News

We would like to welcome the below new faculty and staff members to the department. Naureen Fatima, PhD Dr. Fatima joined the department on September 12th as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to support Dr. Kyle Poulsen’s research group.    …

The Department of Anesthesiology at McGovern Medical School is pleased to recognize members of our department who were elected to leadership positions and received awards within the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA) at the society’s annual meeting on September 10,…

Congratulations to the Division of Critical Care Medicine on their recognition in the creation of the Donor Specialty Care Unit (DSCU) at Memorial Hermann Hospital. Dr. Williams along with Stacey Dotter, RN have worked with many donors over the years….

An article of Dr. Paul P. Potnuru will be published in the November 2022 edition of the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, titled “Impact of Cesarean versus Vaginal Delivery on the Risk of Postpartum Acute Kidney Injury: A Retrospective Database Controlled…

We would like to welcome the below new faculty and staff members to the department. Benjamin Trieu, CAA Benjamin joined the department on July 11, 2022 and works with the anesthesiology care team at Memorial Hermann Hospital—TMC.      …

We are pleased to announce our most recent faculty promotions. Dr. George Williams has been promoted to Professor and Dr. Colleen Rodriguez to Associate Professor.  These promotions are effective September 1, 2022.               Congratulations…

We are pleased to share the great news that two of our faculty members, Drs. Omonele Nwokolo and Carlos (Charlie) Artime, are newly selected AUA members.           The Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA) was established in…

Congratulations to Dr. Wei Ruan for receiving the 2022 International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) Mentored Research Award for her project entitled “Circadian cardioprotection: BMAL1/HIF2A complex and co-target amphiregulin”. She will receive $175,000 over the next two years to conduct her…

Dr. Sara Guzman-Reyes was awarded the Excellence in Anesthesia Award from the Department of General Surgery’s Chief Resident Class of 2021-2022. Congratulations to Drs. Evan Pivalizza, Srikanth Sridhar and the Department of Anesthesiology for its recently cited articles and research….

Congratulations to Dr. Yandong Jiang who has been appointed Director of Airway Management effective May 16th, 2022.  In this role, Dr. Jiang will lead the development of a formalized airway management curriculum for our residents and other trainees; foster faculty interest, scholarship, and research…