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March 2009

Dr. Luis Llamas Named Neuroanesthesia Fellow For Coming Year

March 31, 2009

Luis Llamas, M.D., a current CA-3 resident in our program, has been named the Neuroanesthesia Fellow for the 2009-2010 academic year. Congratulations Luis!

Dr. Alison Premo Named 2009-2010 OB Anesthesia Fellow

March 31, 2009

Alison Premo, M.D., current co-Chief Resident, has been named the department’s Obstetric Anesthesia Fellow for the 2009-2010 academic year. Ali will be splitting her time as a fellow 3 days per week, and as a faculty member at the Jesse Brown VA the other two days. Congratulations Ali!

Dr. Sarah Oswald to Join Staff

March 30, 2009

Sarah Oswald, M.D. will be joining our anesthesiology staff after she completes her Pediatric Fellowship training in the department this summer. Sarah is a graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin, and completed her residency training in our program in 2008. Welcome Sarah!

Scenes From San Diego:  IARS Annual Meeting Presentations

March 23, 2009

Photos from the just concluded IARS meeting in San Diego, CA:


Dr. Sarah Oswald presented “Computerized Physician Order Entry: Not a Fail Safe System”


Dr. Ben Changyaleket presented "Facial Tattoo vs. Wrong Site Surgery: Which Side Are We Operating On?"

 
Dr. Andrei Rakic presented "Impact of Morbid Obesity on Intraoperative Insulin Infusion Requirements"

 
Dr. Oon Paisansathan presented "Post-Ischemic Treatment with SSAO Inhibitor, LJP-1207, Reduces Infarct Volumes and Improves Neurological Outcomes in a Rat Reversible Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion (MCAO) Model Through Later Arriving Leukocytes Subsets Blockage"

 
Dr. David Hiller presented "LD50 for Acute Lipid Administration"
 
Julie Golembiewski PharmD presented “Best Practice: A Systems-Based Approach to
Anesthesia Medication Safety”

 

 

Introducing the Graduating Class of 2013

March 19, 2009

We are proud to welcome and introduce our newest residents, the graduating class of 2013:

 

Rani Chovatiya - University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine

Gretchen Fox - University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine

Jacqueline Galvan - University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine

Elizabeth Harlan -
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Arun Joseph - University of Illinois at Peoria College of Medicine

Sabine Kreilinger -
Philipps-Universitat Marburg
Katherina Lee -
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
Linda Lee - University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine

Jonathan Munro -
University of Western Australia
Dahlia Naqib -
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Darrel Saldanha - University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine

Tian Zhao - University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

 

Extensive Additions to the Virtual Anesthesia Library

March 16, 2009

 

Through the combined efforts of Guy Edelman, M.D., Education Committee chair, and the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Library, the department’s Virtual Anesthesia Library has gained access to an unprecedented variety of online material for all residents and faculty. Using their net ID and password, all department staff now have unlimited access to the entirety of the following textbooks:

 

The 5 Minute Pain Management Consult

(Sibell; David M.; Kirsch; Jeffrey R., 1st ed.)

 

A Practical Approach to Cardiac Anesthesia

(Hensley, Frederick A Jr.,; Martin, Donald E; Gravlee, Glenn P, 4th ed.)

 

A Practical Approach to Transesophageal Echocardiography

(Perrino, Albert C Jr.; Reeves, Scott T, 2nd ed.)

 

Anesthesia for Genetic, Metabolic, and Dysmorphic Syndromes of Childhood

(Baum; Victor C.; O'Flaherty; Jennifer E., 2nd ed.)

 

Anesthesia Review

(Bowman-Howard, Michelle, 2nd ed.)

 

Anesthesiology Key Words Review

(Modak, Raj K, 1st ed.)

 

Atlas of Airway Management: Techniques and Tools

(Orebaugh; Steven L., 1st ed.)

 

Atlas of Image-Guided Intervention in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

(Rathmell, James P. , 1st ed.)

 

Avoiding Common Anesthesia Errors

(Marcucci, Catherine, Cohen, Norman A., Metro, David G., Kirsch, Jeffrey R. , 1st ed.)

 

Avoiding Common ICU Errors Edition 1

(Marcucci; Lisa; Martinez; Elizabeth A.; Haut; Elliott R.; Slonim; Anthony D.;

Suarez; Jose I., 1st ed.)

 

Bonica's Management of Pain

(Loeser; John D., 3rd ed.)

