Academic Activities
Our faculty are engaged in clinical, translational, and basic academic research, building the evidence that informs the highest quality patient care, both in and out of the OR.
Presentations and Lectures
Our faculty and staff have given presentations and lectures at various national and international conferences.
American Society of Regional Anesthesiologist (ASRA) Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine Meeting/ Orlando, FL
Kimia Ziadkhanpour; Alexander Stone MD; Philipp Gerner MD: Comparing Educational models: A Survey of Anesthesia Resident Confidence in Performing Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Abhay Tyagi MD; Amar Desai MD; Archana O’Neill MD; Kamen Vlassakov MD: Continuous Longitudinal Rectus Sheath Blocks: A Case Series for New Approach
Nellestein AM; Vlassakov K; Gerner P; Stone A: The Efficacy of Proximal Intercostal Nerve Blocks for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
Patrick Collins BS; Kristin L Schreiber MD PhD; Jenna Wilson PhD; Martin Kiik MD; Taylor Vega MD; Y. Kathy Chen MD: The Influence of Pain Catastrophizing and Prior Painful Experiences on Procedural Pain and Post-Block Resolution Pain
Taylor Vega MD; Yun-Yun K. Chen MD; Patrick Collins BA; Sabrina Pan MD; Martin Kiik MD; Kristin L Schreiber MD PhD: Patients’ Experience with Education vs. Sedation during Regional Anesthesia Procedures: A Qualitative Analysis
Georges Abi Roustom; Kamen Vlassakov: Low Volume Superior Trunk Block as a Primary Anesthetic for Shoulder reduction in a Patient with BMI of 83
Zara Adamou MD; Andrew Nellestein MD; Amar Desai MD: Case Report: Visualization of arterial branches within the sciatic nerve during an ultrasound-guided popliteal fossa block
Georges Abi Roustom; Kamen Vlassakov: Continuous Parasternal to Rectus Sheath Catheter in Cardiac Surgery: A Case Report
Taylor Vega MDMCR; Yun-Yun K. Chen MD; Patrick Collins BS; Sabrina Pan MD; Martin Kiik MD; Kristin L. Schreiber: Patients’ Experience with Education vs. Sedation during Regional Anesthesia Procedures: A Qualitative Analysis
Sara Herman MD ABOIM and Kamen Vlasakov MD: First Report of Bilateral Proximal Intercostal Blocks as an Alternative to Stellate Ganglion Block for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Patient with Myasthenia Gravis
Ryan Nierstedt MD; Joseph Homsi MD: The Utilization of a Transversus Abdominus Plane Block for Abdominal Mesh Pain During Pregnancy
International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) and Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI
IARS:
Jessica C. Richelieu MD; Mackenzie Roche BS; Poorva Bagchee BS; Taiki Fakuda MD; Yusei Nakamura MD; Mizuki Nishino MD MPH; Hiroto Hatabu MD PhD; Gyorgy Frendl MD PhD: Quantitative Assessment of Diaphragmatic Dysfunction Following Lung Transplantation Using a Novel Portable Dynamic Digital Radiography (pDDR)
Jessica C. Richelieu MD; Nola Darden DO; Aubrey B. Greer MD; Poorva Bagchee BS; Mackenzie Roche BS; Mizuki Nishino MD MPH; Hiroto Hatabu MD PhD; Louisa J. Palmer MBBS; Gyorgy Frendl MD PhD: Assessment of Diaphragmatic Dysfunction
Jessica C. Richelieu MD; Poorva Bagchee BS; Mackenzie Roche BS; Taiki Fakuda MD; Yusei Nakamura MD; Mizuki Nishino MD MPH; Hiroto Hatabu MD PhD; Gyorgy Frendl MD PhD: Quantitative Longitudinal Assessment of Diaphragmatic Function after Lung Transplant Using Portable Dynamic Digital Radiography (pDDR)
Annandita T. Kumar MD; Poorva Bagchee BS; Mackenzie Roche BS; Taiki Fakuda MD; Yusei Nakamura MD; Louisa J. Palmer MBBS; Mizuki Nishino MD MPH; Hiroto Hatabu MD PhD; Gyorgy Frendl MD PhD: The Use of Novel Portable Dynamic Digital Radiography (pDDR) to Assess Regional Blood Flow and Its Impairment
Laura Kasparian MS CCC-SLP; Mackenzie Roche BS; Poorva Bagchee BS; Taiki Fakuda MD; Yusei Nakamura MD; Mizuki Nishino MD MPH; Hiroto Hatabu MD PhD; Gyorgy Frendl MD PhD: First-in-Class Bedside Speech and Swallow Radiographic Assessment of Swallowing Using Portable Dynamic Digital Radiography (pDDR)
Jessica C. Richelieu MD; Aubrey B. Greer MD; Mackenzie Roche BS; Poorva Bagchee BS; Gyorgy Frendl MD PhD; Louisa J. Palmer MBBS: Hypoxic respiratory failure from diaphragm paralysis status post 1st rib resection diagnosed by POCUS: A Case Report
Cameron Bosinski MD MS; Hamilton White PhD; Christopher Connor MD PhD: The Effect of Isoflurane on Behavior and Neuronal Signaling in a Gap Junction Mutant Strain of C. elegans
Cody R. Sain MD; Sashini K. Godage MD; Angela M. Bader MD MPH; Kristin L. Schreiber MD PhD; Morana V. Lasic MD Med: Hidden Disparities: The Impact of Disadvantaged Background on Inclusion and Belonging Among Anesthesiologists
Daniel F. Berenson; Gavin Ovsak; David L. Hepner; Sascha Beutler; Jimin J. Kim: Development of an Artificial Intelligence Powered Tool for Administering Anesthesiology Oral Board Examinations with Prompt Engineering and Few-Shot Learning
Kristin Schreiber: Symposium presentation:Personalization and Protocolization in the Perioperative Period: Are They Antithetical, or Can They Work Together?
Kristin Schreiber: Symposium presentation: The Evolution of Perioperative Opioid Use: Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far?
Una E. Choi MD; Ryan C. Nicholson MPH; Steven M. Frank MD; Jean M. Connors MD; David L. Hepner MD MPH: Oral presentation: Improved outcomes with intravenous compared to oral iron for anemia in pregnancy
Una E. Choi MD; Ryan C. Nicholson MPH; Ananda Thomas BA; Elizabeth C. Crowe MD PhD; John A. Ulatowski MD PhD MBA; Linda M.S. Resar MD; Nadia B. Hensley MD; and Steven M. Frank MD: A&A Editors’ Choice 3rd Place talk: A propensity-matched cohort study of intravenous iron versus red cell transfusions for preoperative iron-deficiency anemia
Una E. Choi MD; Chelsea Messinger MD PhD; Adriana D. Oprea MD; BobbieJean Sweitzer MD; Ion A. Hobai MD PhD; Jean M. Connors MD; David L. Hepner MD: Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists associated with improved postoperative outcomes
Zara Adamou MD; Braden Eberhard BS; Vesela Kovacheva MD PhD: Comparison of ICD-Code-Based and Rule-Based Preeclampsia Phenotypes: A Retrospective Observational Study
SOCCA:
Rachel Gioscia-Ryan; Rodney Kipchumba; Kathleen Yu; Matthew Grunert; Louisa Palmer: Encephalopathy and cerebral edema due to hyperammonemia secondary to Ureaplasma infection in the surgical intensive care unit
Richelieu; Darden; Greer; Palmer; Frendl: Portable Dynamic Digital Radiography (pDDR) vs. Gold Standard Bedside Diaphragmatic US Imaging for the Assessment of Diaphragmatic Dysfunction
Richelieu; Frendl: Quantitative Longitudinal Assessment of Diaphragmatic Function after Lung Transplant Using Portable Dynamic Digital Radiography (pDDR)
Richelieu; Frendl: Quantitative Assessment of Diaphragmatic Dysfunction Following Lung Transplantation Using a Novel Portable Dynamic Digital Radiography (pDDR)
Richelieu; Frendl; Palmer: Hypoxic respiratory failure from diaphragm paralysis status post 1st rib resection diagnosed by POCUS: A Case Report
Greer; Richelieu; Palmer: Unrecognized functional adrenal carcinoma leading to PEA arrest following adrenalectomy
Zwolinski; Lazea: The Three-Hit Hypothesis – Cardiovascular Collapse of a Young Healthy Athlete
Lin; Chang: A Dangerous Hug: Bleeding from the Aorta
Darden; Nola; Zwolinski: Interstitial Lung Disease Exacerbation Following Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair
Kimball; Raykar; Chang: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in an Elderly Patient with Extensive Burns
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 2025 Montreal, Canada
Mora Rizk MD; Sarah Boden MD PharmD; Alissa Sodickson MD : ECMO for Lymph Node Biopsy
Woong Hwang MD PhD; Raghav Seth MD : Improved Left Atrial Appendage Filling Defect with Amelioration of Low Flow State
Kush Gupta; MD; Elizabeth Schueth; MD; MPH; Kelly Li; BS; Charles Nyman; MBBCh : No Strings Attached: Chordal Disentanglement in Tricuspid TEER
Olivia Lansinger MD; Jay S. Saggu DMD MD; Charles Nyman MBBCh : Transesophageal Echocardiogram Guides Intraoperative Management of Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Dysfunction During Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma Resection
Claire Luo MD; Charles Nyman MBBCh : Worsened Transmitral Valve Gradients After iASD Closure During mTEER Repair
Kimia Ziadkhanpour MD; Lauren Cornella MD : Clipped Coronary Artery: Left Main Coronary Artery Occlusion After AtriClip Placement in Endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair
Lillian Liao MD MS; David Gross MD PhD; Amy Hackmann MD; Lauren Cornella MD; Nelson Thaemert MD : Delayed Presentation of Cardiac Tamponade Due to Left Ventricle Perforating Hematoma Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Kelley R; Dasani S; Seth R. : Aortomitral Curtain Injury Hidden Under Double Jet on Transesophageal Echo
Kelley R; Dasani S; Justice S; Killilea A; Shook D; Karamnov S : Characterizing non-cardiac surgery patients who undergo rescue transesophageal echocardiograms, a life-saving intervention provided by cardiovascular anesthesiologists
Dasani S; Kelley R; Ovasak G; Killilea A; Shook D; Karamnov S : Quantifying the Cost of Rescue Transesophageal Echocardiogram: An Emergency Diagnostic Provided by Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists
Snavely A; Yamakawa M; Thaemert N : The Use of Echo Contrast for Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus Exclusion
