mentorship Groups
  • 5 Faculty Development Starter Grant Projects
  • 13 Pillar Award Recipients
  • 4 BWPO Awardees
  • 8 Departmental Awardees
Our Faculty Development Team

A message from the Vice Chair and Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Development:

The BWH Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine consists of a happily wide-ranging and diverse set of talented clinicians, educators, and researchers. We want to share some of the goals we have for the promotion and well-being of the folks who work in our department. We celebrate the many accomplishments that our amazing faculty have achieved in a breadth of academic areas, as clinical innovators, educators, leaders, and researchers. We also share some information and links to career development resources that we have found useful, but more importantly put out the welcome sign for you to ask questions, make suggestions, and share your thoughts and accomplishments!   

Kristin Schreiber, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Faculty Development

Tara Carey, MD
Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Development

“It is the diversity of the people in this department that both fuels its success, but also makes it a uniquely and enjoyable place to do work. This includes diversity not only of gender, ethnicity, race or sexual orientation, but also of specialty, approach, interest, strengths, background, career focus, academic rank, sense of humor, and point of view.”

Faculty Development News

Most Recent Newsletter

New Initiative: Faculty Development Starter Grant

This year we have announced a new funding mechanism, to be spent on additional time and resources to embark on, or start, a new academic project/direction. It is a very broad call, open to faculty without other substantial external funding, including any project that will enhance development along your career path, whether in pragmatic research, clinical innovation, leadership, education, etc.

Highlights:

  • up to 50K, to cover additional academic time, RA time, materials
  • flexible size, duration and schedule of project (plan to fund 2-3/year)

Congratulations to our 2024 Faculty Development Starter Grant Recipients!

Dr. Seifert will use the faculty development starter grant to support the growth of an innovative maternal-fetal surgery research program with three initial projects: 1) a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic study of fetal plasma concentrations of fentanyl, rocuronium, and atropine to inform fetal redosing strategies; 2) evaluate pain scores and opioid use in patients having open neural tube defect repairs with either thoracic epidural anesthesia or lumbar epidural anesthesia with conversion to quadratus lumborum nerve blocks on postop day #1; and 3) evaluate the effects of maternal intravenous dexmedetomidine on maternal stress biomarkers and preterm contractions.

Dr. Formanek’s project is looking out of this world. Austere environments such as spaceflight, remote locations, and submarine operations make stabilization of fractures, crush wounds, dislocation, and emergent surgical procedures extremely difficult. Given the absence of anesthesiology training among NASA astronauts and impracticality of including an anesthesiologist in all field operations, it is crucial to investigate how tele-mentored and delayed communication impacts the ability to perform anesthesiology using just-in-time training.  The goal of the project will be to create a expert tele-mentored regional anesthesia pilot protocol to recommend to the space medicine and austere environment communities. 

Dr. Stone will be working on with support from the faculty starter grant is about increasing preoperative access to ultrasound guided nerve blocks for hip fracture patients. Hip fracture patients are often frail and at risk for opioid related adverse effects and delirium. This multidisciplinary effort with mentors in regional anesthesia (Dr. Kamen Vlassakov), Emergency Medicine (Dr. Andrew Goldsmith), Geriatrics, and Orthopedic Surgery (Dr. Michael Weaver), will allow us to retrospectively investigate our current processes, and understand the analgesics needs of this population between admission to operating room.

With her faculty development starter grant, Dr. Reale plans to expand upon her role as the BWH Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG) research site lead, moderating MPOG Perioperative Clinical Research Committee monthly meetings and evaluating new proposals on a local and national level. Sharon is also principal investigator for several new studies that leverage MPOG data to study maternal morbidity and mortality. These include studies assessing the frequency of adherence to obstetric anesthesia best practices for cesarean delivery, variations in adjuvant analgesic and sedative medications administered during cesarean delivery, as well as practice variations in transfusion ratios in obstetric hemorrhage.

Dr. Kowalczyk will be conducting a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of IV oxytocin infusion to assess its ability to decrease opioid use, pain, and opioid-related complications in patients after surgery. Accumulating evidence suggests that oxytocin has analgesic properties as a neurotransmitter or neuromodulator that both decreases inflammation and modulates pain and could represent a safe and effective analgesic applicable to a broad patient population. His initial study will focus on patients undergoing minimally invasive gynecologic surgery.

Welcome New Faculty:

Dr. Dustin Griesemer considers Dallas Texas to be home. Dr. Griesemer completed his medical school at and his anesthesia residency here at BWH. He is most interested in Neuroanesthesia. If Dr. Griesemer were undergoing induction by general anesthesia he would like to listen to 'Dreams' sung by Fleetwood Mac!
Dr. Michael Furdyna is from South Bend Indiana though he would feel at home anywhere with some warm woods. Dr. Furdyna attended the University of Pennsylvania for medical school, John Hopkins for residency and followed up with ICU and OB fellowships right here at BWH. He is particularly interested in Critical Care Anesthesia OB anesthesiology. If Dr. Furdyna were undergoing induction by general anesthesia he would choose to listen 'Don't Fear the Reaper' by Blue Oyster Cult.
Dr. Amanda Johnson joins the BWH faculty following med school at the University of Washington in Seattle and residency/fellowship at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Johnson is most interested in peds anesthesia. If she were undergoing induction by general anesthesia, she would listen to any song by Odesza. Dr. Johnson is from Northwestern Wyoming.
Dr. Richard Bremer is from Detroit Michigan. Dr. Bremer completed his medical school at Wayne State University followed by residency in anesthesia right here at BWH. He is most interested in general or ambulatory anesthesia. If Dr. Bremer were undergoing induction by general anesthesia he would choose to listen to the song ’Harder to Breath’ by Maroon 5!
Dr. Jennifer Kutt is from Londonderry New Hampshire. Dr. Kutt completed her medical school and anesthesia training right here at BWH. She is most interested in regional anesthesia. If Dr. Kutt were undergoing induction by general anesthesia she would choose to listen to the song ’Good Luck, Babe’ by Chappell Roan!
Dr. MJ Kramer is from New York. Dr. Kramer attended Georgetown University School of Medicine for medical school and then came here to BWH for her anesthesia residency and remained here for her cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship. She is particularly interested in cardiac anesthesiology. If Dr. Kramer were undergoing induction by general anesthesia she would choose to listen a nice regular, high pitched pulse ox tone.
Dr. Petra Majdak continues her journey with BWH following her anesthesia training which she received right here. Dr. Majdak is most interested in Interventional pain management. If she were undergoing induction by general anesthesia, she couldn't think of a cooler "outro" than the song ’Enter Sandman’ by Metallica. Dr. Majdak is from Harrison New York.
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Recent Promotions:

Daniela Lazea, MD, has recently been promoted to Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School .
Dennis McNicholl, DO, has recently been promoted to Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School .
Martha Cordoba-Amorocho, MD, has recently been promoted to Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School .
Yun-Yun (Kathy) Chen, MD, has recently been promoted to Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School .
Oren Levy, PhD, MBA, has recently been promoted to Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School .
Stephanie Yacoubian, MD, has recently been promoted to Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School .
Christoph Nabzdyk, MD, has recently been appointed as an Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School .
Lauren Cornella, MD, has recently been promoted to Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School .
Asmina Lazaridou, PhD, has recently been promoted to Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School.
Jakob Wollborn, MD, has recently been promoted to Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School.
Nicolai Goettel, MD, MHBA, has recently been appointed as an Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School.
Matt Allen, MD, has recently been promoted to Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School.
Matt Grunert, MD, has recently been promoted to Assistant Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School.
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Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston MA 02115
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