The UI Anesthesiology Class of 2020 will forever be remembered for rising to the challenge of facing COVID-19 & its impact on our community, our nation and the world. The UI Anesthesiology Class of 2020 has inspired our whole department to come together, in their honor, to continue their spirit of service and promote our [...]
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The Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists honored anesthesiologist mothers throughout the state of Illinois who are providing essential frontline services during the COVID-19 crisis. Several members of UIC Anesthesiology and their families appear in their tribute video. Click on link below. ISA Mother’s Day Tribute Video
Effrossyni Gina Votta-Velis, MD PhD, was honored as one of eight trailblazers in regional anesthesia and pain management by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Newsletter. Click here for complete article. Effrossyni Gina Votta-Velis, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Surgery Fellowship Program Director for Pain Management
Every year, the M4 class from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine recognizes faculty who display excellence in teaching and leadership. Dr. Rena Beckerly received the 2020 UIC M4 Golden Apple Award. Congratulations for a job well done! Rena Beckerly, MD, MBA Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology Residency Program Director
Dr. David Janiczek, Dr. Jesse Morrison, and Dr. Ronvir Sangha have been elected to become the Department of Anesthesiology Chief Residents for the upcoming 2020-2021 academic year. Our warmest congratulations to each of them! David Janiczek, MD Jesse Morrison, MD Ronvir Sangha, MD
Dr. Nicole Thompson, along with multi-national collaborators, authored “Pediatric Airway Management in COVID-19 patients – Consensus Guidelines from the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia’s Pediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative and the Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society.” This Consensus was presented in the April 2020 edition of the Anesthesia and Analgesia Journal. Click here for link to article. Nicole [...]
Faculty Author Featured in the April 2020 Anesthesia and Analgesia Journal Dr. Steven Roth, along with their collaborators are the authors of “Predicting Risk of Perioperative Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Spine Fusion Surgery: A Cohort Study Using the National Inpatient Sample,” the featured article of the April 2020 edition of the Anesthesia and Analgesia Journal. [...]
Dr. Cory Deburghgraeve, a fellow in Obstetric Anesthesiology at UIC, was featured in the April 2, 2020 edition of the Chicago Tribune and cited in the ASA Daily Report, “Chicago anesthesiologist on front lines describes treating COVID-19 patients. ‘It’s difficult to predict who will live and who will die.’” Click here for the Chicago Tribune [...]
Dr. Cory Deburghgraeve, a fellow in Obstetrical Anesthesiology at UIC, was featured on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” along with other healthcare professionals from across the country. Together, they showed how shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) endanger frontline medical personnel by exposing them to increasingly fatal outcomes. Click here for full video [...]