Fabiszak MM; Hoffman MA : Tamponade Physiology in the Setting of Severe Lung Edema Diagnosed with Rescue Transesophageal Echocardiography
Soobin Kim MD; Jakob Wollborn MD : Management of Distributive and Cardiogenic Shock in Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity
Soobin Kim MD; Jakob Wollborn MD; Gavin Ovsak MD MBA; Luigino Nascimben MD PhD; Serena Dasani MD MBA : Conduits of Care: Optimizing Anesthetic Management in Right Ventricle to Pulmonary Artery Conduit Reoperations
Soobin Kim MD; Melina Heine; MD Candidate; Elizabeth Schueth MD MPH; Sula Nasra MD; Danny Muehlschlegel MD MMSc MBA; Jakob Wollborn MD : Out of Sight, Out of Rhythm: Risk Factors for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Discharge Detected by Wireless Patch Monitoring
Sabrina Pan MD; Sarah Boden MD PharmD; Lauren Cornella MD : Left Heart vs Right Heart! Induction Considerations for Competing Physiologies in a Patient with HOCM and ILD with Right Heart Dysfunction
Ahmed Yousef; Rachel J Lipman; Zachary A. Lee : Structural Heart Disease Modulates Risk of Aortic Root Thrombosis on VA ECMO
Ahmed Yousef; Jay S. Saggu; Matthew B. Allen : A Case of Survival After Tracheoarterial Fistula
Karyn Barrett; MD; Elizabeth Magdycz; MD : Obstruction at the Heart of the Matter: Anesthetic Management of a Case of Intravascular Leiomyomatosis with Intracardiac Extension
Jay Saggu DMD MD; Elizabeth Magdycz MD : Are You in or Are You Out? Two Mitraclips Placed on a Previously Repaired Valve – One Inside the Ring and One Through a Dehiscence
Jay Saggu DMD MD; Danieal Hoare PhD; Kristen Warren BS; Rusul Al-Ani MBCHB; Seemantini Nadkarni PhD; Chistoph GS Nabzdyk Dr. M; MD. : Optical Thromboelastography: A Novel Solution to An Age Old Problem
Kate J. Frost MD; Zachary Lee MD; Borami Shin MD; Ashraf Sabe MD; Nelson Thaemert MD : A Dissection with a C-Section: The Case of a Pregnant Woman with Marfan Syndrome
Kate J. Frost MD; Samuel Justice PhD; CHIA Consortium; Simon C. Body MBChB MPH; Jochen D. Muehlschlegel MD MMSc MBA; Sergey Karamnov MD : Association of Congestive Heart Failure and Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation: A Hidden Culprit in Cardiac Surgery Outcomes (BEST OF MEETING SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT)
Sarah Boden MD/PharmD; Nelson Thaemert MD; Ciaran MacNamee MD : Persistent Hypoxia Following Wedge Resection: A Curious Case of Re-expansion Pulmonary Edema
Sarah Boden MD/PharmD; Samuel Justice PhD; Chinyere Archie MBBS; Sergey Karamnov MD : Regional Anesthesia is Associated with Decreased Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation Following Cardiac Surgery
Elizabeth Schueth MD; Douglas Shook MD; Stephen Raithel MD : A Pascal Clip: The Heart’s New Favorite Accessory
Elizabeth Schueth MD; Jakob Wollborn MD : Tracking Down the Rhythm That Was Playing Hard to Get: Wireless ECG Sensors to the Rescue
Mike Yamakawa MD; Maria Walline MD : Identification of Malignant Hyperthermia During Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for a Kawashima Procedure
Mike Yamakawa; MD; Andrew Snavely; MD PhD; David Stein; PhD; Lauren J. Cornella; MD : “Mitral Annular Override”: A Diastolic Parameter for SAM Prediction After Mitral Valve Repair? (BEST OF MEETING SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT)
Annandita Kumar MD; Anna Ray MD : Management of Refractory Arrythmias in Patients With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot
Una E. Choi MD; Domagoj Mladinov MD; David L. Hepner MD MPH; Jean M. Connors MD; Nadia B. Hensley MD: Preoperative iron deficiency anemia is associated with increased postoperative atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery: Best of meeting oral abstract presentation
Una E. Choi MD; Nadia B. Hensley MD; Jean M. Connors MD; David L. Hepner MD MPH: Perioperative cryoprecipitate but not fibrinogen concentrate is associated with increased postoperative delirium risk after cardiac surgery
Una E. Choi MD; Nadia B. Hensley MD; Jean M. Connors MD; David L. Hepner MD MPH: Acute kidney injury as a risk factor for iron deficiency anemia following cardiopulmonary bypass
Ahmed Yousef; Rachel Lipman; Zachary Lee: Structural Heart Disease Modulates Risk of Aortic Root Thrombosis on VA ECMO
Woong Y Hwang and Raghav Seth: Improved Left Atrial Appendage Filling Defect with Augmentation of Cardiac Output
Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology 57th Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon
Eric Chen MD; Samuel Justice PhD; Pervez Sultan MBChB; Mohamed Tiouririne MD; Michael J. Furdyna MD; Nadir Sharawi MBBS FRCA MSC; Sharon Reale MD: Adjuvant Analgesic; Anxiolytic; and Sedative Medications Administered During Cesarean Delivery: A Retrospective Report from the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group Research Consortium
Jordan Francke MD MPH; Samuel Justice PhD; Michael J. Furdyna MD; Thomas Klumpner MD; Brandon M. Togioka MD; Brendan Carvalho MBBCh FRCA; Sharon Reale MD: Frequency of Adherence to Obstetric Anesthesia Best Practices for Cesarean Delivery: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Analysis
Tyler Guidugli; DO; Noor Raheel; MD; MPH; Sebastian Seifert; MD; John J. Kowalczyk; MD; Michaela K. Farber; MD MS: Comparative Thromboelastography on Peripheral vs Uterine Blood as an Early Marker of Postpartum Coagulation Changes
Saranaya Lertkovit MD; Bushra W. Taha; MD; Jean M.Carabuena MD; William R. Camann MD; Noor Raheel MD MPH; Michaela K. Farber MD MS: Antepartum point-of-care gastric ultrasound in fasted obstetric patients undergoing non-delivery surgical procedures
Daniel F. Berenson MD PhD; Braden Eberhard BS; Nolan K. Wheeler BS; Ricardo Kleinlein PhD; Vesela Kovacheva MD PhD: Success in Predicting Neuraxial Analgesia Failure: A Retrospective Model Development Study
Stratton Dangerfield MD; Samantha Devane; Noor Raheel MD MPH; Michaela K. Farber MD MS: Obstetric Anesthesiologist Involvement on State Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRC): A Survey of Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology State Representatives and MMRC
Jordan Francke MD MPH; Thịnh Xuân Trần MD PhD; Bushra W. Taha MD; Minh Văn Nguyễn MD PhD; Andrew Eyre MD MSHPEd; Long Van Le MD PhD; Jimin Kim MD MSc: Development of a Novel Obstetric Anesthesia Simulation Curriculum in Vietnam: A Model for Improving Maternal Care in Low- and Middle-income Countries
Jordan Francke MD MPH; Thang Phan MD PhD; Bushra W. Taha MD; Huan Vu Tran MD; John J. Kowalczyk MD; Lanh Thi Thu Tran MD; Jimin Kim MD MSc: Assessment of Knowledge Acquisition Following a Novel; Intensive Obstetric Anesthesia Simulation Curriculum: A Pilot Study in Vietnam
Michael J. Furdyna MD; Samuel Justice PhD; Shubhangi Singh MBBS; John J. Kowalczyk MD; Sharon Reale MD: Factors and Outcomes Associated with Blood Product Transfusion Ratios During Massive Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Multicenter Regression Analysis
Tyler Guidugli; DO; Daniel F. Berenson; MD PhD; Ricardo Kleinlein PhD; Michaela K. Farber MD MS; Vesela Kovacheva MD PhD: Obstetric Anesthesia Outcomes in Pregnant Patients with Spine Surgery and Hardware: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Saranya Lertkovit MD; Jean Marie Carabuena MD; Anna M. Ray MD; Namtip Triyasunant MD; Patchareya Nivatpumin MD; Pattarawalai Talungchit MD PhD; Noor Raheel MD MPH; Michaela K. Farber MD MS: Obstetric Anesthesia for Parturients with Acquired or Congenital Heart Disease: A Comparison of Management and Outcomes between Thailand and United States Tertiary Hospitals
Lillian Liao MD MS; Michaela K. Farber MD MS; Vesela Kovacheva MD PhD; John J. Kowalczyk MD: Fresh Frozen Plasma Utilization and Factor Deficiency Coagulopathy in Severe Postpartum Hemorrhage from 2016 to 2024: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Domenic J. Pedulla MD; Vesela Kovacheva MD PhD: Automating Anesthesiology Antenatal Consultation Notes for Postpartum Hemorrhage Risk: A Feasibility Study Using Large Language Models
Domenic J. Pedulla MD; Jean M. Carabuena MD; Trey Hale; Ayana Watkins ; Vesela Kovacheva MD PhD: Incidence of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Parturients Evaluated by an Antenatal Anesthesiology Consultation
Youri Tan MD; Vesela Kovacheva MD PhD; Neel Madan MD; Michael Furdyna MD; Ricardo Kleinlein PhD; Ayumi Maeda MD PhD: Mission Possible: Case Series of Successful Neuraxial Procedures for Parturients with Chronic CSF leaks
Shakthi Jayanthy Venkatachalam MBBS; Ricardo Kleinlein PhD; Vesela Kovacheva MD PhD: Stretching the limits: Anesthetic considerations in pregnant patients with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Yuguan Zhang MD; Michaela K. Farber MD MS; Michaela J. Furdyna MD; Hope Y. Yu MD; Ayumi Maeda MD PhD: B-line Scores on Lung Ultrasound before and after Magnesium Treatment among Patients with Severe Preeclampsim
