2024 Anesthesia Family Day
The Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Management returned after a COVID pause for their 2nd Anesthesia Family Day. This event offered a rare opportunity for family and loved ones to get a glimpse into our role as caregivers…
Welcome to the Department of Anesthesiology – New Team Members for May through July 2024
We welcome the below new faculty and staff members to the department. Qiang Wang, PhD Dr. Wang joined the department on September 11th as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to support Dr. Wei Cao’s research lab. He received his PhD in…
TRC 4 Grants
Congratulations to the four winners in the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine who successfully secured TRC 4 grants! The PIs are Drs. Yafen Liang, Cynthia Ju, Yang Yang, and Yankai Wen. The funding ranges from $100-500k for…
Department’s Recent Publication in Nature Reviews Cardiology
Collaboration from the Departments of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine and Internal Medicine on the role of oxygen therapy in cardiovascular diseases recently was published in Nature Reviews Cardiology (Impact Factor 49.4). The authors included Yafen Liang, MD, PhD; Wei Ruan, MD, PhD; Yandong Jiang, MD, PhD; Xiaoyi…
Drs. Wei Cao and Ethan Roy Published
Congratulations to Drs. Wei Cao and Ethan Roy for their publication titled “Fate-mapping and functional dissection reveal perilous influence of type I interferon signaling in mouse brain aging” in Journal Molecular Neurodegeneration. In this study on inflammation in the aging…
Appointment to Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) Medical Directorships
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Keyur Ghael to the dual roles of Director of Endoscopic NORA and Director of Radiologic NORA, effective June 1, 2024. Dr. Ghael’s key responsibilities for the roles include: Lead clinical operations…
Welcome to the Department of Anesthesiology – New Team Members for November through April 2024
We welcome the below new faculty and staff members to the department. Qing (Jenny) Song, MD, CAA Jenny joined the department on November 20th as a Certified Anesthesiology Assistant to support Memorial Hermann Hospital. She received her MD from Tongji…
MSA APD Announcement
The Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine would like to announce the appointments of Chaveli Licata CAA and Emily Mathuria CAA as Associate Program Directors for the UTHealth Master of Science in Anesthesia Program. Preparations are underway to…
Dr. Yanyu Wang Promoted to Director of Research Services
The department is pleased to announce the promotion of Yanyu Wang, Ph.D., to Director, Research Services, for the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, effective March 16, 2024. As Director of the Research Services, Yanyu will lead the…
Celebrating Dr. Evan Pivalizza
After an incredible 30 years of dedicated service to our department and medical school, Dr. Pivalizza will be embarking on a new chapter as the inaugural Residency Program Director in Tyler, Texas recruited by, and reuniting with another superb alumnus…