Next Month: UIC Residents Traveling to the MARC 2019 in Detroit, MI
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 [...]
Introducing Our New Chief Residents!
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 [...]
Christine Park, MD, Receives the Society for Simulation in Healthcare’s (SSH) Presidential Citation
Christine Park, MD, received the Society for Simulation in Healthcare's (SSH) Presidential Citation at its annual flagship meeting in January 2019. Dr. Park is an internationally recognized leader in simulation and the 2017 president of [...]
UIC Anesthesiology Faculty Making News
Newest Member of the Board of ASRA Effrossyni Gina Votta-Velis, MD PhD, was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Dr. Votta-Velis is an Associate Professor of [...]
“The same code of silence haunts law enforcement and medicine” by Pilar Mercado, MD, featured in the Chicago Tribune
Dr. Pilar Mercado, is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology who serves in our Pediatric Anesthesiology Division. In the November 12, 2018 edition of the Chicago Tribune, she discusses the parallels of culture and practice between law [...]