Rosalyn B. Chen MD; Tyler Guidugli DO; Karyn E. Barrett MD; Jimin Kim MD MSc: Balancing the Clot: Management of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation with Thromboelastography during Intrapartum Cesarean Delivery
Stratton Dangerfield MD; Michael J. Furdyna MD; Michaela K. Farber MD MS; Ayumi Maeda MD PhD: Knot My Best Epidural
Jordan Francke MD MPH; Jimin Kim MD MSc; Michaela K. Farber MD MS: Spinal Anesthesia for a Patient with Achondroplasia; Prior Lumbar Fusion; and Obesity: Development of a Novel Difficult Back Algorithm
Tyler Guidugli DO; Jimin Kim MD MSc; Megan Elizabeth Bunnell MD MS MA; Bushra W. Taha MD: Emergent Intrapartum Cesarean Delivery in a Grand Multiparous Parturient Supported by a Left Ventricular Assist Device
Saranaya Lertkovit MD; Lauren Anderson MSN CRNA; William R. Camann MD: Preoperative gastric ultrasound to facilitate anesthetic management of cyclic vomiting syndrome during early pregnancy
Jordan Francke; Tyler Guidugli; Bushra Taha; Annastacia Woytash: Missing the point: Failed labor epidural analgesia in a childhood cancer survivor who received intrathecal chemotherapy
Other Meetings and Presentations
Grifols Chair Symposium: Translating Science into the Clinic, Barcelona Spain
Nan Chiang and Charles N. Serhan: New Advances in Resolution of Inflammation
WAKNA Annual Meeting 2025, Jena, Germany
Nicolai Goettel: SNACC, ICPNT, and ACGME: Neuroanesthesia training in the United States
Long Covid Symposium (Virtual, presented by MGB and BID)
Alexander Kim: Stellate Ganglion block for Long COVID symptoms
Anticoagulation Forum Webinar 2025
Alexander Kim MD; Jacob Kurlander MD: Not your Average Periprocedural Anticoagulation Webinar: The interventionalist Perspective
Shock Society Meeting 2025, Boston MA
Charles Serhan: Decoding the Resolution Response in Inflammation: Uncovers Novel Pro-Resolving Mediators that reduce Infectious Inflammation, Pain and Protect organs
Sports Medicine 2025, Atlanta GA
Charles Serhan: A role for Resolution of Inflammation in Sports Medicine
Gordon Research Conference 2025, Waterville Valley NH
Charles Serhan: Resolution of Inflammation the Role of Resolvins and the Specialized Pro-Resolving Lipid Mediators
Aerospace Medical Association’s Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta GA
- Girgla; A. Asadi; K. Stabenau; M. Rosenberg; B. Mittal: Evaluation of Acute Airway Changes During Short-Duration Spaceflight
United States Association for the Study of Pain / Chicago IL
Seneca Ellis; Alessandra Anzolin; Dieu Ni Doan; Arvina Grahl; Lara Gardiner; Jeungchan Lee; Ted Kaptchuk; Vitaly Napadow: Peak Alpha Frequency and Alpha Asymmetry as Potential Biomarkers of Pain Intensity and Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Pain Patients
Lizbeth J. Ayoub; Andrew Bolander; Karen Lin; Junhwan Lee; Brad Kuo; Vitaly Napadow; Roberta Sclocco: Nucleus Tractus Solitarii Response to taVNS in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia is Associated with Abdominal Pain: A 7T Pilot Study
Arvina Grahl; Alessandra Anzolin; Lara Gardiner; Seneca Ellis; Jeungchan Lee, Changjin Jung; Maya Barton-Zuckerman; Kylie Isenburg; Dan-Mikael Ellingsen; Robert R Edwards; John Kelley; Ted Kaptchuk; Vitaly Napadow: The impact of clinical interaction styles on pain catastrophizing and neural processing in chronic pain: Insights from fMRI hyperscanning
Jeungchan Lee; Asimina Lazaridou; Myrella Paschali; Alessandra Anzolin; Arvina Grahl; Dan-Mikael Ellingsen; Marco L. Loggia; Ajay D. Wasan; Robert R. Edwards; Vitaly Napadow: Anterior midcingulate cortex activity during pain catastrophizing predicts symptom improvements following CBT in fibromyalgia
Pain Connect American Academy of Pain Medicine / Austin, Texas
Derick Davis MD; Jason Yong MD MBA: What Is Loss – Baby Don’t Tap Me
Derick Davis MD; Arti Ori MD; Pritesh Topiwala MD: Scuba Diving, Intrathecal Pumps, and Silent Infections: A Case of Malfunction and Unseen Risks in Chronic Pain Management
Euroanaesthesia 2025 (May 25 – 27; Lisbon, Portugal)
Adrian W. Gelb MBChB; William L. Daley MD MPH; Szymon Bialka MD PhD; Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic MD; Rafael Badenes MD PhD DESA MSc; Tong J. Gan MD: Induction of General Anesthesia During Elective Surgery in Adults: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase 3 Study of HSK3486 vs Propofol
Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium & Workshops (TAS), April 25, 2025, in Montreal, Canada.
