Guy Weinberg, MD, was awarded the 2019 Carl Koller Award by the European Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ESRA) held in Bilbao, Spain. The Carl Koller Award recognizes outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of Regional Anaesthesia and/or Pain Medicine. This award is presented at the Annual ESRA Congress. Dr. Weinberg is a [...]
Dr. E. Gina Votta-Velis, Associate Professor, Director of the Pain Medicine Fellowship Program, will present, “The UIC Surgical Opioids Avoidance Protocol (SOAP) after Surgical Procedures” at the annual UI Health conference, Bridging the Gap: Emerging Health Issues in Underrepresented Minorities. Bridging the Gap 2019 Program The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System is [...]
Dr. Christine Park, the Associate Head for Learning and Innovation and Director of the new Simulation Institute, will join Dean Mark Rosenblatt, MD of the College of Medicine in celebrating the Simulation Institute Grand Opening with ribbon-cutting. Please click below to view video for more details. Simulation Institute Grand Opening Video Christine Park, MD [...]
Recently, our Fellowship Program Directors in Obstetrical Anesthesiology & Regional Anesthesiology, completed the necessary processes to garner full ACGME accreditation. Kudos to Dr. Galvan and Dr. Guha! Jacqueline Galvan, MD Obstetrical Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director Rahul Guha, MD Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director
Our Neuroanesthesiology Division will make its presence known at the 47th SNACC Annual Meeting, September 12 - 14, 2019, in Phoenix, AZ. Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Arizona Grand Resort and Spa, Phoenix AZ, September 12 - 14, 2019 Chanannait Paisansathan, MD, MHA Chair of the Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee [...]
Anesthesiology resident, Dr. Matthew Moynihan, a CA-1, collaborated with ENT residents, Dr. Christopher Mularczyk and Dr. Jeffrey Yu to publish their article, “Mucocutaneous Lesions in an Adult Man Who Recently Moved from Mexico” in the August 22, 2019 issue of JAMA Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. Moynihan, Matthew, DO Please click below for the [...]
The Department’s Year-End Celebration was held Wednesday, June 17 th in our conference room. We were able to share & reminisce on some of the events that took place over this past year. Here is a slideshow of photos from some of the events featuring members of our department. https://uofi.box.com/s/6xdsuzno8hfnn8n5mqlxlvwt3fvrbp7k
Our department will be well represented at this year’s Midwest Anesthesia Residents Conference, April 12 th - 14 th , in Detroit, MI. The following is a list of our resident speakers: David Betancourth, MD Neuraxial Anesthesia for a Patient with Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke Undergoing Cesarean Delivery David Janiczek, MD Postpartum Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection [...]
Dr. David Esparaz, Dr. Josh Kalisky, Dr. Ryan Militana and Dr. Michael Williams have been elected to the Department of Anesthesiology Chief Residents for the upcoming 2019-2020 academic year. Our warmest congratulations to each of them!