New Directors of Medical Student Education
Congratulations to Drs. Ryan Rihani and Danielle White, our newest Directors of Medical Student Education. Dr. Ryan Rihani has been appointed the Director of Medical Student Education, and Director of Fourth Year Anesthesiology Elective. Dr. Danielle White has been appointed…
Department Updates – January 2023
Recent Features: Dr. Maria Matuszczak was featured on KRPC-2 Houston for a special challenging procedure she performed which can be found here. Dr. Barbara Orlando was featured on The Etherist Podcast from Anesthesiology News. Season 4: Burnout During…
OB Anesthesia Research Study Published
Congratulations to Obstetric anesthesia for their research study published in Anesthesia and Analgesia January 2023 issue! The study, Postcesarean Analgesia With Epidural Morphine After Epidural 2-Chloroprocaine: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial, is published in the Anesthesia &Analgesia 136(1):p86-93 January 2023 issue. …
Dr. Maria Matuszczak Featured on KRPC-2
A young 12-year old boy, Gage, with a brain tumor had to be operated on while he was awake. But due to the location of it, UTHealth Pediatric Neurosurgeon Dr. David Sandberg, had to remove enough to get rid of…
2022 Nominations for the Physician of the Year Award for Memorial Hermann Hospital Systems
Congratulations to our faculty members on their 2022 nominations for the Physician of the Year Award for Memorial Hermann Hospital Systems. Drs. Srikanth Sridhar and Rishi Kumar were both nominated for Memorial Hermann Hospital – Texas Medical Center, and Dr….
Pancreatic cancer research published in Cancer Immunology Research
By Roman Petrowski, Office of Communications. Further information can be found here. Recent research on a novel approach to the treatment of pancreatic cancer, from the lab of Jennifer Bailey, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, has been published in Cancer…
Dr. Yang Yang Awarded a DDC Pilot Award
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Yang Yang is the recipient of the 2023 Pilot Award ($50,000) from the Texas Medical Center Digestive Diseases Center. She is mentored for this Pilot Award by Dr. Cynthia Ju. The Texas Medical…
Dr. Stacy Norrell selected as Vice Speaker for TSA
Congratulations to Dr. Stacy Norrell for being selected as the 2023 Vice Speaker of the House of Delegates for the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA). She will be joining Dr. George Williams as a current officer for TSA.
Welcome to the Department of Anesthesiology – New Team Members for October, November and December 2022
We would like to welcome the below new faculty and staff members to the department. Kelly West, MD Dr. West joined the department on October 1st as an Assistant Professor to support our critical care medicine group. She completed her…
New OB Site Chiefs – LBJ & MHH
We’re pleased to announce our new OB Site Chiefs, Dr. Onyi Onuoha, at Memorial Hermann Hospital and Dr. Alice O’Brien, at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. Dr. Alice O’Brien is an Associate Professor in the Obstetric Anesthesiology division with an Adjunct…