Ahmed Yousef; Jay Saggu; Matthew Allen: A Case of Survival After Tracheoarterial Fistula
ACC/Chicago March 2025
Una E. Choi MD; Chelsea Messinger MD PhD; Adriana D. Oprea MD; BobbieJean Sweitzer MD; Ion A. Hobai MD PhD; Jean M. Connors MD; David L. Hepner MD: Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists associated with improved postoperative outcomes
International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL) Quebec , Canada
Melissa Simard; Robert Nshimiyimana; Nan Chiang; Ana R. Rodriguez; Bernd W. Spur; Charles N. Serhan: Identification of 17R-Resolvin D2, a Novel Specialized Pro-Resolving Mediator in Human Saliva
ERAS Symposium, 7th Annual / Baylor, Dallas Texas
- Marc Pimentel: Who Controls the Thermostat – Perioperative Normothermia Management.
- Marc Pimentel: Implementation 101
International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) and Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (SOCCA) Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
- Vesela P Kovacheva: Augmenting Anesthesiology Practice with Generative AI.
- Vesela P Kovacheva: Integration of Novel Artificial Intelligence and Genomics Tools in Perioperative Care.
- Chris Connor; Generative AI and Machine Learning
- Kristin Schreiber, IARS Mentored Research Awards (IMRA) Update
- Kristin Schreiber, Advanced Regional Anesthesia Ultrasound Techniques Workshop
- Kumar; Agrawal; Sou; Baker; Wada; Hatabu; Frendl: Portable Dynamic Digital Radiography in the Assessment of Diaphragmatic Dysfunction.
SOCCA
- Sula Nasra; Rachel E. Carlson; Jingui He; Samuel Justice; Jochen D. Muehlschlegel; Jakob Wollborn: Association Between Magnesium and Potassium Levels and Atrial Fibrillation Detection Using Remote Patch Monitoring in Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients.
- Samuel Rackley; Gavin Ovsak; Luying Yan; Claire Luo; Christoph Nabzdyk: Mesenteric Ischemia Following Heart Transplantation: A Case Series Review.
- Kumar; Kovacheva; Palmer: Novel Machine Learning-Powered Early Warning Score for Prediction of Patient Deterioration in PACU.
- Saggu; Palmer: Antegrade Aortic Dissection and Mesenteric Ischemia following TEVAR.
- Gray; Palmer: Reverse Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Following Scapular Free Flap Reconstruction.
- Baker; Taha: Recognizing Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient on Peripheral Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
- Nemani; Lazea: PF4-Negative Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis in a Cardiac Surgical Patient.
- Nemani; Palmer: Are Women More At Risk For Permanent Pacemaker Insertion After Cardiac Surgery?
- Buchanan; Palmer: When Methimazole Isn’t Enough: Using ECMO as a Bridge to Recovery in Thyroid Storm.
- Sou: Review of Echocardiographic Features in Cardiac Tamponade: A Case of Acute Hemopericardium Associated with Apixaban in End-Stage Renal Disease.
- Palmer; Justice; Esmaelzadeh; Platz: Association between right ventricular dysfunction on point-of-care ultrasound and mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
- Winters; Tsukada; Frendl: Tracheal laceration after easy intubation – a documented course of healing.
North American Neuromodulation Society’s Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
- Bulat, E.; Chaturvedi, R.; Johnson, P.; Gulati, A.; Rakesh, N.: Intrathecal Clonidine Dosing for Cancer Pain: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
- Akash S. Patel; Adlai L. Pappy II; Robert Jason Yong: Podium Presentation/Single-Center Retrospective Study of the Efficacy and Complication Rate of Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulator Implantation.
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 2024 Toronto, Canada
- Grace S. Lee; Chinyere Archie; Samuel Justice; Sergey Karamnov: Long-Term Mortality Unaffected: Investigating the Impact of Preoperative Right Ventricular Dilatation and Tricuspid Regurgitation in Lung Transplant Patients.
- Grace S. Lee; Rowaa Ibrahim; Piotr Sobieszczyk; Nelson Thaemert: A Case of Inaccurate Preprocedural Atrial Septal Defect Assessment by 2D TEE and Cardiac MR.
- Samuel Rackley; Mary Decker; Chinyere Archie: Continuous TEE Enables Complex Resection of Adrenocortical Carcinoma Extending Into The Right Atrium: A Case Report.
- Samuel Rackley; Gavin Ovsak; Luying Yan; Claire Luo; Christoph Nabzdyk: Mesenteric Ischemia Following Heart Transplantation: A Case Series Review.
- Rachel E. Carlson; Sula Nasra; Jingui He; Samuel Justice; Jochen D. Muehlschlegel; Jakob Wollborn: Assessing the burden of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery using remote adhesive patch monitoring after discharge.
- Serena S. Dasani; Gavin Ovsak; Samuel Justice; Christoph Nabzdyk; Sergey Karamnov: Navigating the Rhythms of Atrial Fibrillation – A Tango Between Clinical Outcomes and Anesthesia Financial Implications.
- Gavin Ovsak: Mesenteric Ischemia Following Heart Transplantation: A Case Series Review.
- Gavin Ovsak: Navigating the Rhythms of Atrial Fibrillation – A Tango Between Clinical Outcomes and Anesthesia Financial Implications.
- Gavin Ovsak: Retrospective Review of ECMO Fibrin Sheath Occurrence after Decannulation.