 

Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Principles and Practice

(Gravlee, Glenn P., Davis, Richard F., Stammers, Alfred H., Ungerleider, Ross M.,

3rd ed.)

 

Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis: In Medicine, Dentistry, and Psychology

(Kroger, William S., 1st ed.)

 

Clinical Anesthesia

(Barash; Paul G.; Cullen; Bruce F.; Stoelting; Robert K., 5th ed.)

 

Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital

(Dunn; Peter F., 7th ed.)

 

Complications in Anesthesiology

(Lobato, Emilio B., Gravenstein, Nikolaus, Kirby, Robert R., 1st ed.)

 

Comprehensive Textbook of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

(Savage, Robert M; Aronson, Solomon; Thomas, James D; Shanewise, Jack S; Shernan,

Stanton K, 1st ed.)

 

Critical Care Medicine: The Essentials

(Marini, John J., Wheeler, Arthur P. 3rd ed.)

 

Handbook of Critical Care Drug Therapy

(Susla; Gregory M; Suffredini; Anthony F; McAreavey; Dorothea; Solomon; Michael A;

Hoffman; William D; Nyquist ; Paul; Ognibene; Frederick P; Shelhamer; James H;

Masur; Henry, 3rd ed.)

 

Handbook of Neuroanesthesia

(Newfield; Philippa; Cottrell; James E., 4th ed.)

 

Handbook of Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice

(Stoelting, Robert K; Hillier, Simon C, 2nd ed.)

 

The ICU Book

(Marino; Paul L., 3rd ed.)

 

Irwin & Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine

(Irwin; Richard S.; Rippe; James M., 5th ed.)

 

Irwin & Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine

(Irwin; Richard S.; Rippe; James M., 6th ed.)

 

Landmarks for Peripheral Nerve Blocks: Upper and Lower Extremities

(Sciard, Didier A., Matuszczak, Maria E., 2nd ed.)

 

Manual of Emergency Airway Management

(Walls, Ron M., Murphy, Michael F., 2nd ed.)

 

Manual of Emergency Airway Management

(Walls; Ron M.; Murphy; Michael F.; Luten; Robert C., 3rd ed.)

 

Manual of Office-Based Anesthesia Procedures

(Shapiro, Fred E. , 1st ed.)

 

Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management

(Ballantyne; Jane C.; Fields; Howard L., 3rd ed.)

 

Miller's Anesthesia, 6th edition

 

Neurological and Neurosurgical Intensive Care

(Ropper, Allan H., Gress, Daryl R., Diringer, Michael N., Green, Deborah M., Mayer,

Stephan A., Bleck, Thomas P., 4th ed.)

 

Neurology for the Non-Neurologist

(Weiner, William J; Goetz, Christopher G, 5th ed.)

 

Obstetric Anesthesia Handbook

(Sanjay Datta, 4th ed.)

 

Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents

(Schechter; Neil L.; Berde; Charles B.; Yaster; Myron, 2nd ed.)

 

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia

(Lake, Carol L; Booker, Peter D, 4th ed.)

 

Perioperative Care in Cardiac Anesthesia and Surgery

(Cheng, Davy C.H; David, Tirone E, 1st ed.)

 

Perioperative Transfusion Medicine

(Spiess; Bruce D.; Spence; Richard K.; Shander; Aryeh, 2nd ed.)

 

Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Color Atlas

(Chelly; Jacques E., 3rd ed.)

 

Preoperative Assessment and Management

(Sweitzer, BobbieJean, 2nd ed.)

 

Principles of Exercise Testing and Interpretation

(Wasserman, Karlman; Hansen, James E; Sue, Darryl Y; Stringer, William W; Whipp,

Brian J, 4th ed.)

 

Surgical Care Made Incredibly Visual!

(Springhouse, 1st ed.)

 

Chief Residents for 2009-2010 Named

March 5, 2009

 

Dr. Katharina Beckmann, Dr. Sebastian Partesotti, and Dr. Jennifer Schaffler have been named Department of Anesthesiology Chief Residents for the upcoming 2009-2010 academic year. Our heartiest congratulations to each of them!

 

Resident Presentations For Upcoming MARC Announced

March 1, 2009

 

Several of our residents will be making presentations at the upcoming Midwest Anesthesia Residents Conference (MARC). The conference, held in Chicago this year on April 17-19, is being hosted by Rush University’s Department of Anesthesiology. Here is a tentative list of the participating residents and their presentations: