Announcing 2008-2009 Fellows, Here And Elsewhere
August 14, 2008
Our 2008-2009 fellows include Archana Apte, MD, Andrei Rakic, MD, and Nabil Sibai, MD in Pain Medicine, Ben Changyaleket, MD and Sarah Oswald, MD in Pediatric Anesthesia, and Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD in Cardiac Anesthesia. All are graduates of our residency. Neda Moaddeli, MD, a graduate of the Rush University anesthesiology program, is our new Regional Anesthesia fellow. Congratulations and welcome to all of them.
Additionally, some of our residents have secured fellowships at outside institutions for the current and coming academic year. Scott Harter, MD, a 2008 graduate of our program, is now an Obstetric Anesthesia fellow at Stanford University in California. For the 2009-2010 academic year, current Chief Resident Sebastian Ruehlmann, MD has secured an Obstetric Anesthesia fellowship at Stanford University, and Chief Resident Charles Nyman, MD will be a Cardiothoracic Anesthesia fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Congratulations to each of them.
Ramona Nicolau, M.D. Joins Anesthesiology Staff
August 4, 2008
Dr. Ramona Nicolau recently joined our Anesthesiology staff. Prior to coming to UIC, Ramona brought 11 years of experience in anesthesiology and intensive care in Romania to the University of Pittsburgh. She completed an anesthesiology residency, a cardiac anesthesia fellowship, and a fellowship in anesthesia for liver transplantation while in Pittsburgh. Welcome, Ramona!
Patient Safety Is A Team Effort
July 27, 2008
CHICAGO, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Continuing its efforts to educate, inform and empower the people of Chicago, SAVE THE PATIENT, a not-for-profit patient-focused organization, is hosting its 25-minute live call-in show, Community Health, on Chicago Access Network (CAN-TV) on Monday, July 28, at 6:00 PM on Channel 21.
In observance of Patient Safety Day, Monday’s program will feature Tim McDonald, M.D., J.D., Chief Safety and Risk Officer for Health Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. McDonald will provide patient safety focused information to patients and families on how they can prevent adverse patient events and what to expect from every health care institution when an adverse event happens.
All the efforts of SAVE THE PATIENT promote positive and productive interactions between patients and medical professionals by encouraging individuals to know and implement their rights to ask questions, receive understandable answers, and explore medical options. SAVE THE PATIENTs mission is to assist the public in becoming informed and, therefore, better health care consumers, noted President and Founder Lenore Janecek.
Janine Daniel Named Residency Program Coordinator
July 24, 2008
Janine Daniel has joined the UIC Department of Anesthesiology as our new Residency Coordinator following the closure of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Michael Reese Hospital, where she was the Administrative Coordinator for the past 10 years. She brings extensive experience from Michael Reese Hospital, where she worked for over 30 years in a number of departments, including hospital administration and the Department of Medicine. Welcome Janine! The department also wishes to thank all of the office staff, most particularly Michele Lazzara, for their tireless work during the transition from Mickey Leavy’s retirement and Janine’s arrival.
David Mayer, M.D. Chairs Roundtable on Designing Patient Safety Curriculum
July 23, 2008
International experts in health care, patient safety and education will gather in Telluride, Colo., August 4th through August 8th to explore ways to train the next generation of doctors, nurses and other health care providers on how to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety.
Organized by the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, with co-sponsorship from the Smithsonian Institution and the Telluride Scientific Research Community, the Fourth Annual Roundtable on “Designing, Implementing & Assessing a Patient Safety Health Science Curriculum” will be chaired by Dr. David Mayer. Dr. Mayer is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Associate Dean for Curriculum in the UIC College of Medicine.
The mission of the Telluride roundtables is to look for "educational gaps" in the healthcare system that compromise patient safety and address those gaps through improved education and training. Over the last three years, leaders from the AMA, ANA, JCAHO, NBME, ACGME, ABIM and ISMP along with experts in patient safety, informatics, simulation and health science education have been joined by patients, residents and students in Telluride to address patient safety curricula for health science students.
Tim McDonald, M.D., J.D. Invited To Serve On ASA Committee on Professional Liability
July 10, 2008
Roger A. Moore, M.D. President-Elect of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, has invited Dr. Tim McDonald to serve a three-year term as a member of the ASA Committee on Professional Liability. The committee chair will be Dr. Karen Domino, and Dr. McDonald’s appointment will become effective at the close of the 2008 ASA Annual Meeting in Orlando.
Drs. Felix Angelov, Nadia Hasan, and Michele Liszka Join Anesthesiology Staff
July 1, 2008
Felix Angelov, M.D., Nadia Hasan, M.D., and Michele Liszka, M.D. recently joined our staff. Dr. Angelov and Dr. Hasan are graduates of our residency program, and both just completed fellowships in Pain Medicine here. Dr. Liszka is a 2008 graduate of the residency program. Welcome, Felix, Nadia, and Michele!
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