- Ahmed Yousef; Kan Zhang; Kirsten Odegard: Resuscitation of a Patient with Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
- Areli Valencia; Lauren J. Cornella; Michael T. Jaklitsch; Mark J. Cunningham; Matthew T. Menard; Christopher Mukasa; and Sergey Karamnov: Anesthetic Management of Resection of Liposarcoma of Left and Right Atrium and Pericardium (Poster).
- Jacob Conroy; Kan Zhang; Mckenna Longacre: Abernethy Malformation In A Patient With Failing Fontan Physiology.
- Mary Decker; Sam Rackley; Chinyere Archie: Continuous TEE Enables Complex Resection of Adrenocortical Carcinoma Extending Into The Right Atrium: A Case Report.
Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology 56th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado
- Liao; Ovsak; Raheel; Farber; Kowalczyk: Temporal Trends in Cryoprecipitate and Fibrinogen Concentrate Utilization for Postpartum Hemorrhage from 2015 to 2023.
- Shakthi Jayanthy Venkatachalam; Gavin Ovsak; Jimin Kim; Anarghya Murthy; Rie Maurer; Lawrence Tsen; Ayumi Maeda: RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN LABOR EPIDURAL ANALGESIA OUTCOMES.
- Shayna R. Levine; David R. Janfaza; Ayumi Maeda: SHARED SPACES: ULTRASOUND-GUIDED LABOR EPIDURAL PLACEMENT IN A PATIENT WITH A SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR.
- David Combs; Naida Cole; Jessica Ansari: Of Mice and Women: cutting edge research in uterine atony.
- Wen; Farber: Timing of initiation of non-opioid analgesics for post-cesarean delivery pain: a before and after comparison of opioid utilization.
- Mootz; Kowalczyk: Decreased Dose -Response to Fibrinogen Concentrate in Parturients During Postpartum Hemorrhage : A Retrospective Study.
- Mootz; Kim: Development of an Obstetric Anesthesia Quality Improvement Framework for Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Pilot Study in Vietnam.
- Galanti; Reale: Patient, Temporal and Provider Factors Associated with Unintended Dural Puncture in Obstetrics.
- Gavin G. Ovsak; Allison A. Mootz; Hien Vu; Cuong Van Tran; Lawrence C. Tsen; Jimin J Kim; Bushra W. Taha: Improving Obstetric Anesthesia Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Results of a Pilot Needs Assessment Survey in Vietnam.
- Allison A. Mootz; Gavin G. Ovsak; Hien Vu; Hung Trong Mai; Michaela K. Farber; Bushra W. Taha; Jimin J. Kim: Development of an Obstetric Anesthesia Quality Improvement Framework for Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Pilot Study in Vietnam.
- Mukasa; Reale: Demographics and Motivations of Current United States Obstetric Anesthesia Fellows: A Survey Based Study.
- Ibanez; Farber: Integration of A Quantitative Blood Loss and Hemorrhage Alert System for Vaginal Delivery: A Before and After Comparison to Evaluate Postpartum Hemorrhage Outcomes over 8 Year.
- O’Doherty; Farber: Best Practice at the Time of Labor Epidural Catheter Removal: Use of the Delphi Method to Create a Consensus.
- Raheel; Kowalczyk: Trends of tranexamic acid (TXA) use in High-Acuity Obstetric Patients in a High-Resource Setting.
- Mootz; Kowalczyk: A Patient with Hypodysfibrinogenemia Undergoing Cesarean Delivery: Discordant Dose- Response and ROTEM Results (Best Case Report).
- Wen; Kim: Serotonin Syndrome During Intrapartum Cesarean Delivery (Best Case Report).
- Wen; Carabuena: Maternal cranial arachnoid cyst: Is neuraxial anesthesia appropriate?
- Furdyna; Kowalczyk: Labor Analgesia and Hemorrhage Management in a Brugada SCN5A Heterozygous Patient.
- Venkatachalam; Seifert: Neuraxial anesthesia for repeat cesarean delivery in a patient with a history of CRPS type II following her previous delivery.
- Maney; Kovacheva: A New Machine Learning Model for the Prediction of Severe Maternal Morbidity Using a Large Retrospective Cohort.
- Furdyna; Reale: Etiologies and Management of Maternal Cardiac Arrest During Peripartum Anesthetic Care: A Study from the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group.
- Vesela Kovacheva: Decoding Preeclampsia: AI Technologies to Predict Maternal Risk.
United States Association for the Study of Pain/Seattle, WA
- Madelyn A. Crago; Jenna M. Wilson; Burel R. Goodin; Samantha M. Meints: The Intersectionality of Racial Discrimination and Chronic Pain Stigma Among Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain.
- Caroline Allen; Madelyn Crago; Savannah Kazemipour; Delia Fentazi; Bethany Pester; Samantha M. Meints: Acceptability and feasibility of a single session perioperative acceptance and commitment therapy workshop for preventing chronic postsurgical pain.
- JiHee Yoon; Robert R. Edwards; Can Ozan Tan; Inana Dairi; Ross Zafonte; Rachel Grashow; Samantha M. Meints: Race Differences in Pain Sensitivity Among Former Professional American-style Football Players.
- Jenna M. Wilson, PhD, Charlotte E. Goldfine, MD, Jenson Kaithamattam, Mohammad Adrian Hasdianda, MD, MSc, MMSc, Kristin L. Schreiber, MD, PhD, Peter R. Chai MD, MMS, Scott G. Weiner, MD, MPH; Lower Anxiety after Listening to Self-Selected Music Contributes to Lower Pain Severity among Patients with Acute Back Pain in the Emergency Department
- Jenna M. Wilson, PhD*, JiHee Yoon, M.S.*, Chung Jung Mun, PhD, Samantha M. Meints, PhD, Claudia M. Campbell, PhD, Jennifer A Haythornthwaite, PhD, Michael T. Smith, PhD, Robert R. Edwards, PhD, and Kristin L. Schreiber, MD, PhD Improved Pain after Total Knee Arthroplasty: Associated changes in Insomnia and IL-6 Reactivity
- Angelina R. Franqueiro, Jenna M. Wilson, Emily Rosado, Victoria R. Falso, Dennis Muñoz-Vergara, Michael T. Smith, Elizabeth B. Klerman, Shiqian Shen, and Kristin L. Schreiber; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Preoperative Sleep Disturbance as a Mediator of the Relationship between decreased Physical Activity and Postoperative Pain
World Congress of Anesthesiologists, Singapore
- Vesela Kovacheva: Big Data in Perioperative Care.
- Vesela Kovacheva: Personalized Blood Pressure Control in Obstetric Spinal Anesthesia.
- Chris Connor: Mindreading for Anesthesiologists – The Action of Volatile Anesthetics on Creatures with Simple Brains.
- Chris Connor: Reverse Engineering the Bispectral Index.
- Kristin Schreiber: Using Pre-operative Assessment of Patient Biopsychosocial Phenotype to Predict Risk of Acute and Persistent Pain and Opioid Use.
USASP Meeting in Seattle
- Lauren Papianou; Carlicia D. Nelson; Marise Cornelius; Samantha Meints; Robert N. Jamison; Robert R. Edwards: Comparisons Between Persons With Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions (COPCs) With or Without Abdominal/Pelvic Pain: Does Pain Location Make A Difference?
- Carlicia Nelson; Marise Cornelius; Samantha Meints; Robert R. Edwards; Robert N. Jamison: Who Perceives Getting Better or Worse on a Smartphone pain app?: Role of Disability, Negative Affect and 2-way Messaging.
Other Meetings and Presentations
- Kylie M. Steinhilber; Robert R. Edwards; Samantha M. Meints: Intersectionality of gender, race, and ethnicity and health-related stigmas in patients with chronic low back pain. Society for Behavioral Medicine/Philadelphia, PA
- Kristin Schreiber, Psychosocial and Psychophysical Predictors of Chronic Post-Surgical Pain (CPSP), 2023-24 Pain Special Interest Groups Seminar Series at NIH, Bethesda, MD
- Bulat, E.; Fonseca, A.C.G.; Diejomaoh, E.M.; Kim, R.; Diwan, S.; D’Souza, R.; Schatman, M.; Orhurhu, V.; Emerick, T.; Robinson, C.: Psychedelics for Chronic Pain: A Scoping Review. 12th Annual New York & New Jersey Pain Medicine Congress, Jersey City, NJ
- Nicolai Goettel: Anesthetic technique and postoperative delirium. Spring Clinical Update in Neuroanesthesia 2024, Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care (SNACC)
- Kristin Schreiber, Personalizing Preventive Analgesia: Measuring and Using Psychosocial and Psychophysical Phenotypes, 2024 New Jersey State Society of Anesthesiologists Annual MeetinVesela Kovacheva: The AI Revolution in Clinical Medicine. Association of Professors in Medicine (APM) Winter Meeting, Charleston
- David J. Combs; Eric M. Moult; Andrew Preecha; Shahinoor Begum; Sarah K. England; Adam E. Cohen: Mapping changes in uterine contractility during the ovulatory cycle with wide-area calcium imaging in live mice. Society for Reproductive Investigation Annual Meeting/Vancouver Canada
- Vesela P Kovacheva; Braden W Eberhard; David W Bates; Kathryn J Gray: External Validation of a Machine Learning Model to Predict Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Large Dataset from Northeast US. AMIA Summit, Boston
- Kristin Schreiber, Psychosocial and Psychophysical Predictors of Chronic Postsurgical Pain, CHRONIC POST-SURGICAL PAIN SYMPOSIUM, McMaster University, Toronto, Canada
- Arthur Formanek; Cathy DiBiase; Peter Lee; Zachery Campbell; Wendy Collins; Tom Diaz; Riley Ferguson; Taania Girgla; Cyril Mani; Gwen Owens; Ganeev Singh; Sara Rothrock: “Cardiovascular Diseases and Conditions and Their Effects That May Impact the Commercial Space Flight Participant” in Ad Hoc Committee for Commercial Spaceflight Session. Aerospace Medicine Association Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL May 2024
- James Philip: Developing and implementing anesthesia technology. Romanian Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Congress – SRATI 2024, 15-19 May.
Contact Us:
Do you have an upcoming presentation which you would like to add to this list? Please email Kristin Schreiber or Adam Greenberg.
Adam Greenberg, Project Manager for Faculty Development
Email: agreenberg@bwh.harvard.edu
Dr. Kristin Schreiber, Vice Chair of Faculty Development
Email: klschreiber@bwh.harvard.edu